FrontierAstro

Dedicated to Elite, Frontier and astronomy

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Try not to get caught by Chief Inspector Braben if you're flying a stolen ship in #FrontierElite2 - the penalty is likely to be a life sentence of hard labour, or worse! Presumably the same punishment applies for playing pirated computer games... 😯

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@SkySportsNews Second most capped??

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Ship posters were included in the Firebird and Acornsoft releases of #Elite, although the latter only showed the ships found in the tape version. Of the two, the Acornsoft edition somehow seems more elegant, perhaps like the game itself?

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Not to be outdone, the #SinclairSpectrum128 also got bespoke unofficial versions of #Elite - one of which is Elite Legend by PLM. Among the new features is ship purchasing, freight transportation, extra stations and new missions! Download it from https://t.co/qPVEDPM4PP

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@drewhill79 This is how it's described in the Elite 128 text file. As for a similar device in BBC Elite, I've got a feeling there may be something like this in one of the Master versions, but I may be wrong 🤔

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#CommodoreElite was marketed as a game for the #Commodore128 computer, as both were released in the US in 1985. There were no additional features however. For that, download Ullrich von Bassewitz's amazing Elite 128 from https://t.co/iLPKSXt9iT - new features and improvements!

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@ericksonklod400 You can download it via this link:-
https://t.co/mfMVukFDLO

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Amstrad Action magazine very kindly gave away the complete #AmstradElite game with the January 1994 edition. I can't help wondering how many Amstrad gamers hadn't already encountered Elite in the 8 years since release though! 🤔

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Ok, the Gameboy Advance is quite old now, but if you still have one, you can play a great version of #Elite on it. Visit Quirky's GBA Remakes or https://t.co/rWYcIB3eXl to play or emulate it! 😎

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@exQUIZitely If the Michael Howard interview was JP's finest hour, this must be the worst! 😄

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@SharpworksMZ @exQUIZitely 112k! Massive!

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Still true, and probably always will be! 😍

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Did you know there was a demonstration program for #BBCElite sent by Acornsoft to retailers in 1984? This was for shop displays, to entice buyers. Now Mark Moxon has incorporated flicker-free graphics to make it even better!
Download it now, from https://t.co/5cpZqlLMWE

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@RedFive1243 I have!

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@Gnomosapien I don' know. I didn't play the Einstein (or Speccy) version a great deal BITD.

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Elite for the #TatungEinstein received a very positive review in the June 1987 edition of Einstein User magazine. The game looks suspiciously like the #Spectrum version, albeit with a few unfortunate flaws. Very playable though, and probably the best game for that machine.

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@NebularNerd @louksd Nothing really. The game itself had a couple of changes, mainly just to accommodate playing with a gamepad rather than keyboard and mouse.

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#FrontierElite2 was converted for Commodore's #CD32 and was nicely reworked to use the controller. Due to the machine only having 1KB of non-volatile memory, the game could only be saved when in space, not when docked at a space station! It did run quickly and smoothly though.

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@NebularNerd @louksd That was Frontier First Encounters, the follow-up to FE2.

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@jump_drive_flyr Strange, because I have a very clear memory of only being able to save after hyperspace. This seems to be backed up at https://t.co/M0pKnrOuNY so maybe you were able to save the game to another device? 🤷‍♂️

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@TonimanGalvez @RedFive1243 Yes, due to their similar hardware, MSX games can be ported to Einstein fairly easily, but not run directly.