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Description

Part 3 of the famous Elite series. You're 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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title      
ebay.com
Frontier: First Encounters    
amazon.com
Frontier: First Encounters    
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User Reviews

Quite a bit better than Frontier : Elite 2 after you patch it. A lot. Jeremy Johnson (583) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Good but flawed, 33rd century space action as you partake the role of an interstellar mercenary. Stuart Stocks (7) unrated
Fascinating and complex robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6165) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
A mess, how could the co-creator of the classic Elite create such a monster? woods01 (156) 1.25 Stars1.25 Stars1.25 Stars1.25 Stars1.25 Stars
Somewhat Horrendous Irritating Trash Martin Smith (77) 0.5 Stars0.5 Stars0.5 Stars0.5 Stars0.5 Stars
Frustrating at times, but occasionally brilliant Stargazer (99) 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars
An Elite Fan from the Beginning StimuL8 (4) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars

The Press Says

Joystick Jun, 1995 92 out of 100 92
Power Unlimited Jul, 1995 7 out of 10 70
PC Gamer Aug, 1995 70 out of 100 70
PC Games (Germany) May, 1995 68 out of 100 68
Datormagazin Jul, 1995 3 out of 5 60
High Score Jun, 1995 3 out of 5 60
Abandonia Nov 22, 2005 3 out of 5 60
PC Player (Germany) May, 1995 59 out of 100 59

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Trivia

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

This game was orginally intended to be an add on disk for the second game Frontier but because they rushed that game its engine could not handle expansion disks effectively so they rewrote the engine and released this. This game was also rushed and filled with numerous bugs that made its inital release unplayable.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6165) on Nov 01, 1999.
 

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