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'''Rob Nicholson''' was the the lead programmer of the 16 bit Amiga/Atari ST and the MSX conversions of ''[[Elite]]'' in 1987.

The context of the project is that due to "contractual quirks", he did not have access to the original source code, only the wireframe shapes and the procedural generation code for the galaxies. Hence the reason that the MSX, Amiga and ST versions differ from the BBC Micro version is that with the aid of his friend Alex King, he was forced to do the programming "blind", i.e. build a visual copy of the game.

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150120023507/https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3220&page=10&p=121682&viewfull=1#post121682 Forum statement from Rob Nicholson]

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-'''Rob Nicholson''' was the the lead programmer of the 16 bit Amiga/Atari ST and the MSX conversions of ''[[Elite]]'' in 1987.
+'''Rob Nicholson''' was the the lead programmer of the [[ MSX Elite|MSX ''Elite'']] and the 16 bit [[Amiga Elite|Amiga]] and [[Atari ST Elite|Atari ST]] ports of ''[[Elite]]'', released during 1987-1988.
-The context of the project is that due to "contractual quirks", he did not have access to the original source code, only the wireframe shapes and the procedural generation code for the galaxies. Hence the reason that the MSX, Amiga and ST versions differ from the BBC Micro version is that with the aid of his friend Alex King, he was forced to do the programming "blind", i.e. build a visual copy of the game.
+The context of the project is that due to "contractual quirks", he did not have access to the original source code, only the wireframe shapes and the procedural generation code for the galaxies. Hence the reason that the MSX, Amiga and ST versions differ from the BBC Micro version is that Nicholson and his friend Alex King were forced to do the programming "blind", i.e. construct a visual interpretation of the game.
 Changes in this evolution include the introduction of the [[Wolf Mk.2 (Oolite)|Wolf Mk II]] and the [[Cat AKA Cougar (Oolite)|Cougar]], as well as new secret missions.

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	The context of the project is that due to "contractual quirks", he did not have access to the original source code, only the wireframe shapes and the procedural generation code for the galaxies. Hence the reason that the MSX, Amiga and ST versions differ from the BBC Micro version is that with the aid of his friend Alex King, he was forced to do the programming "blind", i.e. build a visual copy of the game.		The context of the project is that due to "contractual quirks", he did not have access to the original source code, only the wireframe shapes and the procedural generation code for the galaxies. Hence the reason that the MSX, Amiga and ST versions differ from the BBC Micro version is that with the aid of his friend Alex King, he was forced to do the programming "blind", i.e. build a visual copy of the game.
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		+	Changes in this evolution include the introduction of the [[Wolf Mk.2 (Oolite)\|Wolf Mk II]] and the [[Cat AKA Cougar (Oolite)\|Cougar]], as well as new secret missions.

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