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Re:Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video] by PlunderBunny on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @02:06PM (#38712342)
I don’t think the generation ships (mentioned in the manual) were in any of the original BBC micro versions, but I think they were added to a 16-bit computer version later.
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Re:Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video] by chrisjj on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @07:01PM (#38715331)
They weren't.

They were though in an Edge Magazine article of Sep 2000 https://i.imgur.com/nV38XjA.png except the screenshot is fake.

As is the one on the back of the BBC Micro versions packs, actually! :)

Chris (erstwhile Acornsoft Publications Editor)

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Re:Elite: "The game that couldn't be written" [video] by codeulike on Thursday December 21, 2023 @04:02AM (#38718413)
erstwhile Acornsoft Publications Editor

thats interesting, tell us more about how those fakes came to be?

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