Anthony Colson wants you to join
the Atari Elite
Being one of the many fans of the
game Elite I have tried to follow its progress. Support
for the Atari was never great and only the original
Elite and Frontier: Elite 2 where released. Since then
there has been very little word, then one day Elite
was back.
David Braben had written the next
part in the series: Frontier First Encounters, this
was a PC-only release and was dropped after several
months due to the game being incredibly buggy. A
series of patches were released to try and combat this
problem.
There was never any Atari version
of Frontier First Encounters and the development of
Elite 4 (title as yet unknown) would probably be the
same. Why do you ask then is this important news. David
Braben has decided that he is going to create an 'Elite'
Club.
This will offer all the original games,
possibly free. Source code may also be made available
but with some cost. It would be nice to see some
form of support or recognition of Atari owners again.
So what are we going to do about it
I hear you ask, well I want to know if out there Atari
owners from all over the world would like to do something
about this. What I am asking from you, the readers
of MyAtari magazine, is either to write in, or contact
me direct. If I get a large response, and that
is what we need, there is a possibility of getting support
through the Elite Club this is an opportunity not to
be missed.
If you're going to offer your support
can you please ensure that your e-mail subject is "Atari
Elite" and send it to: AJColson@go.com.
For more information you can view
the Elite Club web pages at http://www.eliteclub.co.uk or Frontier Developments web page http://www.frontier.co.uk,both
of these should have some form of information.
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