Takes me back to my favourite (UK) games magazine of the day - Zzap64! which featured "Elite 64" on its debut cover (May 1985) to celebrate the CBM64 launch of the game.
I still remember the first time I watched the auto-dock and enjoyed listening to the Blue Danube while it worked its magic.
The NES version is such a gem! I never really understood why it’s not much more known and praised, it’s really one of the best game on the platform (full real time wireframe 3D on 8 bits)
I tried to play this on the BBC Micro and failed utterly. I was 9 though.
I absolutely loved it, but I don't think I mastered it till the disk version came out