Games At Work dot Biz

Episode 292 — Elite British Gaming


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Michael and Michael welcome to this episode occasional host Andy Piper and special guest Mark Moxon for an amazing trip down memory lane replete with assembly language references for a conversation about Mark’s lockdown project documenting the source code for Elite on the BBC Micro.  A fascinating look at the amazing creativity and user experience innovation rendered into 32K code running on a BBC Micro with many lessons for current developers.   Don’t miss this episode!



Selected Links



BBC Micro Elite source code — https://www.bbcelite.com 



Acorn Computers — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers 



BBC Micro — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro 



Elite — http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2484 



Elite Dangerous — https://www.elitedangerous.com/seasons/elite-dangerous/ 



Mark Moxon — https://www.markmoxon.com 




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