.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!
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Thu 9 Apr 2009, 22:58,
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Try ooLitedeveloper.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.
(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.
heyrudi has just found this setting,
Thu 9 Apr 2009, 23:39,
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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...
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Wed 15 Apr 2009, 16:52,
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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...