Can you guess this old game from just one screenshot?
I’ll update this post with the answer at 5pm today if no one has guessed before then. Or if you do guess it before then, feel free to share your memories of a classic game.
I had the Amiga version of Iridium – looked similar (the way the ships roll when you go from moving up to down the screen), but the graphics were much prettier… or at least I remember them being much prettier :P
One of the first C64 games I bought (with my own money, not my parents) way back when.. Such a great shooter for it’s time (and still holds up alright now too in the few times I’ve fired it up recently).
For those who guessed Uridium, the difference is that in Sanxion the play area above the score is actually a top-down view of the side-scrolling main screen. You had to keep an eye on both perspectives.
Can you guess this old game from just one screenshot?
Dr_Stef
October 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Looks like Uridium for some reason, but I only had a pc version of it.
I could of course be totally wrong. ;)
Report PermalinkGobbo
October 21, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I had the Amiga version of Iridium – looked similar (the way the ships roll when you go from moving up to down the screen), but the graphics were much prettier… or at least I remember them being much prettier :P
Report PermalinkGobbo
October 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Blah typo :P
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 21, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Uridium for the C64 by the looks of things.
One of the first C64 games I bought (with my own money, not my parents) way back when.. Such a great shooter for it’s time (and still holds up alright now too in the few times I’ve fired it up recently).
Report PermalinkDavid Wildgoose
October 21, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Nope, it’s not Uridium.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Oh hang on, wasn’t Uridium set over the top of a giant space ship? hmmm..
Report PermalinkSeb
October 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Sanxion for C64. Thalamus released some great C64 games.
Report PermalinkDavid Wildgoose
October 21, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Correct!
For those who guessed Uridium, the difference is that in Sanxion the play area above the score is actually a top-down view of the side-scrolling main screen. You had to keep an eye on both perspectives.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM
If memory serves me correctly, wasn’t Thalamus more or less Zzap!’s in-house games publishing company?
Report PermalinkCaptain Pajama Shark
October 21, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Early F-Zero?
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Stephen Rushbrook
October 21, 2009 at 11:42 AM
As a huge fan of Uridium and an artist on Uridium 2 I can confirm that it’s NOT Uridium…
Don’t know what the game is though the art is VERY much in the style of Andrew Breybrook.
Report PermalinkStinky
October 21, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Everyone ripped off bas-relief style after Baybrook.
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