b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » XXX » Message 8543539 (Thread)

# one for the old skool
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:54, archived)
# Anyone who doenst get this
needs to geek up.

Although I prefered frontier.

swift3d?
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# STAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGLIIIIIDEEERRRRRRR
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# NoNonononononno
TOTALLY different genre man.

Elite and frontier had gazillions of systems to explore!!!
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:58, archived)
# Every one the same
:D
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:58, archived)
# Humanoids are the only types of organisms
that can populate the universe. Didnt you know that? Dont you watch star trek? Get Out!
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:00, archived)
# What about Tribbles?
I think I have said too much now.

(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:01, archived)
# Causing trouble again?
(and tribbles had appendeges under that fur, 4 legs, 4 arms and 12 genetalia.)
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:03, archived)
# Cocktastic!
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:05, archived)
# Starglider was super cool arcade shoot'em up
makes me think of ice creams, the seaside and sandy fumbles :D



I wonder what happened to Sandy?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:00, archived)
# She married Richard Crack
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:01, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# i don't get it
i have absolutely no intention of ever geeking up, pretending i know what you lot are on about most of the time is as geeky as i'm going to get.

it's bloody good whatever it is.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:49, archived)
# LIKE.
Don't understand.
BUT LIKE.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# ^this
(I helped save b3ta! xihpete A neutrino walks straight through a bar, with v>c., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:06, archived)
# Shame on you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(computer_game)
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:07, archived)
# or better still
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIuOjEqY8Hk
damn I should have had him flickering
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:09, archived)
# God it was amazing
gazillion years ahead of everything else at the time.
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:13, archived)
# a million worlds to visit and trade with
and all for 16k

That animation it 226!
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:15, archived)
# David Braben
i read about him the other day but cant recall what it was about.
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:17, archived)
# That windy game on the Wii?
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:21, archived)
# ? no but.....
*googles*
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:49, archived)
# ha
it is like EVE
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Scunner She’s a he, technically, but she’s scalding hot, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:16, archived)
# *shakes head*
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:17, archived)
# lookin good P3L3
(I helped save b3ta! Winthorpe Sim-Sala-Bim, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:40, archived)
# Deadly
God it was good, although the Archimedes version was definitive...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRBuTU9ovP8

(Gilbo, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 23:47, archived)
# Oh very nice
Showoff :)
I spent far too long playing that on the BBC B. Got up to Deadly, I think.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# I made Elite, nyanyanya
Although I'm not sure if that's something to be proud of, considering the beeb version couldn't save.
(I helped save b3ta! Peregr1n @peregr1n, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 22:28, archived)
# I see what you did there.
Hello people reading this comment after linking here from the front page in a few hours.
(I helped save b3ta! Koba http://sexycooladventures.blogspot.com/, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# Yes
hello, we saw it first so NERR
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:58, archived)
# hahahahah I feel like I belong to a certain group :D
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# <3's Elite
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# Ahh
It is isn't it, many happy hours :)
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# Whoop!
:D
(I helped save b3ta! chunderbunny lacking humus since, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# hahaha
that's bloody well done and 386-geek awesome.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:56, archived)
# 386?
Rich boy show off.
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:57, archived)
# pfft
unfortunately 386 was my second computer, and that was the one that allowed elite to work.

My first was an enormous thing with a fan that could be heard in the rest of the house, and I could only play Zany Golf on it, which was fucking awesome.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# I still have a machine like that
it very loud

tho it 386
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:04, archived)
# My first PC was an XT, which could run fuck all other than some gaudy space invaders thing
After that I upgraded to a powerful 286 and could not believe the power of the thing and the amazing realism of Castle Wolfenstein
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:04, archived)
# Ah Yes!
I remember playing that for the first time, along with Doom, and totally shitting myself!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:06, archived)
# Good lord yes
Doom frightened the hell out of me

The only other game that made my skin crawl like that was Half Life 2
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:08, archived)
# I've never really been freaked out by games.
Although I got ill when I was really young the same day as we borrowed an Amiga version of Street Fighter, I subsequently had hallucinations of all the Street Fighter characters attacking me constantly FOR HOURS!
(Jeru War and Piss, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:10, archived)
# that must have been fun, if only you knew special moves
:)
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:14, archived)
# I havent played any new computer games for years....
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:16, archived)
# *creams*
I still play zany golf on Amiga emulator from time to time. The music is fucking hypnotic.
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:06, archived)
# nice
i somehow recognice it, but i'm not sure where
(I helped save b3ta! Dances with Rabbits Back to Education i go, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:57, archived)
# They don't make 'em like that any more.
woo
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 20:57, archived)
# I get this,
I love this! :D

*edit* I also join in:
(I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:00, archived)
# AUTODOCKS
hahahah
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:19, archived)
# Rear View
lolz
(I helped save b3ta! gfreeman is only here for the beer, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:23, archived)
# go stick this in it
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:23, archived)
# Hey Toast,
Did you make that in swift3d?
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:01, archived)
# No, MAX with all the render settings switched off to alias it up
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# I really must learn that program
I can do basic stuff in swift but 3DS max is just mindbogglingly complicated. Tried for 2 hours to get a static image of julius caesars head to render right and still didnt manage it. Couldnt smooth the polys!
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:05, archived)
# You need a parrot comb
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:06, archived)
# *Google parrot comb plug-in*
:P
(I helped save b3ta! P3L3 is not my real name., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:07, archived)
# very good :)
I ate you for breakfast the other day:
(I helped save b3ta! Paster of Muppets is an incredible screen name, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:01, archived)
# cor!
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# paint with butter!
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:03, archived)
# silly toasty, frisbee is not plate!
and with that, I'm off to the pub :D
(I helped save b3ta! Paster of Muppets is an incredible screen name, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:04, archived)
# Rude toast!
(I helped save b3ta! kinks rock over London, rock on Chicago, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:05, archived)
# frontiers..
the most murderous sequel ever in the history of gaming sequels :(
on anim tho :)
(I helped save b3ta! oucheh I am have confused, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# Yes!
Goal.
(tapeworm depressed beyond tablets, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:02, archived)
# can I be let off for not getting this as the game was released before i was born?
it is of course a most excellent image :)
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:04, archived)
# I can't wait for Elite 4
(I helped save b3ta! nick the greek, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:07, archived)
# Is that the one with the lowpoly crack whores?
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:09, archived)
# Low Poly! Is it for a game?
/surprised I'm the first blog
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:09, archived)
# oh minge arse!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:10, archived)
# LOW POLY!!!!!!
:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:09, archived)
# mwahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:10, archived)
# right, I'm going to rub myself and think about YOU, HAH! that showed you
:D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:11, archived)
# O_O
niiiiiiiiioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:12, archived)
# AHAHAHAHAHA!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:14, archived)
# make the fucking tea
teaboy
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:17, archived)
# I liked that story
what happened to him, did he get confused while making tea
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:24, archived)
# autodock!
(I helped save b3ta! gfreeman is only here for the beer, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:10, archived)
# :)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:12, archived)
# took me a minute
showed my wife....she just gave me one of those 'why dont you have a proper hobby looks'
(Carpe Perna! Evolution is just a theory...like Gravity., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:15, archived)
# This is brilliant
but means nothing to me. Oh Vienna
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:15, archived)
# to the sound of the Blue Danube..
fucking marvellous sir.
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:16, archived)
# Why does this remind me of Chocky?
Or even Chocky's children?


/Really shows age.......
(AMadDayYes, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:17, archived)
#
farm1.static.flickr.com/222/517518084_40fc2e157c_o.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:20, archived)
# Hahaha
That's fooking excellent!
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:22, archived)
# In a puerile atempt to outgeek everybody
'don't you think the body looks a lot like the Cobra?'
(Carpe Perna! Evolution is just a theory...like Gravity., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:24, archived)
# Biscuit approves


In other news, cartoon compo - everyone hold on to something: the board's gonna get fast!
(I helped save b3ta! b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:24, archived)
# thatnk you biscuit
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:27, archived)
# haha!
excellent stuff!
(I helped save b3ta! enceladus, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:25, archived)
# Cool game
but the glitch was that to get through the asteroid field all you had to do was pull back on the joystick and you were fine!
(I helped save b3ta! setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:34, archived)
# This is good
But also makes me realise that I am getting old in a world full of youngsters.
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 21:37, archived)
# Pfffft
LAND IN THE MOUTH, IN THE MOUTH GODDAMMIT... oh crap, not again.
(I helped save b3ta! Peregr1n @peregr1n, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 22:27, archived)
# i'm rising to fuck
but it is making me think of Lord Anthony by Belle & Sebastien which is not at all a bad thing
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 0:39, archived)
# :D
i love b3ta... *sniffles*

*clicks*
(I helped save b3ta! op op op op op I stink therfore I spam, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 15:41, archived)
# THAT is so amazingly excellent, words cannot describe!
damn, I loved that game (although I think I'd rather play Freelancer over Elite these days....)
(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 8:16, archived)