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On the topic of Elite:Dangerous – I’m very glad to say I was wrong. After so many promises, and then seeing Frontier struggle as a company, I didn’t think it would ever ship. I was quite wrong, and I have to say it looks very impressive. It is essentially Elite as I remember it, but freshened up for the modern day – a perfect update. As a result of my misplaced scepticism I didn’t back it or get the betas, so missed out on earlier builds, but the full game comes out this coming week, so I’m quite excited.

For those interested to see what 20 years can do to a video game, you can compare this video of ArcElite on the Acorn Archimedes (which to me is the definitive version from my childhood) with videos like this one and this one of the new Elite:Dangerous. I’m looking forward to spending some time playing Elite over the xmas holidays, and this version is online, so hopefully I’ll be able to find some of my friends out there too.