Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1986

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, iOS, Wii, ZX Spectrum

Involved Companies: Mindscape, Inc., Graftgold, Hewson Consultants, Elite Systems, Commodore, Rack-It

Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Sport, Arcade

Summary: 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".