General / Off-Topic So, someone tried to convince me he played Elite Dangerous on the 360...

Frank · Dec 12, 2018

It is possible that you could get Elite: Dangerous to work on a hacked Xbox360, after all there are people mad enough here to spend their time getting Elite: Dangerous playing of some very low spec Linux hardware...

[video=youtube;hoGMyyWpaR0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGMyyWpaR0[/video]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/340382-E-D-800x600-and-8-FPS-So-Why-Am-I-Happy

Docjas18 · Dec 14, 2018

Frank said:
It is possible that you could get Elite: Dangerous to work on a hacked Xbox360, after all there are people mad enough here to spend their time getting Elite: Dangerous playing of some very low spec Linux hardware...

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/340382-E-D-800x600-and-8-FPS-So-Why-Am-I-Happy

That was a prank for April Fools Day, if memory serves.

Mole HD · Dec 15, 2018

Frank said:
It is possible that you could get Elite: Dangerous to work on a hacked Xbox360, after all there are people mad enough here to spend their time getting Elite: Dangerous playing of some very low spec Linux hardware...

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/340382-E-D-800x600-and-8-FPS-So-Why-Am-I-Happy

No Frank...it's not. [squeeeee]

lokvette · Dec 15, 2018

Wasnt there somone who got the original elite running on what amounted to a 2v battery and a chip on a board or somthing like that..

SMcA · Dec 15, 2018

Mole HD said:
Careful Bongo...that almost qualifies as a gaming on a word processor [yesnod]

High Tech indeed. I remember playing golf on a 1970’s accounting machine.

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Mole HD · Dec 15, 2018

SMcA said:
High Tech indeed. I remember playing golf on a 1970’s accounting machine.

Does that count as a Laptop?

SMcA · Dec 15, 2018

Mole HD said:
Does that count as a Laptop?

More of an actual desk, I would say.

I worked in the factory that made them. I don't think I saw one in it's skin.

Armholeeio · Dec 15, 2018

Didn’t you know you can get it on your tamigotchi’s, bit limited and you have to feed your mk3 cobra at awkward times and play with it or it will die but bar that it’s fun

Saikun · Dec 15, 2018

In all seriousness, he could mix up Darkstar One: Broken Alliance.

Armholeeio said:
Didn’t you know you can get it on your tamigotchi’s, bit limited and you have to feed your mk3 cobra at awkward times and play with it or it will die but bar that it’s fun

And now I want Cobra Mk III Tamagotchi, damn it.