OmniTrend's "Universe"

[LynxVGL]

Is anyone able to get "Universe" running under multiple disk images on an Emulator? I remember pouring over the Universe manual attempting to design my starship, but the game was buggy and my 810 drives ate some of the disks back in the day.

[Bill Lange]

Using Altirra -2.4 and Omnitrend Universe for Atari 8-bit version 1.3:

 

F2 = Start

F3 = Select

F4 = Option

 

Using Universe With Two Drives

With the Construction disk - Boot the Construction disk as you normally would and begin playing. The program will ask you if you want to use 2 drives after the section where you purchase a spacecraft. Leave the Construction disk in drive 1 and put the Player disk in drive 2. Press OPTION. When the computer asks you to insert a different disk, (ex. Please Insert the Starport Disk) use drive 1. The Player disk should always remain in drive 2.

 

With the Flight 1 & Flight 2 disks - Put the Flight 1 disk side into drive 1. Boot the computer. When the “Insert Player Disk and Hit Return” display appears, place the Player disk into drive 1 and the Flight 2 disk side into drive 2. Hold down the START key and at the same time, press RETURN. Do not release the START key until the computer beeps.

 

With the Starport disk - Boot the starport disk. When the “Insert Player Disk and Press Return” display appears, place the Player disk in drive 1 and the Starport disk in drive 2. Hold down the START key and at the same time, press RETURN. Do not release the START key until the Customs display appears. Both disks will remain in their respective drives.

 

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For whatever reason, I could not get this to work in Altirra 2.5 or 2.6, so I just use 2.4 with this game. Make lots of backups of your player disk as you go.

Kindest Regards,

Bill

[Bill Lange]

Atarimania has the manual online-

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-universe_5617.html

 

If you want a real manual, Omnitrend is still in business. They no longer have the Atari version available (diskettes), but they do have the DOS version and the manual is exactly the same.

 

Bill

[thorfdbg]

Is anyone able to get "Universe" running under multiple disk images on an Emulator? I remember pouring over the Universe manual attempting to design my starship, but the game was buggy and my 810 drives ate some of the disks back in the day.

Yes, actually. You should make sure that you insert the flight disk 2 (not 1!) into the second drive, then press the emulated start key (F4 for Atari++), and while holding it down, press RETURN.