Frontier: Elite 2 intro sequence on Commodore Amiga retro home computer.

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The intro sequence from Frontier: Elite II playing on a heavily expanded Commodore Amiga 1200 vintage home computer. Retro gaming.

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[raeka4eva]

Have you tried playing the new version of first encounters ?

[SteveBenway]

No, I haven't really paid it any notice since back when the Amiga was my main computer.

[Crotafin]

I played it on my Amiga 500 (memory extended to 2 MB). It was playable quite good with reduced details. I liked it for its realism. The only drawback was its combat system which was not like in this intro. :)

[SteveBenway]

I found the combat variable, depending on which ship I was in.

There was one ship that had a large crew and multiple gun turrets, and I always figured it'd be fun to try, but it was actually really hard work.

[Rockythefishman]

this is one of the best games ever made. I spent so manyhours in front of my amiga playing this. One of the best things I remmber was when the game was loaded it NEVER had to load again :) Happy days

[SteveBenway]

Absolutely. It even had a cool anti-piracy password feature, where a station security guard would ask you for the password. I always found that impressive, as it fitted in with the gameplay, rather than breaking up the flow of the game.

[GamleErik100]

Never got to try playing this on my A500, I got an A1200 days before this game was released. I'm glad I did, the difference the extra power the 68020 CPU and the added speed of the general 32 bit chip set system really was quite noticeable.

[marulk2]

One of my fav. games when I was a kid. Played it on my Amiga 600.

The good old days ;)

[jimdennison]

So many times I've felt nostalgic about things ... TV, movies, music - only to be shocked how *dated* they seem now. But 16+ years after the event its amazing how *well* this game has dated -- still it was ahead of its time. I had it on an Amiga 500 with extra RAM and a 40Gb Hard Drive. I remember one of its big claims was the orchestral soundtrack. And it still sounds great now.

[brybish]

i had this on a A500 and wing commander and thats what got me in to PC's.

[MrSelidor7]

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me but that looks identical to the intro I used to see on my A600. Great though. Thanks for posting.

[alexgameroom]

Got to be one of my favourite games of all time this, nearly 20 years later and I can still spend hours on it. I'd love to see a modern PS3/360/PC version.

[saberblock]

This is how I'd remembered it running on the Atari ST - I've recently dug it out of my parents loft and in actuality it probably runs at around 5fps (if that).

We were so much more patient and forgiving back then!

Either that or some games are so well written and immersive that a rubbish frame rate can't detract anything from the experience.

[Crotafin]

Yes the panther clipper was the largest playable ship. When equipped with enough shield generators the panther clipper could stand even the punching of an imperial courier which was usually the largest pirate ship. My strategy when attacked was to accelerate at full thrust and to fly on straight ahead. I then switched to the turrets and shot at my pursuer which was swinging from side to side behind me. This worked quite well.