http://elite.frontier.co.uk/modules/Media/mediaplayer.swfFIRST REAL 3D space OPEN ENDED RPG..
3 generations of the program,
Elite.
Frontier Elite.
Frontier First encounters..
Ported to ALL the environments/OS's..
http://elite.frontier.co.uk/Lets add..
On a 3.5 floppy disk.. for Frontier ELITE.
you had over 200 stars you could visit.
FULL space effects.
Midi music.
Star systems with Multiple STARS(8 was the max I saw)
Gravitational PULL.. the planets MOVED, the SUNS PULLED..you could jump between 2 stars and be caught in a death trap..
It could take you DAYS to get into a system AFTER you jumped to it(thats why they added TIME speed up)
You could LAND on a planet, at a BASE, and had to do a MANUAL landing.
REAL trading system, that went UP AND DOWN and even had illegal goods..
3 military factions, and you didnt need to join ANY OF THEM.
bounty system.
NO LEVELS, you just get more money to buy BETTER SHIPS and weapons.
The ELITE group has been waiting Many years for ELITE 4.
With many promises, and none of them kept.
FIRST game to SELL, 1 million Original copies, NOT counting pirated versions WHICH required copying the 60 page manual.
If the game was released with NEW graphics, and nothing ELSE..another million people would buy it TODAY.
If all the world is a stage, I am the target of tomatoes and fresh fruit.
Hemorrhoids Unite, the first arsehole to raise his hand is president.