Download Frontier: First Encounters

Frontier: First Encounters

DOS - 1995

Alt names	FFE, Elite 3
Year	1995
Platform	DOS
Released in	United States
Genre	Action, Simulation
Theme	Managerial, Sci-Fi / Futuristic, Space Flight, Trade
Publisher	GameTek, Inc.
Developer	Frontier Developments Ltd.
Dosbox support	Playable on current version

4.54 / 5 - 28 votes

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Description of Frontier: First Encounters

Despite being recalled from the shelves due to numerous bugs, this last incarnation of Elite still got a large following of very dedicated followers.

FFE (also known as Elite 3) sports new ships, items, missions, and a host of new features. My favorite addition is the overall plotline: particular events happen at specific times in the universe rather than all missions being randomly generated as before, and you could take part in them by taking on "hand-coded" missions. The aliens also make their first appearance in this game to complicate things. Highly recommended, but don't forget to download the patch. Great news for fans! David Braben's website, The Elite Club, has released the game and Frontier II, the prequel, as shareware :) Now is your chance to legitimate experience what is one of the most underrated games ever made! Fully patched, of course :)

Review By HOTUD

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Comments and reviews

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yeetboi 2020-02-21 1 point

how do i install the patch

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KC 2019-11-23 1 point

I have tried everything to get this game to work, no luck. I can get it to load into DosBox and Boxer. I can get the game to load after it loads into Boxer. I can get the patch to load, but still no game.

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bartmayor 2019-02-12 2 points

You must use Dynamic core on Dosbox 0.74 or above or the game will crash after the demo.

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Redbull 2018-04-13 -1 point

Thanks for making this available! Great game

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Major 2017-06-18 -10 points

how do i install this??

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FoNUS 2016-04-10 0 point

I loved Elite and Frontier but this game i never got to try because i cant get it to start.
If someone knows how, let me know.

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tootall197 2011-11-01 1 point DOS version

Loved the first Elite on the ancient C64