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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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...