well, I was anyway...


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( vbloke has an opinion - fear me, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:33, archived)

hahaha
I was too, kept crashing into the space station
( munkt0n, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:36, archived)

that's what
a docking computer's for. Duh!

:)
( brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:37, archived)

yeah...
but in the original you didn't start with a docking computer, you had to trade before you could afford one, and I couldn't trade because I couldn't fucking dock!
( munkt0n, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:38, archived)

If I remember rightly,
you approach the station from the planet at EXACTLY the right angle & start rotating in time with it...
( Duncan Disorderly, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:40, archived)

yeah
either that, or getting ambushed by a dozen pesky Thargons and their mini remote ships.
( vbloke has an opinion - fear me, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:41, archived)

that was the theory
space travel was difficult when you were 8 years old
( munkt0n, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:42, archived)

I never managed to dock to sell
my cargo either.
The fact I had a pirate copy, without the keys written down, didn't make it any easier.
( Pootle where's his tart on his sleve?, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:48, archived)

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEpost

(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:52, archived)

(related) Threadjack
What are the speed up/slow down keys for Elite?

I keep crashing when I'm trying to dock
( Duncan Disorderly, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:38, archived)

I think
Space bar was speed up

could be wrong though
( brainstuff can eat a whole shredded wheat, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:42, archived)

That was
fire wasn't it?
(Bonedwarf is the size of a lemon, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:44, archived)

fire is a
space is speed up,
still can't find slow though!
[edit] slow is right shift!
( Duncan Disorderly, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:50, archived)

- and =
were slow down and speed up
( riverghost Discomeats likes pies, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:53, archived)

If I recall
It's A/Z. EDIT TO SAY: Whoops. That was up/down... Fuck. +/- perhaps?

Was fucking retarded. You had to be GOOD AT DOCKING... To be able to get the funds for a docking computer... Hmmm... Messrs Braben and the other geezer didn't think that through.

One of the best games ever though. Too bad there's nothing like it now (and if you say Freelancer, I will laugh at you.)
(Bonedwarf is the size of a lemon, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:43, archived)

Freelancer

(Baj has had a poo at pauls. I would give it a few mins, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:52, archived)

Arf

(WouldSwapABearForATiger, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:56, archived)

enough of this retro games nonsense
I'm off to play day of the tentacle ;)
( munkt0n, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:54, archived)

I LOVED Day Of The Tentacle!
Also Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom, and all the Monkey Islands...
( Batsgirl, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 10:56, archived)

got them all!
I've just finished Sam n Max, day of the tentacle is next, then onto monkey island, yay! for lucasarts!
( munkt0n, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:00, archived)

Never played Sam n Max
Heard good things about it though.

Never completed Maniac Mansion either. Done and dusted all four MIs though, plus Zak, Loom and DotT
( Batsgirl, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:02, archived)

sam and max is great
but a lot easier to finish than monkey island.
( Reverend Dan Thank you, please > fbanimations.tumblr.com, Tue 22 Apr 2003, 11:12, archived)