So it seems that patience is a virtue, because this was posted yesterday: Elite for Atari 8 Bit
And here it is on my trusty 800:
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Christmas arrived early
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Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
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Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
Many years ago I wanted Elite to arrive on my Atari 800XL. It never did.
So it seems that patience is a virtue, because this was posted yesterday: Elite for Atari 8 Bit
And here it is on my trusty 800:
Christmas arrived early
So it seems that patience is a virtue, because this was posted yesterday: Elite for Atari 8 Bit
And here it is on my trusty 800:
Christmas arrived early
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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...
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...
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Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
Ooooooh! Nice find.
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Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
Nice. I wonder if they back-ported the flicker free rendering code that was added recently (last few years) I am sure they will have.
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Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
Yeah, it's not flickering, I have it running next to my BBC B also running Elite, and there is a noticeable difference.alexh wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 10:19 am Nice. I wonder if they back-ported the flicker free rendering code that was added recently (last few years) I am sure they will have.
I'm guessing either the Atari can just do it flicker free, or the flicker free code made it through.
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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...
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...
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Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
This is the BBC Tube/Master version running on my tubed BBC.
Very similar look IMHO. This version still flickers a little.
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Very similar look IMHO. This version still flickers a little.
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...
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...
Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
Nice, I think I'll have to acquire that myself.
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Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
You can download direct from that link I provided.
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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...
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...
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Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
From the sound of it they ported the C64 code and integrated it with the Beeb code. The C64 had no flicker.alexh wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 10:19 am Nice. I wonder if they back-ported the flicker free rendering code that was added recently (last few years) I am sure they will have.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
Re: Elite finally made it to the Atari 8 Bits
The original 1985 C64 version had flicker.stephen_usher wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2026 1:09 pm From the sound of it they ported the C64 code and integrated it with the Beeb code. The C64 had no flicker.
The 6502 flicker free drawing code was back-ported from the BBC Master version to the C64 version in 2022.
https://github.com/markmoxon/c64-elite-flicker-free
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