Elite

[RobM]

Gorvid said:

What are the most up to date versions or 'clones' of these games....?

eve online is probably the closest thing to elite I think. But it has much much much more

www.eve-online.com/

[Gorvid]

RobM said:

eve online is probably the closest thing to elite I think. But it has much much much more www.eve-online.com/

Hmmmm...

£90 per year eh...?
That does look good!

Anything free out there first???

[NiceCupOfTea]

I don't think I should look too closely at that, it might cost me the lion's share of my 30s...

[Gorvid]

NiceCupOfTea said:

I don't think I should look too closely at that, it might cost me the lion's share of my 30s...

It's pulling me in.........

[superlightr]

I used to draw up my own spider maps of where to trade and the prices. reams and reams of paper with obscure bits of writing on narcot 98 mars ox 4 earth etc

[FunkyNige]

TangoAlpha said:

Gorvid said: What are the most up to date versions or 'clones' of these games....? X3: Reunion looks quite similar.

Similar? It's the frikkin same!
Seriously though, the X series is the closest you'll get to Elite. I used to be a huge fan of the games but the dogfighting was awful and incredibly frustrating so I gave up after I lost my game in X2.

There was a new version of Elite on Amazon pre-order but it doesn't seem to be there now.

[robdickinson]

Played X2 a lot. Combat is poor, improved some in X3. Trading/manufacturing/plot etc is great if flawed at times. X3 is supposed to be better.

Eve online didnt impress at first but with most MMO's they improve with age.

[docevi1]

there was another one, can't remember the name now though. Very good game mind.

Good post eh!

[Mr E]

Elite on the Amstrad CPC (think I got to 'Deadly') and Frontier on the Amiga (great, great game).

Jinx said:

Cholo

I wondered if anyone would remember that one. Wonderful idea, never really gelled for me (and I had it on tape for the CPC, so load times were epic).

[thepassenger]

EVE-Online.... don't go there.
It's horribly... horribly.
Addictive.

However if you want an interesting little joy ride, check out the I-War (or Independance War) games (might need to use fleabay they are old) neutonian physics all the way and both games had pretty engrossing storylines to them. I still play I-War on my machine every so often, it's good... hard but good.

*shuffles off back to kill things in her Megathron*