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For some reason, when #FrontierFirstEncounters was released in the US in 1995, it sported much improved box artwork compared to the UK and European versions. The Frontier wording was dropped; the game simply being known as First Encounters. A curious decision, given FE2s success!
É hoje! O jogo Elite de 1984 de 1984.
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Like Elite, Frontier had a number of different versions. #FrontierElite2 was made for PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, whereas #FrontierFirstEncounters only ever came out on PC. A number of different languages here, on disk and CD. The box art for US FFE was by far the best.
It's now 30 years since the release of Frontier Elite 2 - a fantastic game by @DavidBraben which preceded #FrontierFirstEncounters and @EliteDangerous
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I just might join you... if nothing transpires at least I'll get to meet a few friendly faces whilst I'm there.
#FrontierFirstEncounters #EliteDangerous #Thargoids
This is the FrontierAstro Frontier Collection 2022!
17 individual products here, including such rarities as the Portuguese version of #FrontierElite2 and the Italian version of #FrontierFirstEncounters
Each product is identified at https://t.co/wIjH6UCE3l
It was a huge disappointment when #FrontierFirstEncounters wasn't released for the #Amiga and this CU Amiga magazine preview in March 1995 suggests it almost made it. However, no Amiga screenshots were available for inspection and the game hit the shops for PC only that Easter.
I've never quite worked out what was going on with the Skeet Cruiser in #FrontierFirstEncounters - it was a middle of the road ship which didn't excel in any particular area. Its most alarming feature was a huge rotating piston on its roof which served no apparent purpose! 😁
Something else I've got lurking on my hard drive is a #PolishFFE translation of #FrontierFirstEncounters which I think came from a now-defunct FFE website https://t.co/3WlPRhrOmT If I can track down who made this version I might be able to offer it for download.
The original Thargoid missions in #FrontierFirstEncounters which involved you travelling to their secret base to meet them, before tracking down an antidote to the INRA mycoid threatening to wipe them out!!
Whether you had the CD or floppy disc version of #FrontierFirstEncounters there were a whole host of bugs in the game when it was released at Easter 1995. As these were pre-internet times, patches were sent out by post. The final FFE patch disc (v1.06) came out in December 1995.
There was an interesting advertising flyer produced for the North American release of #FrontierFirstEncounters The fifth bullet point mentions "massive ravaging", whatever that is, and the final point is maybe a bit... optimistic?? 🤔
There's no point in having one copy of #FrontierFirstEncounters when you can have five! Here is FFE in English (UK), French, German, Italian and English (US). The US version had by far the best box artwork 😍
If you'd rather play #FrontierElite2 than #FrontierFirstEncounters but want higher resolution graphics, try #GLFrontier by Tom Morton. A guide to downloading and running it can be found at https://t.co/X6aabw1iIp
Not all the cardboard boxes have suffered as much as my #BBCElite copies. These US versions of #C64Elite and #FrontierFirstEncounters have fared much better. Perhaps it's not as damp over there! 😁
I love the artwork for the North American release of #FrontierFirstEncounters although it was known as First Encounters there. Big box PC games were the best! 😍
I've actually been playing #EliteDangerous a little bit recently. I can't fault the visuals but somehow I always find myself being drawn back to #FrontierFirstEncounters after a while 🤔
Issue 136 of Retro Gamer magazine was a must have for any Elite fan. It featured a ten page discussion of #Elite, #FrontierElite2, #FrontierFirstEncounters and #EliteDangerous with David Braben and was a fascinating trip down memory lane.
A rare copy of Italian #FrontierFirstEncounters which had the printed material (manual & short stories) plus the game in Italian. The FMV was still in English however. The front of the box somewhat optimistically declared the game "bug free"🤔
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