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8bit Autopsy: Elite
Ever wondered how the 3d game for the BBC Mirco Elite managed to fit 8 whole galaxies of 256 planets, and numerous ship designed into on 32k of RAM. Well its time to take Acornsoft's Elite apart and see what makes it tick.
Mark Moxon's website is https://www.bbcelite.com/
Ian Bell's website is http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/
0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Screen mode
3:58 - Procedurally generated universe
5:05 - Planet names
6:00 - Text tokens
7:50 - 3d Graphics
8:56 - Small angle approximation
10:22 - Main loop
11:45 - Loop counter
12:33 - Ship drawing
13:16 - Drawing on screen & the screen co-ordinates system
14:05 - Zero page
14:40 - Acorn Electron version
15:40 - Conclusion
16:12 - Thanks
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By Ever wondered how the 3d game for the BBC Mirco Elite managed to fit 8 whole galaxies of 256 planets, and numerous ship designed into on 32k of RAM. Well its time to take Acornsoft's Elite apart and see what makes it tick.
Mark Moxon's website is https://www.bbcelite.com/
Ian Bell's website is http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/
0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Screen mode
3:58 - Procedurally generated universe
5:05 - Planet names
6:00 - Text tokens
7:50 - 3d Graphics
8:56 - Small angle approximation
10:22 - Main loop
11:45 - Loop counter
12:33 - Ship drawing
13:16 - Drawing on screen & the screen co-ordinates system
14:05 - Zero page
14:40 - Acorn Electron version
15:40 - Conclusion
16:12 - Thanks