Game Versions

Elite Elite Elite Plus
Elite
BBC Micro     1984
Elite
C-64     1984
Elite
Amiga     1988
Archimedes Elite Elite Plus Frontier Elite II
Elite
Archimedes     1991
Elite
NES (Europe)     1991
Elite Plus
IBM     1991
Frontier Elite II First Encounters (USA) Frontier Elite II
Frontier Elite II
Amiga     1993
Frontier First Encounters
IBM (UK)     1995
Frontier First Encounters
IBM (USA)     1995

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Original Versions
Find Year Title System Vendor
1984Elite Acorn ElectronAcornsoft
1984EliteBBC MicroAcornsoft
1984Elite BBC MasterAcornsoft
1984Elite BBC CompactAcornsoft
1985EliteCommodore 64Firebird Software, Ramsey, New Jersey
1985EliteZx-SpectrumFirebird/Torus....There were many versions
of this Elite, some of which were enchanced.
1985EliteAmstrad CPCFirebird
1985EliteApple IIFirebird
1986EliteBBC Master EditionSuperior Software/Acornsoft
1986Elite BBC 6502 2nd ProcAcornsoft
1986Elite BBC MasterLater replaced by a multiversion with original,
BBC, Master, & 6502 files on one disk
1987EliteIBM/PCMicroprose Software
1988EliteAtari STFirebird Software, Ramsey, New Jersey
Telecomsoft, London, England
1988EliteAmigaFirebird Software, Ramsey, New Jersey
Telecomsoft, London, England
1988EliteMSXMr. Micro Ltd - Firebird Software (3.5in disk)
1988Elite MSXMr. Micro Ltd - Firebird Software (tape)
1988Elite Tatung EinstienMr. Micro Ltd (3in disk)
1988Elite MSXJapanese Import (cartridge)
1991EliteNESImagineer (European release only)
1991Elite PlusIBM/PCMicroprose Software Hunt Valley, Maryland
and Gloucestershire, England
1991Arc EliteAcorn ArchimedesHybrid
1993Frontier
Elite II
IBM/PCGametek, Miami Beach, Florida
1993Frontier
Elite II
AmigaGametek, Miami Beach, Florida
1995Frontier First
Encounters
IBM/PCGametek, Miami Beach, Florida
1995Elite Plus AmigaEmpire Interactive. It was Elite files with Elite
Plus artwork on the box.
    Special thanks to Chris Harkness for the Elite BBC Micro picture.
    Special thanks to Mark James for the Frontier Elite II picture.
    Special thanks to Matt Dibb for the Frontier First Encounters (UK) picture.

Fan Versions
Find Year Title System Developer Source
2001Elite - The New KindIBM/PC/WindowsChristian Pinder BBC Micro
2001JJFFEIBM/PC/WindowsJohn Jordan FFE
2003Pocket PC Elitemultiple PDAs Jon Welch - George HooperETNK
2004OoLiteIBM/PC/WindowsGiles William Elite Open GL Mac OS X
2005glFrontierIBM/PC/WindowsTom Morton Frontier Atari Open GL
2006glFFEIBM/PC/WindowsKolijoco JJFFE Open GLSL
2006Frontier 1337Sony PSP v1.5 AtienGLFrontier Open GL
2008FFED3D PC Elite GamesDirect X

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