Uridium [SEP] designer
Uridium
Uridium (released on the NES as The Last Starfighter) is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64, and later ported to other 8-bit machines. It consists of fifteen levels, each named after a metal element, with the last level being called "Uridium" (a fictional metallic element, not to be confused with the real metallic element iridium). The manual quotes Robert Orchard, who invented the name as saying "I really thought it existed.
a subsequent diary published in the magazine about his game "Morpheus".
Accolades.
In 1986 Braybrook was voted Best Programmer of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards.
From 1998 to July 2016 Braybrook worked as a senior software developer for Eurobase International. Since then he has worked as a freelance writer, programmer and game designer. Several games were created by taking inspiration from Uridium.