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developed and published by

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for the

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. 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. A sequel, ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'', was released for the same platform in 1991. Both games were later rereleased through the ''

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'' 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

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'', was highly complementary of the game calling it a "Superb version of a classic coin-op."

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References

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