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