Can all registered uses please login, even just for a few minutes..
It helps build a picture where our "good traffic" is coming from..
Thanks :)

Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Blogs & guides and tales of woo by forum members.
Post Reply
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15400
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:40 pm
Location: Essex
Contact:
Contact rubber_jonnie

Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by rubber_jonnie »

So I had a great chat with @Wrathchild at CL5 and the end result was he kindly sent over his port of Elite for the Atari 8 bit machines, which is a different port to the Firebird version I mentioned the other day.

So here is a blatant Elite promotion:

PXL_20261012_081609712.jpg
PXL_20261012_081609712.jpg (280.2 KiB) Viewed 69 times

From left to right we have:

1. Elite Tube/Master enhanced edition running on my PiTube direct upgraded BBC B. This is an amazing expanded version.
2. Elite Firebird version running on my 800
3. Elite Final Beta from Wrathchild running on my Atari 400 Mini
4.Elite running on my Apple IIe

And last but no means least as I didn't have enough screens for all of them, the self demo version of Elite, which I might add looks fabulous!!!

PXL_20261012_091254139.MP.jpg
PXL_20261012_091254139.MP.jpg (292.65 KiB) Viewed 69 times

So you wait 40 odd years and end up with some great ports of Elite. I believe there are 3 in total now.

So lucky to have a choice :)
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15400
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:40 pm
Location: Essex
Contact:
Contact rubber_jonnie

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by rubber_jonnie »

Just for fun, here is the Archimedes version on my A5000:

PXL_20261012_100007108.jpg
PXL_20261012_100007108.jpg (179.99 KiB) Viewed 63 times
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Top
User avatar
PhilC
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7687
Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:22 pm

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by PhilC »

A great Elite demo there @rubber_jonnie. I didn't know there was an Apple lle. I shall have to acquire that at some point.
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15400
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:40 pm
Location: Essex
Contact:
Contact rubber_jonnie

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by rubber_jonnie »

PhilC wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 11:46 am A great Elite demo there @rubber_jonnie. I didn't know there was an Apple lle. I shall have to acquire that at some point.
You might want to have a look over here: All the Elites
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Top
User avatar
PhilC
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7687
Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:22 pm

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by PhilC »

Cool, thanks.
If it ain't broke, test it to Destruction.
Top
User avatar
alexh
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 1451
Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:51 pm
Location: Oxfordshire

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by alexh »

rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 11:01 am Just for fun, here is the Archimedes version on my A5000
ArcElite is my favourite version. I didn't know until recently it wasn't programmed by Bell & Braben. I had always assumed it was as Braben went on to write Zarch for the Archie.

ArcElite deserves the love that the modding scene has been showering the 8-bit version with.
Senior Principal ASIC Engineer - SystemVerilog, VHDL
Thalion Webshrine - http://thalion.atari.org
ST,STf,STfm,STe,MegaST,MegaSTe,Falcon060
A500+,A600,A4000/060,CD32,CDTV
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15400
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:40 pm
Location: Essex
Contact:
Contact rubber_jonnie

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by rubber_jonnie »

alexh wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 2:57 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 11:01 am Just for fun, here is the Archimedes version on my A5000
ArcElite is my favourite version. I didn't know until recently it wasn't programmed by Bell & Braben. I had always assumed it was as Braben went on to write Zarch for the Archie.

ArcElite deserves the love that the modding scene has been showering the 8-bit version with.
Oddly I've never played the Archie version until today, I need to give it some more love.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Top
User avatar
alexh
Site sponsor
Site sponsor
Posts: 1451
Joined: Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:51 pm
Location: Oxfordshire

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by alexh »

rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 3:06 pm Oddly I've never played the Archie version until today, I need to give it some more love.
Some of ArcElite's unique features have recently been ported to AtariST version (who's source code was released in 2024) and also back-ported to the Amiga.

https://github.com/ataribaby42/elite-so ... t/releases
Senior Principal ASIC Engineer - SystemVerilog, VHDL
Thalion Webshrine - http://thalion.atari.org
ST,STf,STfm,STe,MegaST,MegaSTe,Falcon060
A500+,A600,A4000/060,CD32,CDTV
Top
User avatar
rubber_jonnie
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 15400
Joined: Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:40 pm
Location: Essex
Contact:
Contact rubber_jonnie

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by rubber_jonnie »

alexh wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 3:30 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2026 3:06 pm Oddly I've never played the Archie version until today, I need to give it some more love.
Some of ArcElite's unique features have recently been ported to AtariST version (who's source code was released in 2024) and also back-ported to the Amiga.

https://github.com/ataribaby42/elite-so ... t/releases
Nice.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
Top
don_apple
Posts: 51
Joined: Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:54 pm

Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

Post by don_apple »

Nice to see all these different versions of Elite :yay:

Not sure if many people are aware, but there is also a modern clone for macOS, Windows and Linux: https://www.oolite.space
Top
Post Reply

Return to “MEMBER BLOGS”