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Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy.

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Elite Dangerous Type Games

Elite: Dangerous (Series) Alternatives. Elite: Dangerous is described as 'space adventure, trading, and combat simulator that is the fourth release in the Elite video game series. Piloting a spaceship, the player explores a realistic 1:1 scale open world galaxy based on the real Milky Way, with the gameplay being open-ended'.
In 1984, a video game named Elite, created by David Braben and Ian Bell, was released to the public.It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time, and was followed in 1993 by Frontier: Elite II, published by Gametek.

Released in December 2014, the BAFTA-nominated Elite Dangerous is the definitive, massively multiplayer space epic, and was Frontier’s first self-published triple-A game. Players take control of their own starship and can fight, explore and travel throughout an expansive cutthroat galaxy. With 400 Billion star systems and an ever-evolving narrative, players can choose to play alone or take part in a remarkable multiplayer experience.

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Elite Dangerous developed by Frontier Developments is a first person spaceship MMORPG. The galaxy is yours to explore with billions of star systems, planets, moons, and more awaiting your exploration.

400 Billion Star Systems. Infinite Freedom. Blaze Your Own Trail.

Available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Elite Dangerous continues to be updated and played by a highly engaged audience. Elite Dangerous was in the 100 top-selling PC titles of 2016, two years after its launch. Elite Dangerous' second season of major expansions, Horizons, kicked off in December 2015 and continued into 2017, with further major expansions dedicated to gameplay, community, and narrative.

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Elite

Elite

DOS - 1987

Also available on: Commodore 64 - Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Atari ST - Apple II - Acorn 32-bit - BBC Micro

4.28 / 5 - 43 votes

Description of Elite

Here it is-- the game that started a whole new genre of space trading games. Elite gives you complete freedom to find fame and fortune in a vast universe, as a space mercenary.

It is difficult to find fault with Elite: from the amazing flight model to the intuitive interface, revolutionary graphics (for its time), great variety of ships, and many other novel ideas, Elite is a true classic.

Beside revolutionary 3D engine for its time, Elite also boasts a huge universe to explore with many random elements to ensure virtually unlimited replayability. Trade various cargoes, salvage enemy ships, and take on increasingly difficult missions as a mercenary for hire.

Ian Bell has released the game into the public domain, so go to his site right now for the game and other assorted goodies. Two thumbs up!

Review By HOTUD

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Comments and reviews

larry2020-12-181 point Acorn 32-bit version

ian bell once told that the best version of this legendary game was the one for acorn 32-bit.

liamxdon82020-12-170 point Commodore 64 version

Can this game be played using just the macbook keyboard?

Salsa Boy2018-02-250 point DOS version

Mine doesn't load. I save it without problems, but when I load it just says 'ERROR: Retry (Y/N)?'. I am running this on DosBox. If anyone could help that would be fantastic.

Wynter2017-07-271 point

The BBC Micro version is at https://www.frontierstore.net/games/elite1984.html

xlskapl2017-03-190 point

To fix the saving and loading problem, go to http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=19646.

Alp2017-02-112 points

I used to play this on the ax spectrum.... There was a bug so that if you launced then stopped and turned over so you were in line with the space station entrance you could fly right back it and if you hit hyperspace while in the docking tunnel you found yourself docked at the target planets station....I did that u too I could afford a docking computer....lol. Wonder if it works on the other versions?

TAP2017-01-270 point

So where is the BBC Micro version? 1984

LXKSPAL2016-11-271 point

Best game i found for the DOSBox, the gameplay is amazing although there is quite the learning curve. However, i have not yet found a way to save and load my progress.

Maddog2016-05-311 point DOS version

Brilliant, first game that hooked me into the gaming world. Soo many happy hours spent trading Narcotics and shooting down Slargoids!.... Lol.... Brilliant concept, hope it works on my pc.....

von HAllfels2016-05-030 point

My mothers nightmare. Tons of hours on the Computer and out of this world...

FoNUS2016-04-100 point

It was insainly hard until you could afford a docking computer.
And once i actually foud some alien items to buy.

Dooku2016-03-170 point DOS version

just as I remember it! awesome

skullosaurus2016-02-070 point

I've been loving Elite: Dangerous, not it's time to try the game that started it all! :D

Devvy2015-03-260 point DOS version

The best space sim... 600 million hours later.. where's Lave???

Knökenknecht2014-02-191 point DOS version

This is the hammer game in computer history of mankind. Eight NGC's, (rumored a secret ninth) with 256 systems in every galaxy. 8-bit executable. Size 75 kilobytes. 'Elite Dangerous', can you handle this?

zack12013-02-180 point DOS version

Awesome game I remember playing as a kid on a Commodore 64

baptist0012008-09-130 point DOS version

this is the first game i got hooked .it also got me into classical music. .this is the mother of all space games. hope you try this one out.

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DOS Version

Commodore 64 Version

Year:1985
Publisher:Firebird Software

Amiga ROM

Year:1988
Publisher:Firebird Software

Amstrad CPC Version

Year:1986
Publisher:Firebird Software

Atari ST ROM

Year:1988
Publisher:Firebird Software

Apple II Version

Year:1985
Publisher:Firebird Licensees Inc.

Acorn 32-bit Version

Elite Type Size

Year:1991
Publisher:Hybrid Technology

BBC Micro Version

Year:1984
Publisher:Acornsoft Limited

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