#BBCElite

FrontierAstro

@frontierastro.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Sinclair ZX Spectrum Elite - attract screen, showing a rotating Cobra Mark 3 space ship.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum Elite - space view, approaching a Coriolis space station.

Perhaps the other surprise omission from the FrontierAstro Top 5 Elites was the #ZXSpectrum version. A lot of people loved this back in the day, but to me it looked drab and ran too slowly. Somehow it lacked the magic of #BBCElite and was inferior to the #C64 version too. Sorry!

FrontierAstro

@frontierastro.bsky.social

2 months ago

The front of the Acornsoft 1986 retail box for BBC Elite, containing versions compatible with the BBC Model B, B+, Master 128 and Second Processor computers.

The front of the Superior Software 1986 retail box for BBC Elite, containing a version compatible with the BBC Master Compact computer.

The 5¼" program disc shipped with Acornsoft's 1986 version of Elite, compatible with the BBC Model B, B+, Master 128 and Second Processor computers.

The 3½" program disc shipped with Superior Software's 1986 version of Elite, compatible with the Master Compact computer.

In 1986, when Acornsoft's library of games was acquired by Superior Software, versions of #BBCElite were released under both labels for the new #BBCMaster computer. There was even a 3½" disc version for the Master Compact, confusingly described as a Compact Disc.

Mark Moxon

@markmoxon.bsky.social

9 months ago

#Elite on the #Acorn #Electron is slow - way slower than on the #Commodore64, for example.

But how does the enhanced 16K SRAM version cope?

Turns out enhanced Electron Elite is faster than the #C64! Sure, it can't compare on colour or music. But... result! 🚀

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcelite