[plug] OT: Acorn Archimedes

[Simon Scott]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:01, Ben New wrote:
> Actually, Elite existed on a number of platforms 

It still does

> (although the BBC was the original platform) 

yes it was.

> and was also called Firebird. 

No, Firebird was the publisher.

> It was way ahead of its time in both graphics and gameplay, was playable
> at least 10 years after it was released, and wasn't totally

Damn, I better stop playing it then ;)

> violence-based which is very rare, especially in the scifi genre ;-)
> Docking to the space stations was always really hard though until you
> could afford the automagical docking upgrade. Talk about nostalgia!

Did anyone here ever reach 'Elite'?

Anyone's ship ever get overrun by 'tribbles'?

Ever get the mission where you had to track down and destroy the prototype 
ship?

Ever realise years later that you spent *waaaay* too much time playing Elite 
when you were young, and that you wasted your childhood? :)