Elite

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Average Player Score

Based on 164 ratings

8.8

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Score Breakdown Based on 164 ratings

1. 10 (82)
2. 9 (49)
3. 8 (18)
4. 7 (7)
5. 6 (1)
6. 5 (1)
7. 4 (1)
8. 3 (1)
9. 2 (1)
10. 1 (3)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:9.3

  An epic masterpiece.

  By praxis22 | Review Date: Jun 05, 2006 | C64

  20+ years later, my friends and I are still discussing this game over a steak and a beer. It's that good. As the other reviews have said, Elite is the game that spawned an entire genre. I spent entire days "lost in sp... Read Full Review

  7 of 7 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Elite

• Rating:9.5

  The mother of all space privateer space games. A masterpiece. Highly addictive. Straines your skills to the max!!!

  By PrivateerXXX | Review Date: Apr 15, 2011 | PC

  This mother of all space privateer space games. Is the first ever game in this genre. At that time a real miracle of mastering computer skills and creativity. The game appealed to your imagination of an infinite universe... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  A game deserving far more recognition than it gets.

  By Asterao | Review Date: Jan 31, 2011 | ARCH

  ArcElite is often considered one of the best version of the Elite series. For its time Elite was ground-breaking. The AI of the other ships makes this game so absorbing you almost feel like your not playing a single p... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  I keep going back after 23 years

  By Sculpher | Review Date: Feb 09, 2008 | C64

  It's the big one that many try to copy - but no-one will better. Summer 1985 brought a new experience to my life that few have even come close to nearing. A mix of space combat and cerebral gaming - it was the 'next big ... Read Full Review

  3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.9

  OK, here goes, ELITE IS THE BEST GAME EVER! read on....

  By lockstock | Review Date: May 23, 2006 | C64

  Now before everybody jumps on my claim please be aware that this was the first game I ever played outside of a coin-op shop, in my bedroom on a green screen with a spectrum cassette loaded keyboard which crashed at the s... Read Full Review

  7 of 7 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.6

  A genuine genre-creator and an amazing achievement.

  By euchrid | Review Date: Mar 02, 2006 | C64

  Elite is one of the few games which can genuinely claim to have invented a genre, in this case the free-roaming space trader sim. Games like Freelancer, Hardwar, Privateer and even Star Control II owe their existence to... Read Full Review

  4 of 4 users found the following review helpful