1 - Commodore Is Awesome

player's likely to get up to and put in
interesting things for him to do,
they'd get bored silly. It'd be a case
of 'Ooh, very pretty but where's the
game?' Even though the original Elite
wasn't particularly enormous, it was
compelling because you always wanted
to get the next bit for your ship
or reach a million credits or whatever.
People want things to do. they
want to be able to chase somebody
across the galaxy or whatever. If you
don't put that sort of thing in, all it
is is a graphic demo."
And so time goes on. David's anxious
to actually get back to doing
all the stuff he's been chatting about
for the last hour or so and if I don't
get the next train back I'll not be
home in time for The Bill. So that's
that settled, and that's your lot until
next month's final instalment. If you
want to stay and look at the pictures
a bit longer, fine, but don't get too
excited - you'll make yourself sick.
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(Above) David's made docking a
much easier excercise than the
painful procedure in the original
Elite - the ship in view here is even
docking upside down. Note the helpful
landing lights.
(Left) Lost your way? Simply refer to
the astronomically-accurate core system
map to find your destination.
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Your own Elite 2 planet!
We kid you not. You may have seen those adverts in the paper that
allow you to have some obscure star registered in your name at a
Swiss observatory, and all that guff. But, being the great guys
that we are. we've gone One better and are offering you the once-
in-a-lifetime opportunity to have one of the planet, moons or space
stations in the forthcoming Elite 2 named after you!
With a game as huge as Elite 2, there are plenty of stellar bodies
just aching to be named - and tour lucky winners will be christen-
ing one each! Just think - your name in lights, suspended in space
for posterity. You'll be in good company, as John F. Kennedy and
several other top figures from history have already had bodies
named after them.
To win, all you have to do is answer this stupidly simple question:
WHO CO-WROTE THE ORIGINAL ELITE WITH DAVID BRABEN?
The rules are: You can christen the planet, moon or station with
any name you like, just so long as it's no more than 19 characters
long (including spaces and punctuation) and it MUST NOT BE RUDE!
Got that? Other than that it's up to you - if you want to be boring
you can just have your name or you can go for something a bit
more interesting. You could maybe call a planet WAYNE'S WORLD
If you're called Wayne. Or something. Whatever, it's entirely in your
hands.
Send your answers, along with your name and address, on a
postcard to: SOON THE EARTH WILL BE IN MY GRASP Compo,
The One, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AU.
Don't forget to say whether if it's a planet, moon or space station
that you want naming and how you want it named. The first four
correct answers we receive will scoop the honours, so get moving!
Oh, and if you have an idea for something that you'd like to see
included in Elite 2, scribble that down as well. All suggestions will
be passed onto David Braben and, who knows, he might even use
them!
(Abovei The original Elite's fabled Generation Ships make
a pseudo-appearance in High Frontier, as these gigantic
cruisers with entire cities on the top. These monoliths
come protected by entire squadrons of fighters - you can
see a few racing away in the background.
(Left) London by night - what a pretty sightl