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| Developer(s) | Core Design |
| Publisher(s) | Core Design |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Universe is a graphical science fiction, futuristic adventure game, originally released in 1994 and published by Core Design as their second (after Curse of Enchantia) and last effort in the genre.
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The player takes role of the young man named Boris Verne, who is taken to a distant future/parallel universe from the present time, when playing around with his uncle's "Virtual Dimension Inducer" invention. Boris finds himself in a universe reminiscent to that of Star Wars and the Galactic Empire as well as being at the centre of a prophecy that says that he will overthrow the evil Emperor-King Neiamises, who possesses god-like powers and is bent on conquest of the whole galaxy, and thus bring peace to the universe. Throughout the game Boris encounters allies, enemies and a whole host of aliens and strange beings on a variety of worlds, installations and starships.
Universe was based on a modified version of Enchantia's game engine (the most notable addition was the in-game text and dialogue system and the increase in the Amiga color palette). The interface is sometimes awkward as the user's actions do not register properly. The player might get stuck on occasion due to such bugs, or the program can unexpectedly exit at certain points in the game. There are two arcade sequences in the game, which can annoy some people. The scenes are carefully rendered in 256 colors, even on the standard Amiga, which many saw as one of the strengths of the game. There is (ambient style) MIDI background music, but no proper sound effects.