Elite
Studios
Developers — Frontier Developments, Acornsoft, Ian Bell, David Braben
Publishers — Imagineer, Digital Integration, Acornsoft, Firebird, Hybrid Technology, Merlin Software U.K.
Details
Platforms — DOS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Apple II, Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Tatung Einstein
Genres — Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Action, Science fiction, Business, Sandbox, Open world
Modes — Single player
Perspective — First person
Elite ranks #7,362 overall and #1,347 among shooter games — top 25% of all ranked titles. Of the 98 games released in 1984, only seven outrank it. Hovers within reach of its all-time peak of #7,333, reached 3 weeks ago.
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