Elite

Elite

David Braben, Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, Ian Bell
September 19, 1984
Genres
Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Developers
David Braben, Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, Ian Bell
Release Date
September 19, 1984 (40 years and 7 months ago)
Publishers
Hybrid Technology, Acornsoft, Firebird, Merlin Software U.K., Digital Integration, Acornsoft, Imagineer
Franchises
Elite

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Summary

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 "Elite". Elite was one of the first home computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden line removal. It added graphics and twitch gameplay aspects to the genre established by the 1974 game Star Trader. Another novelty was the inclusion of The Dark Wheel, a novella by Robert Holdstock which gave players insight into the moral and legal codes to which they might aspire.

Genres
Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms
Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, DOS, Tatung Einstein, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Developers
David Braben, Acornsoft, Frontier Developments, Ian Bell
Release Date
September 19, 1984 (40 years and 7 months ago)
Publishers
Hybrid Technology, Acornsoft, Firebird, Merlin Software U.K., Digital Integration, Acornsoft, Imagineer
Franchises
Elite

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