Nemesis (Game Boy)

Discuss Review + Want + Have Contribute

Description

Nemesis is the first entry in the long-running Gradius series on the Game Boy. Its side-scrolling shoot'em up gameplay follows the series template closely. Players control the Vic Viper through five levels, most based on levels in earlier entries, for a kind of 'greatest hits' of the series. There is a cave level (as in level 1 of the original Gradius), the mandatory Moai stage, a Gigeresque organic level, a graveyard (similar to bonus stages in the MSX and PC Engine version of the original Gradius) and a high-tech base. Besides the classic core ship in the first level, all boss enemies are entirely new.

The cycling Gradius power-up system is reused here: collected power ups advance the power meter which can be activated at any time to gain the highlighted item. The line-up includes the classic selection of speedups, missiles, dual shots, lasers, option satellites and forcefields.

The game allows players to start in any of the five levels and even to set the number of lives to a maximum of 99.

Screenshots

Promo Images

Alternate Titles

• "ネメシス" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Gradius series

User Reviews

a fun action game that got rave reviews at the time

Gothicgene (83)

Critic Reviews

Total! (Germany)	Jul, 1995		100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	May, 1990	10 out of 12	83
Video Games	Sep, 1991	83 out of 100	83
Megablast	1992	82 out of 100	82
VideoGame	Jul, 1991		80
Pocket Magazine / Pockett Videogames	Dec 01, 1990		80
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dec 10, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Jun, 1990	80 out of 100	80
Retro Archives	Nov 14, 2018	14.5 out of 20	72
Nintendo Magasinet (Sweden)	Feb, 1992	3.5 out of 5	70

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

Trivia

There is no trivia on file for this game.