Elite (BBC Master 128, 6502 Second Processor)

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Written in Cambridge by Ian Bell and David Braben, it was published by Acorn's publishing arm Acornsoft, this was a space trading, space combat gamethat really pushed the technology of the time to the limit.
Taking control of a Cobra trading ship, the player is tasked with making profits by trading goods such as luxury items, food and precious metals. These items are cheaper or more expensive on some planets than others, depending whether the world is industrial or agricultural, and how highly developed they arre, ranging from 12 which was highly evolved and rich, down to 1, which was rare, a planet that had no government or law. They would be wise to ignore if they were anarchy planets, but rich democracies are safe, mostly.
The game is known for being one of the first sandbox game, one that can be tackled how the player seel fit, some would be happy with the trading part, and the occasional combat needed to fight off pirates, while others would concentrate on combat, using trading profits to build up shield capability and weaponry on the craft to take on the many Space Pirates that prey on vivtims on the more anarchic planets.
Also the more kills the player racks up, the more his player ranking will increase, starting off as harmless, one of the aims of the game is to reach the rank of Elite. If this was completed by the player back in the mid 1980s, Acornsoft would supply them with an Elite badge.
Converted by various companies for most of the 80s Micros, the game has been modified over the decades, with 16 bit, console and PC versions available, it has spawned two sequels, and a modern remake in Elite Dangerous, which was by Frontier, David Braben's current company.
For the BBC Master 128, this version actually runs slightly better than the second processor version.
box with instructions.

Also contains the version used with the BBC Micro second 6502 processor, making for a much faster game.

Two copies, one faulty.




Platform : BBC Micro
Format : Cassette
Publisher : Acornsoft
Authors : Ian Bell / David Braben
Date : 1985
Product Code :

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Royal Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro Cassette Unknown
Number Gulper Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro Cassette Unknown
Number Gulper Acornsoft Ask BBC Micro & Acorn Electron Cassette Unknown
Wort-Schatzsuche (German Version) Acornsoft ESM BBC Micro Cassette Unknown
Missing Signs Acornsoft / ESM Education BBC Micro Model B Disc (missing) Unknown
Sphinx Adventure Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Philosophers Quest (Cassette) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Meteors Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Creative Graphics Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Castle of Riddles Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Rocket Raid Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Countdown to Doom Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Missile Base (Disk) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1982
Monsters Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Planetoid Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Model B Cassette 1982
Arcadians Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Number Balance (Cassette) Acornsoft esm Education BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Sphinx Adventure Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1982
Super Invaders (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Meteors (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Arcadians (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Planetoid (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Monsters (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Snapper (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1982
Arcade Action (Sealed) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Number Balance (Disc) Acornsoft esm Education BBC Micro 5.25" disk 1982
Sentence Sequencing Acornsoft / ESM Education BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Missing Signs Acornsoft / ESM Education BBC Micro Cassette 1982
Sentence Sequencing (Disk) Acornsoft / ESM Education BBC Micro 5 1/4 Disk 1982
Number Balance (Disk) Acornsoft esm Education BBC Micro 5.25" Disk 1982
Squeeze Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro & Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Number Chaser Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro & Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
White Knight Mk12 Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Star ship Command Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Aviator Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Collector's Catalogue - sealed in package Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Snooker (cassette) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Number Puzzler Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Philosopher's Quest (disk) Acornsoft Ltd BBC Micro 5.25" Disk 1983
Zahlenwaage Acornsoft ESM BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Tree of Knowledge (Cassette) Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Snapper (ROM) Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron ROM 1983
Facemaker (Disk) Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro,Acorn Electron 5.25" Disk 1983
Aviator (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disc 1983
BCPL Stand Alone Generator Acornsoft Languages BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1983
BCPL Calculations Package Acornsoft Languages BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1983
Chemical Structures (disk) Acornsoft Education Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Tree of Knowledge (disk) Acornsoft Education Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Drogna (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Snooker (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Free Fall (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Chess Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Hopper (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
JCB Digger (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
Tree of Knowledge (ROM Cartridge) Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron ROM Cartridge 1983
Carousel (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1983
LISP Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Meteors Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Snapper Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Starship Command Acornsoft Ltd Acorn BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Forth Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Crazy Tracer Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Juggle Puzzle Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro,Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Let's Count Acornsoft ASK BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1983
Hide & Seek Acornsoft ASK BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1983
Temperature Control Simulation (Cassette) Acornsoft Education BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Theatre Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro, Acorn Electron Cassette 1983
Brian Aldiss - Science Fiction Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Crime & Detection Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro Cassette 1983
Temperature Control Simulation (Disk) Acornsoft Education BBC Micro 5 1/4 Disk 1983
Facemaker (Cassette) Acornsoft Ask Acorn BBC Micro,Acorn Electron 5.25" Disk 1983
Doctor Who And The Mines Of Terror Acornsoft Games BBC Micro 5 1/4 Disk 1984
Tetrapod Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Managementspiele (German) Acornsoft BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Labyrinth Acornsoft games BBC Micro 5.25 Disk 1984
Black Box and Gambit (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" floppy disc 1984
Volcano (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disc 1984
Graphs and Charts Acornsoft Graphics BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Meteor Mission (Disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1984
Countdown to Doom Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Rom Cartridge 1984
Hopper (Electron ROM Cartridge) Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Rom Cartridge 1984
Countdown to Doom (disk) Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1984
LISP ROM CARTRIDGE Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Rom Cartridge 1984
Arcadians Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Number Balance Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Tetrapod (Disk) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1984
Watch Your Weight Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Boxer (Disk) Acornsoft Games BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1984
Boxer Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Desk Diary Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
The Seventh Star Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Business Games Acornsoft Ltd Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Children From Space Acornsoft ASK BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Revise GCE/CSE Mathematics 1 Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software Cassette 1984
Revise GCE/CSE Mathematics 2 Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Revise GCE/CSE English Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Black Box and Gambit Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Volcano Acornsoft Games Acorn BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Boxer Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Bouncer Acornsoft Games BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Elite (BBC Master 128, 6502 Second Processor) Acornsoft BBC Micro Cassette 1985
Gas Laws Acornsoft Education BBC Micro 5.25" Disk 1985
Play It Again Sam (Disk) Superior Software Ltd, Acornsoft BBC Micro 5.25 Inch Disk 1987
Play It Again Sam 9 (Disk) Acornsoft Superior Software BBC Micro 5.25" Floppy Disk 1989
Play It Again Sam 8 (Disk) Superior Software Ltd, Acornsoft BBC Micro 5.25" Disk 1989

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