Elite turns 25

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:10 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this year, Elite/Oolite turns 25... Methinks we should celebrate...

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:47 pm

Nobody has replied to my lovely topic!

Post by **Cmdr James** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:08 pm

How do we celebrate? Someone want to do a ship that looks like a big cake with 25 candles?

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:18 pm

Make candle flames frangible so you could come along and "blow them out"...

Screet · Post by **Screet** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:52 pm

wackyman465 wrote:
Nobody has replied to my lovely topic!

Hmmm. Celebrate by playing an improved clone of it?

Screet

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:56 pm

but I do that all day, every day!

drew · Post by **drew** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:49 pm

Does anyone know when *exactly* Elite was published?

I thought I was playing it in 1983 not 1984!! ??

Cheers,

Drew.

Post by **Cmdr James** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:23 pm

Dunno, wikipedia and h2g2 both say 1984, also http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/games/EliteFAQ.htm

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:45 pm

Methinks we should celebrate anyway. With food, perhaps? I like food, especially chocolate.

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:41 pm

wackyman465 wrote:
Methinks we should celebrate anyway. With food, perhaps? I like food, especially chocolate.

How many Tonnes of Food do you want, Commander?

Captain Hesperus

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:55 pm

Well, really fancy food, like champagne, cheese, crackers, chocolate - wouldn't that be luxuries?

Screet · Post by **Screet** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:05 pm

wackyman465 wrote:
Methinks we should celebrate anyway. With food, perhaps? I like food, especially chocolate.

Are you a trumble?

Screet

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:08 pm

I am a trumble! I will eat your witchspace fuel! I will then eat you, then your ship!
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/ \
/ 0 0 \
| A |
\ \___/ /
\_______/

How does he look?

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:06 pm

wackyman465 wrote:
I am a trumble! I will eat your witchspace fuel! I will then eat you, then your ship!
________
/ \
/ 0 0 \
| A |
\ \___/ /
\_______/

How does he look?

Sadly, your Forum Formatting Damping Field is off-line, thus the Trumble was compessed against the wall, making an unsightly mess. I prefer to show Trumbles like this one: (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o) (0.o)

<EDIT> Ah crap! They're multiplying!!

Captain Hesperus

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:46 pm

Well, my Imperial Courier accelerates fairly fast - poor Murphy was squashed against the wall by g-forces...