Elite is 25 - BBC News article and video

Stephen Scott

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Sep 21, 2009, 7:38:22 AM9/21/09

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Hi everyone,

Just found this - Elite's 25th birthday. BBC news article and video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8261272.stm

Enjoy!

Steve

Alex' A. Interrants

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Sep 22, 2009, 2:27:14 PM9/22/09

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Stephen Scott <stevieb...@googlemail.com> hat geschrieben:

Thanks. I never found Elite so good. Mercury had me pleased much more.

Alex'

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Alex' A. Interrants

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Sep 24, 2009, 2:36:02 AM9/24/09

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"Alex' A. Interrants" <bavari...@usenet.cnntp.org> hat geschrieben:

> In der Nachricht <1a75cc4c-0d8f-425b...@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
> Stephen Scott <stevieb...@googlemail.com> hat geschrieben:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Just found this - Elite's 25th birthday. BBC news article and video:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8261272.stm
> >
> > Enjoy!
>
> Thanks. I never found Elite so good. Mercury had me pleased much more.

I meant _Mercenary_. Sorry.

A.

lk

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Sep 26, 2009, 12:46:43 PM9/26/09

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"Alex' A. Interrants" <bavari...@usenet.cnntp.org> wrote in message
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> In der Nachricht
> <1a75cc4c-0d8f-425b...@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
> Stephen Scott <stevieb...@googlemail.com> hat geschrieben:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Just found this - Elite's 25th birthday. BBC news article and video:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8261272.stm
>>
>> Enjoy!
>
> Thanks. I never found Elite so good. Mercury had me pleased much more.
>
> Alex'
>

My God! I thought I was the only Acorn fan around who hated Elite.

I got it for the Electron one Christmas (probably around 1987) but I just
could never dock the darn thing and it was black and white. Always liked
things like Revs and Thrust more than Elite.

Simon Challands

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Sep 26, 2009, 2:26:33 PM9/26/09

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"lk" <gofy...@wrong.address.com> wrote:

> "Alex' A. Interrants" <bavari...@usenet.cnntp.org> wrote in message
> news:1c67e69e5...@chiemgau-net.de...

>> Thanks. I never found Elite so good. Mercury had me pleased much more.

> My God! I thought I was the only Acorn fan around who hated Elite.

> I got it for the Electron one Christmas (probably around 1987) but I just
> could never dock the darn thing and it was black and white. Always liked
> things like Revs and Thrust more than Elite.

Tut tut to the pair of you!

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Matthew Thompson

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Sep 27, 2009, 5:00:23 AM9/27/09

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"lk" <gofy...@wrong.address.com> wrote:

Nope, I hated Elite too, found it totally boring and tedious and not
remotely interesting or exciting in any way at all. In fact in was
probably the only BBC/Electron game I never bought, as I originally
borrowed it played it and gave it back pretty quickly, just wasn't for
me i'm afraid.

I did have Revs and Thrust, found them hard to play but far more
interesting than Elite.

I appreciate that Elite was a technically advanced game and a lot of
people did enjoy playing it, and it is an important chapter in Acorn
gaming history but it didn't do anything for me at all.

cheers
Matthew

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