Elite Turns 25

[wraggster]

The BBC notes that the classic space combat / trading sim Elite is 25 years old today. Elite was one of the first 3D games produced for a home computer and also one of the first open-ended games. Odd as it sounds now, this meant that even though it was popular with friends of the creators, David Braben and Ian Bell, they initially struggled to find a publisher. 'They just didn't get it; they wanted a high score and they wanted players to have three lives,' Braben said. It is also credited with influencing quite a few modern classics.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/09/22/037212/Elite-Turns-25

[ojdon]

I never heard of the game until I saw that video, it still looks very fun to play even at today's standards!

[JDvorak]

I used to play this game for hours on the PC and Apple IIe. I love this game. It is the type of game you just can't put down. Still have it on my DS under several emulators and love it and all the sequels to it made (although the original was always better!)

[Mr.Peanut]

You don't need an emulator to play Elite on the ds. Quirky made a port: ds-elite (http://code.google.com/p/ds-elite/)
All it is missing is user defined button binds and touch screen buttons.

[jamotto]

Still waiting for Elite 4 of course it has been in development longer than Duke Nukem Forever.