Thursday, September 20, 1984

Elite

Out nowCLASS_IND LShooter, Simulator, Strategy

Release date: Thursday, September 20, 1984
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Acorn Electron, DOS, Tatung Einstein, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX
Developer: Acornsoft, Frontier Developments
Publisher: Hybrid Technology, Firebird

About

Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984.

Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary home computer system, and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history.