30 November 2016, 04:40 | #1 |
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Paradroid 90 and Uridium 2
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i remember back in the day i was really excited to hear that paradroid and uridium were coming to the amiga, as i previously really enjoyed them both on the C64 so... when i got paradroid 90 on the amiga i really enjoyed it, played it a lot, and had lot's of fun for months (..actually for years, as i would go back to it many times through the years) uridium 2 is a different story though. for some reason, i couldn't seem to get into it. i'm not sure why. i played it a few times, didn't really get excited about anything, and then never played it again. i can't put it down to any particular reason though... () perhaps it was just me? so... are there any fans of uridium 2 here who really rate it and find (or found) it to be lots of fun, exciting, and addictive? ps. i also enjoyed andrew braybrook's fire and ice, which i played a lot, really enjoyed, and managed to complete. |
30 November 2016, 10:03 | #2 |
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C64 Uridium was slower and you could see what's going on with blocks of solid color in the background. Way too fast on the Amiga, too detailed graphics, too dark. The ship shapes are common and boring. The colors are common and political correct, while the phychedelic colors of C64 are better suited for a space game.
Cherry on top the extra psychedelic vibe (if it wasn't enough) the SID creates. |
30 November 2016, 12:00 | #3 |
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Uridium 2 is awesome...
Er...politically correct colours!? Do you mean not saturated enough or something? |
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30 November 2016, 12:59 | #5 |
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I actually love Uridium 2, in the other hand could never understand why all the love for Paradroid 90.
And Fire and Ice never got me either. |
30 November 2016, 13:07 | #6 |
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I love Paradroid 90 (while I do not like original Paradroid) and I adore all the technical aspects of Uridium 2, but the game is too difficult for me after few levels. I like original Uridium more.
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01 December 2016, 00:51 | #7 |
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I find Uridium 2 really nice, unlike its predecessor which is just sadistic.
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15 January 2018, 13:05 | #8 |
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This is one of these times when the CBM64 versions win out.
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15 January 2018, 14:25 | #9 |
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Never played Uridium 2 but I liked Paradroid 90. I love top-down games and this one has excellent graphics with a good, muted color scheme and an interesting selection of droids from the lowly drink server and messenger to the heavy combat model and the ominous sphere which had some sort of lightning area attack. The levels graphics were full of small details like cluttered desks and computers.
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15 January 2018, 15:16 | #10 |
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Played Paradroid and Paradroid 90. Both are great games. It was a shame that Paradroid 90 didn't scroll left and right. I remember someone saying it was too do with the ST version but don't know if this was true?
Uridium I loved on the 64 bit Uridium 2 on the Amiga was only OK. Never could quite put finger on why tbh. Probably had another shoot em up at the time or something. If you liked Uridium check out my WIP Iridium shoot em up for Windows. This video is a little old now. New one soon [ Show youtube player ] |
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I love Paradroid on the C64 but never could get into Paradroid '90. Not really sure why, I remember it being really hard but I guess perhaps I never really gave it a real chance.
Never really liked Uridium on the C64 so I'm not sure if I have even tried Uridium 2, perhaps I should one day! |
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15 January 2018, 17:20 | #13 |
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Thanks for the info That's very interesting to know
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I am more than surprised Andrew replied to your questions. He is famous for being not interested in any kind of articles and interviews. I have tried to ask him for a decent interview many times and he never answered. Also few recent books editors haven't succeed, even author of the Hewson book! Much appreciated, CodeTapper!!
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28 July 2018, 04:50 | #18 |
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i thought i would have a little look on youtube of some uridium 2 footage to see if it jogged my memory as to why i had trouble with that game back in the day..
..i could see right away; it's the speed for sure, the scrolling is too fast for my slow brain ps. gfx and sound are nice imho |
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I've always been terrible at Paradroid! I keep coming back to it only to once again not get anywhere. I do love Uridium 1 and 2. I have to say that for the time Uridium was just flat-out amazing. Uridium 2 was cool, but not groundbreaking in presentation the way the original was.
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