Zarch vs. Virus - David Braben classics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjVeZ9c9fLM

#Acorn #RiscOS #AtariST #Atari #gaming #games #retrogames #retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #video #emulation #DavidBraben #Frontier #ARM

Happy 40th Anniversary Elite!🚀
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#Elite was the first of a long and proud line of #SpaceSimulators. #IanBell and #DavidBraben’s creation was the main source of inspiration for games such as #Echelon, #SpaceRogue, #MicrosoftSpaceSimulator and #Freelancer.

It established 3 big staples of modern #GameDevelopment:The #OpenWorld format, #WireFrame #3DGraphics, and procedurally generated levels. #EliteDangerous

Remembering ‘Elite’, the Most Important Game of the Early 80s
https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-elite-the-most-important-game-of-the-early-80s/

Elite celebrates its 40th anniversary today! 🎂 🚀 ✨

One of my all-time favorite games. So many hours spent on the Atari ST version 🥰 (thanks Dad for the gift)

➡️ Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9MdoDdxoQ

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#Elite #DavidBraben #IanBell #AcornSoft #Firebird #BBCMicro #AtariST #RetroGaming

Written by #IanBell and #DavidBraben while they were studying at the #UK's #UniversityOfCambridge, #Elite was launched with huge razzmatazz by #Acornsoft, was shipped with a superb user manual and even a novella to explain the universe. The original Elite ended up selling an estimated one million units. (That's chicken feed today, but in 1980s computing that was a huge number.) #RetroGaming #EliteDangerous #SpaceSims

40 years since the launch of the legendary game Elite
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/elite_game_retro/