Man, I'm getting old - is it really 25 years since Elite was released? I feel like a member of a vintage car club. You can grab all manner of goodies for your PC here.

A salute to Elite this is: I managed to play it on the BBC Micro, C64 and Atari ST and it was always engrossing. I seem to remember that:
  • I spent a  lot of time trading Food and Furs between Leesti and Diso.
  • You had to buy a docking computer because otherwise it was really hard to land. Then it was easy.
  • Fuel scoops were a waste of time. Beam lasers overheated to fast and it was only worth having the Military ones.
  • I've no idea how you ended up in Witch Space, or how you got out of it.
  • I did a galactic hyperjump and couldn't figure out why.
  • I never completed a single special mission (IIRC).
  • There wasn't actually that much to do.
Happy days. We need another Elite.