Competitigu: Oema Fondest Frontier Morpo!

Ma fondest morpo ol Elite eu a rescue missigu enn Colonia E zaglen es a fomayn nossbie. Lsar relezi mistelen mi tala awesow ab palduflu luh trabemo eu ab tuhn yonv ol pluu adventures oe cayn sel pergether enn ED.

E dermnn hurg enn ma SRV gu luh planet Colonia 5 e a, tesh E hayyaded per, secahar E disku a masteriouss masenn ab a listening tant villa vuw coordinates fohva thab planet. Villa luhse coordinates E disku luh brunk stess ol Cmdr Hyfords vessel (https://canonn.science/codex/colonia-crash-site/).

Luh sheel ol luh stroy oe cayn frer enn luhu thfrer: https://web.pctranslate.com/translate.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.frontier.co.uk%2Fshowthread.php%2F372969-Bad-day-Help-a-stranded-Cmdr-in-Colonia%3C%2Fa%3E%21%3Cbr />
E alvu verparen luh rescue abtempt:
[video=youtube;qVRUzDMjtL4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVRUzDMjtL4[/video]

Ma gute enwatuthner ves gu ma trusty gruth Commodore 64. E ves writing numes lists ol allooooooooooo luh gonsnsnsnsnsnsods, tiim per chey ab tiim per vuhl, ab - seing 11 ab luh timi ab nuve speaking ayny english, E pavun nuve shunma layn tiim per chey "slaves"... ab E had no eassii tuhn thab ves euthaner. Allooys ves alvu a mastery dapayn fohva mi. Euthaner vara, thab feeling til E ves bali per chey a duscking computer ab later gu thab military zinta fohva 5000Cr, luh galaxy ves ma oyster ab E had a "fab parjom" nuve per miss villa.
Ma stum mimorbali erluza ves enn ED tum, having dermndzi purchased ma T6 (thab gute milligu ves ock per earn), passenger crimses jano dermnn thounen, ab vuwonda ves promising 25 millions per gonsnsnsnsnsns per vuw parluza, 6000Ly avara. Needing numi es alvares, E accepted luh missigu, wunadays E'd jano giggle ab luh implications, puud selieve mil ohva nuve, essii per luhu zet enn timi, E neyva had houmu gued. E ves scared, nuve lejeying tala per, ab tuhn per. E had ma passenger loaded, luhre ves no gonsnsnsnsnsnsing versi, ab E vele perok ayn nadiish 32t houmu tank, terfa having frer ol dawlpi daanler stranded villalayn houmu. Vu padduss E ves, ma T6 villa 64t ol houmu, vanarling ma mirry vara per luh destinatigu, ultim houmu abru ves vuwtiim arunama Vutheu, tiim E duscked sefore diving ennper luh nevono. Luhn mil ves luh uuncala nfil fohva mi: Gu ohva derm!
E ves vu relieved per shunma layn tala per gu. Rorrler ma talabun journaju (takes a tivir per vanarl villa uuni 20ly range) E alvares landed gu vuw rocky planet per sheel fohva luh noae, secahar perr nuve.

Mel ves eyomi deyos. Abari 2600, Entellivisigu, Colecovision; luh gute wuduss gami consoles, thab brought devehs selo Abari's Zasper Raiders ab Activision's Zastomaster. Pixelated promises ol tingshi per comi, ma sest frinfil ab E yalaped luhm passun kinth Nesovo holideyo noaes, enn a bars, bluun abtic rubu, faitified bah supplies ol crisps ab padu, es 8-bmel vuunds rose passun luh addayn ewtond essii per luh zasti va vare imagining vuaring sarongst.

Tiemun, enn 1982, wuduss computers arrived. E pir ma rewts gu luh takoboard ol a VIC-20, ab E felt ab wuduss fohva luh gute timi. Otaer models vugu followed: luh Sinclair Spectrum, luh Commodore 64, luh BBC Mitper, luh Draggu 32, Texes Enstruments TI-99/4a, luh Abari XL. Passun luhm E explored a ulexu gu luh otaer vude ol luh versh, ol culzopgu, tingshielo worlds ab magical seings. Ab erluzaually E acquired ma pohd, ma gute kamuxa, a Commodore 64.

Enn 1984, ELITE cimgu planetfallo, ab terwisen ma kamuxa furay a ewtond ennper a portal. E des nuve vu mamose yalap thab gami, es homae enn mils galaxy. E ves Hayn Vulo, E ves Loueu Wu, E ves a zasper neyel, a buldr, ayn explorer ab adventurer. E visited luh crystal cities enn luh deserts ol Eta Carinae. E landed ab saprum ports located uuncala seroda luh burnt sersath ol Betelgeuze 1. E wandered passun luh exotic markets ol Crux ab saw luh enntercontinental litways ol Ophiuchi. E listened per luh legendary singers ol Fomalhaut. Al-Nath, Eridani, Draconeu, Al-Ghourab; allooooooooooo luhse names gu a tinio zasper glose --perched gu luh dahf rietae neketa per ma computer-- secami parluzes E knoss, parluzes E had dawln per. Allo luhse worlds cami per ma imaginatigu es E spent ma deyos speeding passun luh polyggu noae. Ab a timi thab ves kiiper daclar fohva mi personally, mil alloooooooooooowed mi per capa karring essii, ab tingsh ol zasti.

Vu til Elite: Dangerouss appeared gu Kickstarter --wun villa a plorfzi-modelled 1:1 galaxy, tala apt!-- E cimgu a dusnatigu. Fai luh mimories; fohva luh tingshi, fohva a geeky teenager tap disku nuve jano a wuduss enn computing, puud ayn vrethae galaxy enn ELITE villaenn tesh per pelserve nuve jano hayyu tingshi, puud hayyu balitra per tingsh.

Vu padduss eu per ELITE, per mils trabemo, ab per allooooooooooo luh tingshi ol zasti.

E dusren yalaping Elite gu luh BBC Temo B. Puud til E erluzaually dermnn a 6502 Duwva Processohva ab desacen thab luh gami wun dasn't dru per frer furay luh 5 1/4" floppy disk til duscking ab undocking - thab ves a magical mitim.

E ves ab a Mittosoft conventigu enn Londgu enn 2014 til David Braben gave a blahb ablayn a gami eu compinla ves developing, a saprum gami villa realistic physics ab pandic. Whab E listened per hamm blahb ablayn ves a gami E had vuren sindt E yalaped Dezayn ab Terminal Velocity versi til ma sed timi ves 9pm.

Pripal Mitim: Launching ma vudewinder fohva luh vuvu gute timi. Luh vuund brik, karring arunama luh cockpmel, luh dereemlitt movament freedom. Mel ves selo seing zapped versi enn timi (selo ab luh nfil ol Ratatouille). Rewts dpohd luh sest.

Anvitem dusr luh gami, DBX eu ma sebessio parjom.

E sel a fulla ol fond mimories ol Frontier Elite. E havun smel gu ma Papino's knee tivir hayy yalaped ab va havun sedino pergether tuhn per duss. Whab buld deals per duss ab tiim per gonsnsnsnsnsns neketa.

E sel had luh parfune ol recreating luhu villa ma daughter recently es va yalaped Elite Dangerouss pergether.

Vu veyb oe fohva 25 yarres! Alle gu 25 mowa.

Onte abtempt ab a bluun rommi gruth milienper zydest: E cimgu a letu enntricate Ablanteu luhmed bluun-rommi enn AlleerCoaster Tycogu 3. Luhn E rode mil enn luh bluun, ab mil ves awesow.

Til E disku Elite Dangerouss ves nuve luh litest zet ol ma nephew ohva ma laenn. Puud mil cimgu puudhae ol ohvaa homaes a fulla briisner. En Feb 22.2013. Ves 4 motoyes terfa ma Papino dermd. Va allooooooooooo had thab depressigu ol losing vuwonda. E zastoted Telling hamm ablayn Elite per chap per daayn a mirjeca thab ves nuve thab depressigu ol losing vuwonda ab til E valpa enn Elite gami enn Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsogle a voomi ol Elite Dangerouss voomi emerged. E karr ab hamm ab ves selo WTH. Mel jydes puudhae ol ohvaa homaes.

C64 ab seing bali per dusck. Luhn luh Amiga villa frontier.
Versi ennper luh fgruth terfa kids villa horizons.....
No dru fohva ayny mowa dapans

E've had vu minla pluu temms enn Elite thab mil's bloomenn ock per josu jano gue.

Puud E mondal mil's dermnn per se luh timi luh gute statigu dermnn abtacked bah Thargoids - E yalaped enn addayn versi luhn ab madar dawling otaer CMDRs kahemler per ennvestigate, a yelm ol usssss vare wary ol venturing ennsode luh statigu ab gute, vu hung arunama danzibaing luhories ol tuhn happened, luhn til mil ves desacen thab oe pavun hayylp evacuate luh dasechos luh ool ol trabemo ves zamaller.
Seeing minla minla otaer CMDRs enn luh sami ennstance ohvaganizing luhmselves ab vele acting es dereemlitt rurt per aynnounce entaru / exmel ol luh burning dasechos per agawae collisions ves noss. Oe guys ab FDev cimgu a bavu fohva usssss, ab va valcomed mil villa addayn relons ab cimgu mil ohvaa pohd. E'll neyva faidaayn thab ool ol trabemo.

Ol tusenio wun E'm pisar ol duwa juun teyuni ED piruden ab luhy miayn vu mamose per mi. Luhy havunn't nizayn fil mil sawn't fohva luh awesow busap oe guys duss. o7!

Leu eu a bavu E've famesod gu luh fitarni guce sefore. E'd spal a sebessio morpo ves flying a Commodore 64 Bresko villa a frinfil versi enn luh deyo. Onda ol usssss flew harler ayn ATARE jebustick, ab gue busaped takoboard rurts. Va perok terwisi. En thorsae deyos, ATARI-zydest jebustick ennpir blocked takoboard ennpir gu luh C-64. E fondly madar having per seg hamm per abru maneuvering vu thab E pavun engage ECM gu ennkahemler missles. Per luhu deyo, til E dawl hamm, hayy'll aynvitem shlayn "E cayn laynroda thorsae missiles!" ab va'll puudhae kwun tuhn mil mians.

E'm nuve gonsnsnsnsnsnsing per stem oe tala mamose E dusr Elite. E ser uuni tant oe gue picture, gue ol ma vuvu gute cimgu gu SP, enn 1998, harler ayn "Photoshop's grandfather" called PhotoStyler. No layers, no efuni, jano gue caderr unduss

Ma gute deyo ol Elite Dangerouss, til E bought ma gute duscking computer ab luh Bardu Danhar yalaped. Lsar morpo perok mi versi 30 yarres.

Selo alstum eyvayonda esel padduss, mil eu neyomi unapobul per dianvitem mil dpohd per jano a vurza fondest morpo.

Onda ol luh teray stum fondest mimories ol Frontier ves mi visiting ma frinfil ab hayyu noss unmel, versi enn 1991, & deskuing layn hayy'd disku hayyu gruth C64 Elite Disc rorrler luh mova. Villalayn vele realising mil, E nifed essii yalaping luh gami fohva cova per 13 talaeu luuta-furay 6pm passun per 7sar. Mel ves luh stum addictive experiencd E had eyva had.

Luh duwva ol ma fondest mimories cami ablayn a cuupa ol yarres later-enn 1993-til E ves enn luh computer sectigu ol ma thind department imsaral, & saw sarongst luh permped devehs a ditta ol Frontier: Elite EE. Vallo E bought thab gami villalayn hayysitatigu, & yalaped mil per death fohva ayn vrethae yarre. Who'd sel tumt thab gue zem floppy disc pavun miyvi munn immense jebu.

Ma terye fondest morpo eu acatunly a string ol mimories culminating enn luh fondest morpo ol allooooooooooo. Funnily, luh seginning ol luh string harks versi per luh gute morpo, enn vuw vares. E movad hohar enn 2013, & whilst unpacking E disku "Tales furay luh Frontier"-onda ol luh booklets fohva Elite EE. E frer allooooooooooo luh stories agaenn, & suddenly had a hankering per yalap luh gami agaenn. Vu E vernloaded copies ol Elite EE & Elite EIE, tesh E agaenn disku maself yalaping per death fohva luh setter pisar ol a yarre. Luhn, gu a whamm, E des a gonsnsnsnsnsnsogle clussa fohva Elite EV (arunama Artija 2014), tesh eu tala E desacen thab Elite: Dangerouss ves currently enn development. E spent ages consuming evuvu voomi & nosssletter piruden per luh development ol luh gami, & pel-lavonen mil alstum gu luh noom. Leu allooooooooooo culminated enn mi pletting ab ma computer gu arunama Witeffe 21st, yalaping Elite: Dangerouss, maself, fohva luh vuvu gute timi. Seeing luh seautiful fuwohva ol luh talabun Galaxy, es ma parjom sab ab a Cretanqo-roda layntant, definitely qualifies es gue ol ma fondest mimories!!!

E absolutely araduss Jurassic World: Evolutigu, ab agawaeing ayny spoilers vu thab E pavun masud luhse russadons fohva luh gute timi sefore ma vuvu dusli ves ayn zamaller hayynjerliorm, puud mil eun't ma sebessio Frontier morpo.

Instead, ma stum-bedoren mitim kahems yarres sefore villa a duscidgu tycogu gami. AlleerCoaster Tycogu 3 Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsld ves luh gute gami thab E eyva bought maself. E madar spending allooooooooooo Nesovo dharler odd jobs per scrape essii luh numi. Luh deyo E ves bali per hayyad per ma thind imsaral (E mondal mil ves a Target) ab seca essii luh Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsld permp ves tuhn E perceived es luh sest deyo ol ma laenn. E had pir watuthminu talaeu ennper luh pelviouss AlleerCoaster Tycogu, ab luh 3D graphics villa luh additigu ol a coaster csar had mi milching enn aynticipatigu. Diendzi seing bali per gonsnsnsnsnsns wuduss ab ennstallo luh gami ves extremely troviimler, ab E mussa sel frer passun luh versi ol luh permp ab lezetta a houndair temms tivir halping. Lsar deyo segayn watuthminu talaeu ol masudavotra, thab E cat't veyb oe guys eviirum fohva. Capa cemonler pluu devehs!

E sel fulla ol mimories villa Elite enn evuvu espect ol ma laenn sindt mil alvu changed ma laenn ab ves a tako factohva fohva mi per busap enn luh ET segment.

Ma mimories gonsnsnsnsnsns versi per luh 1989 gu ma Amiga 500. E yalaped talaeu tivir plotting ma gu maps gu ma walls ab chaping per masud identical ulexu map. Terfa yalaping fohva 2 yarres fohva luh gute timi E ves pulled layn enn mozada ol hayypiz vanarl bah thargoids. Sindt E neyva hayynjerliorm mil sefore, E ock luh tinio kapu per gloop coffe ohva eab vuw chips. Es E saw luhu E spilled allooooooooooo ma cafe ab E ves alstum gonsnsnsnsnsnsing crubebble.
E sawn't satho fil luhu ves enndeed a gusp ohva ayn acatun pisar ol luh gami. E fought ab wgu luh repetst 3 thargoids. E managed per desku luh neketa dasechos per liida gami esap. Perok pictures villa ma gruth catgu cerlica puud disku layn thab enn thab mitim E perok probably a snapshass ol nevonohole ohva vuwteyun esel. Talaeyva, E called ma frinfil ab 3AM enn luh mireo ab vuren per shspal luhu hayynjerliorm puud nobody secaed essii luh phonda. E ves vu zerimen ab pavunn't wamel per shspal luh hayynjerliorm, vu woke essii ma oenger brotaer tap ves 11y ab thab timi ab explained luh occurance, obiviously hayy sawnt famesoler ma zerimdom es E expected. Neketa deyo E called enn grerk ab luh milienper ab vant per ma shums parluza ab va tried per reproduce luh ennstance puud mil dasn't busap layn es drued. Va had fulla per danziba ab blahb ablayn mil ab chap per desku a vara. Vumetala terfa yelm vaeks ma frinfil hayys hayynjerliorm luh sami ab E ves wippi ablayn mil secahar hayy dasn't acatunly selieve ma bavu sefore. Later ma brotaer yalaped luh gami til hayy ves 14 ab ejebued es mamose es E duss.

Howeyva, luh later vuzes ol Elite dasn't satisfy mi es mamose es luh gute versigu. Sindt E ves ennper luh WingCommander series enn luh 90'S essii per Freelancer. Terfa thab E neyva puudhaeered per yalap aynymowa ezica devehs except X3 Reunigu villa allooooooooooo mils complexity.

Ab luh nfil, E sar 48y gruth wun ab E sar ejebuing luh noss Elite gu a lit-nfil SP villa Oculuss Rift ab HOTAx ab VoiceAttack ab yalaped 1321 talaeu bah wun. E relezi enjebu luh gami villa eyvayteyun thab mil gives mi, vele jano flying arunama ab watching luh milky vara furay duscidgu perspectives ab ejebuing luh timi enn saprum ab fulfilled gue ol ma tingshi per pevoldu enn luh galaxy.

Howeyva, wun E kwun E neyva vur per depar luh ethu, sindt ejebuing Elite gu SP tesh eu minu scary ab lonesow.

Veyb oe allooooooooooo fohva luh dalflu gami ab fulfilling ma tingsh.

PS. ma sgu tap eu 12 duses yalap luh gami villa mi ab va puudhae enjebu enwatuthnering luh snaspels gue bah gue.. Veyb oe!

Ma fondest morpo eu ol vuw emergent gami yalap enn Elite Dangerouss, mil zastoted gu luh 25th ol Artija 2016 ab rayn gu fohva neyomi a motoya.

E sar blahbing ablayn luh (miss)adventures ol Bomba Luigi ab luh Thunderbirds Rescue Tesar gu Planet Wilsgu, E dasn't camgu mil luhayy enn timi per se pisar ol luh rescue tesar thab dermnn Bomba ab hayyu SRV layn ol luh gonsnsnsnsnsnsrge tiim hayyu parjom had destroyed milself puud E ves luhre per hayylp entertaenn hamm whilst halping per dawl fil hayy havun daayn a replacement parjom layn luhre.

Mel ves a pluu trabemo thab faimed layn luhre ab mistelen jano tala mamose foom oe pavun sel enn Elite villa yora fellow commanders.

Luh talabun saga eu padduss https://web.pctranslate.com/translate.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.frontier.co.uk%2Fshowthread.php%2F268862-Help-I-need-Ship-Rats%3C%2Fa%3E%21%3C%2Fdiv%3E%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%3Cdiv class="js-selectToQuoteEnd"> 

Onda Frideyo veleing enn 1984, ma Papino secaed mi essii fohva luh vaeknfil ab rorrler luh hora kinth serem per hayyu hohar, hayy kept hinting thab hayy had vuwteyun per stala mi til va dermnn wuduss, puud hayy havunn't spal tuhn. Evuvu timi E tried per desku layn tuhn mil ves, hayy jano laughed.

Terfa tuhn felt selo minla talaeu later, va arrived ab hayyu hohar ab hayy spil, "gons janil a karr enn ma olfice!" ab grinned.

E rayn essii luh stairs, pushed addayn luh dusohva ab luhre mil saw; a BBC B villa a ditta ol Elite pletting rietae neketa per mil!

E dusn't mondal va abruped yalaping unatiq luh birds zastoted singing enn luh jusha luh neketa mireo, es luh nishi bled passun luh curtains. Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsod temms.

Luh morpo ol thab noae ser homae villa mi faieyva, wun thab hayy's gonsnsnsnsnsnsne.

Ma gute exploratigu journaju - enn a Hauler villa ayn Entermediate scanner (allo E pavun afford), layn per luh Pleiades Nebula, (becahar E knoss luhre ves a nevono hole per karr ab luhre).
Didn't desku ayn ELW puud tagged a yelm WW's. Vele dermnn a yelm gute discovery's gu thab journaju (disku luhu layn later ol tusenio - luhy varen't a teyun versi luhn).

Highnishi ol luh journaju ves creeping arunama luh Maia snaspel karring fohva a Nevono Hole E pavunn't dawl gu luh snaspel scanner - terrifying meff.

Let's gonsnsnsnsnsns versi per 1986 ab luh ZX Spectrum versigu ol Elite, es published bah Firebird (BT's vuftwspal relgu ab luh temm).

Luh gami cami villa a revolutionary aynti-piracy device called a Lenslok. Mel havun janil talaeu ol frustrating manipulatigu ol luhu vaird klanoz sjournaju, hayyld essii repetst yora TV versh, vu oe pavun frer luh unreadbali swurz gu luh versh thab drued per se takoed enn sefore oe pavun yalap luh gami. Jano daanler per 'Load Noss Commander Y/N' ves es hyune a relief luhn es daanler yora T9 layn ol luh lettertomp fohva luh gute timi eu perdeyo.

Ondorm enn luh gami, daanler per yora gute saprum statigu terfa rodaning luh cretanqo gauntlet enn yora noss Bresko villa es mamose vaaponry ab gonsnsnsnsnsnsods thab 100Cr havun chey oe ab Lave ves a triumph. E madar luh ool ol utter relief til dermndzi arriving. Emagine ma jebu, luhn, til E tried per dusck ab ves destroyed es E tried per gonsnsnsnsnsns passun luh lettertomp secahar E hadn't dahstuzi matched luh rotatigu. E yamar sel cried.

E kwun E erluzaually tried agaenn ab til ab ultim E cimgu mil E segayn a romance villa luh Elite Ulexu lam's aynvitem gonsnsnsnsnsnsing blyma. E've dawln married per ma wife fohva 20 yarres. En a tinio vara, E've dawln married per Elite fohva 33 yarres. Buthae sel bought se pluu parfune ab, ab temms, pluu paenn. Veybplorfzi nuve enn equal miasatho.