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Misha Verbitsky (ver...@coolidge.harvard.edu) wrote:
: 	This brings up another question: is Elite available
: 	in any form for IBM- (or Unix) compatible computer? I have 
: 	played it on Sinclair a way back, and I'd like to have it
: 	again, when Sinclairs are no more. Frontier (Elite II) 
: 	is still not available in the local stores, and they say 
: 	it's CD-ROM only. Besides, remakes of original games 
: 	are rarely as interesting.
: 	
: 	Misha.

I bought Elite II for the IBM several months back (on disk, not on 
CD-ROM), and I was quite impressed, since I had played the original back 
on my C=64.  Vector graphics only, 'tis true, but very very smooth 
because of it.  I did return it, however, for two reasons. First, I was 
VERY annoyed with the copy protection. It was the "What is the 3rd word 
in the 2nd clause of the 3rd sentence in the 4th subparagraph of the 3rd 
paragraph of the 17th page of the 2nd chapter?" type of copy protection. 
Quite nasty, and in my opinion it rendered the game almost unplayable. My 
second problem was that there was absolutely no objective or plot to the 
game whatsoever. Your only objective is to make money, so you can buy a 
bigger ship, put more guns on it, carry more cargo, so you can make more 
money, so you can buy a bigger ship, etc.  Maybe I've just been spoiled 
by the Wing Commander series, but I tend to expect a plot in a game that 
costs me $40+.  However, I've seen a new game on the shelves, lately. I 
forget the name, but the graphics look EXACTLY the same as in Frontier, 
its by the same company, the box design is the same, and this time it 
seems to have a plot. I assume it's Elite III. Or maybe Frontier II. Oh 
well...maybe I'll buy it and check it out next payday.