Mark Moxon<p>BBC Micro Elite II contains a 3D landscape routine that uses Fourier synthesis, just like Lander and Zarch.</p><p>So what does this landscape actually look like?</p><p>Behold, the gentle slopes of planetary surfaces in Elite II, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha.</p><p>See here for more details of how this works: <a href="https://lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landscape.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives</span><span class="invisible">/generating_the_landscape.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zarch</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lander</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a></p>