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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. Sigh by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Braben has launched a Kickstarter for a remake of Elite

    More of the masses funding elites, god damn it!

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  2. 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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  3. No comments on oolite yet? by vlm · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No comments on oolite yet?

    http://www.oolite.org/

    Its a popular genre... we could post different links to remakes for hours, probably.

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  4. Re:Going to have a hard time topping modern remake by ifrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm thinking it's generous to even label EVE Online as being a game. Needs reclassified as something like sci-fi online job simulator.

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