…if you’re reading this in Honolulu and within 35 minutes of me publishing this. Otherwise, it was released 25 years ago yesterday. On the 20th September of 1984 David Braben and Ian Bell’s Elite shocked an shy world of 8-bit videogame heads. Really, it doesn’t get more seminal than this. Frontier Development have celebrated by making a micro-site featuring assorted Elite memorabilia plus a forthcoming interview with Braben on the 23rd (Via twittering them questions). Go See! I suspect one of RPS may weaken and do a retro piece before the week’s out. But until then, here’s something that’s testament to Elite’s majesty. Ian’s Brother Aidan (with lyricist Brian Phillips) wrote a musical about it. And this is its finest number…
Wondrous.
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Elite 4 = Infinity: The Quest for Earth.
http://www.infinity-universe.com/
Remember where you heard it first. ;-D
I remember being intrigued by Elite when I had my CPC464 – but never managed to get it. I feel like I have missed out on a singularly formative experience (read: RPS denizens will make fun of me, maybe something about my lack of masculinity or my being a Peggle-playing big girls' blouse – which I probably am).
Interestingly enough, BBC World had a short blurb about it last night. Nice.