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- From: lermer@theory.chem.ubc.ca (Noah Lermer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Elite Plus, Tribble
- Date: 7 Nov 1992 01:58:12 GMT
- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- Message-ID: <1df7rkINNok5@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
- References: <oauld.720892848@ponder> <1321@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> <1992Nov5.195443.7153@pimacc.pima.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.195443.7153@pimacc.pima.edu> ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu writes:
- >In article <1321@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk>, imb@oasis.icl.co.uk (Ian Brown) writes:
- >> Elite first appeared on the BBC micro (ACORN) back 79/80 I think, with
- >> just four missions no asteriods miners or any other funnies!
- >
- >Some guy said he played it on his Apple 10(!) years ago, but the first I
- >remember seeing it in the USA was around spring '86 & the Apple version
- >didn't appear till some time later.
- >
-
- I too remember playing it for the first (and only) time on an Acorn about 10
- years ago.. Is the ibm 'port any good? The Acorn version was simply a line
- drawn interface - preaty flashy by those days standards...
-
- Feeling Nostalgic,
- Bruce hollebone.
- hollebon@cemaid.chem.ubc.ca
-