40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes – The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood

ylai@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes – The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood

XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

It’s amazing that 10 years after launch, Elite Dangerous is still running (online only, but has solo mode) and still has an active community. We can argue about how shallow the gameplay is, but for some of us, it ticks the right boxes. It’s just like the point made in the article - sometimes you have to use your imagination. It’s not a story game, it’s just open and you do your own things, same as it always was. And the sound design, that’s the real treat.

I’ll have to look for the Moxon station.

soviettaters@lemm.ee · 11 months ago

Not on console :(

lorty@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

It’s a shame they focused on making a impressive tech demo and forgot that it had to be a fun game.

40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes – The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood

40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes – The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood

40 years since the launch of the legendary game Elite