Elite Plus
Elite Plus is a remake of the 1987 MS-DOS conversion of Elite, programmed by Chris Sawyer and published in 1991 by Microplay Software. Whereas the original Elite (1987) for the PC used CGA graphics, Elite Plus was upgraded to take advantage of EGA, VGA and MCGA. A port to the PC-98 was released in 1992.
Elite Plus
- Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- MicroProse
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Elite Plus is a remake of the 1987 MS-DOS conversion of Elite, programmed by Chris Sawyer and published in 1991 by Microplay Software. Whereas the original Elite (1987) for the PC used CGA graphics, Elite Plus was upgraded to take advantage of EGA, VGA and MCGA. A port to the PC-98 was released in 1992.
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Key facts
• Title — Elite Plus • Developer — Microplay Software • Publisher — Microplay Software • Programmer — Chris Sawyer • Series — Elite • Released — April 17, 1991: MS-DOS 1992: PC-98 • Platforms — MS-DOS, PC-98
Gameplay
Gameplay
The player starts out with the Cobra Mark III craft, and must advance to the reach the Elite craft and status level.
Development
Development
Elite Plus was coded in assembly language by Chris Sawyer, who later wrote RollerCoaster Tycoon.
Reviews
Reviews
• PC Format - Dec, 1995 • ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Jun, 1991
Reception
Stanley Trevena reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Players of the original game may find it enjoyable to take a trip down memory lane with this new version of their old favorite, but most gamers probably won't have the time or space for this program in their software collection. Like the heated debate that surrounds the colorization of classic films, some classics are best left in their original form and not artificially modernized." Computer Gaming World gave Elite Plus two-plus stars, describing it as "More detailed and complex, it is also more tedious than the original". A 1994 survey of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave Elite Plus two-plus stars. In 1991, PC Format placed Elite Plus on its list of the 50 best computer games of all time. The editors called it "a classic game that mixes solid 3D space combat with trading to create a universe in which you can spend many a happy half-hour bushwhacking the dastardly Thargoids."
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Elite Plus. The Guardian. 33. March 28, 1991.
- 2.Microprose. Elite Plus Manual. Internet Archive. April 17, 1991.
- 3.Pfeifer, Robert. alt.fan.elite FAQ.
- 4.Trevena, Stanley. Elite-ist or DElite?: Microplay's Elite Plus. Computer Gaming World. 1. 87. 96, 98. October 1991.
- 5.Brooks, M. Evan. Strategy & Wargames: The Future (2000-.). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 100. 99. November 1992.
- 6.Brooks, M. Evan. Never Trust A Gazfluvian Flingschnogger!. Computer Gaming World. 42–58. May 1994.
- 7.Staff. The 50 best games EVER!. PC Format. 1. 109–111. October 1991.
- 8.PC Format CD Gold - Winter 1995. October 1995.
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