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David Braben Kickstarts an Elite Reboot

Posted by timothy on from the not-the-movie-killer-elite dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC report that David Braben has launched a Kickstarter for a remake of Elite, the classic space trading game that he co-wrote in the 1980s. It has already received £122,000 in less than a day."

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  1. For those who don't know what Elite was by MSBob · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a very interesting read (long but worth your time) about how the original was conceived: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend

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  2. Re:Going to have a hard time topping modern remake by Hatta · · Score: 3, Informative

    The problem with X3 and Eve are their learning curves. They're vertical cliffs.

    As was Elite.

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  3. Re:Going to have a hard time topping modern remake by mcvos · · Score: 3, Informative

    A modern project like that is a HUGE undertaking.

    But this is David Braben. He's the undisputed master of making huge things small. Original Elite put thousands of unique planets in 32K. Frontier put the entire galaxy on a floppy disk. The Raspberry Pi gave us a USB-stick sized general purpose computer for $35. If anyone can make something huge manageable, it's him.