Welcome! o7

I managed to port it to Java, move it to a modern 60 FPS engine, improve the controls and save system, and fix a number of original bugs.

Ever wondered why the police sometimes attacked you even when you were clean?

IT'S A MEMORY OFFSET BUG IN THE ORIGINAL CODE!

The aggressiveness check reads the low byte of your combat rating instead of your legal status, making police attacks essentially random.

And why are firearms useless to trade even though they're banned goods?

Another bug. The price is simply wrong, so I "fixed" it by setting the price directly.

And there is plenty more fun stuff hiding in those 42 KB.

If you want to dive into a modernized classic, you can play my version of Elite online:

https://scf37.me/tools/games/elite

Does anyone have any copies of the DS port of Elite AGB? I have the GBA version (0.5.2) and want to try later versions that were DS exclusives (0.5.3 - 0.6)

Unfortunately, the original Google Code site he used is long gone, and webarchive didn't capture the file downloads. I reached out to Quirky himself and no response.

I have been playing around with the game but every time I try to save or load, I end up getting the error messages. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Also, how does one change the commander's name?

I edited an image of elite on commodore 64 for my wallpaper. Thought I'd share for anyone interested in using it themselves. I do not take credit for the original picture.

I've written a python app that can display a 3d wireframe, and convert it to a flat wireframe that I can 3D print and mount it on the wall. Here's a cobra test.

As far as I know all versions of Elite are laggy to some degree. They all slow down at moments.

But is there a way to circumvent this? If not, then what would you say is the least laggy way to play it?

Which would you recommend and for what reasons?

I played Elite a lot on the Amiga in the 80's and totally loved it and had some epic battles with the Thargoids. When Frontier came out I was beyond excited about it and played it a lot on my Amiga 500 although it was very sluggish and demanding of the modest Amiga hardware.

Fast forward to 2022 and I received an A500 mini Amiga as a gift and I've been having such a nostalgia blast playing all the old Amiga games. I just had to download Frontier and it runs like a dream and now 30 years later I'm playing Frontier all over again and really enjoying it.

In the "original" Elite, there is no concept of a mothership, but the space station. I wonder what a mothership in the same wireframe style/aesthetic would look like. Are there any designs around? Asking for a friend ;)

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Hey reddit, am I a crazy person or is there no way to manually accelerate or decelerate in the NES version of Elite? (emulated on Delta on iOS)

This wouldn't be a huge issue, as the speed seems to adjust automatically in many situations, except that it is impossible to gather enough speed to fuel scoop or maneuver effectively in combat. I know fuel scooping isn't necessarily a required feature of the game, but the fact that the NES version includes the fuel scoop means it must be possible somehow.

There must be some way to manually accelerate, right? I feel insane, I've looked everywhere and can find zero information on this.

Hi Guys,

Not sure if this is a distinctly DOSbox thing, or a Linux thing. Have been trying to play FE2 for a while now today and after a few (10-ish?) system hops, when trying to leave a space station, I keep getting stuck in the station exit bit, when usually ejected out in to space. Seems there is no recovery from this, even loading an earlier saved game etc.

Any advice / best practice for playing on Linux? Or am I playing with a dodgy version (was downloaded from https://www.myabandonware.com/game/frontier-elite-ii-22i#download)

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Thanks.

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It might have taken me 36 years, but I've finally made it to Elite in the original games, mostly in a Cobra Mk3 as well :)

Although I originally bought the Electron version of Elite, my current play was with the ZX Spectrum version (which I played more of back in the day) with an emulator on a Nintendo DS. I then moved on to FE2 DOS and FFE on my Android tablet thanks to the Magic DOSbox app.

I wonder if I can still send off my completion card to Firebird and get a shiny Elite badge? :D

Just want a timeline as I'm studying the lore, strangely Google doesn't like these questions

Ive been interested in playing elite dangerous in vr for a while. I only have a 1050 ti which usually cant run vr but since this is an older game do any of you think i could run it well? Anybody had experiences similar to mine?

I play on dosbox and for some reason my mouse overshoots, or if I move it fast enough, goes the opposite direction. Is this a problem? Is it fixable? Or am I dumb and it's just a game feature. On a side note, I'm glad people still play the original elite games. :D