Alt Fan Elite FAQ
The following is a 'historically preserved document' rescued from a Google cache that contains a lot of information on various classic forms of Elite.
Please do not edit or expect links, addresses, to work.
Alt.Fan.Elite Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
This FAQ can be read in a linear fashion or by following the hypertext links. Your choice.
Last updated 28th September 1999. Changes: Many download URLs removed. As soon as alternatives are found they will be posted here and in the Mini-FAQ.
Please send comments, corrections and additional information (especially about missions in various versions) to afefaq@randomword.demon.co.uk
Contents
1) Netiquette - a quick guide Contains abbreviations and idiosincracies of the group as well as an introduction to posting for newcomers.
2) Common information
2.1) Ship groupings
2.2) Unusual denizens and the versions they inhabit
2.2.1) Cloak and Dagger Ship
2.2.2) Dredgers
2.2.3) Generation Ships
2.2.4) Rock Hermits
2.3) Hidden Features
2.3.1) Initiative Save
2.3.2) Forced Witchspace
2.4) Missions
3) Versions of the Game
3.1) Electron Elite
3.2) BBC Tape Elite
3.3) BBC Disk Elite
3.4) Elite - The Executive Edition (BBC with Tube)
3.5) BBC Master Elite
3.6) BBC Tube Elite
3.7) Master Compact Elite
3.8) Elite A
3.8.1) Description
3.8.2) Missions
3.9) Amiga Elite
3.10) Spectrum Elite
3.11) MSX Elite
3.12) Tatsung Einstein Elite
3.13) NES Elite
3.14) C64 Elite
3.15) Apple II Elite
3.16) Amstrad CPC Elite
3.17) Atari ST Elite
3.18) PC Elite
3.19) PC Elite+
3.20) Archimedes Elite
3.20.1) Description
3.20.2) Missions
3.20.2.1) Genesis Capsule
3.20.2.2) Kill Zartid III
3.20.2.3) Kill Zurid Pino (cloaked)
3.20.2.4) Medicine Run
3.20.3) Extra features
3.20.3.1) Space Beacons
3.20.3.2) The Urutu
3.20.3.3) Crazy Craft
3.20.3.4) Missionaries
3.20.3.5) Messages
3.20.3.6) Scrolltext
3.20.3.7) Escorts
3.20.3.8) Rentadock
3.20.4) Fluffy Dice
3.21) Archimedes Elite Gold
3.22) Frontier Elite II - PC, Amiga and Atari ST
3.22.1) Description
3.22.2) The Mirage and the Dart
3.22.3) Bugs
3.22.3.1) Deimos and Phobos
3.22.3.2) Garbage Truck Bug
3.22.3.3) Wormholes
3.22.3.4) Get Rich Quick
3.22.3.5) Mining Machine Bug
3.22.3.6) Mad Protection Scheme
3.22.3.7) Impossible Missions
3.22.3.8) Unshiftable dissatisfied passenger
3.22.3.9) Note
3.23) First Encounters
3.23.1) Description and missions
3.23.2) Interesting Ships
3.23.2.1) Bubble Drive Ships
3.23.2.2) Thargoid (the "Unknown")
3.23.2.3) Keeping the Quest
3.23.2.4) Baffling Alien
3.23.2.5) Long Range Cruiser
3.23.3) Bugs and Problems
3.23.3.1) My Missile Hits Me!
3.23.3.2) My Turret Gun Hits Me!
3.23.3.3) They Won't Give Me A Nuclear Missile!
3.23.3.4) How Do I Turn On The Transmission Jammer?
3.23.3.5) I Can't Voluntarily Use My Escape Capsule!
3.23.3.6) My Assassination Target's Not There!
3.23.3.7) Joystick prevents map rotation
3.23.3.8) I have -1 passengers and can't sell my ship
3.23.3.9) Not Actually Bugs.
3.23.3.9.1) Everyone's Out To Kill Me!
3.23.3.9.2) Wormholes fixed
4) Tricks of the Trade
4.1) Good trading
4.1.1) Original Elite
4.1.2) Frontier & FirstEnc
4.2) Good combat
4.2.1) Original Elite
4.2.2) Frontier & FirstEnc
4.2.3) Archimedes Elite
5) Technical Information
5.1) Slowing down old games on a PC
5.2) Getting the various Elites
5.3) Problems running First Encounters
5.4) Trouble with Win95
5.4.1) Frontier Elite II
5.4.2) First Encounters
6) Other Relevant FAQs
7) Particularly impressive Elite WWW sites
98) Is that it?
98.1) The Elite Project
98.1.1) What is it?
98.1.2) How can I keep tabs on it?
98.2) The Galileo Project
98.2.1) What is it?
98.2.2) How can I keep tabs on it?
98.3) X
98.3.1) What is it?
98.3.2) How can I keep tabs on it?
99) Miscellaneous
99.1) How do the rankings go?
99.2) What's with this Right On Commander stuff?
99.3) Acknowledgements
99.4) Disclaimer
