Frontier : First Encounter (the third game of the Elite series)

Frontier : First Encounter (Elite III) Probably the best game ever to any system. (This package is fixed, updated and ready to play on all windows system including XP.) But for those who's still young and don't know what this game is check these links: [url=http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/firstencounters/index.html]INFO[/url] [url=http://www.jades.org/ffefaq2.htm]FFE FAQ[/url] I went through alot to get this game. First I Searched the web and found it on Ebay. Then I went through a week long auction. When I finally won the auction I had to create an account on PayPal because the owner wont accept other payment. Then I had to wait three more painful days before it finally arrived by mail. This pack contains: FFE.rar : The game files. DATA.rar : This is the video files. ReadMe.txt: This message. I have splitted the game into two parts incase you only want the game. It will work without the video files but it might feel lonely in space so it's recomended. Besides, it's quite impressive what they could achieve back then. I have inserted some files to make it work on Windows without Dos and Dosbox and found out that it also works on XP without Dosbox. I also changed some sound FXs to more exciting ones. If you want the old ones just check the FX folder and extract the original over the new ones. Installation: 1. Extract "FFE.rar". 2. Execute "ffewin28.exe" to play. To use the video files extrct "DATA.rar" into "FIRSTENC" folder. Then turn it on via the in-game configuration. For those with impressive soundcards (not the motherboard inbuild) might need to edit the file "ffewin.cfg" under [SOUND] parameter, to make the mid music use your soundcards sound library. Just change the 1 to 0 or something. I'm not sure how but I got it to work on mine. That's it! Happy space warping. /Frezzno

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Frezzno (2005-02-25)

What the? That didn't work.
Here's the links:
INFO :
FFE FAQ : http://www.jades.org/ffefaq2.htm
And this, it's quite good:
EXTRAS :

quandt (2005-02-25)

Omg,this is exellent.
Thank you.

deejayrandom (2005-02-25)

Superb, I've just heard their finally starting work on Elite 4 too!

Frezzno (2005-02-25)

They have been working on Elite 4 for a quite some time now (since 2000) and when I just started to loose hope I found this:

Frezzno (2005-02-25)

Well, that's what TPB is for. So much joy it brings. I wish I could do better then this, but this is all I got. I bought this game because it's a good game. And good stuff should be shared.
Your all welcome.

Frezzno (2005-02-25)

I know that Elite is shareware and you can get all versions from the net. But I think you need win98 or at least Dosbox for it to work. Mine is ready to go on all windows.
Besides, only FFE PC-CD version offers 500Mb of animations and this version is rare. Now I'm the lucky owner and for you all to enjoy.

Frezzno (2005-02-25)

You are just a harmless rookie and I am way beyond you with 400 kills. No seriously, the "ffewin.exe" fixes all bugs plus it makes it harder, you even can't do the jump and dock a station trick. Make sure not to sell your lazer to have more cargo space or the pirates will flock around you. Also follow the newspaper missions att the beginning for easy cash and pirate free space. If you still find it too tough you can run "firstenc.exe" under Dos for an easy ride.

Corelian (2005-03-02)

I'm definitely not going to download some modified crap. Why don't you just upload a CD-image?

Frezzno (2005-03-03)

It was a painful experience to make it work on Win98. Install the game, then edit some files so that the update could be patched. Then you need to edit some autoexec.bat and config.sys to free some memory. On XP it just didn't run that good on Dosbox. But after some thirdparty updates, installation of ffewin28 and modifications of some files it now works on all windows, just as good as the original on Win98 with all updates. Plus you can enjoy score composed by Dave Lowe in full midi output from any soundcards instead if adlib. I have spared you all these troubles just so that you easily can enjoy this classic ride.

tztys (2005-03-09)

This is one of the top 5 games ever made, thanks. However nowadays the grafix suffer alot compared to todays standards. I found some interesting clones on the internet and x2 the threat is very interesting and it would be great if someone could upload it to TPB. Take a look at the demo at http://www.egosoft.com/

Frezzno (2005-03-10)

If you want state of the art space simulator I can recommend Freelancer, if you haven't heard of it already. The game it self is superb, closest to Elite you can get plus extra feature. The game gets even better when you install a free mod called TNG.
From this site http://www.starfyrestudios.com
Freelaner can be found here at TPB and there are still many seeders despite that this game is rather old.
Personally I think this game is better then X2.
Other Freelancer links:
http://www.lancersreactor.com
Here you'll find modding programs plus tons of mods.

Mystic_Canadian (2006-09-11)

seed plz!!!

Mystic_Canadian (2006-09-11)

I have to agree that this game is one of the best of all-time...and most of the time it's under-rated or forgotten!!!

bepees (2006-09-18)

is there anyone that has a seed for this one?

g323515 (2007-01-12)

somehow I allways come back to this one 8P
and start to reseed
(at least everytime I get ahold of some internet time with my comp that is)
remember boys and girls stealing reaaaaalllllyyyyy ooooolllllddddd games is wrong cause there is no other way of getting it and thats how it should be... hmm wait a min my bad I meant the other way around 8P

moranna (2007-02-02)

Get the vids from the cd version here http://jaj22.org.uk/jjffe/
Now you can play in hi-res
Enjoy this classic.

big111 (2007-09-14)

SEED PLZ

thingf1sh (2008-03-27)

What an upload! I have been trying to get this for yrs thanks a lot you are the man hail frezzno

3261dan (2008-03-31)

This is one of the greatest games ever made, I have to say.
Wont be downloading coz I still have this baby on 3.5 inch disk hehe, but had to comment on how awesome the game is.
Also just incase the torrent dies and there are no seeders anymore, its totally possible to play the full game using the Shareware files and a copy of JJFFE or GLFFE. And all of those files are freely available on the web.

Amazing69 (2008-08-18)

I wil keep this game alive.. it will always have a seed with myself :) as mr frezzno said, good things deserve to be shared :p

Fuktup_Fez (2009-01-29)

cheers for this dude! i remember playin elite on my C64! YAY! although i have got to ask. why is it that when games used to take at least half an hour to load (what with them being on cassette tapes) i used to sit there patiently, happily waiting with no real garuantee that it would work, and yet now if my ps2/xbox whatever takes more than 3 seconds to load i have a fit of something akin to road rage? hmmm. ;-)

nuclearfusion (2009-05-02)

Sorry guys I need to online and just to slow while uploading with my speed, will be back in a few hours and will seed for you....Btw i've a share ratio of 10.0 on this just in case you think im a leecher.

Thomson486 (2010-02-02)

Anyone know how to make it work on Vista?

Thomson486 (2010-02-02)

Ops, forget my comment. It seems to work now

Thomson486 (2010-02-02)

THANKYOU!!!!

Thomson486 (2010-02-05)

ONE more question: I run it on Vista no problem, but it only runs in a window that is not resizeable and the resolution is pretty low. Is there any way I can run it in higher res and the entire screen?

s20dan (2010-11-17)

@ Thompson.
Both JJFFE and GLFFE allow you to play in higher res. GLFFE allows up to 2560x1600 I believe.
Set the res in the ffewin.cfg

s20dan (2010-11-17)

Btw, ffewin that comes with this is also called JJFFE.

chobbler (2010-12-04)

Thanks for the upload.. havent played this in years

tofnuts (2011-06-05)

you, sir, are a prince among men. #nostalgia

fslaker (2012-05-09)

Does it run on Win7 64 bits?
I'm gonna give it a try and post the feedback here :D

fslaker (2012-05-09)

well it looks like it's working but the ground is weird, it's gray :S
Is that normal?

.h.264 (2014-11-24)

Really? A RAR file? C'mon Frezzno. RAR provides little to no viable compression compared to even the most basic ZIP format, and ZIP is natively supported by all operating systems and mobile platforms whereas RAR is supported natively by NOTHING. Stop being a dickhead.