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Posted September 12, 2015
i seen a wishlist,have been searching for ages to find an old game i use to play on an amiga,it was called Frontier: Elite II - Amiga . i not sure what correct procedure is to request some1 go out there and find it lol. i do play elite dangerous online but my laptop limits it enjoyment.i was hoping someone could find this old game that i could download. its a pretty good game havent played in ages. ,even people on elite dangerous forum dont know of its existance.most rember some older dull bbc version lol.Frontier: Elite II - Amiga was a tottally different animal way more better addictive:)
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Posted September 12, 2015
Links didn't take long to find, but I hesitate to post them because they're not from the official site so I can't tell for sure if they're okay. Sorry.

Anyways Frontier has a shareware version that is free to run for a month and with a requested registration fee of £5 if you play longer than that. This applies to at least the PC version, perhaps even for the Amiga. Add a mention of those to your search terms and you'll probably be in luck.

Oh, and you'll need to figure out DOSBox.
Posted September 12, 2015
Emulation or using DosBox with a downloaded older version of the game won't be hard to find... but as Rixasha says, i hesitate to mention exact steps or post links either...

On the other hand depending on the date, if the Amiga version is better than the PC version then i'd go for the superior version.
Posted September 12, 2015
I remember my brother playing Frontier - Elite II on his PC many a year ago. I never got into it, usually ended up crashing whenever I tried to take off or touch down. Still have the midi files lying around somewhere from the game. Really like the intro theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzveVFilqMU

Rather amazed the community around Elite Dangerous hadn't heard of it, considering how passionate Elite fans tend to be. Guessing they missed Elite: Frontier First Encounters as well then?
Posted September 12, 2015
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BobbyMarmaduke: i seen a wishlist,have been searching for ages to find an old game i use to play on an amiga,it was called Frontier: Elite II - Amiga . i not sure what correct procedure is to request some1 go out there and find it lol. i do play elite dangerous online but my laptop limits it enjoyment.i was hoping someone could find this old game that i could download. its a pretty good game havent played in ages. ,even people on elite dangerous forum dont know of its existance.most rember some older dull bbc version lol.Frontier: Elite II - Amiga was a tottally different animal way more better addictive:)
See PM for hints how to get the Amiga version. Also try glFrontier :-)
Posted September 12, 2015
Ahh... Docking in a space port to the sound of The Blue Danube...
Those were the good old days.
Posted September 12, 2015
If you enjoy Elite, I'd like to recommend Wing Commander: Privateer. It's a really excellent game in the same vein.
Posted September 12, 2015
If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
Post edited September 12, 2015 by Strijkbout
Posted September 12, 2015
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Strijkbout: If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
How could I miss this one?! Looks incredible! Thanks for the link!
Posted September 12, 2015
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InfraSuperman: ..
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Strijkbout: ..
Hmmm maybe consider the X series more-so...
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Strijkbout: If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
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toxicTom: How could I miss this one?! Looks incredible! Thanks for the link!
Hmmm Perhaps the best answer then :)
Post edited September 12, 2015 by rtcvb32
Posted September 12, 2015
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InfraSuperman: If you enjoy Elite, I'd like to recommend Wing Commander: Privateer. It's a really excellent game in the same vein.
He was asking about Frontier, which is about Newtonian physics, realistic distances, gravity - a galaxy/star system simulator really. While Privateer is certainly a fine game, it's very different from this approach.
Posted September 12, 2015
All you need is winuae and the elite 2 adf from lemonamiga or some site like that, it aged very well
Posted September 13, 2015
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Strijkbout: If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
^ I checked it out, and this answer should be the solution. I've only done a few trading runs (systems are a little different) but this game seems to be a pretty faithful remake of Frontier. And it looks rather nice and the autopilot won't crash you into planets like in the original game (it'll actually turn around the ship for decelerating! Something you had to do by hand in Frontier to optimise travel times.)

Recommended.
Posted September 13, 2015
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InfraSuperman: If you enjoy Elite, I'd like to recommend Wing Commander: Privateer. It's a really excellent game in the same vein.
YARP! Still one of the best in its class. :)
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Strijkbout: If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
Ooh, that looks spiffy. Bookmarked for later perusal. Thanks for the tip.
Post edited September 13, 2015 by mistermumbles
Posted September 13, 2015
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Strijkbout: If you don't mind a modern remake I recommend Pioneer.
havent tried that ,but does look similar.thanks
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InfraSuperman: If you enjoy Elite, I'd like to recommend Wing Commander: Privateer. It's a really excellent game in the same vein.
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toxicTom: He was asking about Frontier, which is about Newtonian physics, realistic distances, gravity - a galaxy/star system simulator really. While Privateer is certainly a fine game, it's very different from this approach.
sounds like you have played it before:) was a manual game with the orginal amiga version(gametek) it was about the only book i read:) thanks all ,maybe some day will do a remake we can purchase for are laptops
Post edited September 13, 2015 by BobbyMarmaduke
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