''Reunion'' is a space

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. It was the first game by Hungarian game developer company Amnesty Design (now

Digital Reality Digital Reality Software Kft. (formerly Amnesty Design) was a Hungarian video game developer based in Budapest, Hungary. It was founded in 1991 as Amnesty Design, and started to work on their upcoming title, ''Reunion (video game), Reunion'', ...

) and was released by the British publisher

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. In North America, it was sublicensed to Merit Studios and released under the name ''Merit's Galactic Reunion''. The game was programmed by János Kistamás (

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), Krisztián Jámbor (

), István Kiss (

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). The soundtrack was made by Tamás Kreiner.

Plot

In the 27th century, centuries of peace have allowed great scientific progress in the development of the first interstellar warp drive. Two research ships, designated Explorer-1 and Explorer-2, are outfitted with the experimental drives and sent to find new planets for colonization. Only Explorer-2 returns to

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out of the two Explorers. Refitted as a colony vessel, the Explorer-2 is once again ready to embark when, suddenly, peace is disrupted and the humans were ripped apart from each other. At this same time, a planet-wide rebellion stages a great coup and overthrows the Earthen government, throwing the world into chaos and severing the union. The Explorer-2, crewed by a loyalist space crew, barely escapes the rebellion and leaves the Solar System. Years later after the rebellion, the Explorer-2 arrives damaged at its destination and a colony is set up, naming it New Earth. After many generations of being separated from Earth, the colony is self-sufficient enough to develop a mission only the best can tread: Explore nearby space, research new technologies, harvest resources, develop a space fleet and eventually reconquer and reunify Earth, leading to the greatest reunion the universe has ever set its eyes on.

Reception

Magazine "Amiga Joker" reviewed it and gave 85 points out of 100 for the OCS version and 86 out of 100 for the AGA version.
Magazine "GURU" reviewed it and gave 92 points out of 100.
Magazine "PC Joker" reviewed it and gave 85 points out of 100.

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* * 1994 video games Amiga games Digital Reality games DOS games Grandslam Interactive games Merit Studios games Real-time strategy video games Science fiction video games Single-player video games Video games developed in Hungary {{strategy-videogame-stub