Uridium

Arcade Game: Shoot-em-upEnglishZX-Spectrum 48K
Entry Summary
ID5525
TitleUridium
MachineZX-Spectrum 48K
LanguageEnglish
GenreArcade Game: Shoot-em-up
Max Players2
Available TypeA
Without Load ScreenNo
Without InlayNo
People
Authors
Publishers
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Downloads
TypeLinkSizeMD5FlagsDetailsComments
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/u/Uridium.tzx.zip20,965-
NoneOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/u/Uridium(different).tzx.zip42,118-
NoneOriginal release (O)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1987rel #0
(different)
Loading screen/pub/sinclair/screens/load/u/scr/Uridium.scr6,912-
rel #0
Running screen/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/u/Uridium.gif3,348-
rel #0
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/u/Uridium.txt3,593-
Englishrel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium.jpg393,378-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium_2.jpg319,052-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium_3.png227,181-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium_Part1.jpg65,779-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium_Part2.jpg74,211-
rel #0
Game map/pub/sinclair/games-maps/u/Uridium_Part3.jpg65,278-
rel #0
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/u/Uridium.jpg197,387-
rel #0
Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format/pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/u/Uridium.ay.zip5,667-
rel #0
POK pokes file/zxdb/sinclair/pokes/u/Uridium (1986)(Hewson Consultants).pok2507c1be6fd07d6a57bb72ea5fd47c52520
rel #0
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium.jpg324,7313eb25c9164ffb3047b721d6d69987eaa
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium_2.jpg466,529cf918200d54dc70a20913c068520b9dc
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Tape image/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium.tap.zip20,33326d6195f645ba74572d0f983e50f264f
None
rel #0
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium_Back.jpg214,776498f79b3921b044e518c39fbb6f620b8
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium_Back_2.jpg361,264cee9934f7623312c1807c09570a2ddd8
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #0
RZX playback filehttps://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/uridium.rzx--
rel #0
Recorded by Daren (with rollback)
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium_Media.jpg85,430e5033b03825c7f4b7485914dc492dab7
None
rel #0
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium_Media_2.jpg109,802f7c1f15763c664c5f9ee6cdd30bc45f6
None
rel #0
Opening screen/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium-OPEN-1.mlt12,288ba02ff31074fa8edad2077860477e89a
None
rel #0
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/u/Uridium(MediumCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip21,632-
Unspecified custom loaderRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #2
(Medium Case)
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/u/Uridium(SmallCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip21,301-
Unspecified custom loaderRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1986rel #2
(Small Case)
Instructions/pub/sinclair/games-info/u/Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf10,178-
Spanishrel #2
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/u/Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg160,897-
rel #2
Inlay - Front/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/u/Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_2.jpg37,074-
rel #2
Advertisement/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/u/Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg223,678-
rel #2
Tape image/pub/sinclair/games/u/Uridium(Rack-It).tzx.zip21,030-
NoneRe-release (R)
EnglishZX-Spectrum 48K1988rel #3
Inlay - Front/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium(Rack-It).jpg365,05688309ced134e8e775fc5869e5f04d599
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #3
Inlay - Back/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium(Rack-It)_Back.jpg367,3068c2cd2bd3f19a2e6d795ea84e35cc84c
NoneSingle jewel case
rel #3
Media scan/zxdb/sinclair/entries/0005525/Uridium(Rack-It)_Media.jpg84,352bb13d9464e2d9ef262e20229f463db17
None
rel #3
Releases
Release #YearDownloads
#0198623
#1-0
#219866
#319884
Origins
TypeTitlePublicationIssueDate
standaloneUridiumHewson Consultants Ltd-1986/10/28
Relations
DirectionTypeEntry
ToInspiration forEagle
ToInspiration forStar Blade
ToInspiration forW.A.R.
ToInspiration forZanthrax
ToInspiration forAntares
Tags / Members
TagTypeCategoryMember SeqLinks
AlternatingTurn Mode-
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Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Shoot'Em Up1
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsBest Game Overall3
Link
Crash Readers Awards 1986Annual AwardsState Of The Art Award5
Link
Golden Joystick Awards 1986Annual AwardsArcade-Style Game of the Year1
Link
Golden Joystick Awards 1986Annual AwardsGame of the Year2
Link
Horizontal ScrollingScreen Movement-
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Multicolour (Rainbow Graphics)Feature-
The effect is sometimes also named "SuperColour", "Rainbow Generator" or "Rainbow Processor".
Top-view 2D GraphicsGraphical View-
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UridiumSeries1
-
Ports
TitlePlatformOfficialLink
-Amstrad CPCYesLink
-BBC MicroYesLink
-Commodore 64YesLink
-Atari STYesLink
Remakes
No remakes recorded
Scores
WebsiteScoreVotes
WorldOfSpectrum8.33114
Notes
TypeText
RemarksWhen Dominic Robinson finished Uridium there was still some memory left, so he called his design partner John Cumming to help finish another set of levels over the weekend.
Aliases
No aliases
Licenses
No licenses linked
Web links
WebsiteLanguageURL
Speccy Screenshot Mapsenhttp://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Uridium
Wikipediaenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uridium
Centre for Computing Historyenhttps://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/59597/Uridium%20(Rack-It)/
MobyGamesenhttps://www.mobygames.com/game/uridium
RZX Archiveenhttps://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/u.php#uridium
The Tipshopenhttps://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?name=Uridium
UVLenhttps://www.uvlist.net/game-155958-Uridium+Uridium+Uridium+Plus
Spectrum Computing RZX - YouTubeenhttps://youtu.be/3A1ZO44RHps
RZX Archive - YouTubeenhttps://youtu.be/GkAyrtFWYgE
Modern ZX-Retro Gamingenhttps://youtu.be/_VzG2NaCVfc
Files
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