<s>
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
First	I-Application
Encounters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Frontier	O
Developments	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
GameTek	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
procedural	O
texturing	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
vegetation	O
,	O
snow	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
surfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Elite	B-Application
series	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Elite	B-Protocol
Dangerous	I-Protocol
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
carried	O
over	O
the	O
gameplay	O
features	O
from	O
its	O
immediate	O
predecessor	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
trading	O
,	O
fighting	O
,	O
espionage	O
,	O
bombing	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
military	O
activities	O
;	O
the	O
combat	O
ratings	O
were	O
also	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Elite	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
features	O
realistic	O
Newtonian	O
physics	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
seamlessly	O
land	O
on	O
1:1	O
scale	O
planets	O
in	O
authentic	O
1:1	O
scale	O
star	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
rival	O
factions	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
perform	O
missions	O
,	O
gaining	O
or	O
losing	O
standing	O
accordingly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
were	O
an	O
improvement	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
introducing	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
and	O
more	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
texture	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
employing	O
the	O
same	O
open-ended	O
gameplay	O
of	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
storyline	O
which	O
takes	O
the	O
player	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
events	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Wiccan	O
Ware	O
Race	O
"	O
and	O
missions	O
concerning	O
an	O
alien	O
race	O
called	O
the	O
Thargoids	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
to	O
earlier	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
creator	O
David	O
Braben	O
said	O
that	O
where	O
the	O
original	O
Elite	B-Application
was	O
"	O
basically	O
just	O
trading	O
"	O
and	O
Elite	B-Application
II	I-Application
positioned	O
the	O
trading	O
as	O
"	O
something	O
to	O
do	O
while	O
doing	O
missions	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
done	O
"	O
almost	O
no	O
work	O
"	O
expanding	O
the	O
trading	O
for	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
seen	O
as	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
these	O
now-established	O
tenets	O
of	O
the	O
Elite	B-Application
series	O
,	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
added	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
BBS	O
character	O
faces	O
in	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
version	O
and	O
journals	O
which	O
report	O
on	O
happenings	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
known	O
universe	O
,	O
occasionally	O
mentioning	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
exploits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
ships	O
are	O
given	O
as	O
rewards	O
for	O
completing	O
missions	O
;	O
the	O
ships	O
are	O
the	O
Turner-class	O
Argent	O
's	O
Quest	O
,	O
the	O
Stowmaster-class	O
fighter	O
(	O
which	O
comes	O
with	O
the	O
Argent	O
's	O
Quest	O
,	O
equipped	O
as	O
the	O
escape	O
pod	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Thargoid	B-Application
Warship	O
,	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
by	O
the	O
Thargoids	B-Application
at	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
Thargoid	B-Application
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
was	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
FFE	O
was	O
originally	O
riddled	O
with	O
many	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
extensively	O
patched	O
,	O
later	O
reissued	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
(	O
like	O
Elite	B-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
but	O
finally	O
withdrawn	O
from	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
official	O
support	O
has	O
ended	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
game	O
,	O
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
has	O
difficulty	O
running	O
with	O
post-DOS	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
with	O
DOS-emulators	O
like	O
DOSBox	B-Application
the	O
game	O
was	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
Frontier	O
Developments	O
announced	O
that	O
FFE	O
would	O
be	O
open-sourced	B-Application
under	O
a	O
GPL-similar	O
license	O
allowing	O
ports	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
never	O
happened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
the	O
community	O
took	O
up	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
successfully	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
by	O
John	O
Jordan	O
and	O
ported	O
for	O
modern	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
in	O
October	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	B-Application
Encounters	I-Application
was	O
well	O
reviewed	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
released	O
before	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
thought	O
it	O
was	O
ready	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
negative	O
review	O
,	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Reviews	O
Tasos	O
Kaiafas	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
another	O
Elite	B-Application
is	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
this	O
baby	O
should	O
be	O
thrown	O
out	O
the	O
window	O
with	O
the	O
bath	O
water.	O
"	O
</s>
