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"ELITE"

In all seriousness, the only thing I associated with this word for most of my teens was that space-trading computer game with those glorious line graphics.

I know I am supposed to take the arguments of those opposed to the "elite" seriously, but I can only think of docking my space ship to sell narcotics.

Apr 25, 2023 at 1:44pmWeb
Show threadBen from CDSApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen *Blue Danube intensifies*
Show threadmaeharaApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen I have playing time in Elite’s current incarnation, Elite: Dangerous, that’s counted in years. Don’t try it, your blogging is a valuable service and we’d hate to lose it to that sort of rabbit hole. 😅
Show threadRussell GarnerApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen how many weeks were we all merely "Deadly"?
Show threadlp0 on fire Apr 25, 2023
Screenshot from the original BBC Micro version (the mode 4 / mode 5 split is obvious), but the cover from one of the other 8-bit versions…
Show threadBredrollApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen if you played Elite 2, then Elite Dangerous is a pretty faithful update.
Show threadbobocubedApr 25, 2023

@davidallengreen

OMG, I loved this game! Thanks for the memory jolt!

Show threadAlan BellinghamApr 25, 2023

@davidallengreen I used to have one of the enameled Elite badges, but it's been about 40 years and I sadly think it's been mislaid

I was the play tester, and played it through till I got to Elite to prove that was possible, at least on an unmodified Beeb. Having got to Elite before anyone else, I insisted I deserved the badge

Show threadRachel GreenhamApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen Right on Commander!
Show threadCMDR R Mons, Graham LinuxApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen
I played the original game on Acorn Electron computer and Commodore 64. In 2014 I got the updated PC version Elite Dangerous and played for 6 years, making it to Triple Elite rank. Combat, Trading and Exploration. o7
Show threadalistaircolemanApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen Didn’t have you as a fellow Elite player. Right on, Commander!
Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺Apr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen In politics, the word "Elite" seems to have come to mean "people who hold different views to me".
Show threadNick BarlowApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen I had the C64 version for Christmas one year - and when I wasn't playing the game I was reading The Dark Wheel that came with it.
Show threadColin SpeirsApr 25, 2023

@davidallengreen *NOW* my respect for you knows no bounds

Before, there might have been a small boundary

But NOW Commander, the Galaxy's the limit!

Show threadIhar FilipauApr 25, 2023
@davidallengreen
X series (IIRC, "X4 Foundation" is the latest installment) are considered to be successor to the Elite series. (And that beside a huge pile of Elite clones/remakes/rehashes of all kinds.)
Show threadIan PPApr 26, 2023
@davidallengreen loved Elite when I was younger. I wonder whether Minecraft is my seven-year old's equivalent (without the narcotics)?
Show threadFaxeApr 30, 2023
@davidallengreen @geni256 thousands of hours playing Elite and Elite Dangerous