They are freeware games now the author has put them up for download so this isn't piracy before anybody asks.
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: 21 November 2011 09:03 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] space strategy games was RE: Game conceptsBGT Version1.1 Released! You can download a copy of both elite and elite plus from: http://www.abandonia.com/ Here are the elite search results: http://www.abandonia.com/en/search_abandonia/elite However, don't think it's accessible at all, but anyway...:) Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "darren harris" <darren_g_har...@btinternet.com> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] space strategy games was RE: Game conceptsBGT Version1.1 Released! > Oh yeah dark, I loved elite. Used to play it on my commodore omega 500. I > also played frontier elite 2 which was much much harder. Although fun > because you could land on planets. I used to get the big frater ship > called > the panther clipper, I filled it with shield generators, this is for fun > mind, then I'd take off and turn the engines off and let the ship bounce! > It > was rather amusing to say the least! The other thing I liked to do is to > fuel scoop planets and stars. > > Yes elite is the father of the space sim, I miss it a great deal. It was > very inventive for it's time, frontier even more so, purely because of the > sheer physics involved and the size of the actual universe. It was > basically > the home galaxy all of it. incredible really to get over 1000000000 stars > and planets on 2 little floppies. And then of course there was the whole > science thing of the hyperspace affect. What took a few seconds in > hyperspace took days in real time. it was measured out according to > mathematical formula. > > > Yes we need a game that brings all the core elite elements into play. Also > with a few elements from the x beyond the frontier series. > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On > Behalf Of dark > Sent: 20 November 2011 22:29 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] space stratagy games was RE: Game concepts BGT > Version1.1 Released! > > Hi Darren. > > i like the idea of a space stratogy game, sinse having single player > versions is very different and imho far more preferable to a multiplayer > one. However, if it were a single player game I'd want it to have some > significant differences from the online affairs available. > > elite for instance, which is possibly the most famous game of that sort, > though it used textual menues for combat missions and buying and selling, > actually had a fully 3D flight system. You just set the nav beacon for > where > > you wanted and followed it in full 360 degree 3D action, dodging pirates > or > fighting on the way. > > This is the sort of thing I'd love to see in a stand alone single player > game, features that really make use of what is there. > > Castaways for instance in it's basic map structure with grid coordinates > and > > ticks of time is in one sense rather like soemthing like tribal wars. > however, even if we ignore the fact that your opponents in castaways are > dynamic according to the mission rather than thousands of online players, > the game has an ai which is truly unique, and makes the management of > jobs, > people and resources far more interesting and dynamic than any online game > could do. > > So, while I'd love a space trader (especially for the exploring), I'd want > something more in the game than just flying, trading and possibly turn > based > > combat, sinse Ce does many of those things extremely well pluss more. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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