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Created by Ian Bell and David Braben, this space trading / combat game was revolutionary; combining wireframe 3D graphics with open-ended gameplay to create a distinct gaming experience. Originally released for the BBC Microcomputer in 1984.

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Loading screen

Start-up Screen

Launching from a Space Station

Docking is hard to start with, but very rewarding!

If you shoot within the 'safety zone' around a Space Station, the police will come after you!

Planet info

Cobra MkIII

Krait

Gecko

Moray Star Boat

Adder

Mamba

Viper

Fer-De-Lance

Python

Anaconda

Asp MkII

Wolf MkII

Orbit Shuttle

Transporter

Buy equipment

Galaxy map

Thargoid

Sidewinder

Buy screen

Local system

Boa Class Cruiser

Cobra Mk I

Status screen

Name how many planets? Make the computer do it...

ST box back

ST box front

Elite original BBC Micro box art

AMI Screenshots

APL2 Screenshots

Archimedes Screenshots

AST Screenshots

Loading screen

Start-up Screen

Launching from a Space Station

Docking is hard to start with, but very rewarding!

If you shoot within the 'safety zone' around a Space Station, the police will come after you!

Planet info

Cobra MkIII

Krait

Gecko

Moray Star Boat

Adder

Mamba

Viper

Fer-De-Lance

Python

Anaconda

Asp MkII

Wolf MkII

Orbit Shuttle

Transporter

Buy equipment

Galaxy map

Thargoid

Sidewinder

Buy screen

Local system

Boa Class Cruiser

Cobra Mk I

Status screen

Box Art

ST box back

ST box front

Elite original BBC Micro box art

C64 Screenshots

MSX Screenshots

NES Screenshots

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PC Screenshots

Screenshots

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(NES)

Loading screen

Start-up Screen

Launching from a Space Station

Docking is hard to start with, but very rewarding!

If you shoot within the 'safety zone' around a Space Station, the police will come after you!

Planet info

Cobra MkIII

Krait

Gecko

Moray Star Boat

Adder

Mamba

Viper

Fer-De-Lance

Python

Anaconda

Asp MkII

Wolf MkII

Orbit Shuttle

Transporter

Buy equipment

Galaxy map

Thargoid

Sidewinder

Buy screen

Local system

Boa Class Cruiser

Cobra Mk I

Status screen

Name how many planets? Make the computer do it...

SPEC Screenshots

Name how many planets? Make the computer do it...

Game details

Name

Elite

Platform

Amiga (Platform), PC (Platform), Amstrad CPC (Platform), Apple II (Platform), Atari ST (Platform), Commodore 64 (Platform), MSX (Platform), ZX Spectrum (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform), BBC Micro (Platform), Acorn Archimedes (Platform), SAM Coupé (Platform)

Developer

Frontier Developments Ltd. (Company)

Publisher

Imagineer Co., Ltd. (Company), Beau Jolly (Company), Firebird Software Ltd. (Company), Acornsoft (Company)

Genre

Action (Genre), Strategy (Genre), Simulation (Genre)

Theme

Sci-Fi (Theme)