Download Elite - DOS game - Abandonware DOS

Genres:

vehicle simulation, space exploration, space combat, space simulation

released in:

1987

publisher:

Firebird

developer:

Firebird

designers:

Ian Bell, David Braben

themes:

science fiction, space

keywords:

procedural generation, trading, open world

graphics:

first person 3D

Series:

Elite

Game modes:

single-player

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Rating

4.10 / 5.00 (97 votes)

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Play Elite online for free Download Elite

To launch the game, run elite/ELITE.COM.

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Retro gamer collector's corner:

Acornsoft packaged Elite in a box the size of a paperback book, complete with a novella, a manual, a chart and some stickers.

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More information on Elite

Status: freeware
Also published for: BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, NES and more
Abandonware DOS views: 18072

Awards won by Elite:

1985 - Game of the year, Mobygames Game of the Year (ZX Spectrum).
1984 - Best Original Game of the Year, Golden Joystick Awards.
Selected for 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.
Selected for GameSpy's Greatest PC Games of All Time: The '80s.

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Michael Patrick Hartwell 19/08/2021 21:29
How do you save you game and how do you load your new game?

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