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Description: Command your Cobra spaceship in a fantastic voyage of discovery and adventure, a supreme test of your combat , navigational and entrepreneurial skills. Trade between countless planets, using the proceeds to equip your ship with heat-seeking missiles, beam lasers and other weapons - corporate states can be approached without risk, but unruly anarchies may be swarming with space pirates. Black market trading can be lucrative but could result in skirmishes with local police and a price on your head! However you make your money, by fair means or foul, you must blast onwards through space annihilating pirate ships and hostile aliens as you strive to earn your reputation as one of the Elite!

Overview

Platforms:
  • PC
Developer:
  • Frontier Developments
Publisher: Frontier Developments

Credits

Ian Bell
Written By: author,concept
David Braben
Written By: author,concept
Robert Holdstock
Written By: novella: The Dark Wheel
David Whittaker
Sound: sound programmer: NES
Philip Castle
Art Department: illustrator: front cover
Jim McDermott
Art Department: graphics: Atari ST
Ian Bell
game designer,programmer
Tim Boone
title screen
David Braben
game designer,programmer
Jade Briant
tester: NES
Sam Briant
tester: NES
Warren Burch
programmer: Acorn 32-bit
Susanne Dieck
translator: NES
Clive Gringras
programmer: Acorn 32-bit
Simon Jay
title screen
Chris Jordan
tester: NES
Philip Mochan
programmer: Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
Rob Nicholson
programmer: Amiga, Atari ST & MSX
Rob Northen
programmer: copy protection,technical assistant
Andy Onions
programmer: DOS
Gary Patchen
assistant programmer: Atari ST
Ricardo Pinto
programmer: Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
Dominic Prior
programmer: Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
Imogen Ridler
translator: NES
Jeremy Sans
technical assistant: Commodore 64
Mark Wighton
programmer: Amstrad CPC/ZX Spectrum
David Dunn
Music Department: music arranger,music programmer
David Whittaker
Music Department: music programmer: NES