Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Happy 40th Anniversary Elite!🚀<br>---</p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> was the first of a long and proud line of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SpaceSimulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceSimulators</span></a>. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IanBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IanBell</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DavidBraben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBraben</span></a>’s creation was the main source of inspiration for games such as <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Echelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Echelon</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SpaceRogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRogue</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MicrosoftSpaceSimulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftSpaceSimulator</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freelancer</span></a>. </p><p>It established 3 big staples of modern <a href="https://noc.social/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevelopment</span></a>:The <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OpenWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWorld</span></a> format, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WireFrame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WireFrame</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/3DGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DGraphics</span></a>, and procedurally generated levels. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EliteDangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EliteDangerous</span></a></p><p>Remembering ‘Elite’, the Most Important Game of the Early 80s<br><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/remembering-elite-the-most-important-game-of-the-early-80s/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/rememberin</span><span class="invisible">g-elite-the-most-important-game-of-the-early-80s/</span></a></p>