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Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd)

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On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:06:40 +0100, Angus wrote:
> How can one introduce Elite?
> 
> It was the reason I bought my first home computer, and at that point it 
> still hadn't been converted to the C64, but I'd fought up and down the 
> Lave system with a basic ship on the BBC computer we had at work during 
> my lunch hours.
> 
> Its a biggie, in terms of gameplay, challenge, genre-busting potential 
> and importance to the history of computer games.
> 
> And gosh, its a lot of fun too.
> 
> Briefly, you start with an inherited spaceship and very limited funds. 
> You can trade goods from one space station (one in each system) to 
> another, making a little profit each time. You can take up asteroid 
> mining, bounty hunting, or go off and explore the planets in this and 
> other galaxies. Its up to you.
> 
> But whatever you do, its likely somebody soon will try and take what you 
> have, even if its just for the "notch" that killing another greenhorn 
> will provide. It would be wise to hone your combat skills and equip your 
> ship so that your adversary become one with the universe before you do.  
> 
> So get trading.
> 
> Right on Commanders! 
> 
> 
> Well, that was the intro.  ;)
> 
> Now, I seem to have a sound problem - possibly a WinUAE setting.

Playing Elite again after so many years reminded me 
about the good and also the bad things the game imho 
has.

This game is about space dogfighting to the purest. 
Sure you can (and actually in the beginning of the game 
have to) concentrate only to the trading part but you 
will then miss the most challenging part of the game. 
Odds are heavily against you in the beginning but once 
you manage to make some money and uppgrade the 
ship a bit you actually start to enjoy the battles.

It is really easy to die in the early stage of the 
career as your feeble vessel cannot stand much 
punishment and the flight controls are quite confusing
until you get the hang of it. This steep learning curve 
might put off some of the modern gamers who are 
used to more gentle start of the new game.  

The game starts really slowly and trading can be a bit
boring - finding a lucrative trade route and then ferrying 
goods from one spaceport to other and back is fun only 
if you are into that sort of thing. 

Exploring the universe is obligatory work to any serious 
space adventurer - if only to find the best trade routes and
even possibly a mission or two to fly. I remember there 
were five of them to be found, yes?

  Bye,

   Seppo
  
  

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Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-06-20 20:06 +0100
  Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-07-08 02:46 +0000
    Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-10 12:20 +0100
      Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-07-13 00:46 +0000
        Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 21:03 +0100
          Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-08-11 00:32 +0000
            Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-08-21 10:49 +0100
              Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-08-28 17:56 +0000
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus.          (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-08-29 10:49 +0100
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2011-08-30 11:25 -0700
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-07 18:57 +0100
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-09-10 23:28 +0000
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-12 19:47 +0100
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                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-15 18:43 +0100
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-09-16 00:05 +0000
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-17 19:41 +0100
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                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-20 19:04 +0100
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                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-09-26 18:56 +0100
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                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) "Seppo" <groucho@spamp.inet.fi> - 2011-10-15 19:28 +0000
                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-10-27 19:33 +0100
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                Re: Games for May - No, June! - Elite Plus. (hi Syd) Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2011-11-03 20:55 +0000
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