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There is no Elite game

  spannernick1

   Is it cause of copyright why the game is not there..?

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  Dean_Demon

   [2]spannernick1 Yeah the Elite franchise is still going strong so not
   likely it could be licenced, Frontier Developments do offer a free
   download version for the BBC version playable on PC & Mac on their own
   site.

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  RodimusFVC

   Ian Bell, the co-author of the original Elite has a webpage where he
   offers for download practically every version of the Original elite for
   free. I don't know what agreement Ian and David have or don't have... but
   this is a great resource for Elite lovers:

   [3]http://www.elitehomepage.org/archive/index.htm

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  synchromesh

   David also give the game away free on the frontier forums so yep your good
   to use it with the mini [4]:)
   However its still illegal to make money from it by selling it or including
   it with a product which is probably why its not included on the Mini [5]:(

   Real shame as it a landmark in computer gaming ..

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  spannernick1

   Yeah I know,I have the Elite Dangerous on my PC,its brill,the first time I
   played it was not on a C64,it was on a Acorn Electron

   [6]IFrame

   ,its amazing how they put all that stuff into a 32k machine,they had to
   compress alot of it and use every byte of the BBC Model B's 32k..yep I saw
   the program about it,its on YouTube.They used 2 different modes on the
   BBCs screen so the bars at the bottom ,colour could be add it them,first
   game to use 2 modes on screen.So the the top part is in one mode and the
   navigation panel at the bottom is in another,They couldn't do that on the
   Electron,thats why its black and white only.The C64 version is the closes
   you are going to get to the BBC model B version.I have the c64 and BBC
   versions on tap with original packaging.

   Did you know..BT had a software house under the name Firebird... [7]:D
   Firebird published the C64 version of Elite.

   Thanks for letting me know.

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