Elite is a space trading video game series created by David Braben and Ian Bell. Games The first game in the series was Elite, released in 1984. Three official sequels have been created: Frontier: Elite II (1993) and Frontier: First Encounters (Elite III) (1995), both produced by Braben's company Frontier Developments. A third sequel, Elite Dangerous (conceived in 1998, provisionally titled Elite 4), was successfully crowdfunded initially through a Kickstarter campaign in late 2012, and released in December 2014. Bell had limited involvement in the first sequel, and was not involved in the production of the second. Both Frontier games featured many technical advancements and new features on the original Elite, including filled 3D graphics, missions and a complex economy. This time, the player was not confined to orbit but could land on and explore or mine planets. The number of flyable ships was greatly increased, and a new political backstory was introduced enabling the player to gain ranks in competing interstellar empires. Frontier Elite II appeared on the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles whilst Frontier: First Encounters was only released for IBM PC. The two Frontier games were considered significantly flawed in a number of respects. Both games had many bugs, First Encounters in particular, due apparently to being published in an incomplete state. First Encounters was extensively patched, then reissued and finally withdrawn from sale. This was followed by a lawsuit brought by Gametek against David Braben. The two games employed a realistic flight model based on Newtonian mechanics rather than the original arcade-style engine. While this was more realistic, many players also found it frustratingly difficult, particularly in combat. Most space trading games since Elite have stuck to an arcade-style flight model, in which the ships behave as though they are flying in an atmosphere.

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Notable quotes

“The institution of Capitalist property, moreover, permits a minority of the population to control and to regulate access to, and the use of all socially produced wealth and natural resources. You have to pay for the land, water, and the fresh air to some giant utility company or real estate firm.”
— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)
“America is a liberal idea. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses - not your rich, and your elite and your aristocrats.”
— Jesse Jackson, "Jesus, we learn, was a liberal", San Diego Union-Tribune, July 30th, 2004. Quoted in William Martin, What Liberals Believe: The Best Progressive Quotes Ever, New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2012 (p.350).
“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy of what they possess; they come to believe themselves 'naturally' elite, and, in fact, to imagine their possessions and their privileges as natural extensions of their own elite selves.”
— C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite (1956), p. 14
“The practice of democracy has the notorious tendency to become paradoxical. It begins in the name of the "demos" but goes on to construct the demos rather narrowly; oftentimes, sections of the population manage to ensconce themselves as "the people", they count as the public, their ideas masquerade as the people's ideas. This inevitably produces a layered citizenry.”
— Suhas Palshikar, Will there be a George Floyd moment in India’s public life? (June 11, 2020),
“We should be alarmed when members of the ruling class start pleading with us to take sides with them against the 'elite': one section of the elite calling for us to oppose the elite.”
— Michael Rosen, Neither Brussels or the City - for the many not the few'. (6 July 2018)

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Elite is a space trading video game series created by David Braben and Ian Bell.

Overview

Elite is a space trading video game series created by David Braben and Ian Bell. Games The first game in the series was Elite, released in 1984. Three official sequels have been created: Frontier: Elite II (1993) and Frontier: First Encounters (Elite III) (1995), both produced by Braben's company Frontier Developments. A third sequel, Elite Dangerous (conceived in 1998, provisionally titled Elite 4), was successfully crowdfunded initially through a Kickstarter campaign in late 2012, and released in December 2014. Bell had limited involvement in the first sequel, and was not involved in the production of the second. Both Frontier games featured many technical advancements and new features on the original Elite, including filled 3D graphics, missions and a complex economy. This time, the player was not confined to orbit but could land on and explore or mine planets. The number of flyable ships was greatly increased, and a new political backstory was introduced enabling the player to gain ranks in competing interstellar empires. Frontier Elite II appeared on the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles whilst Frontier: First Encounters was only released for IBM PC. The two Frontier games were considered significantly flawed in a number of respects. Both games had many bugs, First Encounters in particular, due apparently to being published in an incomplete state. First Encounters was extensively patched, then reissued and finally withdrawn from sale. This was followed by a lawsuit brought by Gametek against David Braben. The two games employed a realistic flight model based on Newtonian mechanics rather than the original arcade-style engine. While this was more realistic, many players also found it frustratingly difficult, particularly in combat. Most space trading games since Elite have stuck to an arcade-style flight model, in which the ships behave as though they are flying in an atmosphere.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“The institution of Capitalist property, moreover, permits a minority of the population to control and to regulate access to, and the use of all socially produced wealth and natural resources. You have to pay for the land, water, and the fresh air to some giant utility company or real estate firm.”
— Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Anarchism and the Black Revolution (1993)
“America is a liberal idea. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses - not your rich, and your elite and your aristocrats.”
— Jesse Jackson, "Jesus, we learn, was a liberal", San Diego Union-Tribune, July 30th, 2004. Quoted in William Martin, What Liberals Believe: The Best Progressive Quotes Ever, New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2012 (p.350).
“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy of what they possess; they come to believe themselves 'naturally' elite, and, in fact, to imagine their possessions and their privileges as natural extensions of their own elite selves.”
— C. Wright Mills, The Power Elite (1956), p. 14
“The practice of democracy has the notorious tendency to become paradoxical. It begins in the name of the "demos" but goes on to construct the demos rather narrowly; oftentimes, sections of the population manage to ensconce themselves as "the people", they count as the public, their ideas masquerade as the people's ideas. This inevitably produces a layered citizenry.”
— Suhas Palshikar, Will there be a George Floyd moment in India’s public life? (June 11, 2020),
“We should be alarmed when members of the ruling class start pleading with us to take sides with them against the 'elite': one section of the elite calling for us to oppose the elite.”
— Michael Rosen, Neither Brussels or the City - for the many not the few'. (6 July 2018)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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