[img_right]http://bisqwit.iki.fi/kala/snap/elitepal1.png[/img_right]Elite is a legendary true-3D game, one of the first and most influential ones, and one that has been ported to great many different architectures.
One of those architectures is the NES. It is an incredible technological accomplishment: Who would have thought that the NES can do real-time vector graphics?
Here is a short Youtube video showing how it looks like on the NES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBIOi00sEI
I remember trying it once on Nesticle, but after that, I haven't heard much of it at all.
Here is a documentary of the making of that game: http://gdc.gamespot.com/story/6301740/how-elite-took-flight/?tag=newsfeatures%3Btitle
NES Elite was only ever published as a PAL version. It was also ported to NTSC by the original authors, but never published.
It is a space-trading game with multiple possible goals, including the goal of becoming a pilot with "The Elite" rank. So, who would be interested in learning how this game works and in making a TAS of it?
According to some sources, the NES version was also the most feature-complete one, so it would make sense to TAS that rather than some of the BBC Micro versions.
Link to video
I remember watching my dad play this game back in the amiga days.
The amiga version is much more beautiful, featuring colors AND filled polygons:
Though of course there's a slight lack of an emulator for that.
Maybe the PC Elite Plus version is worth looking at?
Would an "Elite Rank" TAS really be interesting? AFAIK your rank is based entirely on kill count..
Though of course there's a slight lack of an emulator for that.
Maybe the 