$0 Classic PC Game: Elite (1984)

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Happy New Year to Everyone! And what better way to kick off 2016 for the oldies than with the absolute classic.

Experience the classic space trading game Elite, as released on the BBC Model B in 1984, by Ian Bell and David Braben.

From the original box description:

"Command your Cobra space ship in a fantastic voyage of discovery and adventure, a supreme test of your combat, navigational and entrepreneurial skills. Trade between countless planets, using the proceeds to equip your ship with heat-seeking missiles, beam lasers and other weapons - corporate states can be approached without risk, but unruly anarchies may be swarming with space pirates. Black market trading can be lucrative but could result in skirmishes with local police and a price on your head! However you make your money, by fair means or foul, you must blast onwards through space annihilating pirate ships and hostile aliens as you strive to earn your reputation as one of the Elite!"

Mod: Moved to always free software forum, this game is free on the developers website permanently. It is also permanently free item on the frontierstore website since at least 2014 and was already posted prior.

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Comments

  • Thanks ta

  • +3

    One of my old favourites. Thanks TA.

    I should probably mention an open-source remake of the original:
    http://www.oolite.org/

    • That looks pretty good.

  • +8

    This is going to be so much worse than I remember it. I can remember lots of wireframe graphics lel.

    Maybe some things should be left alone in our memories ;)

  • +2

    Always free from the developer's website. Not just the BBC version but must be almost all systems. Look in the Elite Archives link at right of page. Most will want the one labelled "PC Elite Plus (cracked)".

    Replayed it about 10 years ago. Crap experience. As Diji1 said, one best left in your childhood memories.

    • +1

      That site looks from the 90's

  • Back to Lave with 100 credits!

  • Happy New Year TA!
    Thanks for the free game

  • This has been free for a long time.

  • -4

    Why on earth would anybody want to play a computer games that's 30 years old? Must be a sucker for punishment.

    • +3

      Nostalgia :)

      • +1

        Go play Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe (a 25-30yo Amiga 500 game) and then tell me if you've ever experienced anything like it.
        I played this until I got blisters, and then played some more.

        Nothing made since comes close. There are some games from the past that are still better than anything new that's come after it.

        Still play it on emulator every now and again. Still as good as I remember.

        They've made remakes… and they are worse than the original. Just cant be beat.

        • There was a DOS version as well, don't know if there were any differences. I don't think my eyes or spacebar could handle Speedball 2 though!

        • +1

          I was addicted to Speedball (the original) and then Speedball 2 came out and wow…gaming doesn't get any better!

        • @PLAYLIFE:

          Was that like Paintball cos that was a great game too. Took 30 minutes to load up on a Commodore 64 from a cassette tape. :)

        • @EightImmortals:

          I meant Wizzball.

    • +1

      Actually no. Cheers to me while checking through my old deals :)

      • I would hope so :) Happy new year m8

        • +1

          And to you.

  • Right On Commander.

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