Retrospective of Elite, the original open-world masterpiece

Released in 1984, the space trading and exploration game Elite created a new genre while selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The work of British programmers David Braben and Ian Bell, its use of clever coding techniques to suggest a vast and deep universe of worlds to visit was revolutionary—even when it was warning that "this planet is a tedious place" en route to Zaonce. — Read the rest

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