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Universe

Published: February 1, 2009 - Last update: December 27, 2011 - 702 downloads

Year: 1987
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Theme: Real-Time, Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Publisher: Omnitrend Software, Inc.
Developer: Omnitrend Software, Inc.

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Description of Universe

Developed by Omnitrend Software, Inc. and published by Omnitrend Software, Inc., Universe is a strategy, simulation game revolving around real-time, sci-fi / futuristic. It was published in 1987, feel free to download and play it now!

M. Evan Brooks' review says it all about Universe 1: "A detailed simulation of space exploration and trading. Multi-faceted and very deep, its playability suffered from documentation which was hard to interpret as well as an unforgiving game system. Build your own ship to specifications, but a wrong move can waste hours of previous play. Still it was one of the early classics. " Unfortunately for armchair commanders, Universe 2 and 3 became more similar to RPGs with strategy playing only a minor role, but still great games nonetheless.
Review by HOTUD

Captures and Snapshots

Screenshots used with permission from MobyGames.com

Comments and reviews

#1400

admin added this comment :

Yeah we messed up with the two games, I removed the wrong screenshots

#1387

archmage added this comment :

These screenshots come from at least 2 different games. The first is Omnitrend's "Universe", an extremely detailed space strategy game for the 8-bit Atari home computers. A translation of that game for the PC is included in the downloadable archive on this page. You can get an idea from the sparsely-colored and mostly text-oriented screenshots.

The second game is less strategic and more of an adventure, as shown in the the screenshots with lots of colors. There was also a third game, similar to the second, so I cannot be sure if the screenshots are from a total of 2 or 3 games.

The only certain thing is that the downloadable archive on the page contains the first game, a clone of the old Atari 8-bit version.

#73

he3r0 added this comment :

downloaded game seems to be differetn "universe" than one pictured.