In August 1984, the group was relaunched as Elite Systems,[3] expanding the team to include graphic designers Rory Green and Jon Harrison; programmers Neil A. Bate, Chris Harvey, Andy Williams and Stephen Lockley; administrators Paul Smith and Pat Maisey; and Wilcox's brother Steve handled sales and marketing.
[2] Three of their conversions, Commando, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Paperboy, were among the UK's top ten best-selling home video games of 1986.
[6] Elite launched its first budget label, £2.99 Classics in July 1986[6] achieving chart success with re-releases of older titles from other software houses such as Scuba Dive, Full Throttle and Skool Daze.
[7] A new budget label, Encore, was launched in 1988[8][9] with its first 5 titles, Airwolf, Bomb Jack, Battleships, Saboteur, and Frank Bruno's Boxing all coming from Elite's back-catalogue.
[14][15] Steve Wilcox responded in a statement on their website[16] where he claimed he was "working towards" making all outstanding payments with 28 days and that the games were being withdrawn from sale in the meantime.