ELITE 40 Months That Shaped 40 Years 1984 - 2024 We're pleased to announce:  The book (and associated merchandise) is to be published on or before Elite’s 40th anniversary on 14th Aug 2024. A lot of what Elite achieved: • introducing the “Offically Licenced Arcade Game” business-model to Europe • half a dozen #1 selling games in the UK and elsewhere • being awarded ‘Software House Of The Year” in a public vote • ‘discovering’ and popularising the work of some amazing talent was achieved in its first 40 months. The book’s working title is: ELITE 40 Months That Shaped 40 Years 1984 - 2024 It will be midi-opus format (32cm x 32cm). It will feature circa 75 digitally re-mastered illustrations created from the original pack / art. Illustrations that were originally published as A3 Landscape images straddle two pages. (The first of the images below refers.) Illustrations that were originally published as A4 Portrait images fit one page. Individual ‘editorial’ contributions will be invited from all those associated with the circa 75 games. Contributors will be encouraged to share not only their contemporaneous stories but also to talk about their life in the decades that followed - hence 40 months that shaped 40 years. We've begun soliciting ‘editorial’ contributions and will add them to the InDesign document in which the book is being created in the weeks and months ahead. Extracts from the book, beginning with this one in Jun '23, will be serialised before publication. (Click HERE to read it.) As of 17th Feb '23 individual ‘editorial’ contributions have been promised by (*: received from) the following: - Nigel Alderton: Commando, Ghosts 'n' Goblins (also Chuckie Egg) - Mark Cooksey: (Musician) - Darren Cullis: - Jon Harrison: Ikari Warriors, Paperboy, Space Harrier - Stuart Hibbert: - Paul Holmes: Bomb Jack, Bomb Jack II, Frank Bruno's Boxing - Rob Hubbard*: (Musician) - Richard Ikin*: Airwolf (C16), Commando (C16), Frank Bruno's Boxing - Adrian Jones: Complete Onside Soccer, Dirt Racer, Dr Franken, Mighty Bomb Jack, Strikepoint, Test Drive: Off Road - Rob Mann: Dr Franken - Joe Money: Complete Onside Soccer, Strike Point - Colin Nicholls: - David Percival: Dr Franken, Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz, World Championship Soccer - Scott Phillips: - Maz Spork*: Buggy Boy - Gary Tonge: A Question Of Sport, Overlander - Karen Trueman: Bomb Jack, Bomb Jack II, Commando, Ikari Warriors - Ian Upton: A Question Of Sport, Beyond The Ice Palace, Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz, ThunderCats - Peter Wake: Complete Onside Soccer, Strike Point, Virtuoso - Paul Walker: Airwolf II, Battleships, Batty, Ikari Warriors, Overlander This list will be updated as additional promises and contributions are received. If you are or if you know someone who should make an editorial 'contribution' then we'd love to hear from you - our contact details are below. Contact: Elite Systems Ltd  |
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