Braben and Bell ....The Making of Elite

[worthy1066]

Don't know if you guys have seen this , But it just shows what these two Gamefathers have done to make probably the best game Ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWoF5uVgbA

 

[Smugallo]

Seen this on YouTube a while back. It is a good watch and very interesting. Looks like Ian Bell & David met at a D&D game

 

[worthy1066]

Seen this on YouTube a while back. It is a good watch and very interesting. Looks like Ian Bell & David met at a D&D game

Lol , YEAH BUT YOU DID'NT SEE WHAT I LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN

 

[Smugallo]

Lol , YEAH BUT YOU DID'NT SEE WHAT I LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN

Not sure I get you?

 

[worthy1066]

not sure i get you?

i looked just as bad as they did ....or im i thinking of something else lol

edit : sorry Maz ,wasnt keeping up ..........wasnt everyone doing that then

 

[Smugallo]

Haha I think all of us can look back and say. What the hell was I doing back then. Retrospect is a powerful thing!

 

[synchromesh]

Better and clearer version on Elite Forever here

http://www.eliteforever.co.uk/history.html

Or on the Kickstarter DVD

 

[worthy1066]

I know it sure got me into games in a big way.......always remember seeing that at a mates house (yeah he was into D & D) and was blown away .As soon as the paper round money was there it was straight down to the game shop.............HHHHHOOOOOKKKKKEEEEDDD

 

[Smugallo]

I still play tabletop stuff, although now it's more of an excuse to drink beer and talk crap

 

[Riedquat]

All the great minds played Ad&d back in the day

 

[Captain Lee]

All the great minds played Ad&d back in the day

We couldn't afford AD&D back in my day. It was Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay or nothing.

Twenty years later and I live under a Bridge and beg for change.

 

[Smugallo]

I started out with all the games workshop "grooming" games like HeroQuest and Space Crusade. Never got sucked into the WarHammer cash cow like some people I know (some of those guys never got out of that).

 

[deMangler]

I started out with all the games workshop "grooming" games like HeroQuest and Space Crusade. Never got sucked into the WarHammer cash cow like some people I know (some of those guys never got out of that).

Yeah - I always stuck to pen and paper AD&D or Cyberpunk or Paranoia or ASL or Rolemaster. Like to use imagination rather than models so never 'progressed' to 3rd Edition AD&D either, actually most of my RPG friends are now either dead or married....
But yeah, I think the crowd that played Elite were pretty much the RPG crowd too.

 

[Oss133]

Twenty years later and I live under a Bridge and beg for change.

But at least you have an internet connection. That's the main thing.

 

[Qpid Stunt]

AD&D for me too... still have all my books somewhere in the loft with a sack of dice!!

 

[Captain Lee]

But at least you have an internet connection. That's the main thing.

I don't even want to tell you what I had to do to get it, Oss.

 

[Patrick_68000]

Don't know if you guys have seen this , But it just shows what these two Gamefathers have done to make probably the best game Ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWoF5uVgbA

The video is known, but it is always a pleasure to look at it again

 

[Soranor]

...and it certainly looks like Frontier is going to go for best game ever again.

Rolemaster - yes, AD&D - only as computer games, like Darksun, Baldur's Gate and so on. I'm still playing pen & paper, although with a system that I invented with one of my best friends.

 

[worthy1066]

Don't know if its because we are all from the same era or if its just the great community here but I can say this is one of the most welcoming forums on the web .......keep it up lad's it feels good to be a part of it .

 

[Patrick_68000]

Don't know if its because we are all from the same era or if its just the great community here but I can say this is one of the most welcoming forums on the web .......keep it up lad's it feels good to be a part of it .

Elite is a great family. It is sure