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Mark Moxon
@markmoxon.bsky.social
Writer, walker, software archaeologist. Back in the day: Editor of Acorn User, Editor of h2g2.

I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen.

Purveyor of Elite/Lander/Revs hacks.

www.markmoxon.com
I've finally finished pimping my David Braben-signed BBC Micro B+, and it can now run more variants of Bell & Braben Elite than any other contemporary machine ever.

The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡

See thread for details.

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#retrogaming #retrocomputing
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I've just released the Elite Compendium Addendum for the BBC Micro B+.

It contains two bonus versions of Elite for lucky owners of the B+, including musical BBC Master Elite for the B+128.

See elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_... for details.

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #8bit #elite
Elite Compendium - Elite on the 6502
Details of the Elite Compendium, which brings all the best Elite hacks together in one feature-packed disc
elite.bbcelite.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm pleased to announce the #Elite Compendium for the #Acorn #Electron, containing three amazing hacked versions of Elite on one disc.

It includes a brand new version: musical Elite. On the Electron!

Lots of details here: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro
August 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The incomparable @negativecharge.bsky.social recently converted the Commodore 64 Elite music to the Electron.

I've finally found time to add it to Electron Elite.

Here's the docking computer in all its one-channel glory.

Turn your sound on!

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #electron #bbcmicro #8bit
August 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Look at this little beauty! It's my new BBC Micro B+, signed by David Braben himself, and it’s the inspiration for my latest project:

"BBC Master Elite, backported to run on the unexpanded B+, and with lots of extra features"

Links in thread.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #8bit #elite
August 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My new project is a version of BBC Master Elite, but with a twist.

Sure, it’s pretty niche, but this has never been done before, which is always fun.

Can you tell what it is yet? The clue's in the clip...

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #8bit #elite
July 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron.

This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM.

Links in thread.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming
July 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today's addition to #Acorn #Electron #Elite is the energy bomb animation from the Apple II, BBC Master and NES.

In the original Electron version, the energy bomb did little more than beep gently. Now it rages with lightning bolts! That's much better.

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit #bbcmicro
July 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Compendium version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite now has missions - three of them, in fact.

Here's the briefing for the Constrictor mission, backported from the #BBCMicro; I've also ported the Thargoid plans mission, and the Trumbles from the #C64 and #NES. 🫡

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit
July 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My new version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite is feature-complete! Now for some testing.

Here's the feature list. It’s big! Big enough that this is effectively a Compendium version of Electron Elite; to sit proudly alongside the #BBCMicro Compendia. 🫡

Not long now!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit
July 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite continues to grow. I've now added the ship hangar, which gets shown when you dock.

This feature was only in the BBC and NES versions, and not the Commodore 64 or Apple II, so that's a one-up for the Elk. 🫡

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's #Thargoids Thursday in the enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite.

Here's me misjumping into witchspace and being ambushed by Thargoid motherships and their Thargon drones.

Electron commanders can now join in the bug-hunt - at last!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #8bit
July 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Enhanced #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron now has 31 different ship types (compared to just 11 in the original).

Here's a little clip showing an encounter with a Krait and a Mamba on the way to the sun.

Coming soon... Thargoids!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #8bit
July 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Enhanced #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron now has proper docking computers.

Good to see they're as nail-bitingly dodgy as all the other versions!

Next on the list is to add 21 additional ship designs with spawning and tactic logic. That might take a while...

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

(In enhanced #Acorn #Electron #Elite, that is.)

The speed isn't bad, considering the sun is probably the most screen-memory-intensive (i.e. slow) feature of #BBCMicro Elite.

More clips in thread. (1/3)

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit
June 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On the left: original #Acorn #Electron #Elite.

On the right: Electron Elite using the #BBCMicro sun code to show variable sized stars on the system chart.

Now I just have to hook this up to the solar system, so Electron Elite can finally have suns and fuel scooping...

#retrogaming #retrocomputing
June 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#Elite on the #Acorn #Electron is slow - way slower than on the #Commodore64, for example.

But how does the enhanced 16K SRAM version cope?

Turns out enhanced Electron Elite is faster than the #C64! Sure, it can't compare on colour or music. But... result! 🚀

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcelite
June 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Latest features in enhanced #Acorn #Electron #Elite:

* Proper disk access menu
* Military lasers
* Extended system descriptions (edible poets!)
* System search
* Planetary details (meridians/equators and craters)
* Fast, flicker-free graphics

Looking good!

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro
June 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ha, wow! This is pretty amazing stuff from @negativecharge.bsky.social (the genius who already backported the Elite music from the #C64 to the #BBCMicro).

Having the Blue Danube and the title music in #Electron #Elite would be absolutely brilliant. Let’s make this happen! 😀
A work in progress. Can't leave the enhanced version of Elite on the Electron without music ;-)

Using the original MIDI tracks by Aiden Bell as the source: www.dream-ware.co.uk/elite/music/

Difficult to compress into a single channel with no volume control!

0xc0de6502.github.io/electroniq/?...
May 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I am working on speeding up #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron.

It's going well. On the left is the original; on the right is my enhanced version. It's all down to sideways RAM and backporting faster code from the #BBCMicro and #C64 versions.

More details in thread. (1/4)

#retrocomputing #retrogaming
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My new project is an all-singing, all-dancing version of #Elite on the #Acorn #Electron.

It's early days, but I'm really enjoying it. So here’s a thread about the wonderful community hardware and software I'm using to port #BBCMicro Elite to the Elk. (1/7)

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit
May 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I have added flicker-free planets to the #Apple II version of #Elite.

Flicker-free on the left, original version on the right.

That's every 6502 version done now. No-one left behind!

Info and downloads: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/flicke...

#bbcmicro #c64 #apple2 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Mark Moxon
Guest speaker alert!
Rob Napier, author of ‘Networking with the BBC Microcomputer’, joins us at Econet LAN Party 2025.

Rob led Acorn Computers for Barson in Australia in the 80s and brings a unique perspective on early computing adoption.

Don’t miss it!
www.tnmoc.org/events/econe...
Econet LAN Party 2025 — The National Museum of Computing
Now in its third year, The National Museum of Computing’s annual Econet LAN Party is the go-to event for Acorn enthusiasts! Join us on the 7th and 8th June to create 2025’s biggest Econet network. F...
www.tnmoc.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Look at this thing of utter beauty! A whole classroom full of networked #BBCMicro, #BBCMaster and #Archimedes machines, all running #Elite over #Econet.

If 14-year-old me had been able to see this, he’d have exploded with excitement. 🚀

Come see the real thing at the TNMoC LAN Party in a month!
While the Education Team were away last weekend, our Acorn Team made some essential upgrades 🔧 All of our classroom BBC Micros can now play Mark Moxon’s Econet Scoreboard Elite! Just in time for our upcoming Econet LAN Party!

Book your ticket ➡️ buff.ly/BwJDTsE
May 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I recently hacked #Elite on the #Acorn #Archimedes to send scores to a live scoreboard across an #Econet network.

I've just published a short article that explains how I did this.

I hope you like it!

elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite_...

#retrocompting #retrogaming #riscos
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM