Elite Turns 25 · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 21, 2009 @04:51PM from the three-one-three-three-seven dept.

satellite17 writes "The BBC notes that the classic space combat / trading sim Elite is 25 years old today. Elite was one of the first 3D games produced for a home computer and also one of the first open-ended games. Odd as it sounds now, this meant that even though it was popular with friends of the creators, David Braben and Ian Bell, they initially struggled to find a publisher. 'They just didn't get it; they wanted a high score and they wanted players to have three lives,' Braben said. It is also credited with influencing quite a few modern classics."

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I learned about some history today. by JDeane · 2009-09-21 17:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

I like love to read stuff like this, although I have heard of Elite before I did not read up on it much. Truly a ground breaker by any measure of the word. Any day I can learn something new is a good day :)