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BLOODUK Junior Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:06 pm Post subject: Elite Four |
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PAGE 46 PCGAMER UK JULY 2004
Confirmation , elite 4 is launching - release mid 2006 |
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maga Junior Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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nobody will care by then.... |
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madda Elite Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:37 am Post subject: |
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whats elite four? |
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BLOODUK Junior Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:06 am Post subject: |
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and you call yourself gamers
This was the original elite below
It was made up of in the region of 250,000 lines of 68000 assembler, and as such was one of the largest (and last) commercial programs to be written entirely in assembler
Frontier" also set a number of firsts. It was the first game to have real-sized planets, where cities could be viewed from orbit, it was the first to use curved surfaces (bezier), the only game to do a palette-fit every frame to get best use of colours (Amiga and ST only), and (apart from First Encounters) is the only piece of software (games or otherwise) that attempts to simulate our entire galaxy.
Planets orbit and rotate correctly, so if you stay in one spot you will see sunrises, and the progression of stars, planets and moons through the night sky. It is possible to watch Saturn-rise from one of its moons.
Due to Gametek Inc's disappearance, accurate sales figures are not known. Royalties were received for around 350,000 sales but it appears that actual sales were in excess of 500,000 units. |
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madda Elite Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:46 am Post subject: |
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wow that sounds like a bloody good game, shame i havent experienced it! I think i missed out on that one! |
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maga Junior Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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BLOODUK wrote: | and you call yourself gamers
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i played the first elite on my Sinclair Spectrum Z80 in the 80s !
...i am tired of this kind of games allready, that's all... |
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