UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission
You are a warmonger and plan to escape from this maximum security prison that orbits the earth with your fellow inmate Mandroid (played by a second player at the same time). Because Earth's prisons are full…
UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission is a shooter, released 31 December 1988 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission is
UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission was released in 1988. It was published by Mastertronic's Added Dimension. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are a warmonger and plan to escape from this maximum security prison that orbits the earth with your fellow inmate Mandroid (played by a second player at the same time). Because Earth's prisons are full, space stations have been built to house criminals like you. You've managed to arm yourself with a weapon (Mandroid, a laser) and try to get past waves of guards coming at you by dodging or shooting them. When you reach the end of the prison, a space shuttle awaits you to take you to freedom. UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission is a run 'n gun game that gives you a high angle view of your player from a third-person perspective. They move vertically up while the screen scrolls.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
UCM: Ultimate Combat Mission launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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