| Entry | #1601 |
|---|---|
| Release Sequence | #0 |
| Release Date | 1985 |
| Currency | GBP (Pound sterling) |
| Price | £14.95 |
| Budget Price | - |
| Microdrive Price | - |
| Disk Price | - |
| Cartridge Price | - |
| Book ISBN | - |
| Book Pages | - |
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| 67 | Feature | No | - |
| 68 | Review | No | - |
| 115 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 106 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 88 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 129 | Tips | No | - |
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| 116 | Feature | No | - |
| 118 | Review | No | - |
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| 41 | Interview | No | - |
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| 117 | Tips | No | - |
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| 69 | Feature | No | - |
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| 60 | Tips | No | - |
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| 83 | Tips | No | - |
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| 6 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 33 | Review | No | - |
| 38 | Advert | No | - |
| 39 | Advert | No | - |
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| 12 | Two-page ad | No | - |
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| 51 | Tips | No | - |
| 51 | Feature | No | - |
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| 84 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 36 | Review | No | - |
| 119 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 110 | Review | No | - |
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| 41 | Feature | No | - |
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| 37 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 21 | CompoEntry | No | - |
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| 5 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 77 | Advert | No | - |
| 96 | CompoResult | No | - |
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| 14 | Feature | No | - |
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| 21 | Preview | No | - |
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| 4 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 46 | Feature | No | - |
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| 28 | Review | No | - |
| 151 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 15 | Advert | No | - |
| 17 | Advert | No | - |
| 21 | Advert | No | - |
| 31 | Advert | No | - |
| 57 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 65 | Letters | No | - |
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| 34 | Two-page ad | No | - |
| 129 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 35 | Letters | No | - |
| 58 | Tips | No | - |
| 91 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 109 | Tips | No | - |
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| 66 | Feature | No | - |
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| 88 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 41 | Letters | No | - |
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| 45 | Letters | No | - |
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| 44 | Tips | No | - |
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| 44 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 92 | Feature | No | - |
| 92 | Review | No | - |
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| 49 | Tips | No | - |
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| 18 | Solution | No | - |
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| 21 | Solution | No | - |
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| 20 | Tips | No | - |
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| 63 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 5 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 20 | Feature | No | - |
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| 15 | Feature | No | - |
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| 12 | Review | No | - |
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| 31 | Tips | No | - |
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| 70 | Tips | No | - |
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| 69 | Tips | No | - |
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| 47 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 38 | Feature | No | - |
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| 36 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 129 | Tips | No | - |
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| 9 | News/Note | No | - |
| 95 | Tips | No | - |
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| 4 | News/Note | No | - |
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| 7 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 15 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 21 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 6 | Tips | No | - |
| 15 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 20 | Review | No | - |
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| 9 | Letters | No | - |
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| 6 | Tips | No | - |
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| 27 | Tips | No | - |
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| 27 | Tips | No | - |
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| 2 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 0 | Information | No | - |
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| 31 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 20 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 23 | Review | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 126 | Two-page ad | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 5 | News/Note | No | - |
| 11 | Advert | No | - |
| 15 | Advert | No | - |
| 16 | Tips | No | - |
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| 11 | Advert | No | - |
| 23 | Advert | No | - |
| 26 | Tips | No | - |
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| 22 | Tips | No | - |
| 66 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 7 | News/Note | No | - |
| 30 | Tips | No | - |
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| 20 | Tips | No | - |
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| 20 | Tips | No | - |
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| 47 | Review | No | - |
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| 16 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 20 | News/Note | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 107 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 15 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 33 | Feature | No | - |
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| 88 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 101 | Tips | No | - |
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| 15 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 20 | Tips | No | - |
| 41 | Review | No | - |
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| 10 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 2 | Advert | No | - |
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| 16 | Two-page ad | No | - |
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| 14 | Tips | No | - |
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| 17 | Letters | No | - |
| 38 | Tips | No | - |
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| 34 | Tips | No | - |
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| 19 | Letters | No | - |
| 26 | Tips | No | - |
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| 35 | Feature | No | - |
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| 31 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 25 | Tips | No | - |
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| 16 | Letters | No | - |
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| 29 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 24 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 24 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 70 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| 83 | Review | No | - |
| 83 | Review | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 34 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 30 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 27 | Hack/Poke | No | - |
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| 36 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| Page | Type | Original | Notes |
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| 28 | Feature | No | - |
| 28 | Review | No | - |
| 74 | Full-page ad | No | - |
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| 32 | Full-page ad | No | - |
| Type | Link | Size | MD5 | Flags | Details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/e/Elite.tzx.zip | 42,833 | - | SoftLockOriginal release (O) | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/e/Elite_2.tzx.zip | 73,280 | - | SoftLockOriginal release (O) | Image from the "Adder" version. | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/e/Elite(JoystickClubVersion).tap.zip | 34,680 | - | UndeterminedHacked/cracked version | Cracked Joystick Club release. This is the "Kraits" version. | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/e/Elite128.tap.zip | 41,381 | - | Undetermined | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/e/Elite48.tap.zip | 43,903 | - | UndeterminedHacked/cracked version | Cracked to bypass the Lenslock protection if failed three times | |
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/e/scr/Elite.scr | 6,912 | - | |||
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/e/scr/Elite128.scr | 6,912 | - | |||
| Running screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/e/Elite.gif | 3,044 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/e/Elite.txt | 19,876 | - | |||
| Scanned instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/e/Elite(Acorn).pdf | 1,634,305 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite.jpg | 13,804 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite_2.jpg | 9,885 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite_3.jpg | 13,352 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite_4.jpg | 17,665 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite_5.jpg | 146,914 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/e/Elite_6.jpg | 388,714 | - | |||
| Keyboard overlay | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_KeyboardOverlay.jpg | 35,522 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_LenslokInstructions.pdf | 380,648 | - | Lenslok instructions | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_Membership.jpg | 160,104 | - | Membership | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_QuickKeyControlGuide.jpg | 123,951 | - | Quick key control guide | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_ShipIdentificationChart.jpg | 261,013 | - | Ship identification chart | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_Spectrum+ControlGuide.jpg | 107,524 | - | Spectrum+ control guide | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/Elite_TheDarkWheelNovella.txt | 111,460 | - | 'Dark Wheel, The' novella | ||
| POK pokes file | /zxdb/sinclair/pokes/e/Elite (1985)(Firebird Software).pok | 1,999 | 8e61ac75020f379338b614dfce008d87 | |||
| Inlay - Front | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Front.jpg | 301,880 | 886db4e2c899cf10d7d8b5a1120ddebc | NoneCardbox case (big) | ||
| Inlay - Back | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Back.jpg | 281,303 | 04fa8e63de7a240fc17d63e655c114be | NoneCardbox case (big) | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Tape.jpg | 73,722 | 7114f256299160b003d5692b8dcf4107 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Tape_2.jpg | 86,036 | 9b7fbb3b58ec796fb43ade07c3e4a6a8 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Tape_3.jpg | 58,202 | f8670202985dda9f4c6dbea386a42d2f | None | ||
| Inlay - Front | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite(Opus)_Front.jpg | 223,158 | bc63328698e8ae45c401958b2fa69fbc | NoneCardbox case (big) | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite_Disk.png | 508,434 | 7e61ef9aa2f6003db5d19d0ca1fde839 | None | ||
| RZX playback file | https://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/elite.zip | - | - | Recorded by Sard - Several different action scenes from the game, such as fighting Police Vipers, manual docking, star-skimming for fuel and fighting Thargoids in Witch Space! See the text file for full details. | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite(EN).pdf | 2,885,180 | 44bf458e47b5fa24286e95daf2cf1911 | None | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0001601/Elite(EN)(Tips).pdf | 1,868,714 | 965ef82f76758c318efbf8b3839edc7f | None |
| Type | Link | Size | Flags | Details | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/e/gif/Elite.gif | 3,743 | redundant screenshot | ||
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/e/gif/Elite128.gif | 3,047 | redundant screenshot | ||
| Inlay - Front | /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/e/Elite.jpg | 78,049 | replaced by better quality/hires version | ||
| Inlay - Front | /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/e/Elite_Back.jpg | 98,388 | replaced by better quality/hires version | ||
| Instructions | /nvg/sinclair/docs/game-database/E/ELITE.TXT | 20,269 | ??? | ||
| Instructions | /nvg/sinclair/docs/instructions/games-text/elite.txt | 9,658 | ??? | ||
| Advertisement | /nvg/sinclair/pics/adverts/games/elite1.jpg | 13,804 | ??? | ||
| Advertisement | /nvg/sinclair/pics/adverts/games/elite2.jpg | 9,885 | ??? | ||
| Advertisement | /nvg/sinclair/pics/adverts/games/elite3.jpg | 13,352 | ??? | ||
| Advertisement | /nvg/sinclair/pics/adverts/games/elite4.jpg | 17,665 | ??? | ||
| Loading screen | /nvg/sinclair/pics/loading-screens/elite.gif | 3,702 | ??? | ||
| Instructions | /nvg/sinclair/snaps/games/unsorted-new/e/ELITE.TXT | 9,655 | ??? | ||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/e/Elite.pdf | 4,715,299 | replaced by updated version |