Elite (1984) file extension issue.

For anyone who downloads the original elite with emulator from the official copy on the store.

The file extension for ELITEBBC should be ".SSD" not ".SDD". It will still work if you don't have the filter for ssd files on in the emulator, or just rename it.


Frontier, please fix this for future downloads, as some people might not understand why it won't work, and fail to enjoy the classic Elite!
 
Agreed. A basic readme on how to launch the game is needed too. I am familiar enough with emulators so it wasn't a problem for me but many aren't.
 
I am not sure if it is just me, but as soon as i try and jump to a new system it crash`s with "NOT FOUND" top left. I have not messed with the emulator.

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Free copy of BBC Micro Elite

In the downloadable free copy of BBC Micro Elite (1984), the file ELITEBBC.SDD, has to renamed to ELITEBBC.SSD, otherwise the BeebEm414 will not recognise the file. :D

Edit: Just realised it has already been mentioned before in a thread by Jack Schitt.
 
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Fantastic! I undocked, turned round, fired on the station, got killed by three Galcop vipers. :D I do remember the sound effects as being better, maybe they were on the C64! :p
 
I can't remember ever going to Leesti! If I was trading it was always furs and booze to Zanonce and then onto Isinor and Quitiri for the Agricultural/Industrial shuffle. Failing that I'd go to Orerve and see how long I could last, I wasn't good enough for Reidquat....
 
I wasn't a player of the original Elite, but for interest sake,I downloaded the BBCElite and installed it. Fired it up, and OMG. Salutations to anyone that enjoys and can successfully play that game.
Apparently,hindsight is 20/20 and nostalgia is blind.
Many of the players of the original game think that it's the greatest thing sliced bread, and wax nostalgically over the enjoyment and time they spent in front of their monochrome or rgb monitors.
I hope that the light of the new day sheds light upon their memories. It was obviously great for its day, but I would have no desire to go back to my early years to play it.
I really enjoy history and antiques, but not antique games. I suppose however, many young people that play Elite Dangerous today will wax nostalgically for it in 30years time,in spite of the wonders of gaming in the future.
 
I wasn't a player of the original Elite, but for interest sake,I downloaded the BBCElite and installed it. Fired it up, and OMG. Salutations to anyone that enjoys and can successfully play that game.
Apparently,hindsight is 20/20 and nostalgia is blind.
Many of the players of the original game think that it's the greatest thing sliced bread, and wax nostalgically over the enjoyment and time they spent in front of their monochrome or rgb monitors.
I hope that the light of the new day sheds light upon their memories. It was obviously great for its day, but I would have no desire to go back to my early years to play it.
I really enjoy history and antiques, but not antique games. I suppose however, many young people that play Elite Dangerous today will wax nostalgically for it in 30years time,in spite of the wonders of gaming in the future.

You really had to be their to appreciate what a fantastic game Elite was. It blew other games out of the water.

Don't forget we were use to playing platformers, text adventures, arcade remakes, rudimentary shoot-em-ups that were entertaining but nothing compared to Elite.

It is difficult to understand in todays world of Giga-bytes and Terra-bytes. This game fitted into and ran in just 32k, am amazing feet in itself!

Download Beebem and then software for it - it will give you an idea of what Elites competition was (none really!) It was the first game (to my knowledge) that didn't have a linear storyline. It truly was remarkable!

But as I said - you gotta of been there to appreciate it.
 
Many of the players of the original game think that it's the greatest thing sliced bread, and wax nostalgically over the enjoyment and time they spent in front of their monochrome or rgb monitors.
I hope that the light of the new day sheds light upon their memories. It was obviously great for its day, but I would have no desire to go back to my early years to play it.

Same way as no one desires to own or drive a 1962 Ferrari GTO 250....

And it's not think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread...

It WAS the greatest thing since sliced bread to me......(Although I did prefer a hand cut doorstep, especially with a bacon sarnie)

The light of a new day sheds it light upon many things, as any news channel will tell you.....

Most of it I'd rather forget......

Playing Elite in 84 I'd rather remember......

Unless you were a face...And there...It probably will mean nothing to you...
 
Yep. You're right "Face" in the context to which you refer, doesn't mean anything to me.
I can get nostalgic over lots of things in my own life. But whenever, I go back and play old computer games which I once enjoyed, I figuratively shake my head and wonder at what we one considered great. Perhaps many of us lose our imagination as we grow older and experience the newest wonders of computing.
 
Fired it up, and OMG. Salutations to anyone that enjoys and can successfully play that game.
Apparently,hindsight is 20/20 and nostalgia is blind.

You ever wonder why people go gaga over a classic car? Someone who drives a 2015 Lexus or BMW would climb in a Model-T and think it was the worst ride ever. Why on earth would anyone get hyped up to drive a piece of junk that's so uncomfortable and noisy with no digital music or air conditioning that handles like a brick and can barely go faster than a person jogging?

The reason is that it's a piece of history. Just like there weren't always automobiles, there weren't always 3-D space sims. Before Elite, if you wanted to captain a starship, it looked like this:

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See that -E- ? That's your ship. You maneuvered around with text commands in a turn based fashion looking for +K+ which were the enemy ships. Then a calculator computed the damage done by your attacks. That was as good as it got.

Then Elite comes along. 3D graphics? Upgradable ship? Trading posts? A galaxy with 1,000 systems and you could play it with a joystick? Back then, it was like playing first person Star Wars on Oculus Rift.

Nowadays, it's a Model-T. Most people who download it will play it for a while to remember what it was like back in the day. People who are too young to remember might dismiss it as old-style junk, but hopefully it will give them an appreciation for how far gaming has come.

Who knows, in 30 years, your kids will be playing the current high tech VR game and you'll show them something like Elite Dangerous, and they'll act in the same shocked way... "Why would ANYONE play that?!?" ;)
 
No one have any ideas how to stop it crashing when I try to hyperspace anywhere?

I could quite happily loose a few hours playing this so it's quite frustrating.

We are not all sharing one disc are we like back in school are we? ;)
 
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Yep. You're right "Face" in the context to which you refer, doesn't mean anything to me.
I can get nostalgic over lots of things in my own life. But whenever, I go back and play old computer games which I once enjoyed, I figuratively shake my head and wonder at what we one considered great. Perhaps many of us lose our imagination as we grow older and experience the newest wonders of computing.

Well it's obvious then that computer games did not play such a big part of your life as they did in mine......

I found text adventures a battle of the mind.......Zork series on the C64 being one.....Could only get imported discs from the usa...iirc...From a place down the kings road in Chelsea.....Cost a bloody fortune.....

Sitting in the room next door I have a sega striker 2 cabinet...That I converted to MAME...So I could play the original arcade games I grew up with.....

Horses for courses I spose.............

Oh and no imagination lost here....I wish I could be around for the further advances.....I love everything about technology....The rift looks like it'll be the dogz once it's sorted......

People look at me and wonder how a silver haired "Old" man knows more than them about computing......Shame really...Seems I'm more interested than they are, They have grown up with it.... I've been there since the ZX......and seen things grow and grow.....Built my last 5 boxes.....Luv it

Oh and Nvidia released the 970 and 980 yesterday...I was gonna get a 770...But might hold off..Prices are bound to fall............
 
Played Star Trek on the university computer system way back in 1974. Data was entered and you picked up your programmed punch cards to save your data.
Definitely don't want to go back to those days. The ships were ascii symbols. Even pre Elite.
Compared to that, elite was truly a marvel!
 
Where is everybody?

Sorry to interrupt your trip down memory lane, but could some of the commanders report for duty in ED, as there doesn't appear to be anyone about.

Resisted downloading tonight as I wish to get some sleep, but tomorrow! may as well skip to Sunday as tomorrows taken. It's gonna feel strange after all this time.
 
Way back in 1974 we played Star Trek on the university computer. Data was entered at your terminal and your saved data was on punch cards which you retrieved from the computer room. The ships and photon torpedoes were computer symbols arranged in patterns to resemble ships etc. Compared to todays iterations, I find what we accepted as amusing.
We loved it, but I really don't fee the urge to play it again. Elite was truly a wonder compared to Star Trek of 1974.
Sorry to repeat but didn' t think first message was posted.
 
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People look at me and wonder how a silver haired "Old" man knows more than them about computing......Shame really...Seems I'm more interested than they are, They have grown up with it.... I've been there since the ZX......and seen things grow and grow.....Built my last 5 boxes.....Luv it

That puts it very nicely!

I deal with some very "modern" types at work - they recently hired an absolute bunch of youngsters and told them to "envision and enable engagement" - just whatever that means I really don't know.

What ended up happening was a hundred or so clueless newbs sitting in a presentation hall with a really nice, big, posh touchscreen repeater - writing endless loads of pseudocode (in HTML), awful poetry, and drinking unpronounceable bean beverages.

One magical vision guy even stopped proceedings entirely when he complained that "My Mac can't plug into this!"

They'd turn up late, "virtually", or not at all - and nothing actually got done. The project was cancelled after 3 weeks - $3 million well spent.
 
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