Introduce myself (right on!) and What about Elite Plus?!?
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:19 pm
Hi, just thought I would say hello to you all. I am a keen Elite player from the games birth town of Cambridge, UK. I have been playing Elite in various forms since about 1986 when my parents bought me an Acorn Electron and I have been hooked ever since.
I have noticed that there is a lot of coverage for classic versions of Elite within the Wiki site but, as far as I can see, there is no mention of Elite +, This was the version that reignited my love affair with Elite - I started playing this when I was about 17 so, I had just discovered girls and certain illicit substances that would get you an "Offender" tag in most star systems. The next few years were a blur - not because of girls, booze and narcotics but because I had become hooked again on my first love - Elite.
Yes, I know Elite + was flawed, combat was far too easy (crazy Ivans galore or, just ram the sucker) but it was colourful and it was fun. I believe that it was also one of the first games to have a security system that required a word to be entered from the manual (nerd fact).
I still have a copy of Elite + on my laptop so, If it is okay with you guys, I'd like to add it to the Wiki pages, just for completion (unless I am being totally blind or naive and can't see it on the site or that I was the only person to ever see the game as being canonical.)
Many thanks
I have noticed that there is a lot of coverage for classic versions of Elite within the Wiki site but, as far as I can see, there is no mention of Elite +, This was the version that reignited my love affair with Elite - I started playing this when I was about 17 so, I had just discovered girls and certain illicit substances that would get you an "Offender" tag in most star systems. The next few years were a blur - not because of girls, booze and narcotics but because I had become hooked again on my first love - Elite.
Yes, I know Elite + was flawed, combat was far too easy (crazy Ivans galore or, just ram the sucker) but it was colourful and it was fun. I believe that it was also one of the first games to have a security system that required a word to be entered from the manual (nerd fact).
I still have a copy of Elite + on my laptop so, If it is okay with you guys, I'd like to add it to the Wiki pages, just for completion (unless I am being totally blind or naive and can't see it on the site or that I was the only person to ever see the game as being canonical.)
Many thanks
