New Nemesis remake

On MSX, the Nemesis saga is one of the most popular game concepts by Konami, perhaps only topped by their Metal Gear games. And not without reason: the Nemesis games (including Parodius and Salamander) were great action games with memorable music, stunning graphics for MSX1 and great gameplay. Later on in history, Space Manbow would lift up Konami's shooter concept to quality levels comparable with those from 16bit consoles from the same time. It's the old Nemesis/Gradius series however which seems to stand the test of time. Often, retro fanatics keep themselves busy with these games, and that has happened just once more!

It's called Nemesis online, by Kotai. Judging from the screenshots alone, this production looks very polished, while still not losing that magical sense of retro here and there. It's well worth checking out if you are a Nemesis fanatic!

Relevant link: Nemesis online

Comments (9)

By dvik

Prophet (2200)

29-12-2008, 19:23

The game plays really well. Nice graphics that gives the same feeling as the original. I think this is the best remake of an MSX game I ever played.

The game gives this really nice arcade feeling somehow. Great job!

By Bart

Paragon (1422)

29-12-2008, 21:18

Really cool remake! A bit difficult though. It also allows you to create an account to publish your scores online. A nice 'modern' add-on I think

By konamiman

Paragon (1198)

30-12-2008, 10:46

UOOOOOOOH!!!

It has even a stage editor... why doesn't someone make something like this for MSX??

By karloch

Prophet (2159)

30-12-2008, 17:40

Very nice approach, I really liked the Diagonal Laser. Things it should improve:

Music. Plain midi files just won't do the right job in every synthetizer. Maybe midi music composed for the Microsoft GS Software Wavetable (built-in since Windows XP) could be the right choice, without discarding the use of digital music.
Loading time is too long
Stage selecction interface could be improved

By kotai

Master (152)

30-12-2008, 19:31

Hi I'm kotai creator of Nemesis Online and MiniRacingOnline, and several games for MSX between 1986 and 1990 : http://www.miniracingonline.com/otros/JuegosKotaiMSX.zip (my best game "TRAIL" for 2 players not load from casette ;( )

I'm will make all stages of MSX Nemesis1,2,3 and Salamander for my game Nemesis Online.

I upload some videos to youtube:

Stage: Nemesis1-1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2dC-yPIKOM

Stage: Nemesis1-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpTechiKPwA

Stage: Nemesis1-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMqI31TDnwU

Stage: Nemesis1-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VEU_xDngD4

Kotai :D

By ro

Scribe (4964)