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Elite (video Game Series)
''Elite'' is a space trading and combat simulation video game series created by David Braben and Ian Bell in 1984. The Elite series has been revolutionarily innovative, genre defining, and the longest running space sim series in history. The series was met with commercial success, favorable reviews and near-universal acclaim. Releases Main series Elite The first game in the series is ''Elite'', made by Braben and Bell. It was published by Acornsoft (Acorn/BBC), Firebird (ports) and Imagineer in 1984. Elite was one of the first home computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden line removal and twitch gameplay. The inclusion of Elite: The Dark Wheel, a novella by Robert Holdstock. Elite: The Dark Wheel by Robert Holdstock was the first ever novella to be included for distribution with a video game. Elite is considered a classic and genre maker in gaming history for its then revolutionary game engine with 3D graphics and open-ended game model. Due to its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Trading And Combat Simulator
Space flight simulation is a genre of flight simulator video games that lets players experience space flight to varying degrees of realism. Common mechanics include space exploration, space trade and space combat. Overview Some games in the genre aim to recreate a realistic portrayal of space flight, involving the calculation of orbits within a more complete physics simulation than pseudo space flight simulators. Others focus on gameplay rather than simulating space flight in all its facets. The realism of the latter games is limited to what the game designer deems to be appropriate for the gameplay, instead of focusing on the realism of moving the spacecraft in space. Some "flight models" use a physics system based on Newtonian physics, but these are usually limited to maneuvering the craft in its direct environment, and do not take into consideration the orbital calculations that would make such a game a simulator. Many of the pseudo simulators feature faster than light trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
