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The game world no longer seems to be centered around the player; freighter fleets with escorts go about their own business, pirate formations patrol lawless systems looking for cargo to loot and mining ships can often be found breaking up asteroids for their mineral content.

The Electron version ran entirely in mode 4, and therefore displayed only black and white.

Bell estimates that approximately 600,000 copies were eventually sold for all platforms combined.In 1999/2000, a dispute occurred between Ian Bell and David Braben regarding the former's decision to make available all versions of the original Elite.

Non-Acorn versions of the game were published by Firebird, Imagineer and Hybrid Technology.Elite was one of the first home computer games to use wireframe 3D graphics with hidden line removal.

It includes many more ship types, more ship types flyable by the player (who begins in the less capable Adder), cargo delivery missions, some extra equipment items and numerous gameplay improvements.

Acornsoft packaged Elite in a box larger than their usual releases, complete with a novella by Robert Holdstock called The Dark Wheel, Space Trader's Flight Training Manual, function key strip, reference card and a ship identification poster.

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