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The Elite source code family tree - Elite on the 6502

elite.bbcelite.com
2025-03-01T05:39:17.901Z
elite retro gaming 6502

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In this article, I'm going to try to work out exactly how 6502 Elite was developed over the years, by looking for clues in the original source code and digging through the game binaries. Software archaeology, here we come...

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Mark Moxon: "I am delighted to announce my …" - Universeodon Social Media

universeodon.com
2024-10-07T20:23:13.042Z
elite retro gaming

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I am delighted to announce my latest hack: Elite 3D. This is BBC Micro Elite, but in anaglyph 3D. To enjoy the third dimension, you'll need a pair of 3D specs; red-cyan is a good choice, but five different types are supported.

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Elite 40th Anniversary

www.elitehomepage.org
2024-09-20T21:26:06.288Z
elite gaming retro space

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Today, 20th September 2024, is the 40th anniversary of the day the world first experienced Elite, the 3D space trading and combat game written by Ian Bell and David Braben, first on the BBC Microcomputer in conjunction with Acornsoft. To commemorate this, I have added further sources (Apple, Atari, C64, NES, SNES (unfinished) "Elite"; and BBC "Elite II" (unfinished)) to the Elite Archive.

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Ian Bell's Text Elite Page

www.iancgbell.clara.net
2016-09-16T21:13:47.000Z
gaming elite c pico8 imported:pinboard

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Text Elite is a C implementation of the classic Elite trading system in a text adventure style shell. I originally coded this to formalise and archive the definition of the Classic Elite Universe, but have released it, with sources, now that Christian Pinder has publicly reverse engineered BBC Disk Elite trading into C.

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txtelite port compilable on unix : gcc -o txtelite txtelite.c -lm

gist.github.com
2016-09-16T21:13:27.000Z
elite c gaming imported:pinboard

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txtelite port compilable on unix : gcc -o txtelite txtelite.c -lm Raw

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www.automaticromantic.com/static/misc/pytxtelite.txt

www.automaticromantic.com
2016-09-16T21:13:07.000Z
elite python gaming imported:pinboard

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Conversion of Ian Bell's txtelite.c 1.2 (and parts of 1.4) to python (2.5, maybe earlier)

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www.calormen.com/l33t/jselite.js

www.calormen.com
2016-09-16T21:11:31.000Z
js elite gaming imported:pinboard

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Textual version of Elite trading

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The Dark Wheel

www.eliteppc.com
2014-06-23T19:48:02.000Z
elite gaming fiction imported:pinboard

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The Dark Wheel is a 48 page short novel (novella) which was included with the original Elite versions.

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Say it loud: I'm elite and proud! | Salon.com

www.salon.com
2007-04-15T20:29:31.000Z
politics bush elite patrobertson imported:pinboard

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"But when the anti-elite crowd demonizes the elite, what they're actually doing is embracing incompetence. Now, I know what you're thinking: That doesn't sound like our president -- ignoring intelligence."

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