Elite

Elite is an old DOS science fiction vehicle simulation game set in the Elite universe, developed by Firebird, designed by Ian Bell, David Braben and published by Firebird in 1987. It's available for download. Elite is also part of the Elite series.

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Genres:

vehicle simulation, space exploration, space combat, space simulation

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designers:

Ian Bell, David Braben

keywords:

science fiction, procedural generation, space, trading, open world, first person 3D, Elite

Downloads for Elite

Play Elite in your browser Download Elite

Trouble running this game? Check out the F.A.Q.

Main executable file (run this to play the game): elite/ELITE.COM

Additional info

Screenshots taken by Abandonware DOS. Open Elite screenshots in a new tab.

At the copy protection screen, just press Enter.
Press F1 to leave the space station.

Player modes: single player

Input: keyboard, mouse, joystick

Distributed on: 5,25 floppy disk

Graphics: CGA

Also published for: BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, NES and more

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