Elite
Started playing Elite on the BBC B in 1984. Still playing it now - in the Oolite interpretation.... Best. Computer. Game. Ever.

And for those who claim that geekiness is only for IT types, I've built a nicely successful media career on the back of that early computer literacy. Thank you Ian Bell - and to a lesser extent David Braben.

Edit: By the way, how come no-one's resurrected Elite as an MMORPG? Be a total winner.
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:31, 17 replies)

I loved Elite
and Frontier even more.

I think I might need to get Frontier again.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:33, closed)

Right on, commander!

( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:34, closed)

I lost a lot of my childhood to Frontier.
I too feel it would make an excellent MMORPG but the fact that it isn't does at least mean that I have a social life.
(Leonard Hatred briefly did some work on, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:42, closed)

Vega Strike
is (apparently) MMORPG Elite

I daren't try it in case I lose six months
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:50, closed)

Downloading it now
Thanks for that. As a result I probably won't be posting here for a few months. Or going to work. Or eating...
( calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 12:07, closed)

Fuck Elite
I'd just achieved 'Deadly' and recieved my first special mission, when a fuckton of Thargoids warped in from nowhere and blew me halfway to Narnia in about two seconds flat. Wasn't saved. Never played it again.

EDIT: on the subject of old games, was very happy to see Worms Armageddon reborn on Steam as Worms Reloaded...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:56, closed)

Eve Online
is pretty close to Elite, buying , selling, killing.

I still have a copy of Frontier that runs in a DOS box on my work PC :)
(liquidkristal, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 12:03, closed)

Eve Online
is best described as Spreadsheets with graphics...
(caescarna Hell's Roomba, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:55, closed)

Oolite...
...since trying this program I've witnessed more manual docking mishaps than you'd see on the dancefloor of an Essex nightclub.

For those of you who love Frontier, I can recommend GL Frontier - tom.noflag.org.uk/glfrontier.html

No need to mess around with Dosbox or similar, plus you get slightly better visuals to boot.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 5 Nov 2010, 12:41, closed)

But does the cargo bay trick work in that version??
Nothing better than having an Eagle mk2 or Kestrel or similar with a massive cargo bay and hyperdrive due to the bugs in FE2.

/edit
So you end up with cargo space like this:
i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa1/mensa_reject/randomness/bd030f14.jpg
(Mensa Reject has gone out, I'll be back on, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 2:40, closed)

No
Unfortunately it crashes it.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Sun 7 Nov 2010, 20:02, closed)

Oh thank you very much
That's my next few months wasted...

;P
( DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 12:52, closed)

If any fellow uber-nerds care, Oolite is now available in the Ubuntu repositories.
That is all.
( DrPrunesquallor is determined to post more as of, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 14:35, closed)

What the fuck are the ubuntu sepositories?

(mersault, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 17:02, closed)

It's Linux, innit
Most Linux distros have some kind of reposiorty system (it's where the app store idea was stolen from)
This means that all software installed from them will update etc as the new version land in the repros (not need for each program to manually do its own checks)
Ubuntu is merely one flavour of Linux. Some say it's dumbed down, some say it's bloated, but who cares. If it works, it works.
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 17:12, closed)

It's an older version unfortunately
Best to grab the one from the site, I can't recall if there is an Oolite PPA
(SpangleDangle >->)))'>, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 17:12, closed)

OMFG OMFG OMFG
OOLITE rules. I first started playing it three or four years ago and I lost a chunk of time on it. I got a bit cheesed when I got stuck in an excruciatingly long mission which involved going towards planet, shooting ships then docking and h-spacing out then returning to do the same. I haven't completed it as it was taking way too long and I can't run off without finishing a mish. With you on the MMORPG thing, that would be awesome. I am 37.
(mersault, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:02, closed)

Simply the greatest game ever
I first played it on a acorn electron! When I got an A500 it got even better still don't think there has been a more open ended game.

Downloading oolite tonight and hibernating for winter
(epicsnail Likes working nights, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 17:05, closed)