No two games of Elite are the same. But to improve your chances of a completely new gaming experience whenever you launch the game on a BBC Micro or emulator, developer Mark Moxon has built the Elite Universe Editor. Describing it as a mod is a little unfair – it’sRead More →
Published by Microsoft and released March 2003, Freelancer takes the player on an epic voyage through space combat, trading, age old secrets and revenge. Capturing the magic of classic space trading game elite, Freelancer brings an entire universe of money, trade and combat to the comfort of the desktop PC.Read More →
Elite is the first in the series of space simulator games and is among the longest-running in gaming today. Elite was first released in 1984 for BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers and quickly got a port to multiple other home computer systems. The original Elite is revered as aRead More →
Fancy recalling the halcyon days of Micro Live and and computer classes at primary school? VirtualBeeb is an online BBC Micro emulator that is based in your browser, meaning it can essentially be run on any device. Several computers have made an impression on me over the years. One withRead More →
It’s the question almost no one has asked: what if Lego characters could play Elite? Thanks to Twitter user @Okuboheavyind, we now know… A recent tweet demonstrated a vide of Elite running on an Adafruit QtPu and ssd1306 128×64 OLED monitor. While not a playable version, it looks superb. https://twitter.com/Okuboheavyind/status/1406146016508743685Read More →
A great new retro gaming collection of postage stamps and postcards is available from Royal MailRead More →
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