Date   : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:02:44 +0100
From   : andrew.hancock@... (Andrew Hancock)
Subject: Elite on '5'

 

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>Surely the likes of "3D Monster Maze" (for the ZX81) must be a 
>better contender for "earliest 3D game", if we are talking 
>games sold to the public, rather than arcade games, although 
>I'm sure even that would have built on existing "3d 
>maze"-style games..  I'm sure I used one of those on the TRS-80...
>
>As far as games for the Beeb go, I'm afraid to say I never 
>really 'got' elite.  Much preferring the Acornsoft versions of 
>defender & scramble...
>Rob
>
>
>2008/8/18 Anders Carlsson <anders.carlsson@...>:
>> Samwise wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe Acornsoft kidnapped them and forced them to write the game 
>>> above a tank full of piranhas!
>>
>> Last week I listened to a podcast made by a friend of mine in which 
>> they discussed Elite as one of the first 3D computer games. However 
>> none of them involved in the podcast were sure which version was the 
>> original one, perhaps the Commodore 64 one, because the IBM PC one 
>> came years later? :-P Of course I told him about the BBC 
>Micro, which 
>> may be too obscure for a generic retro gamer who spent most 
>of his teens with video game consoles.
>>
>> Still, Elite must be THE game most educated people relate to 
>the BBC - 
>> it was the first game my friends asked about after I got my 
>first BBC computer.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> --
>> Anders Carlsson
>>
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I played Death Maze a 3D style game on my Video Genie (TRS-80 clone) in the
laste 70s, 1979. I used my Video Genie for years, jealous of all my Beeb
friends, until I got a Beeb 1982-1983.

Still have all today!

Andrew