Nemesis (Gameboy) - Boss Run

At first glance, you might confuse this for a port of the arcade game... but.. it's not! Aside from the first level, (which is rather bizarrely, almost an exact port of the arcade's opening level.) this is a all new game...

And no, reusing music doesn't bother me. It's nice to see some of the songs get re-used once in a while. It's also nice to see the Gradius 2 MSX boss theme (Striker onwards) find another home, it's one theme I wish the Gradius series would re-use more often. (And it's actually a good remix! The gameboy WAS capable of pulling off good music once in a while, XP )
Unfortunately this game's version of Aircraft Carrier has been slightly butchered.


Also, this game's final is a bit wussier than usual... which coming from this series, is saying something!

Oddly, like the second gameboy game, this game's fairly easy once you're powered up and continue to get forcefields, because unlike traditional Gradius games, the forcefields act as health, as opposed to just covering the area they display at. How-ever GETTING fully powered up is the hard part. The first level killed me more often than the rest of the game put together. XD

Couple of notes:
1) The volcano mini-boss : That's actually a completely safe spot, turns out I didn't need to shoot at all here. XD
2) Crawler: This is actually the hardest boss in the game, at least to kill.
I can't see what took away my shield at the end though, I didn't visibly collide with anything. :/
3) Striker: Providing you don't corner yourself in, dodging the bullet spread is pretty simple... just be sure to stay well away from the thing when it rams you in. (This is a instant kill even with forcefields.)
4) Reckless: You're completely safe whilst above the boss. (Except when it's rising, obviously, but that's when you should be doing damage to it, XD)
5) Final: Lol. This thing actually fights back, but if you have a forcefield, you can just ram it to kill it instantly.


Thanks to Gradius Homeworld forums for the boss names.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• nemesis
• gradius
• gameboy
• gb
• konami
• nintendo
• vic
• viper

[evilegg288]

Man, thaose machinery sprites are so awesome on't Gameboy.

And it's a pretty magnificent parade of boss themes, too!

[kevo84]

god i loved this game, played it when i was 12

[NeoTStyle]

This game was cool as hell.

[joaozinhomenino]

i love this game.... i have this game in my game boy collection.....

[TKDmidgit]

ohh the memoriesss. i still have this actually! first played it when i was only 2 on the original gameboy...

i always thought the boss at 2:40 was a pizza :)

[joesingle]

The Boss music in Stages 3,4, & 5 are Epic!

[jas1998100]

I lol at the final boss kill

[Argroh]

I believe those "Karakasas" are called Iron Maidens

[MapleBedas]

i had this game, woo, loved it ;)

[thespaceboon101]

that ending was lame

[insane01231992]

someone knows where to get this game for the VBA gameboy emulator?