Video game · 1984

Elite

Released 20 September 1984 on BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple II and 9 more

Developer: David Braben, Ian Bell
Publisher: Firebird Software, Acornsoft
Made in: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Genre: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Themes: Action, Science fiction, Business, Sandbox, Open world
Series: Elite

IGDB PLAYERS7836 ratings

About Elite

Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984. Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporary home computer system, and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of "Elite". Elite was one of the first home computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden line removal.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

BBC Micro	20 September 1984
Acorn Electron	1984
Commodore 64	1985
ZX Spectrum	1985
Apple II	1985
Amstrad CPC	1986
MS-DOS	1987
Tatung Einstein	1987
MSX	1987
Atari ST	1988
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)	15 January 1988
Amiga	1988
Acorn Archimedes	1991
SAM Coupé	later, date unknown