h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

When I was playing Elite in about 1988 I remember wishing that there could be some kind of national* link-up system so all players could be in the same universe.

I think somebody should do it. The problem with such games is connection speed but with such a simple game there shouldn't be any problem, there's very little data that needs to be transmitted.

*I didn't think in international terms back then. Mainly because I had never heard of the internet, modems, or even serial links!

Hey... me just found another great game... called Imperium Galatica II... it's not Elite... but its great to play...

I think I've vaguely heard of that. Is it a fairly new game?

About 2 or 3 weeks me thinks... it's very good... quite addictive actually... ~grin~

I'm still playing Elite and Frontier on my Amiga,& still having fun.
Frontier is a pain when u go into high speed it seems to attract
every bandit in space...8^D
I was dangerous on the speccy,...never made Elite..do you remember
that horrible plastic lens u had to look thru to read the password?
These days I just cruise around visiting places & fighting the bad
guys...(I cheat to get money,etc)
Good game,good game....

Elite was mentioned in this months PCW. They have a retro feature looking back at computers from years gone by. This month it's the BBC micro, spawning one the of the most influential games of all time, Elite

Ah Elite... ~Greebo thinks fond memories~ ... that music as you went aboard a space station...

Da... Daaa... Da... Daa. Daaaaaaaa ... Da Da... Da Da....


~grin~

*crunch*

*GAME OVER*

Whoopsie...

Hmmm... ~grin~... me forgot about that bit of the game...

I hated that... after playing for hours on end and getting on really well... going into a space station so you can save the game... and you mistime the spinning slightly... Game Over..... GNNNNANANANANANNAAAAAAARGGHHH!!!!

*falls down in dispair as bits of his spaceship spin away*

Oh my god - someone who could actually land -without- autopilot!

I could do it occasionally. Much saving of that game to get anywhere.

Me actually landed on an un-populated planet once... took me a whole afternoon... ~proud grin~ off loaded my mining gear... took off... and then the stupid game would never let me back to the planet again... ~Greebo Poots to herself!!!~

I've tried the Speccy version on an emulator... a bit difficult to understand what the hell is going on!

Nah... ~grin~... that's just the game on every machine Cow...

Yes, but with Frontier for the PC you can mouse over to buttons...

That is true.. ~grin~

I never understood Frontier.
Probably 'cos I was playing a pirated version with no manuals, so I didn't know what buttons to press.