Elite
Acorn Electron
- Release Date
- September 20, 1984
- Developer
- Acornsoft
- Genre
- Flight Simulator, Sandbox, Strategy
Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984.Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary ho...
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In Elite, Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984.Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary home computer system, and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of "Elit...
Release Information
- Release Date
- September 20, 1984
- Developer
- Acornsoft
- Genre
- Flight Simulator, Sandbox, Strategy
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