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| − | Want to discuss news? You can on the [http://www.alioth.net/cgi-bin/bbs.pl?action=show&siteId=1 EBBS] | + | Want to discuss news? |
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| − | == Starlance: Online Elite tribute game == | + | == Elite - 25th Anniversary == |
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| − | 'Smith' on the EBBS writes to tell us about a new massively multiplayer online tribute game at http://www.starlance.co.uk/. Called Starlance, it's a Web 2.0 online game - just play it with your browser, and it works with any connection of 28.8K or better. It looks a bit different in emphasis to [[Ulite]] (http://www.ulite.de) whose emphasis is more on alliance and station building - and more aimed at one-on-one kinds of encounters. | + | It's now a quarter of a century since David Braben and Ian Bell changed the face of computer gaming with the release of Elite on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 17:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC) | + | Frontier Developments have launched a [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/ 25th Anniversary Website] to celebrate. |
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| − | == 2006: The Year In Review ==
| + | [[User:Steve|Steve]] 16:25, 21 September 2009 (BST) |
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| − | Happy new year!
| + | == New dev release of Oolite == |
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| − | As is traditional, the Frontier News has [[2006 In Review]], along with some predictions for 2007. Read it to recap on the last year's happenings.
| + | 1.72 is now out for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. You can get your fresh copy of Oolite from [http://www.oolite.org oolite.org] now. |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 16:50, 1 January 2007 (UTC) | + | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 15:03, 8 November 2008 (UTC) |
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| − | == Cambridge Evening News talks to The Breadbin == | + | == Elite on TV == |
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| − | David Braben's local newspaper recently interviewed the man himself. The article of course mentions Elite (in the very first paragraph) - but there's no news about Elite 4 - just a little about "The Outsider", and Braben's ambitions for future gaming. You can read the article at the following link: [http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/news/2006/12/19/b6961c08-88e6-4075-948b-91fdc734fd63.lpf]
| + | On the 22nd August a program was broadcast in the UK all about the creation of Elite, including interviews with its two inventors - David Braben and Ian Bell. |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 14:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC) | + | If you missed it you can watch it [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=38455283567435786 here] |
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| − | == Elite 5 Rumours ==
| + | [[User:Steve|Steve]] 20:57, 2 September 2008 (BST) |
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| − | Yeah, so it's satire. But Timski posted a link to a site he made about Elite 5, satarising the current Elite 4 speculation... you can read it on his website: http://www.capsu.org/e5/
| + | == Ulite, version 4 == |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 17:44, 16 December 2006 (UTC) | + | [[Ulite]], the German web based game inspired by Frontier First Encounters is having a major revision on the 5th of May, with version 4 of the game. The game is available in English as well as German. At present, no information on what the update contains. The game can be found at http://www.ulite.de |
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| − | == Bah, Humbug! ==
| + | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 14:01, 24 April 2008 (BST) |
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| − | It had to happen... the most recent addition to Oosat - the expansions site for Oolite, is a Santa Claus ship, complete with sleigh and fat man. This add-on for Oolite can be downloaded [http://oosat.alioth.net/?q=node/33 from this link.]
| + | == New Oolite test release - 1.71 == |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 17:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC) | + | A new Oolite test release is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. There are many updates and bug fixes - see Ahruman's post here: [http://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?t=4487] . You can download a new package for all platforms from [http://oolite-linux.berlios.de|the BerliOS project page], as an exe installer for Windows, a Linux autopackage, or a Mac OSX .dmg (there are also updaters available; see the appropriate forum on the [http://bb.oolite.space|Oolite Bulletin Board] for information for your specific computer) |
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| − | == Elite 4 - After 'The Outsider' ==
| + | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 12:00, 23 April 2008 (BST) |
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| − | In another C&VG interview, [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=149344 Computer and Video Games] today has an article about Braben's plans for [[:Category:Elite4|Elite 4]]. Unfortunately, it doesn't really tell us much that's new; Frontier had plans in 2000 to do a MMORPG version of Elite - which were dropped when Frontier realised the Internet just wasn't up to it yet, and current plans call for both a single player game and an MMORPG. Braben says that the single player version will come first, since there will be significantly more challenges in making a convincing MMORPG of Elite. Braben also hints that this will be the next development after Outsider is completed, and Elite 4 will use some of the technologies used in The Outsider.
| + | == Braben on the Beeb == |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 15:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC) | + | [[Simon Challands]] on [[alt.fan.elite]] spotted an article on the BBC, about the [[David Braben|Breadbin]] on the BBC Micro. It's an interesting read to Braben's opinion on the machine, and computing today. You can read it here - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7305699.stm] |
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| − | == Frontier Re-Releases for consoles? ==
| + | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:09, 31 March 2008 (BST) |
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| − | [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=149208&skip=yes Computer and Video Games] is reporting that [[David Braben]] is contemplating releasing some classics such as Virus and Zarch on the XBox Live Arcade. Elite is specifically counted out from this contemplation though - undoubtedly because of the game's continuing legal limbo from the spat between the Breadbin and [[Ian Bell]] - and no mention of [[Frontier]] or [[FFE]]. Judging by the Herculean efforts that people have had to make just to make Frontier and FFE playable on modern PCs, unfortunately it's probably somewhat doubtful that they'd ever get an XBox port - but XBox 360 users can at least hope since Frontier have now dropped the hint they may go to their back catalogue.
| + | == Braben's impression of the UK government's attitude to the games industry == |
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
| + | On a link from Frontier's website, I noticed that David Braben has strongly criticised the British government's treatment of the UK game industry. In Gamespot, he's quoted as saying, "The government has made it very clear that it doesn't give a damn about the games industry." When asked to expand on his point, Braben told GameSpot that, "As an industry we have largely slipped between the cracks until now as far as government is concerned. Certainly as an industry, we have a low profile within government; there is a lack of appreciation of the size and revenue generated by our industry, and a similar lack of awareness of the issues we face." |
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| − | == Fiction: New PDF bundles ==
| + | You can read the full article here: [http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6183562.html] |
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| − | There are two new sets of stories - released as PDFs for your reading pleasure.
| + | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC) |
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| − | First up, [[Selezen]] has collected together the current collection of 'HPA2 - Deathwreaker' stories, which have been gradually evolving in the [[EBBS]] over the last few months. This collection is currently completely up to date with what has been posted on the EBBS, and is available at [http://hughesd.co.uk/elite/content/hpa2.asp the Elite - Deathwreaker] webpage.
| + | == News Archives == |
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| − | [[Jason Togneri]] (aka Break) has also made PDFs of three of his works - Vendetta, Darkness Falls and the 25th Hour. Find links to these stories on [[Jason Togneri|Jason's wiki page here]].
| + | '''Present archives:''' |
| − | | + | * [[Wikinews Archive 1]] |
| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 14:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 2]] |
| − | | + | * [[Wikinews Archive 3]] |
| − | == Oosat: Broken - but will be repaired ==
| + | * [[Wikinews Archive 4]] |
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| − | It seems that [http://oosat.alioth.net Oosat], the repository for Oolite add-ons, has suffered a fairly catastrophic table corruption of its database. Unfortunately, this means...re-install Drupal (the content management system) from scratch, and re-insert all the files. This is a big job - so don't hold your breath - but work on the rebuild should commence this weekend.
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 16:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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| − | '''Update''': A new version of Drupal is installed, and work is progressing. But - still, don't hold your breath!
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 14:47, 4 November 2006 (UTC) | |
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| − | == Oolite - End of an era ==
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| − | It's with some sadness that [[Giles Williams]] has announced in his blog at http://oolite.livejournal.com that he's burned out on developing [[Oolite]]. He intends to finish some OpenGL enhancements before turning over the project to a new maintainer. Developer burn out on a project does happen, and Giles has been working on this for over two years now - and sometimes, you just have to move on and start on a new project - or even just do some real life things instead.
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| − | What does this mean for Oolite?
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| − | The game has come on far enough now that there's a large community of [[OXP]] writers who are continuously expanding the game. This bit of foresight - to make the game easily expandable - will mean Oolite will continue to grow even if there are few new features added to the code base. The game is already a highly competent enhancement on classic Elite. Oolite's future is assured, even if the original developer decides to do something new. As Giles hands over the baton on Oolite development to someone new, he is also going to make a few other changes - he plans to move the code base to a new license - the GNU General Public License, which amongst other things, will allow Linux distributions to include the game as part of their official repositories.
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| − | You can get the latest version of Oolite from http://oolite.aegidian.org . Find expansion packs at Oosat - http://oosat.alioth.net .
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 13:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC) | |
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| − | == Opening the Frontier WikiNews ==
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| − | In the tradition of any new news source starting out by mostly reporting on itself, the Frontier WikiNews will now do this very thing.
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| − | The Frontier WikiNews comes from the ashes of the former Frontier News, which used to be at http://frontiernews.alioth.net. The old Frontier News is now closed for good - you can thank spammers for this, who were spamming the site so hard it was seriously impacting the performance of the entire web server. Thatware, the software that ran the Frontier News, just wasn't set up for the day and age of rampant spamming.
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| − | The good news about the new format is that if you have news to shout about, '''you can easily post it yourself''' rather than waiting for an editor to actually read and post your submission. Your submissions may of course be subsequently edited for grammar and consistency, but at least you can get your news out now rather than having to wait for a lazy sysop to read your submission and post it. To discuss news articles on this page, please use the '''Discussion''' tab (the Talk page) right here. Remember to sign all news articles and discussion by typing four tilde (~) signs after your submission or comment.
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| − | [[User:Winston|Winston]] 11:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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Elite - 25th Anniversary
It's now a quarter of a century since David Braben and Ian Bell changed the face of computer gaming with the release of Elite on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.
Frontier Developments have launched a 25th Anniversary Website to celebrate.
Steve 16:25, 21 September 2009 (BST)
New dev release of Oolite
1.72 is now out for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. You can get your fresh copy of Oolite from oolite.org now.
Winston 15:03, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Elite on TV
On the 22nd August a program was broadcast in the UK all about the creation of Elite, including interviews with its two inventors - David Braben and Ian Bell.
If you missed it you can watch it here
Steve 20:57, 2 September 2008 (BST)
Ulite, version 4
Ulite, the German web based game inspired by Frontier First Encounters is having a major revision on the 5th of May, with version 4 of the game. The game is available in English as well as German. At present, no information on what the update contains. The game can be found at http://www.ulite.de
Winston 14:01, 24 April 2008 (BST)
New Oolite test release - 1.71
A new Oolite test release is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. There are many updates and bug fixes - see Ahruman's post here: [1] . You can download a new package for all platforms from BerliOS project page, as an exe installer for Windows, a Linux autopackage, or a Mac OSX .dmg (there are also updaters available; see the appropriate forum on the Bulletin Board for information for your specific computer)
Winston 12:00, 23 April 2008 (BST)
Braben on the Beeb
Simon Challands on alt.fan.elite spotted an article on the BBC, about the Breadbin on the BBC Micro. It's an interesting read to Braben's opinion on the machine, and computing today. You can read it here - [2]
Winston 11:09, 31 March 2008 (BST)
Braben's impression of the UK government's attitude to the games industry
On a link from Frontier's website, I noticed that David Braben has strongly criticised the British government's treatment of the UK game industry. In Gamespot, he's quoted as saying, "The government has made it very clear that it doesn't give a damn about the games industry." When asked to expand on his point, Braben told GameSpot that, "As an industry we have largely slipped between the cracks until now as far as government is concerned. Certainly as an industry, we have a low profile within government; there is a lack of appreciation of the size and revenue generated by our industry, and a similar lack of awareness of the issues we face."
You can read the full article here: [3]
Winston 11:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
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