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Play Elite (Europe edition · English) Online
Elite
Play Elite for PAL NES online and learn its one-controller icon bar, flight, laser combat, trading, hyperspace and docking loop.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Elite
Quick start
From Lave, inspect nearby systems, buy an inexpensive cargo and launch. In flight, steer with the D-pad and fire with A. Hold B and use the D-pad to change speed or move across the icon bar, then release or tap B to activate the selected command. Practise docking through the paid auto-dock option before risking manual approaches.
Controls
D-pad in flight: pitch and roll. A: fire the fitted laser. Hold B + D-pad: shift to speed adjustment or move the icon-bar pointer; B activates the highlighted icon. The selected icon exposes navigation, market, missile, ECM, docking and other context-sensitive commands. NES Elite uses one controller and does not allow steering while changing speed.
Elite — About this game
Elite on NES condenses the landmark open-ended space simulation onto one controller without discarding its trading, piracy, bounty hunting or exploration. You begin at Lave with a basic Cobra, limited fuel and 100 credits, then buy low, sell high and improve the ship while working towards the Elite combat rank. The PAL conversion uses an icon bar for keyboard-style commands, adds multi-language presentation and even offers paid auto-docking when no docking computer is fitted.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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