Date   : Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:13:21 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Pete Hatton <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Elite

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, JAMES WATSON wrote:

> Were there any plans by Acornsoft/Superior for an Elite2 ?

Not that I remember.  In total there was 4 versions of Elite for the BBC's

1. Tape Elite - It was on tape enough said.

2. Disc Elite - Had lots of extra ships, equipment (?) and the the 
missions.

3. Tube Elite - Same as the disc version, except it was in colour, and had 
a Star wars credits opening sequence.  It was also very fast, as the Beeb 
did all the drawing, while the tube did all the geomemtry calculations.  
It was rumoured that this version had the generation ships.

4. Master Elite - Like tube Elite, without the star wars sequence, and had 
a slightly different use of colours and sound.  Also they was rumoured to 
be a cloaking ship.

Pete Hatton
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