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Snafu03 | 07:55 Thu 25th Apr 2013 | Gaming
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David Braben got funding via kickstarter and is busy developing a modern day rework of Elite.

The original passed me by someone and I've not played it but am aware of the impact it had.

It all seems to be a bit low key. I only know about it because someone at work donated 500gpb on kickstarter. Will it be a non-event met with a re-sounding 'meh' from the gaming fraternity?
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Thats interesting, Snafu - I had heard that Braben was attempting to raise cash to develop a modern-day version of elite, but last I had heard he was still making the appeals.

Your colleague sounds a fan :) I was myself, back in the day when it was released - it had all the key elements of a sandbox game, and plenty of things to uprate.

Just not sure how it can be adapted to modern day expectations. A smoother, more graphically pretty version of the original will not do the trick.I will be interested to see hints during the development of the game :)
I know some people who would be very excited about this. It also passed me by.

I think they could do some clever pseudo-oldschool stuff with the visuals. Space games are quite popular at the moment, with things like FTL and Floatilla kickign about...
Played this a lot when it came out. You could be a pirate or a heavily armed trader.
It was re-vamped by Microsoft and called Freeelancer, but not very well executed.
I'd love to see it re-worked and brought up to date. IMO it should have an online multiplayer to suceed, something similar to Planetside.
I used to play Elite 2 a bit - very early on, I stumbled across a trading route between 2 planets that was very profitable in both directions, which meant that I built up a fortune very quickly and could easily afford anything available.
Ahh I was trying to remember that game - Freelancer. If memory serves, it used the voiceover talents of Clive Owen?

And I used to love Planetside. Problem was you needed something like a Cray Supercomputer and a T1 internet connection to play it properly :)

Am just dabbling with Defiance - game of the TV series - that is an MMO of sorts... finding it quite entertaining so far, although the group/clan chat functions look a little clunky....
I loved Elite, it was, in my opnion, the best Speccy game. Apart from the docking :-)

However I wonder, after the passing of the years if you can re-create it or the excitment.
I never played it either but have read odd bits and pieces in the gaming press about it.

I think Braben got the required funding and then some. Not sure how well it will do. Nostaligia isnt a profitable notion amongst gamers who crave for cutting edge.

I should imagine anyone hellbent on playing this genre is already playing Eve online. Without being defeatist I cant see Brabens attempts matching the complexity, size and community of Eve.
Thought Elite was BBC only?
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Available on the Spectrum as well, although the graphics were different.
wikipedia says that it was available for:- BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Tatung Einstein, IBM PC compatible, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
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I've recently downloaded an indie game on xbox. Its an Elite style game called 'Odyssey 3011'. Its a bit pants - I've been gaming since 1980 and theres not been a lapse since then whereby I havent owned a pc or console that I've gamed on. Nostaligia only works with music, not games IMO.
When you drop back to an old game you realise how hard and unforgiving they were.

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