Uridium

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The solar system is under attack! Enemy Super-Dreadnoughts have been placed in orbit around each of the fifteen planets in this galactic sector. They are draining mineral resources from the planetary cores for use in their interstellar power units. Each Super-Dreadnought seeks out a different metal for its metal converter. Your Manta class Space Fighter will be transported to each planet in turn and it is your task to destroy each Dreadnought. First you must attack the defensive screen of enemy fighters, then you must neutralise the majority of surface defences before you land on the Super-Dreadnought's master runway. Once on board you must pull as many fuel rods as possible from the metal converters before you take off for a final strafing run as the Dreadnought vaporises into the ether.

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Genres
Shooter • Arcade
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

C64 • ZXS

1986

bbcmicro • Atari-ST • ACPC

1987

DOS

1988-04-01

Wii

2008-03-28

iOS

2011-10-28
Developers
Graftgold
Publishers
Mindscape, Inc. • Hewson Consultants • Elite Systems • Commodore • Rack-It
Other companies
Elite Systems
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The solar system is under attack! Enemy Super-Dreadnoughts have been placed in orbit around each of the fifteen planets in this galactic sector. They are draining mineral resources from the planetary cores for use in their interstellar power units. Each Super-Dreadnought seeks out a different metal for its metal converter. Your Manta class Space Fighter will be transported to each planet in turn and it is your task to destroy each Dreadnought. First you must attack the defensive screen of enemy fighters, then you must neutralise the majority of surface defences before you land on the Super-Dreadnought's master runway. Once on board you must pull as many fuel rods as possible from the metal converters before you take off for a final strafing run as the Dreadnought vaporises into the ether.

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".

Details

Genres
Shooter • Arcade
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

C64 • ZXS

1986

bbcmicro • Atari-ST • ACPC

1987

DOS

1988-04-01

Wii

2008-03-28

iOS

2011-10-28
Developers
Graftgold
Publishers
Mindscape, Inc. • Hewson Consultants • Elite Systems • Commodore • Rack-It
Other companies
Elite Systems