Date   : Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:54:36 +0100
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: Elite on '5'

LOL, I suppose they came back to their bedroom after spending a night in the 
arcades playing Battlezone and Tempest in 1980?

And I'm sure there'd be an even earlier example of a 3D video game that 
never made it to market somewhere.

Mark.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "samwise" <samwise@...>
To: "Jules Richardson" <jules.richardson99@...>
Cc: "xx BBC micro mailing list" <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Elite on '5'


> And let me guess, they're going to try claiming that it was the world's 
> first
> 3D video game?

And what possible reason would you have to suspect that?  ;)

"Peter Snow tracks down the unsung heroes behind the technology that
helped Britain Make the Modern World ? underdog engineers and
inventors who succeeded against all odds. In this episode Peter meets
two talented ex Cambridge undergraduates who, back in the early 80's,
managed to create the worlds first fully 3D computer game in their
bedrooms."
-- extract from the Five.TV website

I'd like to know what "odds" these two "underdog engineers" were
fighting against.  Maybe Acornsoft kidnapped them and forced them to
write the game above a tank full of piranhas!

Peter.

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