JAN
28
2010
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Elite heads to the iPhone

Braben's classic returns in handheld form

That's right. David Braben's classic space exploration, trading and piracy epic is winging its way to the iPhone via a C64 emulator.

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The latest update of Manomio's C64 emulator for iPhone and iPod Touch will add several classic titles including Elite and Jumpman to its in-game store's catalogue.

The update also adds OpenFeint Leaderboard and Achievement functions to the popular C64 emulation application.

Thanks CasualGaming.biz.

By Ewan Aiton

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