It was the best selling game in Europe 1993 according to Gallup. Certainly as an industry, we have a low profile within government there is a lack of appreciation of the size and revenue generated by our industry, and a similar lack of awareness of the issues we face.Written in five and a half years by David Braben, with Konami Inc of Japan as publisher, the game was released in October 1993 and was in the top few slots in the UK Gallup chart for the best part of the following year. In Gamespot, he's quoted as saying, "The government has made it very clear that it doesn't give a damn about the games industry." When asked to expand on his point, Braben told GameSpot that, "As an industry we have largely slipped between the cracks until now as far as government is concerned. On a link from Frontier's website, I noticed that David Braben has strongly criticised the British government's treatment of the UK game industry. You can read it here - īraben's impression of the UK government's attitude to the games industry It's an interesting read to Braben's opinion on the machine, and computing today. Simon Challands on spotted an article on the BBC, about the Breadbin on the BBC Micro. dmg (there are also updaters available see the appropriate forum on the Bulletin Board for information for your specific computer) You can download a new package for all platforms from BerliOS project page, as an exe installer for Windows, a Linux autopackage, or a Mac OSX. There are many updates and bug fixes - see Ahruman's post here. The game can be found at Ī new Oolite test release is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. At present, no information on what the update contains. The game is available in English as well as German. Ulite, the German web based game inspired by Frontier First Encounters is having a major revision on the 5th of May, with version 4 of the game. On the 22nd August a program was broadcast in the UK all about the creation of Elite, including interviews with its two inventors - David Braben and Ian Bell. You can get your fresh copy of Oolite from now. It's now a quarter of a century since David Braben and Ian Bell changed the face of computer gaming with the release of Elite on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.įrontier Developments have launched a 25th Anniversary Website to celebrate.ġ.72 is now out for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. 7 Braben's impression of the UK government's attitude to the games industry.
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