40+ years later the Atair 8bit computer gets a version of Elite, can be run on real hardware or emulator and has a demo of the game out now.
[url]https://forums.atariage.com/topic/385615-elite-ported-from-the-bbc-micro-disk-version-to-the-atari-8-bit-second-demo-release/[/url]
I have read in the past the reason why the Atari never got a version back in the day was because the programmer hire for the job did a runner.
Atari Elite
RE: Atari Elite
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I have read in the past the reason why the Atari never got a version back in the day was because the programmer hire for the job did a runner.
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Interesting! I hadn't heard that. Do you have any other details?
I found this other thread on atari age but it doesn't talk about the past. Instead they discuss how they only play Elite with a joystick! That seems wrong to me but it would probably play on an atari joystick quite well
I have read in the past the reason why the Atari never got a version back in the day was because the programmer hire for the job did a runner.
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Interesting! I hadn't heard that. Do you have any other details?
I found this other thread on atari age but it doesn't talk about the past. Instead they discuss how they only play Elite with a joystick! That seems wrong to me but it would probably play on an atari joystick quite well
RE: Atari Elite
The quote is from an early issue of retro gamer magazine and their first Elite article. It is the only reference I have ever seen as to why the Atari 8bits never got a version of the game.
Used a joystick all the time with Elite only used the keyboard when docked.
Used a joystick all the time with Elite only used the keyboard when docked.