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Katkon Darnok
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.25 03:16:00 -
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I came across a vid on youtube today - a "review" of Elite. Brought back memories! I remember first seeing this somewhere around the mid 1980s, if memory serves. Granted, the Commodore 64 was a tad before my time (was more an Amiga 500 guy!), but I did play Elite on a friend's computer.
Incredible how far graphics/gaming has come, but I think the similarities between EVE Online and Elite are pretty darned obvious! A massive galaxy to explore, a rich economy with a heavy emphasis on inter-planetary trade, shooting stuff in space, large space stations etc.... It was all in Elite, many, many years ago.
I liked Elite, and I like EVE. I will say, though, that I really enjoyed docking in Elite - really wish I had to manually dock in EVE!
Anyone else ever play Elite? If you did, this video will bring back memories.
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Spurty
V0LTA
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2014.03.25 04:45:00 -
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PC, Spectrum, Amstrad, Amiga, PC
That's the order of my elite playing systems.
UK computer club I was part of sort of had competitions for trading over the course of 30 mins.
Who made the most money won a sticker or something. Good old days
Almost went kickstarter backer for the reboot ... Almost ...
*signature is not allowed on the EVE Online forums* |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
1181
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Posted - 2014.03.25 07:49:00 -
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I still have this game and C=64.
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Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
Turing Tested
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Posted - 2014.03.25 07:55:00 -
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Original version 1984 BBC Micro Disc-version of Elite.
Every iteration since then.
Which is why Ill NOT be going to Elite: Dangerous. Love the ships, love the original universe, hate what Braben did to it in E2 and E3.
*** Vote MTU For CSM ***
"They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2014.03.25 07:56:00 -
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I was stuck on ITS machines and Macs at the time of the first game so my first Elite was Frontier. 
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Sentamon
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
1533
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Posted - 2014.03.25 07:59:00 -
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C-64 old fart reporting in.
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Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
Turing Tested
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:00:00 -
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Tippia wrote:I was stuck on ITS machines and Macs at the time of the first game so my first Elite was Frontier.
Im sorry.
*** Vote MTU For CSM ***
"They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn
Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
20248
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:05:00 -
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Ramona McCandless wrote:Tippia wrote:I was stuck on ITS machines and Macs at the time of the first game so my first Elite was Frontier. Im sorry.
It's ok. I got Wumpus and Radical Castle instead. 
Also Trade Wars, which in many ways is closer to the EVE lineage than Elite is.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
Turing Tested
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:10:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Ramona McCandless wrote:Tippia wrote:I was stuck on ITS machines and Macs at the time of the first game so my first Elite was Frontier. Im sorry. It's ok. I got Wumpus and Radical Castle instead. Also Trade Wars, which in many ways is closer to the EVE lineage than Elite is.
Oh ouch. Thats like an icicle plunged through what remains of my heart :(
(I really hated Trade Wars you see lol)
*** Vote MTU For CSM ***
"They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn
Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Jint Hikaru
Truly Transdimensional
The Nova Foundry
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:21:00 -
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Spectrum then Amiga.
Played Elite, then Elite Frontier. Still have the original box, instructions, galaxy map and game disk for frontier (and a disk with my saved game on).
One day i will find a good emulator and boot that up again.
Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. |
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Xearal
Black Thorne Corporation
Black Thorne Alliance
901
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:37:00 -
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Elite pilot checking in. I actually made it to 'elite' danger level too, freaking hard to get to.
Frontier was okish, though I was part of some of the empire fleet battles in that, that was fun, going after an enemy general protected by a fleet of ships..
After that, I did a lot of turn based and realtime strategy games, friends of mine got me into WoW, while I had heard somewhere about this new space MMO game that was supposed to be like elite.. I went with the friends club, after I got seriously bored and quit wow, I finally arrived in Eve, 3 days into the game went subscription, and also kicked myself a lot for giving into peer pressure and going to WoW when I could have spent those 7 years in Eve..
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Samillian
Angry Mustellid
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Posted - 2014.03.25 08:43:00 -
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Elite on ZX Spectrum.
Still have the Spectrum the original game, book and instructions as well as the evil LensLock you needed to get the access code also an old C60 with my game saves on.
NBSI shall be the whole of the Law |
Sturmwolke
514
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Posted - 2014.03.25 09:38:00 -
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Missed C64 (blame the parents) and caught Elite on the ole 8086.
I remembered fondly, 2 players on the keyb ... the navigator/weapons guy (me) and the pilot (my brother) :D That was fun. |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
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Posted - 2014.03.25 09:59:00 -
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BBC 'B' Elite player here
@Samillian hah at the Lenslok I remember those evil things.
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Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
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Posted - 2014.03.25 10:04:00 -
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Played Elite on the IBM ( 8086 I believe?) \o/ Never got far in the fighting ranks, but absolutely loved the trade (and thargoid invasions yikes)! Then moved on to the X-series, great fun! To finally land in EvE!
-áFirst year anniversary of the Caldari Prime battle was a success!
Preparations for the first year anniversary of the Battle for Caldari Prime |
Speedkermit Damo
Demonic Retribution
Nullsec Ninjas
268
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Posted - 2014.03.25 10:11:00 -
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Spurty wrote:PC, Spectrum, Amstrad, Amiga, PC
That's the order of my elite playing systems.
UK computer club I was part of sort of had competitions for trading over the course of 30 mins.
Who made the most money won a sticker or something. Good old days
Almost went kickstarter backer for the reboot ... Almost ...
Similar for me.
First played elite on one of thosse huge BBC microcomputers. Then later on the Atari ST (anyone remember them?), and Amiga.
I loved that game. and I'm looking forward to Elite dangerous. Everyone says Star Citizen will be big competition for Eve, but I think Elite dangerous will be the one to look out for.
We're showing our age herte guys. Old farts thread.
Don't Panic.
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Muestereate
Minions LLC
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Posted - 2014.03.25 10:55:00 -
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Can't say I remember it. Maybe it was a European phenomena? It sure looks like fun. Perhaps somewhere in those old stacks of 5 and 1/4 inch floppies is a dump. i remember trying to hack the disk system into something that would work. THe basic had a bug in it that messed with random read and writes. We thought we were pioneers but were to find out we were reinventing the wheel. Hashing tables nad direct track and sector access were old hat at ibm. You know when hard drives were called Winchesters and produced visions of rapid fire lever action carbines of the Old West.
The game that really gave me the EVE bug forever though was M.U.L.E. It was a mining game :). You need to keep harvesting a few things to keep the whole thing going. The theme song stayed buried in my head for decades. its still there. I don't think we did any flying at all. It was all resource balancing and reading the terrain.
I probably would have liked ELITE. Our first games were space games but all text based. Landing on the moon with tables of thrust and speed data and then that buggy startrek. first ascii graphics:) We converted them form pdp11 games, the word ported hadn't been used yet in our circles. A port was what you stuck a plug into, usually a seriel cable but it had an RS232 available. It was good for learning how to flip bits but we couldn't afford the printers that attached to it for quite a few years.
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I Riven I
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:37:00 -
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My computers (by order):
- zx spectrum 16k/48k (the one with that needed the external cassette reader)
- zx spectrum +2
- Unix PC ($2500)
- Mega drive
- Game gear
- Playstation
- PC with P3 800mhz and voodoo graphics card.
- PC with P4 ($1000)
.. and from there I got about 3 different computers (mixed/new components such as core2quad, i5, i7 and graphics 8800, 460, 660ti. |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:37:00 -
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I came from WoW  |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:45:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:I came from WoW Somebody had to
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Jeremiah Saken
State Protectorate
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:46:00 -
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Elite: Frontier was first for me. Can you imagine whole galaxy on one 1,44 floppy? 
I'm missing my asp explorer... |
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:49:00 -
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I actually like the progress from Elite to Frontier. Loved figuring out the most efficient ship and fit for the things I was planning on doing. Pirate hunting in a Asp, courier work with a Viper, military missions in a Imperial Courier. I just never figured out asteroid mining. I'm following the development of Elite Dangerous with some curiosity.
Sovereignty and Population
New Mining Mechanics |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
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Posted - 2014.03.25 11:52:00 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Slade Trillgon wrote:I came from WoW Somebody had to
I was in grad school when all the cool games came out  When I was done in 2004 the WoW adds were flashy and colorful. They sucked me in as I had been doing nothing but looking at black and white text and watching sports for 8 straight years. The first time I jumped off of Thundar Bluff my stomach actually jumped up into my throat. After I explored all of the world I found my way into the pvp grounds. I had a lot of fun there but then it got stale quickly. I quite WoW shortly there after. A year later I asked my brother in law if he knew of a good pvp game. He pointed me here and the rest is history. |
Gregor Parud
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Posted - 2014.03.25 12:34:00 -
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ZX81, C64, Amiga, PC
Played elite on the C64 but never on any other platform (they just weren't as good imo). |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
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Posted - 2014.03.25 12:38:00 -
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Gregor Parud wrote:ZX81, C64, Amiga, PC
Played elite on the C64 but never on any other platform (they just weren't as good imo). No rubber beermat Spectrum 16k? You sir are a heathen.
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akiel thorsen
Taurus Quantum Technologies
Taurus Quantum Dynamics
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:05:00 -
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look up oolite, now available as freeware for a retro fix. yes its elite with a few changes |
Starlight Kouvo
The Artisan Collective
Confederated States of EVE
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:19:00 -
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Acorn Electron - Tape version, still have the box, rule book, extra story, and tape and ship wall chart and key overlay
Check out Ian Bells site for Elite version you can play with emulators from the various versions released. |
Harrison Tato
Barringtons Research
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:26:00 -
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Yeah, I played Elite on the Commodore 64 back in the 80's. I had the cool headset that you could grunt into to fire the ship's weapons too. I had Starflight for the TRS-80 too. |
Pandora Barzane
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:29:00 -
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the only versions that mattered: BBC Model B tape, then the floppy version en later the 65c02 second processor version.
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Gregor Parud
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:31:00 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Gregor Parud wrote:ZX81, C64, Amiga, PC
Played elite on the C64 but never on any other platform (they just weren't as good imo). No rubber beermat Spectrum 16k? You sir, are a heathen.
C64 master race |
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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:35:00 -
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Gregor Parud wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Gregor Parud wrote:ZX81, C64, Amiga, PC
Played elite on the C64 but never on any other platform (they just weren't as good imo). No rubber beermat Spectrum 16k? You sir, are a heathen. C64 master race
ALL HAIL THE BREADBOX !
Sovereignty and Population
New Mining Mechanics |
Pandora Barzane
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
88
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:38:00 -
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Gregor Parud wrote:ZX81, C64, Amiga, PC
Played elite on the C64 but never on any other platform (they just weren't as good imo).
well Ian Bell has repeatedly mentioned that the definitive version of Elite was the BBC Model B version. And yeah Ive seen the c64 version, it was dreadful.
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Leoric Firesword
Dark Fusion Industries
Limitless Inc.
16
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:40:00 -
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I'm still playing elite and elite plus (for PC) Ian Bell has them available for download on his site. Using Dosbox to get them to run. |
Space Wanderer
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Posted - 2014.03.25 13:45:00 -
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Commander Jameson checking in, on C64 and Amiga.
And like some other pilot around here, I do remember when the ship was double piloted by me and my brother who took turns at joystick and keyboard.
I spent so much time learning to dock, spent days before I could manage a dock on Lave station, that was an achievement in itself. And each time I had to manually dock it was a risk. Manual docking would be so cool...
Do you guys remember when you were sold the tribbles on C64 version? |
Signal11th
Northern Coalition.
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Posted - 2014.03.25 14:11:00 -
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binatone then, bbc, oric,vic 20, spectrum (rubber keyed) then 128k , then c64 Atari st, amiga and then onto a 286 pc and onwards even had a amiga CDTV for awhile.
tbh my favourite out of all of them was frontier but very bug ridden. super old fart here.
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God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!" I came fifth and won a toaster. |
Mirajane Cromwell
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Posted - 2014.03.25 14:30:00 -
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Started with Elite on C64, then Elite Plus, Frontier and FF3 on Amiga. Each of those has eaten months/years from my life
By the way, they just recently released new docking video for Elite: Dangerous. I'm so excited about this as it brings back lots of memories... just missing the Blue Danube music.
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Sable Moran
Moran Light Industries
356
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Posted - 2014.03.25 18:05:00 -
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Katkon Darnok wrote:Anyone else ever play Elite?
I admit it your honor, guilty as charged. And proud of it! So what's the sentence?
Sable's Ammo Shop at Alentene V - Moon 4 - Duvolle Labs Factory. Hybrid charges, Projectile ammo, Missiles, Drones, Ships, Need'em? We have'em, at affordable prices. Pop in at our Ammo Shop in sunny Alentene. |
Space Wanderer
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Posted - 2014.03.25 18:15:00 -
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Sable Moran wrote:Katkon Darnok wrote:Anyone else ever play Elite? I admit it your honor, guilty as charged. And proud of it! So what's the sentence?
Life sentence, prisoner of yourself. (this too is a scifi quote, find it ). |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.25 18:19:00 -
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Elite-series brought me here.
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The Lobsters
WE FIGHT
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Posted - 2014.03.25 20:04:00 -
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C-64. ***** please!
I first played it on my mate's Acorn Electron. Then Santa gave me a Spectrum 48k. I then got an Acorn Archimedes where Elite had shaded sides! Then a dos based PC where I played Frontier. I still have that box set.
Spawn in Cobra-Sell Cobra-Buy Asp Explorer-Buy 50mw Pulse laser-PWN
Then Wing Commander came, I found my old box this christmas. I'm thinking of getting the ship blueprint posters framed.
Then Conflict Freespace, great game.
Then several years outdoors enjoying sex, drugs and loud music until my renal system failed.
....and back indoors where I came across Eve.
I've never been sure weather I can class myself as a 'gamer'. I've only really ever been interested in space combat sims and a few strategy games. I've never really played consoles. Eve provides all the things I need from a game. We'll see how well Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous do in the MMO era. They're both talking big. I hope it's all they want it to be.
That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested his claim. |
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Pew Terror
Green Associates
TITANS.
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Posted - 2014.03.25 20:38:00 -
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The truth! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
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Posted - 2014.03.25 20:47:00 -
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All I had was a Vic-20.
The Scott Adams adventure series were excruciating. Say yoho....
Bring back DEEEEP Space! |
Pew Terror
Green Associates
TITANS.
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Posted - 2014.03.25 20:49:00 -
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In total, what percentage of ships did you guys loose in elite due to docking in stations?
Mine was pretty high... |
Harrison Tato
Barringtons Research
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
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Posted - 2014.03.26 03:40:00 -
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LOL. The Atari 400 and 800 were given to children who wanted a Commodore 64 but whose parents didn't really love them. |
Pew Terror
Green Associates
TITANS.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 03:50:00 -
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Harrison Tato wrote:LOL. The Atari 400 and 800 were given to children who wanted a Commodore 64 but whose parents didn't really love them.
ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. |
Money Makin Mitch
Paid in Full
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Posted - 2014.03.26 03:59:00 -
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I came from Escape Velocity on the Mac and Freelancer |
Space Wanderer
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Posted - 2014.03.26 08:34:00 -
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Pew Terror wrote:In total, what percentage of ships did you guys loose in elite due to docking in stations?
Mine was pretty high...
Whoever didn't lose his good share of ships to docking and hadn't saluted the ability to purchase a docking computer as a godsend hasn't played a version of Elite really worth playing.  |
Harrison Tato
Barringtons Research
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
40
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Posted - 2014.03.26 10:38:00 -
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Pew Terror wrote:Harrison Tato wrote:LOL. The Atari 400 and 800 were given to children who wanted a Commodore 64 but whose parents didn't really love them. ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine.
LOL wannabe Amiga. |
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
2828
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Posted - 2014.03.26 10:42:00 -
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Space Wanderer wrote:Pew Terror wrote:In total, what percentage of ships did you guys loose in elite due to docking in stations?
Mine was pretty high... Whoever didn't lose his good share of ships to docking and hadn't saluted the ability to purchase a docking computer as a godsend hasn't played a version of Elite really worth playing.
And you haven't played Elite often enough if the docking computer didn't smear you over the station at least once.
Sovereignty and Population
New Mining Mechanics |
Goatman NotMyFault
NorCorp Security
The Unthinkables
91
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Posted - 2014.03.26 10:47:00 -
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I had Elite on C64 and Frontier on Amiga, and i still think Elite was better than EVE when take the age, graphic and techonolgy aside. EVE lack Logic and physics, Elite had it. When u ***** about the lack of Logic and physics on EVE, u get ur head bashed in bcuz it either too difficult to incorporate it, hardvare wont handle it, or it would upset the hardcore EVE players which would ragequit and lobotomice them selves.
So Elite wins by a mile. |
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Space Wanderer
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Posted - 2014.03.26 10:50:00 -
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Abrazzar wrote:Space Wanderer wrote:Pew Terror wrote:In total, what percentage of ships did you guys loose in elite due to docking in stations?
Mine was pretty high... Whoever didn't lose his good share of ships to docking and hadn't saluted the ability to purchase a docking computer as a godsend hasn't played a version of Elite really worth playing. And you haven't played Elite often enough if the docking computer didn't smear you over the station at least once.
So very true. After a while you learned to activate the docking comcputer only in "safe" positions. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2014.03.26 11:01:00 -
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Harrison Tato wrote:Pew Terror wrote:ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. LOL wannabe Amiga.
Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy. 
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Hakaari Uisen
Rock Flag and Eagle
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
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Posted - 2014.03.26 11:29:00 -
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/me puts my hand up. C64/Amiga guy here. Damn I'm old! |
voetius
BITB Support Services
208
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Posted - 2014.03.26 11:40:00 -
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The 520STFM was my first computer although I don't recall if I played Elite on that, I probably did, I remember hanging on the the printed manual for years. I never liked the manual docking though, and didn't like it in X2 either. Though I did get used to it in X2 mainly due to X2 being the first game that impressed me with the graphics, X3 Reunion even more. |
Znagl
Macabre Votum
Northern Coalition.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 12:32:00 -
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Amiga dude checking in...
But I graduated in Spaceship Business through Master of Orion.... |
Arrs Grazznic
Poena Executive Solutions
137
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Posted - 2014.03.26 14:55:00 -
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First played on a friend's BBC Micro then got it for the C64 when it came out. Put many, many hours into that game. Right on Commander! |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2014.03.26 15:59:00 -
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Katkon Darnok wrote:I came across a vid on youtube today - a "review" of Elite. Brought back memories! I remember first seeing this somewhere around the mid 1980s, if memory serves. Granted, the Commodore 64 was a tad before my time (was more an Amiga 500 guy!), but I did play Elite on a friend's computer. Incredible how far graphics/gaming has come, but I think the similarities between EVE Online and Elite are pretty darned obvious! A massive galaxy to explore, a rich economy with a heavy emphasis on inter-planetary trade, shooting stuff in space, large space stations etc.... It was all in Elite, many, many years ago. I liked Elite, and I like EVE. I will say, though, that I really enjoyed docking in Elite - really wish I had to manually dock in EVE! Anyone else ever play Elite? If you did, this video will bring back memories. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy3Di3uu5yA
I played in on my Spectrum 48k
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Sar Carstic
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
49
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Posted - 2014.03.27 00:03:00 -
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I loved it.
Started out with an ascii Star Trek game on the TRS80 Model III in my dads work, which I got to play with on the weekends (was all of about 5 or 6 then), then I got a c64 and played Elite to death, then an Amiga 500, then a 286 and PC's from then on.
The thing I remember most about Elite was dying endlessly for days while docking trying to save up for a docking computer, and then being so happy when I bought one, and then dying periodically again while docking, but this time to the strains of the Blue Danube. The docking computer still managed to kill me at times, it was so annoying.
Gentlemen you can't fight in here, this is the War Room! |
Boomtown Jones
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.27 00:11:00 -
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Elite on the c64 ->some years-> EVE, is exactly what happened to me. |
45thtiger 0109
AL3XAND3R.
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Posted - 2014.03.27 00:14:00 -
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Sentamon wrote:C-64 old fart reporting in.
Some of you could have remembered the good old Commodore Vic 20 with the tape drive that was my first computer which I put in the wrong ampage fuse in to it and fried that Commodore Vic 20 to a crisp.
Oh well they were the days.
I am not a CCP employee-ájust having a input in the EvE forum
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
3319
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Posted - 2014.03.27 00:58:00 -
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I have a C64-in-a-joystick that I bought many years back for about $12. It is basically a C64 implemented in a single ASIC.
It has about 20 or so built-in games. I only wanted Impossible Mission... "Another visitor! Come! Stay a while! Stay Forever!!" One of the earliest speech synths.
I never played Elite.
I used to create electronic projects for the C64. My RAM Expansion Unit (REU) mod was the most popular. My online name at the time was Recursion. I think I paid >$1000 for 2 MB of RAM. My 2400 BPS modem was about $800.
EDIT: And I was on the Quantum Link (Q-Link) service, and I really hated Club Caribe (I sucked at it). |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
17560
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Posted - 2014.03.27 01:08:00 -
[62] - Quote
Loving the old platform snobbery
ZX Spectrum 16k rubber beermat, BBC 'B's at school, Amiga 500, then onto a 386/66 with a turbo button.
The Lobsters wrote:C-64. ***** please!
I first played it on my mate's Acorn Electron. Then Santa gave me a Spectrum 48k. I then got an Acorn Archimedes where Elite had shaded sides! Then a dos based PC where I played Frontier. I still have that box set.
Spawn in Cobra-Sell Cobra-Buy Asp Explorer-Buy 50mw Pulse laser-PWN
Then Wing Commander came, I found my old box this christmas. I'm thinking of getting the ship blueprint posters framed.
Then Conflict Freespace, great game.
Then several years outdoors enjoying sex, drugs and loud music until my renal system failed.
....and back indoors where I came across Eve. Are you me? Less the renal system problems and still having the WC stuff you just described the last 30 years of my life
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ebies
NEW EDEN DIRECTIVE
0
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Posted - 2014.03.27 01:24:00 -
[63] - Quote
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:Loving the old platform snobbery ZX Spectrum 16k rubber beermat, BBC 'B's at school, Amiga 500, then onto a 386/66 with a turbo button. The Lobsters wrote:C-64. ***** please!
I first played it on my mate's Acorn Electron. Then Santa gave me a Spectrum 48k. I then got an Acorn Archimedes where Elite had shaded sides! Then a dos based PC where I played Frontier. I still have that box set.
Spawn in Cobra-Sell Cobra-Buy Asp Explorer-Buy 50mw Pulse laser-PWN
Then Wing Commander came, I found my old box this christmas. I'm thinking of getting the ship blueprint posters framed.
Then Conflict Freespace, great game.
Then several years outdoors enjoying sex, drugs and loud music until my renal system failed.
....and back indoors where I came across Eve. Are you me? change a few details and you just described the last 30 years of my life
see? can't even trust your own alt in eve |
ashley Eoner
300
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Posted - 2014.03.27 02:31:00 -
[64] - Quote
Frankly it's more of a downgraded from Elite II to eve.. |
JVLP
Dark Nexxus
S I L E N T.
10
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Posted - 2014.03.27 02:39:00 -
[65] - Quote
Atari 800XL Elite checking in. I liked having to spin into the station hangar entrance to actually dock. And missiles where OP in the Cobra Mk III. |
Tavin Aikisen
Revenent Defence Corperation
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
250
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Posted - 2014.03.27 02:52:00 -
[66] - Quote
First introduced to Frontier: Elite 2 back in the mid 90's. Absolutely loved it. It reminded me of what I enjoyed with Privateer with a more dynamics and larger scope and freedom. I quickly looked into Elite and First Encounters and loved them to.
There is no denying it was the same familiar aspects of EVE that attracted me. Looking forward to Elite: Dangerous too. :)
Remember this. Trust your eyes, you will kill each other. Trust your veins, you can all go home.
-Cold Wind |
Bertrand Butler
Cras es Noster
270
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Posted - 2014.03.27 03:14:00 -
[67] - Quote
First played Elite on an Amstrad CPC 6128. Moved to Frontier on an Amiga 500, and finally FFE on a 486 DX4@100.
Still Remember some nasty systems like Riedquat or Phekda.
Looking forward to E:D...C: |
Pew Terror
Green Associates
TITANS.
189
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Posted - 2014.03.27 03:38:00 -
[68] - Quote
Tippia wrote:Harrison Tato wrote:Pew Terror wrote:ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. LOL wannabe Amiga. Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy.
Fact: Amiga had better hardware, but Atari had smarter programmers. See 16color horizontal scrolling and how the sound chip was made into something amazing out of trash. Thats the only reason the games ran about equally on both platforms.
True story: When my grandfather wanted to make a book we tried to get him into a modern PC (this was 5 years ago, but he couldnt do word). Set up Signum on teh old ST for him and he made professional typesetting for his book like a pro.
Also: It years for the pc to get the STs out of the studio.
Atari vs Amiga vs C64 = the god of "console wars" |
Harrison Tato
Barringtons Research
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
42
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Posted - 2014.03.27 03:51:00 -
[69] - Quote
Tippia wrote:Harrison Tato wrote:Pew Terror wrote:ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. LOL wannabe Amiga. Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy.
I bet you don't get invited to parties much. |
Muestereate
Minions LLC
229
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Posted - 2014.03.27 05:00:00 -
[70] - Quote
Pew Terror wrote:Tippia wrote:Harrison Tato wrote:Pew Terror wrote:ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. LOL wannabe Amiga. Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy. Fact: Amiga had better hardware, but Atari had smarter programmers. See 16color horizontal scrolling and how the sound chip was made into something amazing out of trash. Thats the only reason the games ran about equally on both platforms. True story: When my grandfather wanted to make a book we tried to get him into a modern PC (this was 5 years ago, but he couldnt do word). Set up Signum on teh old ST for him and he made professional typesetting for his book like a pro. Also: It years for the pc to get the STs out of the studio. Atari vs Amiga vs C64 = the god of "console wars"
I'm still much better with Word Perfect than word. I really can't remember my c64 wordprocessor. I'm sure I had one because I remember borrowing the club daisy ywheel printer loaner to pound out resumes for my dad for high tech foreign ball bearing manufacturers.
What were the c64 word processors? My minds failing me. My real joy was scoring a copy of the PAL assembler though. Had to go to a big conference to get it. Blew out retreads on the 65 Ford Galaxy to get there. Pulled PAL out of there and the machine code to half track index those floppies. |
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Harrison Tato
Barringtons Research
The Star harvesters of indeterminate Tenacity
42
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Posted - 2014.03.27 05:36:00 -
[71] - Quote
Muestereate wrote:Pew Terror wrote:Tippia wrote:Harrison Tato wrote:Pew Terror wrote:ST1024 son, accept no substitutes! C64 were for people who couldnt afford a real machine. LOL wannabe Amiga. Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy. Fact: Amiga had better hardware, but Atari had smarter programmers. See 16color horizontal scrolling and how the sound chip was made into something amazing out of trash. Thats the only reason the games ran about equally on both platforms. True story: When my grandfather wanted to make a book we tried to get him into a modern PC (this was 5 years ago, but he couldnt do word). Set up Signum on teh old ST for him and he made professional typesetting for his book like a pro. Also: It years for the pc to get the STs out of the studio. Atari vs Amiga vs C64 = the god of "console wars" I'm still much better with Word Perfect than word. I really can't remember my c64 wordprocessor. I'm sure I had one because I remember borrowing the club daisy ywheel printer loaner to pound out resumes for my dad for high tech foreign ball bearing manufacturers. What were the c64 word processors? My minds failing me. My real joy was scoring a copy of the PAL assembler though. Had to go to a big conference to get it. Blew out retreads on the 65 Ford Galaxy to get there. Pulled PAL out of there and the machine code to half track index those floppies.
I am pretty sure I had Wordstar on the C-64 and later the GEOS word processor. |
Bruce Kemp
Suddenly taken over
106
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Posted - 2014.03.27 13:49:00 -
[72] - Quote
Played Elite on spectrum and C64, played Elite 2 on Amiga,
Subbed to play eve as soon as i had a pc to play. circa: 2004, oh happy days. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
20287
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Posted - 2014.03.27 14:48:00 -
[73] - Quote
Harrison Tato wrote:Tippia wrote:Oh how fun it was in the early '90s to see the Amiga owners laughs turn into frowns when PCs started outdoing them on the video front, and how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy. I bet you don't get invited to parties much.
Pff. You just had to keep an eye out on the BBSes for the inviteros, and upload the signup.txt and and transfer the cash before all spots were taken.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
Turing Tested
2649
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Posted - 2014.03.27 15:03:00 -
[74] - Quote
Tippia wrote: how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy.
I just upgraded my 1040STE to a 4mb and I have my Midi Controller in the post, and currently rocking Cubase.
When did this happen?
Oh because of FALCON
*** Vote MTU For CSM ***
"They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn
Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Nyjil Lizaru
Aideron Robotics
23
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Posted - 2014.03.27 15:13:00 -
[75] - Quote
Elite (on C64) ...years go by... Master of Orion (on w/e) ...years go by... EVE! |
Pew Terror
Green Associates
TITANS.
193
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Posted - 2014.03.27 15:55:00 -
[76] - Quote
Ramona McCandless wrote:Tippia wrote: how ST owners despaired as they no longer held MIDI supremacy. I just upgraded my 1040STE to a 4mb and I have my Midi Controller in the post, and currently rocking Cubase. When did this happen? Oh because of FALCON
I AM SO JELLY RIGHT NOW!
I always wanted a falcon... I went ST1024->Mega STE->TT030 |
Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
Turing Tested
2651
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Posted - 2014.03.27 15:59:00 -
[77] - Quote
Pew Terror wrote:
I AM SO JELLY RIGHT NOW!
I always wanted a falcon... I went ST1024->Mega STE->TT030
Id still like a TT someday. Loved how they looked, so minimalist and all
The Amigos can have their big Commodore cake and I have to say the A600 is a very cute machine, but Im afraid Im Atari 4 Evah
*** Vote MTU For CSM ***
"They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn
"Facebook would never tolerate that behaviour we are talking about" - Big Lynx |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
4604
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Posted - 2014.03.29 03:16:00 -
[78] - Quote
I remember me and a buddy coding an Asteroids type game on an Apple II. I was so confused by Basic as the only language I knew at the time was FORTRAN (that dates me).
Mr Epeen
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. You just saved one of them by typing 'u' instead of 'you'.-á Congratulations, dumbass! |
Karl Jerr
Herzack Unit
11
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Posted - 2014.03.29 03:49:00 -
[79] - Quote
Played so much on my Amstrad 464 and later on my Amiga with Frontier: Elite 2.
Waiting patiently for E:D |
Rhatar Khurin
Happy Asteroid Ltd
564
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Posted - 2014.03.29 04:59:00 -
[80] - Quote
I played the C64 5 1/4" Elite first then Elite+ on the Amiga. Followed by Frontier.
Jint Hikaru wrote:Spectrum then Amiga.
Played Elite, then Elite Frontier. Still have the original box, instructions, galaxy map and game disk for frontier (and a disk with my saved game on).
One day i will find a good emulator and boot that up again.
WIN UAE Is a good amiga emulator http://www.winuae.net/ |
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Vyktor Abyss
The Abyss Corporation
Abyss Alliance
469
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Posted - 2014.03.29 10:36:00 -
[81] - Quote
Elite on a friends BBC Micro here...
Vic 20, Atari console (Remember Joust etc?) , 48k then ZX Spectrum, friends Amstrad, friends C64, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga (Elite 2 - Frontier!) , Pentium 386 to PC. Add in a game cube and thats it. Happy memories.... I'm such a geek. |
Kalrissia
Golden Talon Industries
Total Justification
39
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:27:00 -
[82] - Quote
First game I ever really played was Elite on the good old squishy Spectrum 48k. The lenslok protection was a real eye squinter but worth getting past to see the sights of Lave, Estionbi and Orgetibe.
Wish I still had the computer, game AND a tape with my old saves on it. That would really be a trippy blast continuing a save from when I was much much younger. Oh well.
Memorieeeeeees *sniffle.
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Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
White Mountain Coalition
1208
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:29:00 -
[83] - Quote
Kalrissia wrote:First game I ever really played was Elite on the good old squishy Spectrum 48k. The lenslok protection was a real eye squinter but worth getting past to see the sights of Lave, Estionbi and Orgetibe.
Wish I still had the computer, game AND a tape with my old saves on it. That would really be a trippy blast continuing a save from when I was much much younger. Oh well.
Memorieeeeeees *sniffle.
I've still got the tape with my saves on it.
Looking forward to Elite Dangerous!
Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction... |
nim TsuNim
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:30:00 -
[84] - Quote
Holy smokes. Elite. Still have the box set in the loft. I was a BBC Model B micro fanboi back in the day and spent many isolated hours on that game.
My first machine was a Video Genie E3003 which was a TRS-80 clone. You want to hear sad? This is sad. The Video Genie had no sound card; I used to write HEX bytes into the machine's memory and pick up the change in emitted radio frequencies on a nearby radio. Got the thing to play Happy Birthday to my mum.
Also wrote a space sim called Mega Hunter on that machine. Full game in 16K. Ahh the pleasures of spending hours trying to find an extra few bytes here and there.
Also, the first wordprocessor I ever bought was for the BBC Micro. To install it I had to pop the case and plug in the Word processor chip.
Software engineers were men back then. Also no friends. |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
14796
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:31:00 -
[85] - Quote
Kalrissia wrote:First game I ever really played was Elite on the good old squishy Spectrum 48k. The lenslok protection was a real eye squinter but worth getting past to see the sights of Lave, Estionbi and Orgetibe.
Wish I still had the computer, game AND a tape with my old saves on it. That would really be a trippy blast continuing a save from when I was much much younger. Oh well.
Memorieeeeeees *sniffle.
Man I remember when I found out how to actually set up a trade route, all setting up a cycle between not just two but 4 or 5 or 6 systems to optimise the credits/m^3.
I felt so proud of myself
(Hey I was only about 12)
1 Kings 12:11
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Kalrissia
Golden Talon Industries
Total Justification
39
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:32:00 -
[86] - Quote
Ooooh you lucky person.
Also, anyone remember the novella 'The Dark Wheel' by Robort Holdstock ( who is no longer with us sadly ). Read that and tell me it doesn't inspire you to 'undock' |
nim TsuNim
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:33:00 -
[87] - Quote
Read that book too. My God, might still have it. |
Brewlar Kuvakei
Adeptio Gloriae
256
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Posted - 2014.03.29 11:37:00 -
[88] - Quote
I hail from Freelancer but I am simply passing through on my way to the Star Citizen MMO. |
PDP11
Burroughs B6700
3
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Posted - 2014.05.02 07:02:00 -
[89] - Quote
Lunar Lander on a DEC GT40 then onto Star Trader for me as I had a copy of 'What to do after you hit return'.
My sequence for personal computers at home was Nat Semi SC/MP then SC/MP II, Motorola 6800D2 Kit, PDP-11/10 (PTS and CAPS11), PDP-11/34M (RSX-11M), Microbee PC85 (ROM), VAX-11/750 (VMS), PC Clone (8086), 80386SX Clone, VAXen (when one is not enough), series of boring PCs. |
Yim Sei
Watchers of Tartarus
139
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Posted - 2014.05.02 07:50:00 -
[90] - Quote
Had it on my trusty old Acorn Electron :D
Still have it in the loft - might dig it out.
Post with my main? This is my main - I just overtrain and overplay my alts. |
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Bad Messenger
Nasranite Watch
Heiian Conglomerate
764
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Posted - 2014.05.02 07:55:00 -
[91] - Quote
1st i played elite on c64 and i might still have 5,25" original disk for PC somewhere. I actually considered to play it again if i find 5,25" disk drive, i have some old computer somewhere if it does not run on current windows version even with dos emulator. |
Erica Dusette
Rolled Out
6773
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Posted - 2014.05.02 07:59:00 -
[92] - Quote
Commodore 64?
Oh you youngin's!
I started on the Vic 20. Tank versus UFO.
Major (Ret.) Caldari Militia | Part-time wormhole pirate | Full-time super model
Gÿá Wormhole Diary
[ This space for rent ] |
Talia Prime
Imperial Militia
28
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Posted - 2014.05.02 08:04:00 -
[93] - Quote
Ex-BBC micro user here. Spent hours trying to play Elite, gave up and played Chuckie Egg instead. |
Lucretia DeWinter
Dirt Nap Squad
Dirt Nap Squad.
141
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Posted - 2014.05.02 09:23:00 -
[94] - Quote
Elite > Wing Commander > Freespace2 > X:BTF > Freelancer > EVE
Plus mix in the various sequels in between the timeline relative to their release. |
Kirobacsi
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
3
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Posted - 2014.05.02 10:02:00 -
[95] - Quote
I have no clue what you old farts are talking about....dag nabit!!! |
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
2822
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Posted - 2014.05.02 10:35:00 -
[96] - Quote
Elite... I was more into F-15 Strike Eagle and Silent Service. Which maybe goes to show why I like AF's and cloky ships in EVE.  |
The Akita
Corp 54
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
0
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Posted - 2014.05.02 16:39:00 -
[97] - Quote
Atari 2600
ZX81
Dragon 32
ZXSpectrum
Commodore 64
Amstrad CPC464 - horrid green screen
Amiga 500 and 1200
PC!!! woot.
Halcyon days of gaming. Manic Miner, Horace goes Skiing, River Raid, Jack the Nipper, Captain Blood, Elite, Barry Mcguigans Boxing and hundreds of others.
The cassette games were epic as you could copy them from your mates and vice versa!
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