Elite

Elite was released in 1984, with excellent, smooth wireframe graphics. Basically, the player began as captain of a spaceship. A crappy spaceship. By working by fair means or foul, by trade, negotiation, or fighting, the player progressed up until his/her spaceship was 'Elite'. Perhaps the only game ever to have the perfect mix of action, RPG, combat and strategy.

# 2005-12-04 15:19:38

Command your Cobra space ship in a fantastic voyage of discovery and adventure, a supreme test of your combat, navigational and entrepreneurial skills.

Trade between countless planets, using the proceeds to equip your ship with heat-seeking missiles, beam lasers and other weapons - corporate states can be approached without risk, but unruly anarchies may be swarming with space pirates.

Black market trading can be lucrative but could result in skirmishes with local police and a price on your head!

However you make your money, by fair means or foul, you must blast onwards through space annihilating pirate ships and hostile aliens as you strive to earn your reputation as one of the Elite!

# 2024-04-25 17:45:01 - official description

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Elite: The New Kind was a C rewrite of this game. The project was shutdown and distribution ended in 2002 at the request of David Braben.

Sanguine # 2008-05-15 00:12:25

has influenced
Star Pilot (Linux)

has this clone
1337 (Oric)
ggelite (Linux)

version of
Elite (Amstrad CPC)
Elite (Enterprise)
Elite (Electron)
Elite (Apple II E)
Elite (MSX)
Elite (MS-DOS)
Elite128 (C128)
Elite +4 (C16/Plus4)
Elite (Archimedes)
Elite (Atari ST)
Elite (C64)
Elite (Amiga)
Elite (ZX Spectrum)
Elite (NES)