Cal and Hereward celebrate 40 years of the revolutionary 8 Bit mirco-computer space trader Sim “Elite” with it’s co-creator, Ian Bell.
“Ian Colin Graham Bell(born 31 October 1962 inHatfield, Hertfordshire) programmed, designed and developed the computer gameElite(1984) withDavid Braben, which met with much acclaim.”
“Bell attended the independentSt Albans School. He studied atJesus College, Cambridge, graduating with a degree (1st) inMathematicsin 1985, and aCambridge Diploma in Computer Sciencein 1986.”
“Eliteis aspace tradingvideo game. It was written and developed byDavid BrabenandIan Belland was originally published byAcornsoftfor theBBC MicroandAcorn Electroncomputers in September 1984.Elite’sopen-ended game model, and revolutionary 3D graphics led to it being ported to virtually every contemporaryhome computersystem and earned it a place as a classic and a genre maker in gaming history.The game’s title derives from one of the player’s goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of “Elite”.
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