== Note on Amstrad version ==
The Spectrum developers (Torus) only had a [[6502 ]] dump of code to base their conversion upon, so they ditched that and played the BBC original to death, and then tried to make the Spectrum version look as close to it as they could. What they had hoped would only take 3-4 months to code eventually took them a whole year! The CPC conversion took much less time thanks to the introduction of the [[PDS development system]].
==Sequels==
*''Elite'' was originally intended to contain 2<sup>48</sup> (approximately 282,000,000,000,000) galaxies. However, the number was limited to eight when Acornsoft noted that such a gigantic number would make the artificiality of the game universe evident to the player.
== Links ==
* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=284 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
* [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1579 CPC game base from cpczone]
* [http://www.phenixinformatique.com/CPCGAMES/index.php?page=detail&num=801 CPC game base from phenixinformatique]
*[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
*[http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company
*[http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ Elite Club], with downloadable shareware versions of the ''Frontier'' games
*[http://robertholdstock.com/ Robert Holdstock]
*[http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Elite.html ZX Spectrum ''Elite''] emulated for Java enabled browsers
*[http://www.lotf.co.uk/ ''Life On the Frontier'' site]
*[http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
*[http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
*[http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ dmoz.org ''Elite Series''] links
*[http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
* The [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page ''EliteWiki''] project
*[http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=37 '''Elite: The New Kind'']: ''Elite''-alike for Windows
*[http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/750 Firebird's Elite: A Look Back at the Greatest Game Ever Made] article about the game
*[http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/ ''FrontierAstro''] a site covering ''Elite'', Frontier and Astronomy
*[http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/e/index.html#elite CPC Game Reviews review of Elite]
== Videos ==
'''CPC version'''
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PC - CGA Version
Image:Elite rev amtix1.jpg|Amtix review
Image:Elite rev amtix2.jpg|Amtix review (cont)
Image:Elite-beebug.jpg|Elite review by Beebug
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==Links==
*{{CPCPower|801}}
*{{EnWiki|Elite_(video_game)}}
*[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?topic=2729 English and German versions] patched to work with the '''Plus''' machines by '''redbox'''!
* [http://tacgr.emuunlim.com/downloads/filedetail.php?recid=284 The Amstrad CPC Games Resource]
* [http://www.cpczone.net/game/1579 CPC game base from cpczone]
* [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/ Ian Bell's ''Elite'' pages]
* [http://www.frontier.co.uk Frontier Developments] David Braben's games company
* [http://www.eliteclub.co.uk/ Elite Club], with downloadable shareware versions of the ''Frontier'' games
* [http://robertholdstock.com/ Robert Holdstock]
* [http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Elite.html ZX Spectrum ''Elite''] emulated for Java enabled browsers
* [http://www.lotf.co.uk/ ''Life On the Frontier'' site]
* [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.fan.elite ''Elite'' newsgroup]
* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm alt.fan.elite FAQ]
* [http://opendirectoryproject.org/Games/Video_Games/Action/Space_Combat/Elite_Series/ OPD ''Elite Series''] links
* [http://oolite.aegidian.org/ ''Oolite'']: ''Elite''-alike for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux
* The [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Main_Page ''EliteWiki''] project
* [http://www.downloadfreegames.co.uk/games/details.asp?id=37 '''Elite: The New Kind'']: ''Elite''-alike for Windows
* [http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/750 Firebird's Elite: A Look Back at the Greatest Game Ever Made] article about the game
* [http://www.frontierastro.co.uk/ ''FrontierAstro''] a site covering ''Elite'', Frontier and Astronomy
* [http://www.cpcgamereviews.com/e/index.html#elite CPC Game Reviews review of Elite]
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