GameHammer - Uridium

[Zoe Robinson]

Hey guys, I'm back with another playthrough/review of a CPC game. This time it's Uridium, where I'm showing how much I suck at it and comparing the CPC offering with the C64 original.

[AMSDOS]

I've lost touch with this game badly when I got my Amstrad back in working order, years of Emulated Joystick on the Emulator I think did the damage. 


I also got out Codies Arcade Flight Sim and had similar problems, I couldn't even see the bullets!    But could still play Who Dares Wins II.

[Zoe Robinson]

I've lost touch with this game badly when I got my Amstrad back in working order, years of Emulated Joystick on the Emulator I think did the damage.   

This sounds like a perfect reason to boot up the old game and get some practice in!

I also got out Codies Arcade Flight Sim and had similar problems, I couldn't even see the bullets!    But could still play Who Dares Wins II.

I'm not familiar with Codies Arcade Flight Sim, I will have to look it up. I'm assuming from the mention of bullets that it's going to be nothing like MS Flight Sim?

[AMSDOS]

This sounds like a perfect reason to boot up the old game and get some practice in!



I'm not familiar with Codies Arcade Flight Sim, I will have to look it up. I'm assuming from the mention of bullets that it's going to be nothing like MS Flight Sim?

Not sure, it's more like Flying Shark or Sonic Boom.

[andycadley]

I still think it's overrated. The C64 version is just a bit too much of a tech demo, the scrolling is far too fast to really be playable and frankly it looks a bit ugly. The Spectrum (and by extension Amstrad) versions are, conversely, a little bit too slow and full of some horrendously unfair bits like those X things that home in on your ship, are indestructible and almost impossible to avoid. If the C64 version had been slowed down just a tad, given more forgiving earlier levels and had a bit more artistry on the graphics, I might have rated it.

[Zoe Robinson]

It is possible to avoid the flying "X" things, although it is quite difficult to do so. They home in on you for a while, then explode on their own. I managed to avoid them in C64 part of the video but not the CPC part but I can confirm (having spent a bit of time playing this morning) that it's definitely possible to avoid them on the CPC version as well.

[SOS]

Btw. has someone played uridium with the 3.15er firmware?

[Puresox]

I always found Uridium on the Amstrad , far to challenging to be enjoyable . Not that it isn't too tough to get far in it , it just requires a lot of  concentration. The Amstrad/Spectrum versions have too small a playing area top to bottom . I think it is a shame cos it is almost a reasonable game if the cramped issue wasn't there .
The Homing missile makes things a real pain in the arse , especially because of the limited manoeuvring. If you could shoot it out it would balance things up somewhat 

[AMSDOS]

Hahaha! Well I used to be a crack flyer when dealing with the "X"! 
These days I can still manage it, but have trouble remembering where all the obstacles are!

[Zoe Robinson]

For a long time I was convinced the obstacles changed position, it was obviously the only reason I was so bad at avoiding them! Couldn't be that I was just a terrible pilot.