NES/Famicom

Elite

You have a ship with virtually no equipment. Take her and trade among the different star systems. You can be safe and trade on razor-thin margins among the safe systems, or take some risks and trade with anarchic systems while watching out for pirates. You can save on fuel costs by buying a fuel scoop and fly near the sun, but again, watch out for pirates! Or be a pirate yourself and raid other ships... Don't get a bad rep as the police will come after you... Dock with space stations and do your trades (some may take contraband...) Upgrade your ship with your proceeds with better weapons, shields, and other equipment. With 8 different galaxies, each with HUNDREDS of planets, there are plenty...

Genre: Simulation
Year: 1991
Developer: Imagineer
Publisher: Braben & Bell
Players: 1

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P2P Netplay available on compatible cores

Achievements

39 achievements · 585 total points

Money Saver Have 1,000 Cr or more
5 pts
Bonus Cash Builder Have 5,000 Cr or more
10 pts
Bonus Cash Builder Plus Have 10,000 Cr or more
10 pts
Space Elevator Have 20,000 Cr or more
10 pts
New Money Have 50,000 Cr or more
10 pts
Credit Collector Have 100,000 Cr or more
10 pts
Right On Commander Have 500,000 Cr or more
25 pts
Commander Moneybags Have 1,000,000 Cr or more
50 pts
Expansion Expand your cargo bay
5 pts
Full Missiles Equip your Cobra with maximum missiles
5 pts
Rear Pulse Equip your Cobra with Rear Pulse Lasers
10 pts
Left Pulse Equip your Cobra with Left Pulse Lasers
10 pts
Right Pulse Equip your Cobra with Right Pulse Lasers
10 pts
Manic Miner Equip your Cobra with a Side Mining Laser
10 pts
Front Beams Equip your Cobra with Front Beam Lasers
10 pts
Rear Beams Equip your Cobra with Rear Beam Lasers
10 pts
Left Beams Equip your Cobra with Left Beam Lasers
10 pts
Right Beams Equip your Cobra with Right Beam Lasers
10 pts
One Man Army Equip your Cobra with a Front Military Laser
25 pts
Cheap & Lazy Equip your Cobra with onboard Docking Computers
5 pts
Self Sufficient Equip your Cobra with Fuel Scoops
5 pts
Always Prepared Equip your Cobra with an Escape Capsule
10 pts
Counter Measures Equip your Cobra with an E.C.M System
5 pts
Expensive Journey Equip your Cobra with a Galactic Hyperspace Drive
25 pts
Tsar Bomba Equip your Cobra with an Energy Bomb
10 pts
Power Management Equip your Cobra with an uprated Energy Unit
10 pts
Offender Get a wanted level of Offender
5 pts
Fugitive Get a wanted level of Fugitive
10 pts
Rarest Thing in the Known Universe Buy the Merchant Prince's treasured possession, then get rid of it by skimming the sun
5 pts
A Little Job for Her Majesty's Space Navy Complete the first mission to seek and destroy a stolen ship
10 pts
Deep Space Delivery Run After reaching galaxy 3, complete the second mission
10 pts
Rating: Mostly Harmless Gain the rating of Mostly Harmless
5 pts
Rating: Poor Gain the rating of Poor
5 pts
Rating: Average Gain the rating of Average
10 pts
Rating: Above Average Gain the rating of Above Average
10 pts
Rating: Competent Gain the rating of Competent
25 pts
Rating: Dangerous Gain the rating of Dangerous
25 pts
Rating: Deadly Gain the rating of Deadly
50 pts
Rating: Elite Become one of the most feared in the Cosmos by attained the rating Elite
100 pts

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Elite frequently asked questions

How do I play Elite online with a friend?

Elite (NES/Famicom) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:

Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.

How do I play Elite on PC?

Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Elite in the NES/Famicom library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.

Does Elite netplay lag?

Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.

Does Elite have achievements?

Yes, Elite has 39 achievements worth 585 points. Achievements are counted and saved to your history and the leaderboard for subscribers and during the trial period.

Can I play Elite for free?

Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.

Play Elite on Etera

Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.