Greatest game ever, and squeezed into 32k of memory.
I'll pledge some money, and I really really want it to be good but Elite was a game of its time. Playing it now emulated I find it very hard to get in to. Back then you were absorbed into the Elite universe, kind of like reading a book vs watching a film. It was your imagination that made Elite.

Nowadays we are so spoiled with amazing sound and graphics I just wonder what they can do to bring the game successfully to the modern era. I do love the idea of a MMO Elite universe though.

JustMax said...

Greatest game ever, and squeezed into 32k of memory.
I'll pledge some money, and I really really want it to be good but Elite was a game of its time. Playing it now emulated I find it very hard to get in to. Back then you were absorbed into the Elite universe, kind of like reading a book vs watching a film. It was your imagination that made Elite.

Nowadays we are so spoiled with amazing sound and graphics I just wonder what they can do to bring the game successfully to the modern era. I do love the idea of a MMO Elite universe though.

22k. The other 10k was system and display.

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Jimmy Choo said...

JustMax said...

Greatest game ever, and squeezed into 32k of memory.
I'll pledge some money, and I really really want it to be good but Elite was a game of its time. Playing it now emulated I find it very hard to get in to. Back then you were absorbed into the Elite universe, kind of like reading a book vs watching a film. It was your imagination that made Elite.

Nowadays we are so spoiled with amazing sound and graphics I just wonder what they can do to bring the game successfully to the modern era. I do love the idea of a MMO Elite universe though.

22k. The other 10k was system and display.

Yeah yeah

Jimmy Choo said...

22k. The other 10k was system and display.

Depends on what mode you were in. Although I only remember 0,4 and 7 which were :-

0 - 640 x 256 2 colour (22K RAM used, 10K free)
4 - 320 x 256 2 colour (10K RAM used, 22K free)
7 - Teletext mode (1K RAM Used 31K free)

IIRC Elite used mode 4, so you're right on that count!

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It's reached the goal with just over two days left. I had my doubts when there were only a couple of weeks left and still 500k to go. I (and I'm guessing many others) upped my pledge as they introduced new pledge categories to boost the numbers.