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So many incredible situations in Uni... some of which have been captured. The sample screenshots show how varied the play can be in Universe, from all good to super-bad situations.

The last version of VAX Universe, version 1.30, is now available. Navigate over to the "Files" area to fetch the .tar.gz archive.

Since our last release (1.09) continued playtesting revealed more problems that needed to be addressed. We added many new features and little improvements. The game plays better than ever.

Because our goal was to port this old game over to C, there had to come a time where the development needed to stop. With old games such as VAX Universe, new features could have been added ad inifinitum. With only a few bugfixes per year, we feel the game is in a good place to halt development and close the project.... read more

Hello!

uniman here. VAX Universe has been in intense development/playtesting for a very long time and we are preparing to release VAX Universe version 1.30!

This will be the final version. All of our development and porting objectives have been met. What was once VAX Universe, running solely on old mainframes and largely forgotten, has been polished up and is now presentable as a very entertaining X Terminal game that accurately captures the "feel" of computer games circa 1980.... read more

This update contains minor fixes and adds some keystroke-saving improvements. Please refer to the reference guide for more information.

VAX Universe 1.03 is a minor update. Enhancements include abbreviations to many of the commands. '???' while in-game displays the list of abbreviations. Documentation updated.

This is a minor bugfix release that addresses a problem encountered while attempting to execute the compiled program on OSX platforms.

VAX Universe version 1.0 is now released! We kept the project in Beta status for a very long time to fix any remaining problems. If you find any please post a problem ticket.

The newest version, Beta 0.80, contains minor fixes and improvements. One significant change is that black holes will no longer be too close to the starbase (I honestly doubt the federation would construct a starbase near a black hole).

New version with minor fixes discovered during testing.

There are many enhancements to Universe Beta 0.73, far too many to list here. This Beta release features the introduction of shuttles which is a major feature enhancement.

VAX Universe is still in Beta and development is continuing.

New features currently in design phase:

• MAP command
• Shuttlecraft
• Strange signals nearby
• Bookmarks

The Beta version of Universe is now available. All of the features are implemented and the documentation is complete.

Because we are still in Beta we expect to find small problems.

Hello and welcome to Universe. I have begun to construct the SourceForge home for this project and wanted to post an initial communication to interested readers about what is coming in the near future.

VAX UNIVERSE was an old game from my teenage adventures at a computer club and was perhaps the finest example of the console games of yesteryear. This project started many years ago as a personal quest to resurrect an old game and to make it playable again on Linux. Now that the code is nearly ready it was time to make a home for it and to release it for others to enjoy.