<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
valFORTH	B-Application
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Leslie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
came	O
on	O
four	O
disks	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
$89.95	O
cost	O
was	O
two	O
free	O
hours	O
a	O
month	O
on	O
the	O
Universe	O
BBS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
mailing	O
in	O
the	O
included	O
warranty	O
card	O
,	O
users	O
were	O
also	O
mailed	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
replacement	O
disks	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
suggestions	O
from	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
in	O
BYTE	B-Application
called	O
Universe	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
complicated	O
game	O
I	O
ever	O
did	O
see	O
...	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
good	O
planning	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
I	O
'm	O
impressed	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
incomplete	O
documentation	O
and	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
Universe	O
II	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
broadly	O
similar	O
and	O
took	O
place	O
20	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Universe	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
backstory	O
but	O
was	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
