Elite celebrated on stamps

[blastard]

Just reading in the national press (UK) that Elite, plus a few other 1980's and 90's games are to be celebrated on royal mail stamps from Jan 21st.
Time to get writing them postcards then....

 

[Factabulous]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1214474585753698304

Source: https://twitter.com/uk_ie/status/1214474585753698304


(don't click on the bit.ly link unless you want to visit The Sun ... )

 

[fishgotnosole]

Just reading in the national press (UK) that Elite, plus a few other 1980's and 90's games are to be celebrated on royal mail stamps from Jan 21st.
Time to get writing them postcards then....

Just seen this myself, came to post them same thing!

I may purchase the presentation pack of this set. For anyone interested this is the Elite stamp:

 

[M00ka]

Just reading in the national press (UK) that Elite, plus a few other 1980's and 90's games are to be celebrated on royal mail stamps from Jan 21st.
Time to get writing them postcards then....

Well finally the doom and gloomers can correctly say that Elite has been licked …….

 

[Rubbernuke]

Nice. I like that the class is in a mock pixel font as well. If only the Queen was too.

edit: or the Queen was an energy bomb.

 

[Factabulous]

Well finally the doom and gloomers can correctly say that Elite has been licked …….

We may be behind the times in the UK, but we do at least have self-adhesive stamps

 

[Requiem Mortis]

Nice. I like that the class is in a mock pixel font as well. If only the Queen was too.

Unfortunately defacing the image of our Monarch is classed as High Treason and actually carried the Death Penalty until 1998, so a bit like loitering in a station.

 

[Penny Umbra]

Thanks for the heads-up cmdrs, I didn't know about this.

I got my order for the Limited Edition Gamer Collectors Pack in!

Fly 2nd Class cmdrs

 

[M00ka]

We may be behind the times in the UK, but we do at least have self-adhesive stamps

You are assuming the doom and gloomers are smart enough to realise that! Nah I can still see them licking self adhesive stamps

 

[Old Duck]

I like their (Royal Mail) thinking - Lara Croft flies a spaceship in 3306 to raid Guardian tombs in a hot remlock suit!

 

[Frank]

Fdev should return the favour with a few postal missions

I'm not sure about these stamps tho "Your letter has been lost in Witchspace" <grin>

 

[constvoid]

Nice. I like that the class is in a mock pixel font as well. If only the Queen was too.

edit: or the Queen was an energy bomb.

It may not be pixelated, but at least the queen's head looks like a 1980s version.

 

[Rubbernuke]

It may not be pixelated, but at least the queen's head looks like a 1980s version.

No double chin?

 

[constvoid]

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I still can tell what ship it is when I see the outline. Elite, Mercenary abd Starglider were my favs.

 

[Nasc]

"INFLUENTIAL UK-designed games from the 1980s and 1990s are being celebrated in a new set of 12 stamps. "

First example is Tomb Raider - 2013
I couldn't help but be amused.

Iconic British video games from '80s & '90s celebrated in new set of stamps

INFLUENTIAL UK-designed games from the 1980s and 1990s are being celebrated in a new set of 12 stamps. Among them is Tomb Raider, which was created by developers in Derby and sold more than 74milli…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[amigacooke]

Well finally the doom and gloomers can correctly say that Elite has been licked …….

A variation ...

Well finally the doom and gloomers can correctly say that Elite is second class.

 

[M00ka]

A variation ...

Well finally the doom and gloomers can correctly say that Elite is second class.

Hmm I wonder if the LEPers will claim the cost of the stamp as part of their LEP ?

 

[amigacooke]

Hmm I wonder if the LEPers will claim the cost of the stamp as part of their LEP ?

Only if they're a royal male.

 

[M00ka]

Only if they're a royal male.

Oh well done Commander, an exquisite pun, world class!