Nemesis (video game)

For the arcade and MSX game Nemesis, see Gradius (video game).

Nemesis^[a] is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy. It is part of the Gradius series. Similar to Taito's Sagaia, this game uses a once-international title for an earlier game in the series to represent a mostly original project.

Nemesis
North American box art
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	JP: Konami NA: Ultra Games
Designer(s)	Naoki Matsui
Composer(s)	Michiru Yamane Tomoya Tomita
Series	Gradius
Platform(s)	Game Boy
Release	JP: February 23, 1990 NA: April 1990 EU: September 1992
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

A sequel, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, was released for the same platform in 1991. Both games were later rereleased through the Konami GB Collection series, where they are titled Gradius and Gradius II instead.

Gameplay

Nemesis retains the basic power-up meter commonly used in most Gradius games, but with the addition of multi-level missiles not present in the original Gradius.

The game consists of only five stages, each with a unique core boss. Although it is also possible to access hidden bonus stages in which the player may collect 1-ups and score bonus cells. Like other Game Boy titles developed by Konami, the game presents the player with a stage selection screen before starting.

Reception

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Total!	92%[1]
Video Games (DE)	83%[2]

Steve Jarratt, of Total!, was highly complementary of the game calling it a "Superb version of a classic coin-op."^[1]

Notes

1. Japanese: ネメシス, Hepburn: Nemeshisu