I used to load this game just for the intro sequence with awesome voiceover! The game itself made no sense to me at all, then again I was only about 12 at the time! LOL
When I saw this game for the 1'st time on my computer long time ago it was starting with the best game intro ever. Watching this video and I still remember every line and the video sequences
I loved this game so much, but it was also extremely hard because you had to do certain things at the right time in the right specific order, or else you had no chance to win because you were missing key technologies. It was, at least for me, impossible to win the game without guides from the internet. I remember how my father made some savegame edits with a hex editor, for infinite money and some technologies (but not all), and we were still stuck because we had no tanks and no airplanes. It was just not possible to beat the Morgruls (and the Kalls) only with troops because they had airplanes. A little fun fact: the game has a hard limit for buildings. If you have too many colonies with too many buldings, the game would not let you build more structures. If you reach that limit, you can only build a structure after you demolish another one.
One amazing game. Bought it on cd for my first pc. Pentium 100, 1Mb vga, awe32 soundcard, 8mb ram etc. Windows 95 cd was scratched and did not work. Had to wait for monday to replace. All i had was this game. Still play it with dosbox sometimes. Great game.
@@HelmutKohlrabi It also has an open source updated version called Open IG. It's written on Java so I wonder how functional it would be but it's worth a try.
When I saw the intro for the first time I was sucked into its universe. A great game concept, but with many glitches, overwhelming micro-management of the in-game resources, and Event-Triggered progression almost all the way throughout the game. They polished the basics, however, and made Imperium Galactica, a sort of Spiritual successor of this game. Enjoyable, anways, if you are curious about this "Merit's galactic Reunion"
I love everything about this game. Even the repetitive female mouse click narrator. It's a memorable and beautiful sci-fi thriller of sorts. All of it beautiful...maaaybe except the ending. Seems like they were happy to have finished all the gameplay and just wanted to package it and sell it. Not much conclusion to the mystery or story. Just a "congratulations, you're done, kudos on being a great politician", and that's about it. 😅 Those were the days!
finishing this game felt like a real achievement. It also broke the ground with a story with distinctive plot progression mixed with the civil management
Респект и уважуха! Снято на одном дыхании? Пока только минут сорок отсмотрел... Я что же - один такой псих, который перед постройкой каждого генератора (ОСОБЕННО ядерного) сохранялся и при недостаточном объеме генерируемой энергии грузил сэйв, чтоб попытаться построить хотя бы с номиналом? 😂 Думаю, в моем случае минимум половина игрового времени уходила на Save/Load/Save для каждого генератора 🤭
Да, снял за один проход. Не понимаю как можно самому догадаться было как "правильно" проходить эту игру. Если бы не гайд из сети, так и не понял бы, почему так сложно. Забаговались по-моему только истребители. Другие показатели если забаговались, я мог и не заметить. Вот он чудный мир был с незащищенной памятью. И все это добро продолжает существовать из-за того, что языки c и c++ не вымерли еще. Хоть память других программ и защитили, но другие баги никуда не делись.
Reminded me of Iron Seed. IS is a tough game with flights between stars, tough enemies, similar but controllable radar-style fights, sending drones to study planets, destroying drones if planet was with civilization, mining, 6 crew members who can learn, and a search for a new home for the Earth people. Sounds very similar isn't it?
Este juego recuerdo que era imposible. Llegabas a un punto de desarrollo bastante bueno y te encontrabas a una civilización alienígena y te destruía sin compasión. Muy frustrante.
I knew this game only by its original name on Amiga, "Reunion". This "Merit's Galactic" stuff was apparently an NA republish for DOS after the IP was acquired by Merit Studios. Didn't even know about it, because the studio changed the name. Weird that this studio went on to develop Afrika Corps vs Desert Rats (2004). Sadly it silently dissolved in 2013.
It's more a puzzle game than a 4X, you need to meet some very specific goals in order to win and it can be frustrating to figure these out. While the presentation is gorgeous and I totally love the intro and animated bits, the gameplay is one sided if you want to win the game at all.
How modern? Is it enough to make it run in Windows without crashing with the same music and graphics (vote on GOG)? Or more of System shock type of remake by Nightdive Studios, where everything is redone in UE4? Interesting, how many gamers will miss the old pixelated sprites, and how many will demand 3d models? Should it be in VR with possibility to stand at the main screen table, fly in cockpit, visit the bar, put buildings on map by hand? Also, how could it be done and not be closed by copyright holders like what happened with xcom: two sides?
@@AC-iz7eh Yeah, me too. But XCOM: two sides was using original graphics, and featured gameplay for the alien side, and was closed due to copyright problems just right after 1.0 release by guess who? the developers of the new XCOM.
@@haytionette your description reminded me of the Parkan game where it was a space sim, 1st person shooter, you could colonize planets and progress a story.
@@VZsStuff Yeah from what I read online, it was released on various platforms at the same time including AMIGA & DOS. I wonder what the AMIGA version looked and sounded like?!
@@VZsStuff It was developed at the same time (I am a member of the original "Amnesty" group (Jani one of the original programmers named us after his lack of English knowledge :) ))
Yes, the game (used) is sold on amazon and maybe another places, and it can be run with dosbox, you only will have to save frequently because game tends to damage its memory and introduce random glitches like 9999 fighters, or scientists not willing to learn. You can spot such bugs in my gameplay video, where I had to reload the save.
The second method - find online dosbox gaming site which has Reunion and online dosbox emulator, but I'm not sure if it runs well online and if saves are supported on all such sites.
I waited for it for years. Even saw a couple of alleged screenshots of the 2nd part in a magazine and I was quite hyped back then. Loved the game and the music.
This is an example of memory corruption. The memory part where William's skill in engineering is stored got overwritten with some other erroneous value. Game code then checked if he is able to build that and it thinks he can't. Such errors occured about 6 times during the gameplay. Once in another gaming session I've got free fighters. Other signs of memory corruption are graphics glitches. This is the reason I save frequently. The game was run in dosbox emulator, which might be one of the reasons of those glitches. Now, when you know this, you can spot other moments where something broke and I had to save and reload the game.
@@VZsStuff that's awesome. I played this with only 4 save states a long time ago. I didn't get far at all, kept losing to Morgrul's second invasion. I didn't realize I was expanding too quickly, and triggering key points that end up moving the story onward.
@@VZsStuff Thats a really hell of weird bug, I played this game HUNDREDS of times and I never, EVER got that bug! (however I got several others!!) And yes, the game was quite buggy even playing it in real hardware. I used to play this game alot in my old 386 DX33. (I keep waiting for reunion II up to 1997 or so) THank you ALOT for the explaniations on those bugs!!
This was an incredibly "cool" game back in the day. I ended up beating it but never got to do everything. It's a pity the company never finished Reunion II...
Now i understand, why i usually need about one full day to play it completely - due of regular gamesave loads, because im not very satisfied by nuclear/wind power plants🤣
Guys, have you tried my own game beta? See the th-cam.com/video/gbw8L4Bo2n0/w-d-xo.html I'm asking for a feedback. This is very important for me - my first game.
Так в итоге то прошел. Но точно помню на одном и том же году ( какая то прям фатальная битва) все время проигрывали. Но как то раз все же сумел одолеть и далее уже без труда прошел.
Дак там одна и таже тема была на каком то году - если вынесут. то пиздец. мы с друганами порой выпивали и мотали до неё. набирая ученых - а это главная. кстати. в игре фишка была - и проебывали но как то раз свезло. а потом удалил ее на хуй -16мегабайт чтоль весила. непомню :)
Try the original walkthrough guide: google the "Merit's Galactic Reunion" Ultimate Guide by Hugo Guimarães. Either you're not aggressive enough in building and taxes, or you had an ingame bug which somehow interfered with your gameplay session.
Gravis ultrasound is the best, because Soundblaster 16 isn't really emulated. I remember very nice music in middle of 90s on my machine. Now it's just dosbox with no true sb16 😢
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I used to load this game just for the intro sequence with awesome voiceover! The game itself made no sense to me at all, then again I was only about 12 at the time! LOL
When I saw this game for the 1'st time on my computer long time ago it was starting with the best game intro ever. Watching this video and I still remember every line and the video sequences
Same happened to me with Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1, 2 intros
I still remember my sister coming to my room and shouting "tell that b?tch to shup up already!"
I loved this game so much, but it was also extremely hard because you had to do certain things at the right time in the right specific order, or else you had no chance to win because you were missing key technologies. It was, at least for me, impossible to win the game without guides from the internet. I remember how my father made some savegame edits with a hex editor, for infinite money and some technologies (but not all), and we were still stuck because we had no tanks and no airplanes. It was just not possible to beat the Morgruls (and the Kalls) only with troops because they had airplanes.
A little fun fact: the game has a hard limit for buildings. If you have too many colonies with too many buldings, the game would not let you build more structures. If you reach that limit, you can only build a structure after you demolish another one.
One amazing game. Bought it on cd for my first pc. Pentium 100, 1Mb vga, awe32 soundcard, 8mb ram etc. Windows 95 cd was scratched and did not work. Had to wait for monday to replace. All i had was this game.
Still play it with dosbox sometimes.
Great game.
How in the world, has nobody made a remake out of this. The voice actress is fantastic. Love her voice.
Well because, game dev nowadays is triple AAA budget , who want to see less, so time will tell
Imperium Galactica kinda was the sequel to this
@@HelmutKohlrabi It also has an open source updated version called Open IG. It's written on Java so I wonder how functional it would be but it's worth a try.
Thank you! Love Reunion! A gem!
I'm glad this video is valuable. Before I started recording it, I couldn't find any top quality full walkthrough and decided I should try myself.
Lovely stuff, man! I really appreciated that my Reunion Guide was useful to you! Thanks for the kind words!
When I saw the intro for the first time I was sucked into its universe.
A great game concept, but with many glitches, overwhelming micro-management of the in-game resources, and Event-Triggered progression almost all the way throughout the game.
They polished the basics, however, and made Imperium Galactica, a sort of Spiritual successor of this game. Enjoyable, anways, if you are curious about this "Merit's galactic Reunion"
One of the best games from that period
I really wish this would get a remake. It was such a hard but good/fun game, kept coming back till my cousin and I beat it.
Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 are basically remakes of this game, produced by the same company.
This game is rather hard until you figure out what exactly to do. You can fuck it up quite easily beyond being able to beat the game.
@@HelmutKohlrabiStill love to replay it ever and ever again, since over twenty years.
Thank you for this walk-through! I've never completed this game. I "did" it with you :) thx again.
Thanks to the author of the guide, without it I would not pass the morgrul attacks
VZ's Stuff same here. I've tried a lot of times in the past. Morgruls defeated me with 2 or 3 waves.
This game will withstand the sand of times!
I love everything about this game. Even the repetitive female mouse click narrator. It's a memorable and beautiful sci-fi thriller of sorts. All of it beautiful...maaaybe except the ending. Seems like they were happy to have finished all the gameplay and just wanted to package it and sell it. Not much conclusion to the mystery or story. Just a "congratulations, you're done, kudos on being a great politician", and that's about it. 😅 Those were the days!
Thanks. Brings back good memories. Had a “bug”, finished without aircraft.
there was another bug where assassinating the leader of the earthlings actually did nothing, and the same job would be there in the bar as usual
This hit right in the memory bank!
finishing this game felt like a real achievement. It also broke the ground with a story with distinctive plot progression mixed with the civil management
Man, this really kicked my ass, but I loved it.
Such a great game . Loved the struggle , almost gave up but ended up beating it
I always suffered from lack of Energon so I added a colony on Jade moon Russel. You get 80+ Energon
I almost forget about it. This and Imperium Galactica were really great.
imperium galactica is now on good old games. an absolute gem
That short staff made a beast of game. Very well done.
Респект и уважуха! Снято на одном дыхании? Пока только минут сорок отсмотрел... Я что же - один такой псих, который перед постройкой каждого генератора (ОСОБЕННО ядерного) сохранялся и при недостаточном объеме генерируемой энергии грузил сэйв, чтоб попытаться построить хотя бы с номиналом? 😂 Думаю, в моем случае минимум половина игрового времени уходила на Save/Load/Save для каждого генератора 🤭
Да, снял за один проход. Не понимаю как можно самому догадаться было как "правильно" проходить эту игру. Если бы не гайд из сети, так и не понял бы, почему так сложно. Забаговались по-моему только истребители. Другие показатели если забаговались, я мог и не заметить. Вот он чудный мир был с незащищенной памятью. И все это добро продолжает существовать из-за того, что языки c и c++ не вымерли еще. Хоть память других программ и защитили, но другие баги никуда не делись.
Brilliant Strategist!
Good politician. (Ooof)
Excellent leader.
missed this game, i remember having cruisiers, but dont remember if i ever won the game.. and that was like what 25 years ago ?
I'm still looking out for Reunion II 😢
I hope, some game developer plays Reunion 1, and then decides to make something similar.
@@VZsStuff Yes my friend hope never dies 🙏👍
Imperium Galactica was kind of thattvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/ImperiumGalactica
@@VZsStuff in crédits say we well see un reunión 2, but never Was maded, worse, that company no longer exist
Reminded me of Iron Seed. IS is a tough game with flights between stars, tough enemies, similar but controllable radar-style fights, sending drones to study planets, destroying drones if planet was with civilization, mining, 6 crew members who can learn, and a search for a new home for the Earth people. Sounds very similar isn't it?
Este juego recuerdo que era imposible. Llegabas a un punto de desarrollo bastante bueno y te encontrabas a una civilización alienígena y te destruía sin compasión. Muy frustrante.
I knew this game only by its original name on Amiga, "Reunion". This "Merit's Galactic" stuff was apparently an NA republish for DOS after the IP was acquired by Merit Studios. Didn't even know about it, because the studio changed the name. Weird that this studio went on to develop Afrika Corps vs Desert Rats (2004). Sadly it silently dissolved in 2013.
best fucking space game ever!!!
It's more a puzzle game than a 4X, you need to meet some very specific goals in order to win and it can be frustrating to figure these out. While the presentation is gorgeous and I totally love the intro and animated bits, the gameplay is one sided if you want to win the game at all.
Interesting... I've never thought of strengthening the first planet first, and just started building satellites. And never did the very difficult tax.
Difficult tax starts to work out after all leisure buildings are built.
Liz Truss and her cabinet are apparently reviewing this video so they can decide what to do from the 7th Sept 22.
gosh, how cool would it be if someone makes a modern remake of this game.
Yeap but it would cost like halph of billion dollar :)
How modern? Is it enough to make it run in Windows without crashing with the same music and graphics (vote on GOG)? Or more of System shock type of remake by Nightdive Studios, where everything is redone in UE4? Interesting, how many gamers will miss the old pixelated sprites, and how many will demand 3d models? Should it be in VR with possibility to stand at the main screen table, fly in cockpit, visit the bar, put buildings on map by hand? Also, how could it be done and not be closed by copyright holders like what happened with xcom: two sides?
@@VZsStuff I did not like the new XCOM 😅
@@AC-iz7eh Yeah, me too. But XCOM: two sides was using original graphics, and featured gameplay for the alien side, and was closed due to copyright problems just right after 1.0 release by guess who? the developers of the new XCOM.
This game was hard as hell.I swore to never touch it again after finishing it.
Please tell me if there are any games like this now-a-days. I've played this so many times now lol
Master of Orion, Imperium Galactica maybe.
@@VZsStuff Thanx man i'll take a look at Imperium Galactica. Did not like Master of Orion...
@@mranimationcloete1 Stellaris ?
What about Alien Legacy - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Legacy or Supremacy- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy:_Your_Will_Be_Done
There will be i promice
This game is so GOD like . I played it 3 times on amiga and 1 time on dos ! Hard to complete
if they would make a remake i would gladly buy it. this game was so much in 1. it was an adventure and an rts and a simulator in one.
@@haytionette your description reminded me of the Parkan game where it was a space sim, 1st person shooter, you could colonize planets and progress a story.
looks like you got the pixels right! Well uploaded!
I loved this game, thanks!!!
So, was this supposed to be released on the AMIGA originally and then switched onto the PC? Because its vibe & feel has AMIGA written all over it!
Or maybe it was developed for Amiga and DOS at the same time.
@@VZsStuff Yeah from what I read online, it was released on various platforms at the same time including AMIGA & DOS. I wonder what the AMIGA version looked and sounded like?!
@@VZsStuff It was developed at the same time (I am a member of the original "Amnesty" group (Jani one of the original programmers named us after his lack of English knowledge :) ))
I used to play this and I could never get past the morgrul attackers 3rd wave with the bigger ships.
Me too, until I found the "Merit's Galactic Reunion" Ultimate Guide by Hugo Guimarães. Many games require "different" thinking.
Same. Quit playing back then and used a guide when replaying it 10 years later.
is there anyway to play this anymore? i loved playing this game as a kid and only managed to beat it twice since
Yes, the game (used) is sold on amazon and maybe another places, and it can be run with dosbox, you only will have to save frequently because game tends to damage its memory and introduce random glitches like 9999 fighters, or scientists not willing to learn. You can spot such bugs in my gameplay video, where I had to reload the save.
The second method - find online dosbox gaming site which has Reunion and online dosbox emulator, but I'm not sure if it runs well online and if saves are supported on all such sites.
I didn't understand how ion cannon and planes could be obtained in the game
Alas, Reunion II never came in 1995... :(
imperium galactica 1
I waited for it for years. Even saw a couple of alleged screenshots of the 2nd part in a magazine and I was quite hyped back then. Loved the game and the music.
Hope you will do a Deutoros gameplay to :)
Hi, wat is Deutoros?
@@VZsStuffIt’s an Amiga game, the sequel to Millenium 2.2k. I don’t know if there were DOS versions of either.
Curious why you're getting this message at 28:10
William Forbs (architect) is not able to construct this building... a Nuclear Gen...
This is an example of memory corruption. The memory part where William's skill in engineering is stored got overwritten with some other erroneous value. Game code then checked if he is able to build that and it thinks he can't. Such errors occured about 6 times during the gameplay. Once in another gaming session I've got free fighters. Other signs of memory corruption are graphics glitches. This is the reason I save frequently. The game was run in dosbox emulator, which might be one of the reasons of those glitches. Now, when you know this, you can spot other moments where something broke and I had to save and reload the game.
@@VZsStuff
that's awesome. I played this with only 4 save states a long time ago. I didn't get far at all, kept losing to Morgrul's second invasion.
I didn't realize I was expanding too quickly, and triggering key points that end up moving the story onward.
@@VZsStuff Thats a really hell of weird bug, I played this game HUNDREDS of times and I never, EVER got that bug! (however I got several others!!)
And yes, the game was quite buggy even playing it in real hardware. I used to play this game alot in my old 386 DX33. (I keep waiting for reunion II up to 1997 or so)
THank you ALOT for the explaniations on those bugs!!
This was an incredibly "cool" game back in the day. I ended up beating it but never got to do everything.
It's a pity the company never finished Reunion II...
Imperium Galactica is Reunion 2.
Now i understand, why i usually need about one full day to play it completely - due of regular gamesave loads, because im not very satisfied by nuclear/wind power plants🤣
Guys, have you tried my own game beta? See the th-cam.com/video/gbw8L4Bo2n0/w-d-xo.html I'm asking for a feedback. This is very important for me - my first game.
Ох и заебался же я тогда её проходить. С парнями ночами сидели. да под пивас в эту игру играли.
До куда осилили пройти?
Так в итоге то прошел. Но точно помню на одном и том же году ( какая то прям фатальная битва) все время проигрывали. Но как то раз все же сумел одолеть и далее уже без труда прошел.
Дак там одна и таже тема была на каком то году - если вынесут. то пиздец. мы с друганами порой выпивали и мотали до неё. набирая ученых - а это главная. кстати. в игре фишка была - и проебывали
но как то раз свезло. а потом удалил ее на хуй -16мегабайт чтоль весила. непомню :)
Never get why too many slots to create fleets and pirate ships, apparently undeveloped characterisitics
I've played this b4 and always ran out of 1 or 2 resources
Lol her voice
So 90s!! 😂
01:03:57 Rutger Hauer ? :D
Could you explain please? I'm not familiar with that)
i do as you did and get attacked before i can build any weapons...
Try the original walkthrough guide: google the "Merit's Galactic Reunion" Ultimate Guide by Hugo Guimarães. Either you're not aggressive enough in building and taxes, or you had an ingame bug which somehow interfered with your gameplay session.
@@VZsStuff tnx man, will try it!
36:57
LOL U.N. go bye-bye
That ucranian accent Was funny
Late reply, but the accent is Hungarian, not Ukranian. It's not Slavic.
Which moment in video?
@@VZsStuff The entire video. The developers were a Hungarian team and they did the localization in house.
@@VZsStuff the voice acting un general
I thought it was a robotic AI / computer voice effect )))
1:20:40
15:14, 42:28, 1:13:18, 2:33:01
Are those timestamps where you've pointed something interesting, or you're using comments to save your viewing progress?))
@@VZsStuff No, i just plan to use this video for my internal presentation in my team, because i creating game and use some ideas from this game.
I'm creating a game too))) Do you want to be the first reviewer if you have time?
@@VZsStuff If i would have time, i am pretty busy person
That's ok.
Too bad the sound sucks, same with the Amiga version
In what way? I always thought the voice samples and music were very catchy for a mid 90's game.
Gravis ultrasound is the best, because Soundblaster 16 isn't really emulated. I remember very nice music in middle of 90s on my machine. Now it's just dosbox with no true sb16 😢
That intro is the worst.