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From: staiger@ncrcae.UUCP (Kurt Staiger)
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Subject: Re: elite game, a review
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Date: Sun, 30-Nov-86 14:04:49 EST
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In article <1699@ihuxy.UUCP> jmdavis@ihuxy.UUCP (Davis) writes:
>Since the buying season is upon us I thought I would write of my
>opinions on a few computer games.  Below is a review of ELITE.
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>Elite from FireBird software in England is a space adventure game
>of the highest quality.  Saying that it is an adventure game is

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>    super rich)
>2.  there is not enough variation between the galaxies, (perhaps this
>    is a bit hasty I have only been to three of them.)
>3.  the manual suggests asteroid mining or piracy as alternatives
>    to trading, but I find that trading (being a bit dull after
>    intensive play) is MUCH more profitable than the other methods.

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>			Mike Davis
>			ihnp4!ihuxy!jmdavis
>									

I totally agree with Mike's review.  This is one game where I felt I really
got my money's worth.  However, I would add one more thing this is not a game
for the impatient.  It has been my experience that I loose more ships trying
to manually dock than I do to pirates.  Fighting is considerably easier to 
trying to line up perfectly on the station axis, avoid the outgoing shuttles,
and then match your spacecrafts rotation to the entry tunnel with nothing 
visual to guide you.


Kurt Staiger