The date is wrong on the website. The original Elite was released in 1984 on the BBC Micro.
Speaking in the strictest terms, this particular version was released in 1987, and was Programmed by Real Time (being based on the original BBC-B cassette Elite Programmed by Ian Bell and David Braben).
I just wanted to make note of this, As one of these two correct dates should be used rather than that other one
