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Acorn User, issue 27 (October 1984)

Acorn User editors. 1984. “Acorn User, issue 27 (October 1984).” Acorn User, number 27 (October 1984). Redwood Publishing.

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Acorn User 27
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Pinned in stubs batch 34 for Tony Quinn's first look at Elite (p. 165, image 167) and Acornsoft's advertisement (images 18-19).

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Acornsoft sold Elite on cassette and disc for the BBC Micro (Model B), at £14.95 and £17.95, and on cassette for the Electron, at £14.95. Acornsoft's advertisement says either version came with Elite: The Dark Wheel, a novel that sets the scene.p. 165 (image 167), review headerimages 18-19, Acornsoft advertisementimages 18-19, Acornsoft advertisementimages 18-19, Acornsoft advertisementMagazine
Acorn User's Tony Quinn saw Elite before its launch: Acornsoft took half a dozen journalists to Cambridge and locked them in a room with the game, so his piece was impressions after a couple of hours rather than a full review. He found that "Elite looks superb". The package held a short science fiction novel, a training manual, a poster of the ships and a postcard entering the player in Acornsoft's competitions, and the disc version added missions.p. 165 (image 167), "Star Status", bylinep. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)Magazine
Quinn reported that the BBC Micro version draws circles and ellipses in full in real time with hidden line removal, uses screen modes 4 and 5 at once for accurate plotting and colour, and narrows the screen to save time and memory. Drawing suns and planets slows the game, so it runs slower looking straight ahead at one.p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)p. 165 (image 167)Magazine