Uridium
- Genres
- Shooter Arcade
- Platforms
- Wii · DOS · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · iOS · Atari ST/STE · BBC Microcomputer System
- Release
- Commodore C64/128/MAX 1986 Month only ZX Spectrum 1986 Month only Amstrad CPC 1987 Month only Atari ST/STE 1987 Month only BBC Microcomputer System 1987 Month only DOS Apr 1988 Exact Wii Mar 28, 2008 iOS Oct 28, 2011
- Credits
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ES
Elite Systems
HC
Hewson Consultants
C
Commodore
G
Graftgold
MI
Mindscape, Inc.
R
Rack-It
- Board status
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About
Uridium (released on the NES as The Last Starfighter) is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64, and later ported to other 8-bit machines. It consists of fifteen levels, each named after a metal element, with the last level being called Uridium (a fictional metallic element, not to be confused with the real metallic element iridium). The manual quotes Robert Orchard, who invented the name as saying "I really thought it existed".
