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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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My friend has been working on a little game which has just been released which is: The new freakin Elite, which has been released today, I've been watching the behind the scenes videos for over a year now and the game looks lovely: just to give anyone a heads up if they fancy playing Elite, but with 2014 graphics.  https://store.elitedangerous.com/elite-dangerous.html/He's quite talented, I think he specialises in lighting.
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm
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Location: Scotland
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will it be on steam?  _________________
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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I didn't know we had other sections of the forum
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Now there's a blast from the past. I can't remember if it was Elite or Elite 2, but I always got killed really quickly.
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Scotland
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I preferred federation of free traders rather than elite, amiga500 game
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Zippy
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm
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Location: Here Abouts
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Red's bought it, he's also upgraded his graphics card so he can play Elite and GTA4 without hanging. He's really looking forward to it  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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jonlumb
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Location: Exeter
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If I had even an iota of free time to spend on a game I'd be all over this like a fat man at a buffet, but alas even the odd bit of gaming on my phone seems to have gone out the window these days.
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l3v1ck
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Sounds about the same as me.
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paulzolo
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It looks lovely. I'll be waiting for the Mac version though. There is the open source interpretation, Oolite, to keep me quiet. Or I could just fire up the Archimedes and play what is arguably the best version of the original game.
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big_D
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Location: Bramsche
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I remember playing it at the hospital in Crawley, when I was at college. They had a BBC B there and we were supposed to be writing a small system for them on it, but we played Elite during the breaks. As we only had about 15 - 20 minutes a week to play on it, I never got very good at it or very far into it.
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
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Location: London
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I have bought it and just bought a new Joystick to play it with - cant wait
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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I'm considering getting a controller to play GTA v, Elite and Assassins Creed, they don't feel right on keyboard/mouse, no one makes games really these days that work well with them.
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Peebo
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Used to play Frontier Elite many years ago on my mates Atari ST. Think I did eventually get up to Elite level but it took ages.
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jonlumb
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GTA V and Assassin's Creed work fine for me on mouse / keyboard (I've not played GTA V itself, but given how similar it is in terms of viewport to something like Skyrim, I'd be reasonably comfortable with it). The only games that completely fails for me are racing games, and I suspect Elite would be similar but I've not played a flight simulator at all on mouse and keyboard since Descent II!
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