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MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.5
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

The Press Says

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88
The Games Machine (UK)
The latest version plays much the same as its predecessors, but there is one important difference - instead of using vector graphics to display the proceedings, everything is presented in solid, shaded 3D.
85
Power Play
Eines der definitiv besten Computerspiele aller Zeiten liegt jetzt endlich für MS-DOS-PCs vor. Das Warten hat sich gelohnt, denn in den letzten Jahren hat Elite kaum etwas von seiner Faszination verloren. Das komplexe Spielprinzip wird hier mit der schnellsten Grafik aller bisher erschienenen Versionen gewürzt, die vor allem auf PCs mit schnellem Prozessor für viel Weltraum-Feeling sorgt. Man bekommt bei Elite auch viel Dokumentation fürs Geld: Ein dickes Handbuch, ein Kurzroman (beide in Englisch), ein Poster und eine Referenzkarte, auf der die umfangreiche Tastaturbelegung zusammengefaßt ist, liegen der Packung bei. Alles in allem eine faszinierende Mischung aus Handels-, Abenteuer- und Action-Spiel, die eigentlich in jede gute PC-Spielesammlung gehört.
80
Abandonia
Despite the poor graphics and sound, the playability of the game is enormous... Just consider that this game created (in 1983!) the "space exploration" genre of games. With the exception of better graphics, more enormous galaxies, and more missions and enemies, all the games of the same genre (like Frontier and Privateer, and even more modern ones) are based on Elite. Anyone who likes this type of game should play Elite, at least to see where it all began.


Our Users Say

Category Description MobyScore
AI How smart (or dumb) you perceive the game's artificial intelligence to be 3.5
Gameplay How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) 3.7
Graphics The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines 3.2
Personal Slant How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes 3.5
Overall MobyScore (32 votes) 3.5


User Reviews

Explore the galaxy on one 5 1/4 Floppy. woods01 (156) 4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars4.25 Stars
probably the most immersive non-roleplaying game of it's time Zzap (43) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

 

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