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Written by Mark Moxon on 2024-12-23 at 14:20

What better way to wish the world a Merry Christmas than with the official 1991 Archimedes Elite Christmas card?

See if you can spot the festive Thargoid...

[#]retrogaming #retrocomputing #acorn #elite #bbcmicro #arm #archimedes #riscos #elitedangerous

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Written by Sean on 2024-12-24 at 01:46

@markmoxon was the original Elite ever released for the Archimedes?

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Written by Mark Moxon on 2024-12-24 at 10:25

@Craktok It was, back in 1991. It’s regarded as one of the best versions of the original.

https://www.frontierastro.co.uk/Elite/arc.html

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Written by Abram Kedge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 on 2024-12-27 at 02:55

@markmoxon I read the text in the card, and it rang a bell... I was pretty sure I had visited Hybrid at that address in 96 when I was working on demo programs for the pitch to get ARM processors into Gameboy Advance.

I did some digging... yep, Chris Jordan of Hybrid made a kick-ass software simulation of the original GB's hardware sprites on the prototype hardware. He gave me an Elite sweater, a really decent guy!

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Written by Mark Moxon on 2024-12-27 at 11:04

@AbramKedge An Elite sweater! Wow, that sounds pretty amazing. I love all the computer-related ephemera I’ve end up with over the years, but that sounds particularly epic.

Very cool story, thanks for sharing. Those were the days!

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