Frontier: First Encounters is the third part of Elite series. You are a space pirate and you fly around through the universe in your space craft to fulfill different missions. You can also earn money by trading cargo with other races.

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Alternate Titles

"FFE" -- Common Abbreviation
"Elite 3" -- Informal Name

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User Reviews

Quite a bit better than Frontier : Elite 2 after you patch it. A lot.	Jeremy Johnson (638)
Good but flawed, 33rd century space action as you partake the role of an interstellar mercenary.	Stuart Stocks (7)	unrated
Fascinating and complex	robotriot (8642)
A mess, how could the co-creator of the classic Elite create such a monster?	woods01 (154)
Somewhat Horrendous Irritating Trash	Martin Smith (76)
Frustrating at times, but occasionally brilliant	Stargazer (99)
An Elite Fan from the Beginning	StimuL8 (4)

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The Press Says

Joystick (French)	Jun, 1995	92 out of 100	92
Jeuxvideo.com	Aug 10, 2011	17 out of 20	85
PC Gamer	Aug, 1995	70 out of 100	70
Power Unlimited	Jul, 1995	7 out of 10	70
PC Games (Germany)	May, 1995	68 out of 100	68
High Score	Jun, 1995	3 out of 5	60
Datormagazin	Jul, 1995	3 out of 5	60
PC Player (Germany)	May, 1995	59 out of 100	59
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Aug, 1995		40

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Trivia

Credits

David Braben and Ian Bell were the original authors of the first Elite back in the 80s. Braben made this third game without giving Bell credit or royalties for the space ships and other ideas he created that were reused. Bell had to sue Braben for payment.

Development

Frontier: First Encounters was originally intended to be an add-on disk for the second game, Frontier: Elite II. However, because they rushed that game, its engine could not handle expansion disks effectively. The engine was rewritten and the game was released standalone. Unfortunately, it was also rushed and filled with numerous bugs that made its initial release unplayable.

Awards

In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/1996) Frontier: First Encounters received a special award for the "Most Annoying Bugs in 1995".

Information also contributed by woods01 .

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by robotriot

(8642) on Nov 01, 1999.