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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:09:00 -
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OK, I nabbed this from PC Gamer (UK) which just came out today. But I thought I'd share it for those who might want to try it. Basically it's a re-engineered version of Frontier that works straight up in Windows so you don't have to fiddle with DOS and obscure settings.
If you're interested all you need are the Windows Binaries and the Sound Effects and Music. The readme in the Windows Binaries will tell you what to do with the Sound Effects and Music once you've unzipped it. Enjoy.
OMG! Some orange text. It must be important.
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:29:00 -
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*bangs head off desk repeatedly*
I only have First Encounters. 
*continues banging*
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:40:00 -
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Edited by: Miss Anthropy on 06/07/2007 19:41:37
 Originally by: The Pointless
*bangs head off desk repeatedly*
I only have First Encounters.
*continues banging*
Eh?
Link should be correct now. I'm not sure how it went wrong in the first place. I tested it after I wrote the OP and it seemed fine. Someone must be playing funny buggers on me.
OMG! Some orange text. It must be important.
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:44:00 -
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It's the sequel to Frontier. I found it for a fiver by pure luck on my hols 2 year ago but there's still no support in it from DOSBox. And I've never been able to find Frontier anywhere.
(So here's hoping someone's crazy enough to make something like what you linked to for First Encounters) 
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:46:00 -
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Originally by: The Pointless
It's the sequel to Frontier. I found it for a fiver by pure luck on my hols 2 year ago but there's still no support in it from DOSBox. And I've never been able to find Frontier anywhere.
(So here's hoping someone's crazy enough to make something like what you linked to for First Encounters)
I doubt that will happen to be honest. Elite and Frontier: Elite 2 are the ones people remember most fondly. First Encounters was pretty crap compared to these two.
OMG! Some orange text. It must be important.
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.06 19:48:00 -
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Originally by: Miss Anthropy
I doubt that will happen to be honest. Elite and Frontier: Elite 2 are the ones people remember most fondly. First Encounters was pretty crap compared to these two.
Which is exactly why I'm not chuffed at my lack of a copy of Frontier.
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Darvin Felth
Memento.Mori
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Posted - 2007.07.06 21:49:00 -
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Edited by: Darvin Felth on 06/07/2007 21:56:09
I still have my Elite,48k Spectrum version, and Frontier Elite II,Amiga Version ... wonder what they worth nowadays 
Elite
Frontier Elite II
Not the best pics 
Smoking Whippets since 1967 ....
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Nuala Reece
Caldari
Starlancers
Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2007.07.06 22:41:00 -
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Those were the days - sitting around for half an hour while Elite loaded up from a cassette tape onto my Commodore 64, only for it to crash right at the end of the load; back to the start and another half hour wait. The joy of those first few trips around Lave, Diso and Riedquat. And the look of vague concern on my mum's face as I tried to explain why it was ok for me to be trading narcotics and firearms. I still remember the first time I took down a Thargoid invasion ship too. Pure, unadulterated joy Best game ever.
Starlancers
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cap'n porkchop
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Posted - 2007.07.07 00:04:00 -
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First encounters was a bug ridden travesty.
Just downloaded the frontiers stuff, ill give it a whirl later, its what eve owes a buge debt to, elite and its siblings are what get my groove going. The original and ultimate do what you want in a space setting.
Roll on elite 4, my prayers go forth with you...
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Mad Hermit
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Posted - 2007.07.07 07:21:00 -
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Frontier..... man... I play the Amiga version from time to time in WinUAE, and it still rocks (unlike some other retro games that get boring within five minutes). It was my love of Frontier that brought me to Eve... The Cobra3 is a fiiiine ship (even made a sig about it) and so is the Imperial Courier, especially on the Amiga version where it doesn't need a crew. Probably my favourite of them all. Sure, you can use the money-making cheat and get yourself a Panther and tank it like a titan, but being slow like a titan kinda sucks. Smaller ships win.
Whenever I play I invariably end up in a moral dilemma, so I ask you people: is it ok to use the 650ly "wormhole" jumps? Feels kind of tacky to use a bug to go anywhere you want with just two jumps and a days time, but I know many serious gamers use(d) it anyway...
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Elodie Belanger
Moonlight Sonata
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Posted - 2007.07.07 12:35:00 -
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I just installed it and I have an embarrassing question which I can't find in the manual - how do I move? :<
I pressed a button and took off and someone yelled at me for not having clearance and then told me to vacate the area but I didn't know how to move so he blew me up.
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'
Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
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Darvin Felth
Memento.Mori
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Posted - 2007.07.07 12:46:00 -
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Originally by: Elodie Belanger
I just installed it and I have an embarrassing question which I can't find in the manual - how do I move? :<
I pressed a button and took off and someone yelled at me for not having clearance and then told me to vacate the area but I didn't know how to move so he blew me up.
Try this site Frontier Elite II
Smoking Whippets since 1967 ....
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Lord Thalic
Amarr
The Fist of Kane
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Posted - 2007.07.08 04:06:00 -
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For people who like Elite might to check this out: http://oolite.aegidian.org/
(Available for linux/mac/windows), best of all it's Open Source ^_^
Mods and expansions here
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northwesten
Amarr
Trinity Corporate Services
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Posted - 2007.07.08 05:47:00 -
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Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 06/07/2007 21:56:09
I still have my Elite,48k Spectrum version, and Frontier Elite II,Amiga Version ... wonder what they worth nowadays
Elite
Frontier Elite II
Not the best pics
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
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northwesten
Amarr
Trinity Corporate Services
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Posted - 2007.07.08 05:54:00 -
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dam i hate been a noob about programs and such *trys to play it on XP* is there program that help to run this on XP?
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Lord Thalic
Amarr
The Fist of Kane
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Posted - 2007.07.08 09:07:00 -
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Originally by: northwesten
dam i hate been a noob about programs and such *trys to play it on XP* is there program that help to run this on XP?
The Amiga version on PC?
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.08 11:33:00 -
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Originally by: Lord Thalic
Originally by: northwesten
dam i hate been a noob about programs and such *trys to play it on XP* is there program that help to run this on XP?
The Amiga version on PC?
Just on that note: PC drives that can read Amiga-formatted floppies off-the-shelf (ergo without some hackery on the part of the player) are somewhat "hen's teeth" in my area at least - most likely non-exisitant altogether - but with a real Amiga or a hacked-up PC drive, the disks could be ripped to ADFs to play on WinUAE. But not GLFrontier.
Dunno if a CD version was released for the Miggy though, but I doubt it. Even if there was, would GLFrontier like it? Again, I doubt it.
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Darvin Felth
Memento.Mori
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Posted - 2007.07.08 14:39:00 -
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Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:42:29
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:40:31
Originally by: northwesten
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
Wish i could but i`ve not got an Amiga nemore
You can play Frontier Elite on the PC with CLICK ME as the OP said or u can try and get the adf file for Frontier Elite and use it with winUAE.
BTW ne1 know of a copy of Frontier Elite II adf for winUAE ?
Smoking Whippets since 1967 ....
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northwesten
Amarr
Trinity Corporate Services
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:42:29
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:40:31
Originally by: northwesten
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
Wish i could but i`ve not got an Amiga nemore
You can play Frontier Elite on the PC with CLICK ME as the OP said or u can try and get the adf file for Frontier Elite and use it with winUAE.
BTW ne1 know of a copy of Frontier Elite II adf for winUAE ?
ok well now winUAE asking for A100 bootstrap ROM (64k) or (8k) and says i need a flipy disk but i dont have a flipy disk drive :(
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:10:00 -
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Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:42:29
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:40:31
Originally by: northwesten
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
Wish i could but i`ve not got an Amiga nemore
You can play Frontier Elite on the PC with CLICK ME as the OP said or u can try and get the adf file for Frontier Elite and use it with winUAE.
BTW ne1 know of a copy of Frontier Elite II adf for winUAE ?
What you're asking for is kinda against the rules, but I can point you to something legitimate.
www.eliteclub.co.uk
Those guys have shareware versions, even on ADF, only changes made, I beleive, were just the replacement of the Konami and GameTek logos in favour of "Frontier Dev."
Don't worry, it's legit, I found that site via Frontier Development's (which is founded and run by David Braben) site.
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northwesten
Amarr
Trinity Corporate Services
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:18:00 -
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Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:42:29
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:40:31
Originally by: northwesten
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
Wish i could but i`ve not got an Amiga nemore
You can play Frontier Elite on the PC with CLICK ME as the OP said or u can try and get the adf file for Frontier Elite and use it with winUAE.
BTW ne1 know of a copy of Frontier Elite II adf for winUAE ?
What you're asking for is kinda against the rules, but I can point you to something legitimate.
www.eliteclub.co.uk
Those guys have shareware versions, even on ADF, only changes made, I beleive, were just the replacement of the Konami and GameTek logos in favour of "Frontier Dev."
Don't worry, it's legit, I found that site via Frontier Development's (which is founded and run by David Braben) site.
ok with this what do i use for that? I running XP so umm what do i do?
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Darvin Felth
Memento.Mori
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:23:00 -
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Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 15:34:59
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 15:25:45
Originally by: The Pointless
What you're asking for is kinda against the rules, but I can point you to something legitimate.
Yeah i kind of guessed that after i went google looking .... but i did manage to pick up the Elite adf file and the ROMS to play em in winUAE 
Seen as i`ve got the original Amiga Frontier Elite II discs could i make a copy to play with winUAE ? and if so how ? and what about converting the file to adf format ???
Originally by: northwesten
ok with this what do i use for that? I running XP so umm what do i do?
D/L Windows Binary and the sound effects-music files unpack em and instell em to play Frontier Elite II
D/L Oolite to play an Elite clone
Smoking Whippets since 1967 ....
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:35:00 -
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Edited by: The Pointless on 08/07/2007 15:35:37
Originally by: northwesten
Originally by: The Pointless
Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:42:29
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 14:40:31
Originally by: northwesten
copy one for me please i still got the Amiga too and it works yay
Wish i could but i`ve not got an Amiga nemore
You can play Frontier Elite on the PC with CLICK ME as the OP said or u can try and get the adf file for Frontier Elite and use it with winUAE.
BTW ne1 know of a copy of Frontier Elite II adf for winUAE ?
What you're asking for is kinda against the rules, but I can point you to something legitimate.
www.eliteclub.co.uk
Those guys have shareware versions, even on ADF, only changes made, I beleive, were just the replacement of the Konami and GameTek logos in favour of "Frontier Dev."
Don't worry, it's legit, I found that site via Frontier Development's (which is founded and run by David Braben) site.
ok with this what do i use for that? I running XP so umm what do i do?
You can use the WinUAE emulator if you want to use the ADFs, but you'll need a Kickstart ROM. I personally don't condone googling one since it's illegal to use a Kickstart ROM, you don't legally own, which is why I just bought Amiga Forever.
If you want to run the DOS version though, just use DOSBox or GLFrontier. 
Originally by: Darvin Felth
Edited by: Darvin Felth on 08/07/2007 15:25:45
Originally by: The Pointless
What you're asking for is kinda against the rules, but I can point you to something legitimate.
Yeah i kind of guessed that after i went google looking .... but i did manage to pick up the Elite adf file and the ROMS to play em in winUAE
Seen as i`ve got the original Amiga Frontier Elite II discs could i make a copy to play with winUAE ? and if so how ? and what about converting the file to adf format ???
The easiest way would be with a real Amiga, and the next best option requires fiddling with your PC Floppy drive.
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Darvin Felth
Memento.Mori
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Posted - 2007.07.08 15:48:00 -
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Originally by: The Pointless
The easiest way would be with a real Amiga, and the next best option requires fiddling with your PC Floppy drive.
Doh wanted to play my old saved games saves from last time i had an Amiga ... looks like i`ll start again on the one the OP post`d ,seems to play as i remember it
Smoking Whippets since 1967 ....
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