Each system has needed imports and major exports so you simply reasearch what the exports where you are, so they are cheap to buy, then take them to a system where that product is a major import, and score your profit. I started making money by trading back and forth between systems. You start with a small, lightly armed fighter and only 100 credits. Other developments include improvements in the star systems using a solar system model instead of a model of “Worlds”. It takes quite a while to get 2,000,000 credits for the biggest trading ship. There are plenty of different and exciting ships available which helps the game gain longevity. The gameplay expands on the original Elite.

Frontier offers you reasonable (even by todays standards) graphical detail (VGA) and the gameplay far and away makes up for the sometimes dull looking planet surfaces. So Elite II hit the shelves.įrontier:Elite II offers that same open ended gameplay as Elite but it has more options and improved graphics. However Elite was also pretty dated by 1993, especially the original polygon wire looking BBC version. A game of freedom where you could go and do whatever you pleased with no set storyline or levels. Elite offered one of the first truly open ended games. Views: 148711 Screenshots Review by PhotoTropic ()įrontier is the sequel to The classic space trading game “Elite”. Theme: Business / Flight / Pirates / Police & Gangsters / Science Fiction

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