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Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

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Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

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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:

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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!!!

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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 :)
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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...
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Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

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

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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...
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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.
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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
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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...
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Re: Elite - More Atari 8 bit coverage

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Cool, thanks.
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