According to David Webber, the editor of Paper Mayhem Magazine in 1985, Universe II was started near the end of 1979 by Jon Clemens.
Then a Space Gamer Readers Survey for 1980 rated Universe II as the best PBM game.
[1]Universe II was an open ended, computer-moderated, science fiction, PBM game.
[2] Bolduc commented that "Universe II is my favorite of the PBM games I've played to date.
"[2] In the April 1983 edition of Dragon (Issue 72), Michael Gray stated "I found the game to be quite dull and dropped out soon after that.