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dave4shmups
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by dave4shmups » Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:47 am
Just played this one on an emulator; dang it's a tough shmup! According to a FAQ I read on this game, it was an attempt by Mindscape to clone Uridium for the C64. How does Uridium compare to The Last Starfighter?
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by gameoverDude » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:00 am
From what I heard, the NES game of The Last Starfighter IS Uridium with the license slapped on.
Kinect? KIN NOT.
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by dave4shmups » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:04 am
Interesting. Are there any bosses in the game? I haven't come accross any yet.
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by Blue Lander » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:08 am
I read somewhere that Last Starfighter is Uridium 2 with a new name slapped on, not Uridium 1.
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by RedKnight » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:09 am
didn't they made a movie about it?
The Last Starfighter.
alien who can remove his eyes, nose and stuff.
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by Blue Lander » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:28 am
Yup, the Last Starfighter movie was about some kid who got a high score on some video game (secretly a test to find good pilots) and was chosen by aliens to go fight some other aliens. Pretty cool movie. Atari was going to do a bunch of games based on it, but the movie didn't do as well as they expected it would. Who knows why Mindscape dug up the old movie license for a NES game.
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by zaphod » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:37 am
Uridium is SO much better than that last starfighter NES game.
I can tell you it IS definitely a clone of URIDIUM 1 and not 2.
The control on the NES game SUXXXXXXX!!!!!
The c64 original controls VERY nicely, but not that piece of crap the NES version is.
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by IlMrm » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:38 am
I love that movie. I actually started a thread about this movie back in the old forum. Cool movie. Very shmuppy.
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by Stormwatch » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:21 am
That movie was great... I read it was the first movie to have all special effects - well, all space scenes - done with a computer (many of Tron 's effects were actually old-skool photo effects and hand-drawn animation).
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by dave4shmups » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:51 pm
Wow, sounds like a flick I need to watch!
So, does anyone know if this game is Uridium, a sequel to Uridium, etc?
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by zaphod » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:22 pm
I already answered.
You tke uridium, BUTCHER the game's tight control and cool sound, and presto, you have last starfighter.
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME.
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by BrianC » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:28 pm
I used to have the PC Uridium. Unfortunetly, I don't remember too much about it. I remember it controlling well, though.
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by Shatterhand » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:40 am
I think IT IS a Uridium port with a license splatted on it. I remember It has the "Graftgold" logo on it. Graftgold is the company behind Uridium.
The movie is GREAT. I remember once somewhere in this froum said it was THE SHMUP MOVIE.
Uridium 2 , AFAIK, is still exclusive to Amiga. Great game.
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by Melf » Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:35 am
You should be able to get the movie on DVD for about $12. There's a cool special edition out too.