Elite: Dangerous
Take a ship and 100 credits to make money legally or illegally - trade, bounty-hunt, pirate, assassinate your way across the galaxy.
Happy Anniversary CMDRs - on this day 8 years ago, the Elite Dangerous Kickstarter began
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And on this day I flipped a coin between ED and SC, the pound coin fell off my hand and rolled under the sofa....lazily I flipped another 10p coin and it was ED....I always wonder where that pound coin RNG would have sent me.
My wife said I could only back one (and even then I had to burn a lot of husband good boy points to back)
Sadly, I was totally out of touch with gaming at the time of the Kickstarter (RL & just work & sleep for 3 years) otherwise I'd have jumped at the chance...
I was very happy when I did return to gaming and bought my first CMDR Deluxe pack 3 years ago, not looked back since!
I was very happy when I did return to gaming and bought my first CMDR Deluxe pack 3 years ago, not looked back since!
Don't worry. Chances are high, that you will have to replace the sofa or have to move before SC is being released. So if the coin would've sent you to SC, you still are not too late.
That video is in fact .. quite goosebumps.
I didn't spot the KS when it launched but picked up on it in January ..
so is this my official birthday, a bit like the Queen has?
o7 Commanders, a 21 rail gun salute and Elite!
I didn't spot the KS when it launched but picked up on it in January ..
so is this my official birthday, a bit like the Queen has?
o7 Commanders, a 21 rail gun salute and Elite!
Robert Maynard
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Backed the game as soon as I saw the BBC article on the Kickstarter - after checking that, while multi-player was an option, there was no requirement to play among other players to play the game.
www.bbc.co.uk
Elite classic video games remake seeking backers
One of the creators of Elite is turning to Kickstarter to raise cash to produce an updated version of the classic video game.
www.bbc.co.uk
Flossy
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My husband (CMDR Wrongway) asked me if I remembered him playing Elite - I certainly did, used to watch in awe for hours! At the time I never dreamed of playing myself as it looked so complicated and I thought I would never be able to 'fly'. By the time of the Kickstarter, I had been playing Air Warrior and then Aces High (World War 2 combat sims) for 14 years and was well used to 'flying', with full HOTAS and rudder pedals already part of my gaming setup. I was so excited at the thought of flying spaceships and didn't take much persuasion to become a backer, starting small and gradually increasing to pledging enough for Alpha access. Best thing I ever did and the last 8 years have been some of the best of my life!
Backed the game as soon as I saw the BBC article on the Kickstarter - after checking that, while multi-player was an option, it was not required to play the game.
Elite classic video games remake seeking backers
One of the creators of Elite is turning to Kickstarter to raise cash to produce an updated version of the classic video game.
And to think that you so nearly missed out on epic forum battles with me- a hidden KS bonus beyond price all down to RNG coin flipping!
Robert Maynard
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Indeed.
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I backed both
I wish I'd had money at the time. I actually saw the kickstarter with time to put a bit into it, but at the time I really didn't have any "disposable" income to speak of.
Happily, the LEP came out again, at a time when I did have "disposable" income.
So, thanks to all those folks who got it off the ground in the first place.
Happily, the LEP came out again, at a time when I did have "disposable" income.
So, thanks to all those folks who got it off the ground in the first place.
Same, plus Oculus Rift and Divinity Original Sin. Three out of four Kickstarters supplying me with their products isn't bad goingI backed both
Eurogamer alerted me to the project's start. Instantly backed it, supporter #938Backed the game as soon as I saw the BBC article on the Kickstarter - after checking that, while multi-player was an option, there was no requirement to play among other players to play the game.
Elite classic video games remake seeking backers
One of the creators of Elite is turning to Kickstarter to raise cash to produce an updated version of the classic video game.
Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter from series creator David Braben
Elite creator David Braben has reignited the famous 1980s space trading series with a Kickstarter for a sequel.
www.eurogamer.net
I was happy to watch it succeed and then I came in at beta with a lifetime pass. Mine had a bug where it had Shinrarta and Sol unlocked, which I was happy to learn about after the fact. I've been off and on but recently jumped in and ranked up to rear admiral and took mining seriously, so I'm now a new billionaire and about to deck out a corvette up to A grade. Then I'm starting on the rest of engineers and then the guardians. Still lots to do. I've never seen a black hole, or a thargoid.
Robert Maynard
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Not sure about Sol, but the £85 pledge tier includes the option to start in Shinrarta Dehzra: