Elite

To all who need to know;
"Quader's Release" marked games are, in some way, modified to better work on contemporary DOSBox emulators, by known preservationist Quader. To my understanding, Quader's releases are the ones that run on the browser webplayer for most games where both are present, though this I do not know for sure.

I've got it to run ok but it will not load a saved Commader.

That is super frustrating

Oh, shoot. I didn't clicked a 'SEND COMMENT' icon, but it was sent befoe I checked it. Mr./Mr. Admin, please delete my comments include this one. Copy&paste failed. I don't know why, but Some important sentences were lost.

Below is a real "KEY REFERENCE" for MS-DOS version of "ELITE" (1987).
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Manuals for "real" DOS ver. ELITE (1987) has been missing on the internet for a long years.
I found this text file by chance on archive.org. It was written in 1996.
I asked AI Gemini & Copilot to authenticate this file, and they replied 'This is a fan-made text, but the info is authentic.'
I hope this works.

LEFT LEFT CURSOR
RIGHT RIGHT CURSOR
UP UP CURSOR
DOWN DOWN CURSOR
MORE SPEED
LESS SPEED
* FIRE LASER SPACE
* TARGET MISSILE T
* FIRE MISSILE M
* ECM E
* ENERGY BOMB B
* ESCAPE CAPSULE C
* DOCKING COMPUTER ON D
* DOCKING COMPUTER OFF D

* = ONLY WHEN FITTED

HYPERSPACE H
JUMP DRIVE J
INTERGALACTIC JUMP G then H
DISTANCE TO SYSTEM D
CURSOR CROSS HOME
FIND PLANET F
GALACTIC CHART F5
LOCAL CLUSTER CHART F6

* OTHER OPTIONS ESC

* LAUNCH FROM STATION F1
* SELL CARGO F2
* BUY CARGO F3
* EQUIP SHIP F4
SPACE GALACTIC CHART F5
MARKET PRICES F8
STATUS PAGE F9
INVENTORY F10

* = ONLY WHILE DOCKED

First press ESC, then

KEYBOARD RECENTERING TOGGLE R
KEYBOARD DAMPING TOGGLE D
REVERSE Y-CONTROL Y
REVERSE X- AND Y-CONTROL X
REVERSE X-CONTROL X then Y
SOUND TOGGLE S
ABORT GAME A
CONTINUE GAME SPACE

-- END --

Elite DOS Version Quader's Release does not seem to be available for download anymore...?

The linked manual for Amiga is auf Deutch, not in English.

Mulla on koneessa Elite ja englanninkielinen opas ^kirja^.

Millon ELITE dossilla ja enkun kielilinen opas ^kirja^

Does anyone know, what "Quader's Release" means?

I saw that name on many games' download section.

ian bell once told that the best version of this legendary game was the one for acorn 32-bit.

Mine doesn't load. I save it without problems, but when I load it just says "ERROR: Retry (Y/N)?". I am running this on DosBox. If anyone could help that would be fantastic.

The BBC Micro version is at https://www.frontierstore.net/games/elite1984.html

To fix the saving and loading problem, go to http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=19646.

I used to play this on the ax spectrum.... There was a bug so that if you launced then stopped and turned over so you were in line with the space station entrance you could fly right back it and if you hit hyperspace while in the docking tunnel you found yourself docked at the target planets station....I did that u too I could afford a docking computer....lol. Wonder if it works on the other versions?

So where is the BBC Micro version? 1984

Best game i found for the DOSBox, the gameplay is amazing although there is quite the learning curve. However, i have not yet found a way to save and load my progress.

Brilliant, first game that hooked me into the gaming world. Soo many happy hours spent trading Narcotics and shooting down Slargoids!.... Lol.... Brilliant concept, hope it works on my pc.....

My mothers nightmare. Tons of hours on the Computer and out of this world...

It was insainly hard until you could afford a docking computer.
And once i actually foud some alien items to buy.