I love the galaxy in Elite, but I always wished there was just a little more to the asteroid belts, planet rings and other non-planetary bodies out in the black.
I think it would be fun to add comets that travel from system to system, maybe even some large enough for small ships to land on, or...
I do personally think that when designing this new scanner, FD didn't actually know what explorers think makes a system interesting, and what makes Exploration an activity worth doing over and over without getting bored of it.
Now, in the FSS, basically all the information it shows you is the...
i would like to see base building ( with a modular upgrade system for storage , hangers , ship building ) on a distant planet - only accessible to triple elite players - thus keeping them active and giving them another reason to stay active on this masterpiece of a game.
it might make me work a...
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8. ELITE (BBC Micro | 1984)
Never played David Braben and Ian Bell’s...
Somewhere between robotech and galaxy rangers.
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http://www.filmoria.co.uk/2013/01/warner-bros-developing-homers-the-odyssey-in-space/