| Uridium |
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| Release Date | 1986/Oct/28 |
| Original Publisher | Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
| Max. Players | 2 (Alternating) |
| Inspiration for | Antares Eagle Star Blade W.A.R. Zanthrax |
| Original Price | £8.95 |
| Features | Multicolour (Rainbow Graphics) |
| Graphical Views | Top-view 2D Graphics |
| Screen Movements | Horizontal Scrolling |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 90.00% (6 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 83.3% (114 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - EDOS (UK) | |||
| #2 - Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | (1986) | ||
| #3 - Rack-It (UK) | (1988) | ||
| * Release price: £2.99 |
Authors/Contributors
| Andrew Braybrook (UK) | at Graftgold Ltd | - Game Design/Concept | |
| Dominic Robinson (UK) | at Graftgold Ltd | - Code, In-game Graphics, Level Design | |
| John Cumming (UK) | at Graftgold Ltd | - Level Design | |
| Stephen J. Crow (UK) | - Load Screen | ||
| Steve Turner (UK) | at Graftgold Ltd | - Music | |
| Steve Weston (UK) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Annual Awards
| 1st Best Shoot'Em Up - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 3rd Best Game Overall - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. | |
| 5th State Of The Art Award - 1986 Crash Readers Awards. |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #35 - 1986/Dec | page 20 | |
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #56 - 1988/Sep | page 86 | |
| "Sinclair User Classic" | at Sinclair User | issue #56 - 1986/Nov | page 58 | |
| "Your Sinclair Megagame" | at Your Sinclair | issue #12 - 1986/Dec | page 92 | |
| "ZX Computing Monster Hit" | at ZX Computing | issue #32 - 1986/Dec | page 32 |
Remarks
| When 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. |
Series "Uridium"
| 1. | Uridium | (1986) | by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Uridium Plus | by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Four Smash Hits" |
Compilations
| Full version in | Los 40 Principales Vol. 9 | (1987) | by Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) | ||
| Full version in | Uridium + Firelord | (1986) | by Hewson Consultants Ltd (UK) | ||
| Unauthorized version in | Load 'n' Run issue 38 | (1987/May) | by Magazine Load 'n' Run - covertape from issue #38 - 1987/May | - titled "Ridio" |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | Uridium(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| Uridium.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| Uridium.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | ||
| Uridium(MediumCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | - (Medium Case) | |
| Uridium(SmallCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | - (Small Case) | |
| Uridium(Rack-It).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| Uridium.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| Uridium.gif | 3,348 | Original | Running screen | |||
| Uridium.jpg | 324,731 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Uridium_2.jpg | 466,529 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| Uridium_Back.jpg | 214,776 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| Uridium_Back_2.jpg | 361,264 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| Uridium.ay.zip | 5,667 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
| uridium.txt | 2,669 | Original | Instructions | |||
| Uridium.txt | 3,593 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| Uridium.jpg | 393,378 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium_2.jpg | 319,052 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium_3.png | 227,181 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium_Part1.jpg | 65,779 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium_Part2.jpg | 74,211 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium_Part3.jpg | 65,278 | Original | Game map | |||
| Uridium.jpg | 197,387 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| uridium.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
| Uridium (1986)(Hewson Consultants).pok | 250 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 160,897 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_2.jpg | 37,074 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 10,178 | #2 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
| Uridium(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 223,678 | #2 | Advertisement | |||
| Uridium(Rack-It).jpg | 365,056 | #3 | Inlay - Front | |||
| Uridium(Rack-It)_Back.jpg | 367,306 | #3 | Inlay - Back |
Magazine Reviews
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #7-1988/Apr | page 70 | - Review | |
| BiT | issue #22-1993/Jul | page 23 | - Review | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #62-1986/Dec | page 42 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #21-1986/Dec | page 79 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #23-1987/Feb | page 43 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #35-1986/Dec | page 20 | - Review: 90% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep | page 86 | - Review: 90% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #103-1986/Nov | page 14 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #44-1986/Oct/30 special "week#5" | page 32 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #56-1986/Nov | page 58 | - Review: 5/5 | |
| Sinclair User | issue #79-1988/Oct | page 68 | - Review: 90% | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #12-1986/Dec | page 92 | - Review: 9/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #35-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #38-1989/Feb | page 55 | - Review - Your Sinclair - Budget Article | |
| ZX Computing | issue #32-1986/Dec | page 32 | - Review |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #53-1986/Mar | page 45 | - Full-page ad - not a Spectrum advert | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #34-1986/Nov | page 62 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #35-1986/Dec | page 61 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #56-1986/Nov | page 3 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #12-1986/Dec | page 15 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #13-1987/Jan | page 23 | - Full-page ad |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
