Elite 30 years later: Comparing screenshots from 1984 and 2014

Navigation is a lot easier with a star chart that shows trade routes.

Plotting your course through distant stars is a darn sight easier in Elite: Dangerous.

In Elite, you accessed menus with the function keys. Now, you feel like they’re a part of your ship.

The prices have changed and so has the presentation. Making money is as hard as ever, though.

Planet data is found in the star chart in Elite: Dangerous.

The short-range star chart