FrontierAstro @FrontierAstro

Dedicated to Elite, Frontier and Astronomy frontierastro.co.uk Sol (0,0) Joined April 2012

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FrontierAstro @FrontierAstro

19 hours ago

As part of the ongoing site updates, more information about Apple II and MSX Elite is now available! Apple II Elite - tinyurl.com/37xn7evw MSX Elite - tinyurl.com/33bzk9er

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6 days ago

Happy 41st birthday to Elite - the game by Ian Bell and David Braben which started a whole new genre of computer games #Elite41

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More information now about the Sinclair Spectrum version of Elite and how it compares to the other 8-bit incarnations. One of the most popular, but was it the best? frontierastro.co.uk/Elite/spectrum…

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2 weeks ago

Hot on the heels of my last Elite-related post... I'm in the process of adding more information and pictures to the FrontierAstro pages covering the 8-bit versions of the game. First up - the Commodore 64, with more to come soon™ 🙂 frontierastro.co.uk/Elite/c64.html

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10 months ago

Like Elite, Frontier had a number of different versions. #FrontierElite2 was made for PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, whereas #FrontierFirstEncounters only ever came out on PC. A number of different languages here, on disk and CD. The box art for US FFE was by far the best.

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10 months ago

It's been a while, but here's the FrontierAstro Elite games collection. Plenty of different versions in there, plus some re-issues etc. The rarest would have to be the MSX and Tatung Einstein editions, plus the Acornsoft BBC Master release.

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11 months ago

I'm not too familiar with the #ZXSpectrum retro scene, but I did come across this item recently: a cartridge version of #Elite together with an interface to connect it to the computer and even a tiny game box to store it in 😎

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a year ago

Happy Birthday Elite! You still look as beautiful as ever !😍 #Elite40

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a year ago

Fancy playing the original BBC Elite in 3D? Over at universeodon.com/@markmoxon there is work in progress to achieve just that! All you need is an inexpensive pair of 3D (red/blue) glasses. Can't wait to see how this turns out 🙂

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a year ago

Some non-standard system descriptions in the original Elite: avoid the clones of Teorge and get ready for Elite II... soon! Not sure which game they were referring to in Anreer though 🤔

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a year ago

A very enjoyable read in the latest edition of @pixeladdict_mag as the 40th anniversary of the release of Elite draws closer.

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a year ago

A very enjoyable read in the latest edition of @pixeladdict_mag as the 40th anniversary of the release of Elite draws closer.

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2 years ago

I just backed Starship Simulator on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/fleet… Looks very promising!

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2 years ago

It's now 30 years since the release of Frontier Elite 2 - a fantastic game by @DavidBraben which preceded #FrontierFirstEncounters and @EliteDangerous youtu.be/zJ1WnqGMDoY?si…

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2 years ago

It's that date again - September 20th. It's now 39 years since #Elite was released and video games changed forever. Happy birthday Elite!! #EliteDangerous #RETROGAMING

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2 years ago

No messages on Twitter (X) since February 😯 but I'm still here, wasting my spare time on Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, F1 23 and Elite/FFED3D-AJ. More soon, but for now here's a short video of a space station being destroyed in a hacked version of the original BBC Elite 😛

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3 years ago

Probably the best update to #BBCElite from @MarkMoxon so far; a new version which has flicker-free graphics for the ships, stations *and* planets! 😎 (Behold my lousy combat skills as well!) All the information you need is at bbcelite.com/hacks/flicker-…

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3 years ago

Two years elapsed between the release of #BBCElite in 1984 and the #BBCMaster version in 1986. The latter featured faster graphics, no loading delays and more colours but was essentially the same game. (BBC Master Elite picture obtained through @MarkMoxon's Elite Universe Editor)

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3 years ago

Possibly the most important item in the original #BBCElite box - for newcomers to the game - was the control summary. By pausing the game during the heat of battle, the player could locate the key necessary to unleash a vital piece of weaponry!

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3 years ago

It's been a while since I used my LX90, but it still gives good results. This was just a quick snapshot holding my smartphone to the eyepiece.

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3 years ago

Just the thing to while away a wet Sunday morning: messing around with the excellent Elite Universe Editor by @markmoxon Gonna create some chaos! 🙂 #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #elitedangerous