News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video]. Parent comment

Re:Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video] by zelos on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @11:07AM (#38710165)
I was about the same age when I played and found it equally hard.

The only way I ever got anywhere was that the Spectrum version had a bug where if you saved the game on the start screen after dying, it would save the state as if you had successfully docked at the space station in the system where you died. Do that a few times and before long you have all round military lasers and can actually survive in combat.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video] by EagnaIonat on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:11PM (#38710930)
There was a much easier bug on the ZX Spectrum.

You would set where to hyperspace to, then trigger a hyperspace jump as you are docking. You would then land in the space station of the other system.

[ Parent | on HN ]