Elite Loading Title Screen
THE STORY
Elite is a space trading and fighting game with a basic aim of raising your pilots status to the rank of “Elite”. The game uses an open ended game engine which means the game uses an algorithm to generate lots of the detail used when you enter one of the systems, saving on memory.
You play as “Commander Jameson” and start at Lave Station with 100 credits and a lightly armed trading ship – the Cobra Mark III. From here you can basically do what you want, whether it be trading, mining, piracy, missions or anti-piracy.
Elite was a revolutionary game and way ahead of its time, ever since its release it has enspired people to develop many other modern games using similar engine techniques. Some of the more recent include games like Eve online and Infinity: The Quest For Earth.
ELITE TIPS
Cheat mode
Enter SARA or SUZANNE when prompted for a word from the manual during the copy protection check. Then, enter a valid word when the prompt appears again. Press [Keypad Plus] and/or [Keypad Asterisk] during game play to display the cheat screen. A prompt for a byte and new value will appear. Enter the first number of the set, press [Enter], enter the second number, press [Enter], then press [Esc] to resume game play. Note: Press [Help] to edit the amount of arms and cargo. Additionally, this will not work in the Space Legends compilation version of the game.
Code: Result:
12/00-FF Create a new galaxy
13/00-FF Create a new galaxy
18/FF Extra credits
1F/46 7 light years fuel
20/01 Escape capsule
23/02 Large cargo bay
24/01 ECM system; press L to toggle
26/01 Pulse laser
28/01 Galactic hyperdrive or Beam Laser
2C/01 Escape pod
2F/01 Energy bomb
31/01 ECM jammer
31/0C Naval energy unit
32/01 Docking computer
34/03 Galactic hyperdrive
36/01 Mining laser
38/01 Military laser
3F/01 Cloaking; press Y to toggle
40/01 Food
47/01 Textiles
49/01 Radioactives
4C/01 Slaves
50/01 Wine
54/01 Narcotics
5C/01 Computers
63/01 Machinery
67/01 Alloys
69/01 Firearms
6C/01 Furs
2/01 Minerals
75/01 Gold
79/01 Platinum
83/01 Gem stones
84/01 Alien items
88/01 Refugees from Super Nova
8C/01 Important Thargoid doc
91/00 Clean legal status (may be 97 – 01)
97/00-08 Harmless – Elite ranking
98/FF Loads of combat points
9D/01 Seek & destroy
9D/03 Rescue Refugees
9D/04 Destroy Cougar
9D/05 Destroy Space Station
Control ship preview
Press A when the rotating ships appear on the opening screen to stop their movement. Use the cursor keys to rotate the ships. Hold A and press a cursor key to rotate them differently. Press O or I to zoom in and out. Press D to continue.
Longer song
Press H to jump into hyperspace, then engage the docking computer when the counter is below 5. The song, The Blue Danube will play until your ship reaches the next station.
View credits
Press W when flying to view your score and the credits.
Elite Game Cover