Classic game 'Elite' returns … on Kickstarter Elite, the classic BBC Micro game immortalised as winner of Reg Hardware's Antique Code Show All-time Classic Award, has returned as a Kickstarter project. David Braben, one of the developers of the original game and founder of Frontier Developments, writes on the game's Kickstarter page that the next instalment of the game, “ …
"Did anyone here genuinely make it all the way to Elite?"
Yes, but only because of the bug in the original BBC Micro version where you would get ranking for shooting up Police ships!
So I'd sit outside a space station, give it a zap with my military laser, then blast loads of Vipers as they came out :-)
Many people think of Sinclair when they think of the 80's, for me is Sid Meiers and David Braben
And David Braben is English !!
Only 5 grand to have some pie n mash with the icon?
Just got to work out how to divert 5k from the joint account without the wife divorcing me.
I'd actually like them to team up with the Ooite people who have done a fantastic job with just the time on their hands.
One of the big requests is to make it MMO like which they say they can't because of engine limitations. So let Braben work on the engine and use the Oolite assets.
Agree with the comments about the longer game, I loved Oolite until I got the ship I wanted then just lost interest. Not so much cudous in being deadly anymore - I never got to Elite in the specy version - and far to many other things it fill my time.
And docking computers are for Tribbles.
It's crowd-sourced funding. I kicked in £20, so I can reserve my commander name in-game. No idea if it will be a success but I'm curious to see it. I see all of the £3000 + donation slots were filled (dinner with the Dev team).
So thumbs up to this now. Although I'll probably be in my mid-40's by the time it's released.
If David is looking for a flight model for his new Elite I hope he got the chance to play Jumpgate. That had possibly the most satisfying skill based twitch flight mechanics I have ever come across. They were semi Newtonian, so not Elite and not Frontier but a happy marriage somewhere inbetween.
I bought my first PC just to play Jumpgate and never regretted the purchase, I just wish it had had the procedural mission process that Davis is planning for his new Elite. Mission repeition and grind in games is a real problem and only mega budget games like the Elder Scrolls with hundreds designers to produce content seem to avoid the issue.
lets hope they get the crowd sourcing cash they need and come out with a version of elite worthy of the name elite
PS time for the misty eyed memories....
Of doing contracts, but only in imperial space.... fly to space port.. wait for target to take off, blow him up then shoot down as many police as possible before making your escape... get out of imperial space and claim your winnings...
old geezer..... because thats what I am
I do hope the new version will be as much fun as the original and not be bloated to the extent that playability is sacrificed to just a demonstration of graphics programmers' skills. Sadly, a lot of modern games concentrate on excellent and jazzy graphics while managing to create a very impressive but ultimately boring game with little or no satisfaction.
I still have my ‘Beeb’ model B in storage complete with second processor and dual floppies (5¼ and 3½-inch) plus my library of discs – I’m going to open it up, dust it down and cross my fingers.
I see that if you donate a certain sum of money a 'digital copy is reserved for you'.
Does anyone know what this means? It might be interpreted to suggest that you get a copy of the game - but equally, it could just mean that a copy is 'reserved' for you to buy if you feel like it...
It would be nice to know...
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