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foo123456
3871 days ago
ehrm, Elite: Dangerous
actually
use real data.
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6502nerdface
3871 days ago
Yeah, the entire Elite series has always used real star coordinates and names, at least for those close to Earth.
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LeoPanthera
3871 days ago
Except for the original game, which used procedurally generated galaxies, and didn't feature Earth. This was the only way to get the game to fit into the 32K RAM of the original BBC Micro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
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6502nerdface
3865 days ago
You're right! It wasn't until the second game, Frontier: Elite, that they started using real stars around Sol.
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