Series of space combat/trading games written by David Braben and/or Ian Bell. The player pilots a spaceship between stations which are set across several galaxies.
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A game written by David Braben and Ian Bell. It was first released by Acornsoft for the BBC microcomputer and Acorn Electron in 1984. The game has been ported to almost every home computer platform.
Sites may offer information about the game or utilities to assist play.
Ports listed here should be ports of an original version of Elite. Partial ports and minor variations to gameplay are allowed, but the core of the game must be Elite. Elite specific emulations may also be listed here. Emulators should be submitted within Games/Video_Games/Emulation or Computers/Emulators .
Games which are not a port of Elite, but are strongly inspired by Elite, may be submitted to Games/Video_Games/Genres/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/Independent_Developers .
Fictional stories written by fans, fan artwork, or tribute games, based on one or more of the Elite series of games.
Consider carefully whether these are primarily tributes to Elite, or primarily free-standing Games/Video_Games/Genres/Action/Space_Combat games unrelated to Elite. Ports or remakes of an original series title should be submitted to the category for that title. Mainstream commercial games should not be submitted here.
The first sequel to Elite, written by David Braben. It was published for PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST in 1993, and is often referred to as FE2. This game allowed players to land on planets.
Sites may offer information about the game, or utilities to assist play. Sites that are concerned with both Frontier Elite II and Frontier First Encounters are listed in the parent series category. Sites containing fan fiction, artwork, or tribute games are listed within Fan_Works.
The third title in the Elite series. It was published for PC in 1995 and is often referred to as First Encounters or FFE. The game was similar to Frontier Elite II, but used enhanced graphics and modeling, and added a story and plot.
Sites may offer information about the game, or utilities to assist play. Sites that are concerned with both Frontier Elite II and Frontier First Encounters are listed in the parent series category. Sites containing fan fiction, artwork, or tribute games are listed within Fan_Works.