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Uridium

Available Platform: Commodore 64

Uridium is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em-up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64.

Year	1986
Genre	Shooter
Rating	89/100 based on 5 Editorial reviews. Add your vote
Publisher	Mindscape
Developer	Andrew Braybrook
OS supported	Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated	23 August 2019

Game Review

Uridium is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em-up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64. It was one of the most popular games for the 8-bit home computer, and it won the award for best shooting game of the year in 1986. It was different from other side-scrolling games since the movement is permitted in 2 directions (from left to right and from right to left).

One of the main features was the parallax scrolling, in theory not supported by the Commodore 64 but achieved with a clever trick.