Wikipedia deleted Space Empire Elite.
Well, they killed the article, anyway.
The game itself lives on, believe it or not. There are a number of Atari ST BBSes where you can still play it, including Dark Force.
As mentioned in my previous post, some Wikipedia editors are on a mission to delete articles related to BBS door games. Their battle cry is “Notability!”
But have no fear. The Space Empire Elite article has new life on my new wiki: Break Into Chat.
Already new life is being breathed into this article. It has new screenshots — including one of the game’s title screen in VT52 mode. I’ll explain how I took that screenshot in my next post.
P.S. Some heavyweight technology historians have weighed in:
- Jason Scott: The Quiet Wikideath of BBS History (Dec. 7, 2012)
- Benj Edwards: Wikipedia is Deleting BBS Game History (Dec. 8, 2012)
Share your thoughts!