a successor to Elites throne, but as a space flying game on its own right, and were disappointed by its lack of action; this made them dismiss the game as boring, rating it 65% (75% on the faster Amiga 1200). Amiga Power later ranked Frontier #100 in the magazine's top 100 games list. In 2004, readers of Retro Gamer voted it as the 20th top retro game, with the editors commenting: "More so than its predecessor, Frontier was a game you either loved or hated. Some found it far too dull and were unable to get to grips with it, while fans just couldn’t get enough. This was lucky really as Frontier was staggeringly huge on a mind-bending scale. The game universe contained millions of planets, and coupled with the ‘do what you like’ gameplay, this was a game that could take over your entire existence." It was named #77 on PC Zone's "101 Best PC Games Ever" list in 2007. In 1994, PC Gamer UK named Frontier the 16th best computer game of all time. The editors called it "a worthy successor to Elite, and another classic in its own right." The official Frontier website puts sales at about 500,000 copies sold. Braben received royalties for 350,000 copies. Legacy Frontier was succeeded in April 1995 by First Encounters, which was available for DOS. No Amiga or Atari versions were released as by the time of its publication these platforms were no longer as profitable as they had once been, even though Amiga 1200 and Amiga CD32 versions were planned and previewed in many magazines of that time, they were eventually cancelled. A further sequel, Elite: Dangerous was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign and released on 16 December 2014. References 1993 video games Amiga games Amiga 1200 games Atari ST games Amiga CD32 games DOS games GameTek games Elite (video game series) Frontier Developments games Games about extraterrestrial life Assembly language software Space flight simulator games Space trading and combat simulators Video games scored by David Lowe Video games set in the 4th millennium Video games with 6 degrees of freedom Virtual economies Video games developed in the United Kingdom