Elite (1984) from the store

[xaccers]

I know it may seem daft, but the tweaking that is needed to get it working adds to the nostalgia for me.
How many of us spent hours typing out programs from BBC Micro magazines, only to have them not work?
That's how we learnt, by debugging.
If it worked first time, we'd never have known WHY it worked and what each part did.
I remember a game where you flew up a chimney (or zigzag tunnel with brick walls to describe it better), and if you tweaked the code a bit you could get rid of the zigzag (would that technically be an early wall hack? I'll get me coat).

 

[JeffRyan]

I know it may seem daft, but the tweaking that is needed to get it working adds to the nostalgia for me.
How many of us spent hours typing out programs from BBC Micro magazines, only to have them not work?
That's how we learnt, by debugging.
If it worked first time, we'd never have known WHY it worked and what each part did.
I remember a game where you flew up a chimney (or zigzag tunnel with brick walls to describe it better), and if you tweaked the code a bit you could get rid of the zigzag (would that technically be an early wall hack? I'll get me coat).

Yeah my little brother used to read those out as I typed them, we didn't know what :s and ;s were called. So : was a snowman and ; was a melting snowman...

 

[Daniel Jackson]

can someone type out the controls for the 1984 game on the elite store please, the manual isn't exactly the easiest thing to read

 

[nighthawk71]

can someone type out the controls for the 1984 game on the elite store please, the manual isn't exactly the easiest thing to read

Sure thing.

NOTE: I'd recommend going into BeebEm's options and enable "Make F1-10 f0-9", as the commands I listed here are as is with that option enabled. Without it, F1-F9 are f1-f9, while F12, I think, is f0.

Spoiler

f0 (F1)=Launch (while docked), Front View (while flying)
f1 (F2)=Buy Screen (while docked), Left View (while flying)
f2 (F3)=Sell Screen (docked), Right View (flying)
f3 (F4)=Equipment Screen (docked), Rear View (flying)
f4 (F5)=Galaxy Map
f5 (F6)=System Map
f6 (F7)=Planet Information Screen
f7 (F8)=Commodity Prices
f8 (F9)=Commander Status Page
f9 (F10)=Inventory Page
F=Find Planet (docked)
@ (Shift+~ in BeebEm)=Initiate Save (docked)

Flight Controls:
S and X=Pitch down and up
, and .=Roll left and right
Spacebar=Increase Speed
/=Decrease Speed
A=Fire Laser
T=Target (Arm) Missile, M=Fire Missile, U=Disarm Missile
Tab=Energy Bomb
E=Electronic Countermeasure (ECM)
Escape Key=Escape Capsule
C=Engage Docking Computer, P=Disengage Docking Computer
H=Hyperspace, Ctrl+H=Galactic Hyperspace
J=Time Acceleration

Map Controls:
Arrow Keys=Navigate Cursor
D=Distance to system
O=Cursor cross home

All these controls I managed to obtain from the key reference guide included with the original Elite games. I have the BBC Model B casette tape version of Elite, so I was able to use the reference guide to type down the controls.

 

[PGleesonuk]

For me the game crashes with a "not found" error when I jump in hyperspace.

Reinstalled BeeBem a couple of times. Tried the mac version. Still no joy.

What's the trick to get this to run?

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Sure thing.

NOTE: I'd recommend going into BeebEm's options and enable "Make F1-10 f0-9", as the commands I listed here are as is with that option enabled. Without it, F1-F9 are f1-f9, while F12, I think, is f0.

Spoiler

f0 (F1)=Launch (while docked), Front View (while flying)
f1 (F2)=Buy Screen (while docked), Left View (while flying)
f2 (F3)=Sell Screen (docked), Right View (flying)
f3 (F4)=Equipment Screen (docked), Rear View (flying)
f4 (F5)=Galaxy Map
f5 (F6)=System Map
f6 (F7)=Planet Information Screen
f7 (F8)=Commodity Prices
f8 (F9)=Commander Status Page
f9 (F10)=Inventory Page
F=Find Planet (docked)
@ (Shift+~ in BeebEm)=Initiate Save (docked)

Flight Controls:
S and X=Pitch down and up
, and .=Roll left and right
Spacebar=Increase Speed
/=Decrease Speed
A=Fire Laser
T=Target (Arm) Missile, M=Fire Missile, U=Disarm Missile
Tab=Energy Bomb
E=Electronic Countermeasure (ECM)
Escape Key=Escape Capsule
C=Engage Docking Computer, P=Disengage Docking Computer
H=Hyperspace, Ctrl+H=Galactic Hyperspace
J=Time Acceleration

Map Controls:
Arrow Keys=Navigate Cursor
D=Distance to system
O=Cursor cross home

All these controls I managed to obtain from the key reference guide included with the original Elite games. I have the BBC Model B casette tape version of Elite, so I was able to use the reference guide to type down the controls.

thank you so very much!!!

this should help many others as well



wait so the orginal game was a cassette tape? not a 5 1/4 or a 8 inch floppy

 

[nighthawk71]

thank you so very much!!!

this should help many others as well



wait so the orginal game was a cassette tape? not a 5 1/4 or a 8 inch floppy

You're welcome

Also, there were 3 different media the original Elite was released on. There was the BBC Model B casette tape version and a casette tape version for the Acorn Electron, and then there's the BBC Model B floppy disk version (which is the version included wih the Elite 1984 download).

Not to mention to other ports of Elite that exist. The 3 I mentioned above are the first versions of Elite released.