1 thought on “Elite (Firebird/Gold Edition/Rainbird)”
Grunaki
I was always intrigued by Elite back in my Speccy days, but despite rave reviews, I never bought it.
A few years later, I was in a used game store and found the ST version fairly cheap, so I picked it up - and I’m glad I did.
I loved the open-endedness of the game - pick a system and go - “out there - thataway!” as Kirk says at the end of the first ‘Star Trek’ movie.. (Well, as far as your funds and fuel will take you.. A concept that was obviously nicked by ‘Star Control 2’ - which is another great spacefaring game - and is now open-source! Google it!)
I really enjoyed the physics - like having to match rotation with the Coriolis space stations in order to dock (blatantly nicked from 2001 - a space odyssey) - but of course I bought a docking computer ASAP! 🙂
I also liked how you could go from being running scared in the first instance (like if you came up against a Thargoid, Viper or Wolf MkII, which would likely wipe the floor with you if you only had a pulse laser) and eventually turned it around once you made the credits to acquire a military laser and could start hunting them down.
The only minor gripe I would have with it is that I don’t think there’s any way to finish the game, so you’re just blasting through space forever..
I was always intrigued by Elite back in my Speccy days, but despite rave reviews, I never bought it.
A few years later, I was in a used game store and found the ST version fairly cheap, so I picked it up - and I’m glad I did.
I loved the open-endedness of the game - pick a system and go - “out there - thataway!” as Kirk says at the end of the first ‘Star Trek’ movie.. (Well, as far as your funds and fuel will take you.. A concept that was obviously nicked by ‘Star Control 2’ - which is another great spacefaring game - and is now open-source! Google it!)
I really enjoyed the physics - like having to match rotation with the Coriolis space stations in order to dock (blatantly nicked from 2001 - a space odyssey) - but of course I bought a docking computer ASAP! 🙂
I also liked how you could go from being running scared in the first instance (like if you came up against a Thargoid, Viper or Wolf MkII, which would likely wipe the floor with you if you only had a pulse laser) and eventually turned it around once you made the credits to acquire a military laser and could start hunting them down.
The only minor gripe I would have with it is that I don’t think there’s any way to finish the game, so you’re just blasting through space forever..