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[challenge entry] Possibly the greatest game ever...

suprised to see so many Elite posts!


From the Computer Games: The Grim Reality challenge. See all 283 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! hYpe is haunted by humans, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:13, archived)
# Hahahahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:14, archived)
# \o/
Excellent!
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:14, archived)
# meh pulse laser
mining laser ftw!
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:14, archived)
# Feh
Cheat laser *cough*
(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 12:24, archived)
# Haha! Ace :)
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:15, archived)
# hahaha. Excellent!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:15, archived)
# Front end repair?
You tried docking with a Coriolis without using an autodocking system? :)
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:27, archived)
# Always a mistake, that manoevre...
:-)
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:30, archived)
# Autodocking was for gheys
A real man does it on manual
(While listening to Sade)
(I helped save b3ta! Wembley, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:34, archived)
# real men
set it up roughly and then full throttled and hoped it was parallel when you got there LOL
(scowners shagged his mum on, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:38, archived)
# oo err missus
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:42, archived)
# real men
park just outside and twat the space station until a billion Vipers pour out, guns blazing. Then run away giggling just as your shields are about to be depleted!

'Fugitive' was always a cool status to have!
(Ghostlight, Wed 15 Apr 2009, 16:56, archived)
# non auto docking sucks donkey cock
i went mad swallowing of david braben and amigo pro's semenic propaganda over this game, mithered ma n pa catpiss to buy it for my birthday, got it and stopped playing after about 48 hours due to not being able to dock or shoot any fucker.

Or land on fucking planets, i was never on the right side with any landing ports.

the game was fucking awesome, i was fucking awful.
(Daryl Catpiss, Sun 12 Apr 2009, 11:33, archived)
# I'll give you 1895...
woo/yay!

(DrZaarlon Witchspace To Ra!, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 11:45, archived)
# See!!!
www.b3ta.com/links/301709
(I helped save b3ta! Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 9 Apr 2009, 14:24, archived)
# Two thousand credits?
Bloody hell, wish I hadn't ditched mine in witch-space in '88.
(Astatine, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 17:50, archived)
# What do you mean possibly?!
...this is fabulous :o)
(I_tickle_myself, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 22:55, archived)
# .
I never got to play Elite, but I played the Elite-a-like, Hardwar, which was excellent. Sold it though, and your post's nostalgically making me try and find it so I can buy a copy on the internet!
(mrtcrazyfoo, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 22:58, archived)
# Try ooLite
developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3577

Open source port of elite - based on the BBC B source code that either David Braben or Ian Bell let out into the public domain a few years ago - but with a few additions. Very cool - very playable.
(I helped save b3ta! heyrudi has just found this setting, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 23:39, archived)
# You're kidding, right??
Someone has ported Elite to the Mac??? I LOVED this game when I was a kid, but as I didn't have a Beeb or a Speccy, like my mates, I couldn't play it on my own.

I had a VIC-20... :(

If this works on my Mac Pro this evening (still at work and reading B3TA) I will cry with joy!

Oh, and an excellent original post. I was so nerdy about my Cobra, I called mine 'Ghostlight', which has been my geek handle ever since. My 'pilot' was called Cartalus Atrox, a derivative of Crotalus Atrox, latin name for a pit viper. I was sticking with the snakey theme. Wipes away nostalgic tear...
(Ghostlight, Wed 15 Apr 2009, 16:52, archived)
# I think I love this
(I helped save b3ta! finnbar has officially retired, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 1:01, archived)
# i played Elite for what seemed like years
I never made it past Deadly, never found out what I was doing wrong.
(I helped save b3ta! lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 2:07, archived)
# Same way you get ahead in anything
Kill more people
(I helped save b3ta! JimM, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 3:03, archived)
# I played Elite for what was years
because we didn't buy a new computer until I was 17. Awesome game. I think my folks still have the BBC B in the loft...
(RockCakeKing nomnomnom, Sat 11 Apr 2009, 21:15, archived)
# Fab
Love it.
(I helped save b3ta! paulieg La, la, la, not listening, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 11:00, archived)
# Awesome find
An 1970 Oldsmobile 442 in red with white detailing and matching numbers! I like your style :)
(LittleKitty, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 11:57, archived)
# Right on Commander!
Stil love that game, I wish they would bring out an updated version.
(Wascally Weasel now with 100% fewer jokes., Fri 10 Apr 2009, 19:04, archived)
# Mostly harmless
good clean joke.

But very funny.
(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Mon 13 Apr 2009, 23:02, archived)