broimola@abo.fi (11/07/90)
Yeah, ELITE was/is great! I had it back in the old days when my computer was a CBM 64. I too have been looking for ELITE FOR THE MAC, but haven't found it. I don't think it exists. Couldn't some really SMART programmer port it over for the Mac, or better still, make a real Mac version, or a new game thats got all the good parts of ELITE (designing your ship, ship manouvering, the space fight, the trading, the BEATIFULLY FANTASTIC GRAPHICS etc) and some more (i.g. more missions, ship-to-ship communication, possibility to land on planets etc). GOD, that would be fantastic, and I would pay almost anything for a game like that! -Ben "Captain of HSS Mist" R- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Ben Roimola I E-mail: I "One - you lock the target I I The department of I BROIMOLA@finabo.abo.fi I Two - you bait the line I I Geology I I Three - you slowly spred I I Abo Akademi Univ. I mail: YO-Talo 1 A 511 I the net I I Turku I SF-20500 Turku I and I I FINLAND I FINLAND I Four - you catch the man!" I I I I FRONT242: Headhunter V 3.0 I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
zobbo@tharr.UUCP (Ian Cottee) (11/08/90)
In article <7018.27381c6f@abo.fi> broimola@abo.fi writes: >Yeah, ELITE was/is great! I had it back in the old days when my computer was a >CBM 64. I too have been looking for ELITE FOR THE MAC, but haven't found it. I >don't think it exists. Couldn't some really SMART programmer port it over for >the Mac, or better still, make a real Mac version, or a new game thats got all >the good parts of ELITE (designing your ship, ship manouvering, the space >fight, the trading, the BEATIFULLY FANTASTIC GRAPHICS etc) and some more (i.g. >more missions, ship-to-ship communication, possibility to land on planets etc). >GOD, that would be fantastic, and I would pay almost anything for a game like >that! > >-Ben "Captain of HSS Mist" R- > Now don't get excited but I was told about a year ago by the guy who did the Amiga and ST conversions of Elite that they were now writing it for the Macintosh!! Actually make that about half a year ago. I have now left the bulletin board service that he was on though he can be mailed through internet. I'll try and get hold of him and ask if it is still on. Ian -- ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / zobbo@tharr.uucp | Disclaimer - give me a break / / !ukc!axion!tharr!zobbo | I don't even / / axion!tharr!zobbo@uk.ac.ukc | believe this junk / /<-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 --> / //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////