Elite (Firebird) (Commercial)

[serializer]

The voiceover sounds like something off a Mitchell and Webb sketch!

[loontheklown1]

i could never dock the thing!

[Whiteshirtloosetie]

@loontheklown1. The secret we found to docking was aim towards the docking bay at a slight distance, then give it full power without rotating.

[fortykebabs]

if youve never seen it or played it, buy it now.#

wow thats ssome up front advertising

give us your money you smelly nerds

[richiecanavan]

classic

[no66y666]

Elite: not so much a game, more a way of life! Firebird, we salute you.

[LukeSkyscraper]

I played this first in it's original release for the BBC Model B. I had to have it for the Spectrum and it has been my yardstick for every Space sim since then. The only game that comes close is X3:TC

[cosine303]

so I should buy this coz he said so? haha.. I thought it was nice, but not in my top 10. I used to like buggy blast by firebird more instead =).. pity the old developers aren't around any more and everything has 58749853453 people working on one game.. when back then it was 1-5 people at most.

[holyl12]

its my love!!!

[crashbc]

I played this for almost 2 years. I loved this 1.

[clackbleep]

Where did you find this! I used to love this game.

[antro1767]

That brings me some memories,when i get out running from school only to get to my Spectrum and play Elite for hours,yet i managed to do the rescue mission and getting the cloacking device from that 'stealth' ASP then my hobby was getting Thargoid ships in the witchspace...today games are very nice,but when we get to those days,the games were not so beautifull,but the gameplay was...

[storrs19]

This was an awesome game. I played it alot in 1986 on the Commodore 64. Brings back alot of memories. I still play it some on my C64 emulator.

[loshasguy]

loved this game ,played in on specky amd 64 just mint! never became elite but i was deadly,my ship had all the extras,ecm system 4 way militaty lazers,extra energy bank,thargoid invasion no probs bring em on!

[shashi2005]

eek .....THARGOIDS!!!!

[shashi2005]

eeeek Thargoids!!!!!!!!

[LJAR28]

elite firebird?

i thought it was the car

[Psyga315]

This reminds me so much of Dope Wars.

[tristian2]

planet arse..need i say more

[planetfrog]

I absolutely adored this game and religiously made notes of each planet and their stocks and prices. Thanks for the post.

[KinnikuSuguru]

Nice framerate

[EdZep123]

When I was at school, it seemed like everyone who liked computers played this and after seeing it on the BBC I couldn't imagine it getting onto the Spectrum.. When it came out it was pretty good. I'll never forget Lenslok!

[jazzbunny]

ha ha ha after he crashed into the python and destroyed his shields he jumped to crashing into a space station :p

[Keltibarian]

Exactly. Docking at a Coriolis Space Station at that angle is just asking for "fwip fwip fwip fwip" Game Over.

[scissorkicks]

These Firebird commercials weren't TV spots, surely? I'm guessing they were made for the computer shows.

[Egregius]

The temptation is there to laugh at an old quaint commercial of an aged game...but Elite really was a spectacular game, both in it's time and for a decade afterwards. 3d wire graphics, several star systems to explore, randomised challenges/market values and incredibly challenging encounters.