''Reunion'' is a space

strategy video game Strategy is a major video game genre that emphasizes thinking and planning over direct instant action in order to achieve victory. Although many types of video games can contain strategic elements, as a genre, strategy games are most commonly defi ...

. 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'', which would be released ...

) and was released by the British publisher

Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Interactive Ltd. (formerly Grandslam Entertainments Ltd. and later Grandslam Video Ltd.) was a video games software house based in United Kingdom, Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from a management buy-out of Argus Press Software by ...

. 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, Krisztián Jámbor, and Attila Lendvai (

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), István Kiss (

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). The soundtrack was made by

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