+videofx Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Was going through my many boxes of 80's stuff I found a copy of Omnitrend's Universe. Never played it. So now is a good time to start. If anyone else is playing or has some tips, please share! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Check this thread but specifically the guide posted in this post (Still.on my to-do list as a single ATR title) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 thanks! I will start there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 By any chance is your Flight 2 disk still working? Mine is dead. I need it to finish the game. Thanks, David PS. I wrote a Quick Start Guide some years ago. That will help you a long way towards finishing the game! DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 8 hours ago, DavidMil said: By any chance is your Flight 2 disk still working? Mine is dead. I need it to finish the game. Which version of the game do you own? a8preservation has dumps of v1.2 and v1.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, DavidMil said: By any chance is your Flight 2 disk still working? Mine is dead. I need it to finish the game. Thanks, David PS. I wrote a Quick Start Guide some years ago. That will help you a long way towards finishing the game! DM Yes all my floppies seem to be working so I made copies of all of them Yes thanks for the quick start guide! I have one problem but I need to test with original disks to see if its the game or copy problem. I may PM if it doesn't work Edited November 7, 2021 by videofx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, DjayBee said: Which version of the game do you own? a8preservation has dumps of v1.2 and v1.3. I have V1.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, videofx said: I have V1.3 Do you share a dump of your Starport disk? For whatever reason we do not have an original dump for this one, while all three other disks have been flux-dumped at least two times. If you only have an ATR, this will still be better than having no original dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 16 hours ago, videofx said: I have V1.3 I had to go look at them. I have version 1.2 (dated May of 1984). I think that the Starport disk is the only one that is copy protected. As I remember the directions even tell you to make copies of the other three disks. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 30 minutes ago, DavidMil said: I have version 1.2 (dated May of 1984). Straight from the a8preservation archive. Universe v1.2 (1984)(Omnitrend)(US)(Disk 3 of 4)(Flight 1).atr Universe v1.2 (1984)(Omnitrend)(US)(Disk 4 of 4)(Flight 2).atr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/8/2021 at 3:24 AM, DjayBee said: Straight from the a8preservation archive. Universe v1.2 (1984)(Omnitrend)(US)(Disk 3 of 4)(Flight 1).atr 90.02 kB · 6 downloads Universe v1.2 (1984)(Omnitrend)(US)(Disk 4 of 4)(Flight 2).atr 90.02 kB · 9 downloads Thank you. I hope that the disk 4 is not the same as the one on Atarimania, because that dump is flawed. DavidMil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, DavidMil said: Thank you. I hope that the disk 4 is not the same as the one on Atarimania, because that dump is flawed. DavidMil it shouldn't be... that's not how the preservation project operates... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+videofx Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 I will upload all 4 of my disks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) On 11/10/2021 at 2:37 PM, _The Doctor__ said: it shouldn't be... that's not how the preservation project operates... Hope not, cause I just now made a disk of Flight II and when I finish this post I'm going to fire up my old 800 and see what happens! I'll let you all know... David PS the docs say that none of the disks are copy protected. Thank you videofx! DM Edited November 11, 2021 by DavidMil Added the PS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 After playing the game for 4 hours yesterday, I figured that it was time to make another set of backup disks. Now I remember one of the things that I had come to hate about that game. The make copies of disks that is included in the Save Game routine can cause faulty backups. To make a long story short, it corrupted all three of my player disks! So I'm going to start using a disk copy program to make backups of my player disk from now on. The save game part of the Save Game routine works fine, it just the make copies part that blows! David PS. The Flight II disk that DjayBee posted works great. Thank you! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylev Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 David, I remember using a third part backup software to do that save game archive. I almost never used the supplied backup routine from the game. It was always a pain when I forgot to make that backup, played further, and then died. Starting back up again at a much earlier point (from an existing backup) was the pits! I must admit that I never completed the game. I read somewhere on this forum that completing the game is something of a "hit or miss" proposition. The designers didn't make an ending that was set, or something to that effect. Still, I spent many hours enjoying the game BITD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMil Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 One time I think I was close to getting the hyperdrive booster, but the game crashed and I hadn't made a backup in a while. Then I discovered that my Flight II disk have died too. I do remember that it is important to use your Hi-DEF scanner. I picked up some clues from other ships via the scanner. If think that the game has certain goals that have to be attained before you can find the booster, I had been to all the stars and most of the planets. I had tried my hand at mining and piracy, and I had also bought and sold stuff and completed a few contracts. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud186 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Universe is an amazing game for its time. I also own Universe II for the Apple II with manual. Great games but I never finished them Edited August 27, 2022 by Arnaud186 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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