Elite
Elite is a space trading video game. It was written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and was originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro computer in September 1984. Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary home computer system and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of "Elite".
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Open-source clones (19)
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The original 1985 BBC Micro assembly source for Elite, documented by Mark Moxon and buildable into byte-accurate historical discs.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
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A fully documented, hand-reconstructed disassembly of Elite for the Acorn Electron, buildable into disc or tape images.
Platforms:Acorn 32-bit
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Updated15 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
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This is the annotated original 6502 assembly source for the Apple II version of Elite, assembling into five byte-accurate variants.
Platforms:Apple II
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
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Ian Bell and David Braben's 1986 Acornsoft Elite source for the BBC Master, hand-reconstructed and documented by Mark Moxon.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
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The cassette version of Ian Bell and David Braben's 1984 Elite source code, reformatted and documented by Mark Moxon, not reconstructed.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated15 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
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Source code for the disc version of Elite on the BBC Micro, reconstructed from a disassembly and documented line-by-line by Mark Moxon.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
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The fully documented original Commodore 64 source code for Elite (1985), annotated line-by-line and built into four accurate variants.
Platforms:C64
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
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Elite-A is a fan-made enhancement of BBC Micro Elite, built by disassembling and extending the original game's object code.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021
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A tool for creating custom universes for classic BBC Micro and Commodore 64 Elite, supporting three original hardware platforms.
Platforms:WebBBC MicroC64
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Updated18 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Halted
A Windows remake of Elite built with Allegro and DirectX, reaching Release 1.0 on 22 July 2001 after several betas.
Platforms:Windows
Stars145
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2014
Halted
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Fully documented, hand-reconstructed source code for Elite on the NES that builds a working PAL or NTSC ROM.
Platforms:NES
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Updated15 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
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A documented hack of BBC Micro Elite that converts its graphics to the console's teletext Mode 7 display.
Platforms:BBC Micro
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Updated17 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2022
Sporadic
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An open-source space trading and combat simulator with entirely original assets, inspired by the classic game Elite.
Platforms:Linux
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Updated11 days ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015