What I admire the most in this game is its music. The music was perfectly crafted off a synthesizer ONLY. Can you imagine?! If this music is rearranged by today's hybrid orchestral sample libraries, it will sound just AMAZING! Each level has its own music mood. This game was dangerous and breathtaking. Take a listen to "Plane Selection" music 3:30 and you will know what I am talking about :) And this dude know how to play this game lol
Extended theme from Gradius II (Famicom). I like this theme as well. But mostly adore the evolution of "Poison of A Snake" theme from Salamander through years and decades of Konami's whole Gradius legacy.
This game exceeded its time ! The 1st time I purchased this game in 1990, it was brilliant. When Salamander was produced, many people thought it Nemesis 3, but when Nemesis 3 came , it was the greatest hit of the series ! Really Konami was the power behined MSX gaming
@@Nestalgba92023 Don't see how its a port as only the first stage has anything in common with Gradius 2 aside from the walker late in the game and Gopher at the end.
Some of the tracks of this era were remixed for ReBirth. I think there can be remakes of all the specific MSX games as part of a compilation release. These are covering separate events to the Gradius games and the official "Bacterian Wars" events according to the official chronology. Bringing this game in particular back into a new, modernized format a la ReBirth would work wonders. If nothing else, it would bring forward these legendary albeit ruthless games so that they can be far more accessible but still suitably challenging.
Oddly in a roundabout way, this game was kinda remade under gradius V, same plot beats along with how the options can be selected for formation as well.
I agree. Nemesis 3 has some of the best music ever created in the Gradius series. Several of the songs were remixed for the Nintendo Wii's Gradius Rebirth game.
Neat to see the whole MSX time line in the intro, but there is another. Gradius Rebirth for Wii takes place in the year 6664, two years before Nemesis 2. It features James Burton fighting the Bacterians in the Vic Viper developed by Dr. Venom, and in the end Venom's plans for a coup are discovered and he is exiled, setting up the events of Nemesis 2. The game even ends with a "To be continued" but unfortunately Gradius/Nemesis 2 never got the Rebirth treatment. But it was still neat to see a new game in the MSX timeline
IF someone is wondering why this sounds so good, its cause of the custom konami sound chip called SSC which was in games like Contra and Kings Valley 2 also.
@Rooflesoft Games 16 and 32-bit games still had amazing soundtracks. Sonic 1-2-3, Sonic 3D Blast, Yoshi's Island, Doom, Street Fighter II and Alpha, etc
What exactly i like in a plot of the Nemesis 3 is a Terminator 2 refferens with time-scapes. And oh wait. The game been developed in 1988. Cameron played Nemesis 3? :0
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God, the collision detection in this is so fucking frustrating... seems like you need far more precision to kill an enemy than an enemy needs to kill you! I don't think I've encountered it so bad in any of the other MSX Gradius/Nemesis/.Parodius/Salamander titles, nor in the SNES, NES, arcade titles. The soundtrack is amazing though, it truly is. :D
Holy fuck, went back to play the MSX Parodius title, I shit you not, the Vic Viper and an enemy were barely close to having their corners touch, and it counted as a collision. ~____~ I shit you not, it DOES feel like there is some sort of invisible grid at work, but with wonky qualifications as to what counts as colliding. This is the kind of game that will take even the most calm, and even the most "hurrdurr don't get mad at a game" type, and just make them throw their keyboard out the window.
back when i was a kid me and my 2 older brother used to compete for the highest score on this game, i still have MSX AX-370 with 20 konami games but this was by far my favorite next to metal gear solid 2 and Knightmare,
i found my MSX with all my games i plugged it into my Old sony TV, i can't believe how hard this game is LOL, i even tried Metal gear solid and it was just as hard, no wounder Knomai put cheat code on their games
There are these small glitches in the audio, which would suggest emulator save/restores during play and video edits afterwards. E.g., bg music glitch at 15:40. And the sound fx after getting new weapon at 7:35 is also totally glitched (at 14:37 it's as it should be). But this game is insanely hard.
@@TheRoadtoRugbyFitness The Ship youre Controling in the game is the Vixen,you dont control the vic viper anymore,only in nemesis 1,Game Boy,and Nemesis 2 for the game boy
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This game has so many details, such great graphics, such varied enemies and environment, such great music… a masterpiece!
Laurens Holst Nemesis 3 was the last ever MSX1 game cartridge by Konami, so it was indeed their masterpiece.
You mean gradius 3 snes?
@@Persac7 no. He meant Nemesis 3.
What I admire the most in this game is its music. The music was perfectly crafted off a synthesizer ONLY. Can you imagine?! If this music is rearranged by today's hybrid orchestral sample libraries, it will sound just AMAZING! Each level has its own music mood. This game was dangerous and breathtaking.
Take a listen to "Plane Selection" music 3:30 and you will know what I am talking about :) And this dude know how to play this game lol
Extended theme from Gradius II (Famicom). I like this theme as well.
But mostly adore the evolution of "Poison of A Snake" theme from Salamander through years and decades of Konami's whole Gradius legacy.
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This game exceeded its time !
The 1st time I purchased this game in 1990, it was brilliant. When Salamander was produced, many people thought it Nemesis 3, but when Nemesis 3 came , it was the greatest hit of the series ! Really Konami was the power behined MSX gaming
Just grabbed an original copy of this. Looks awesome. Can’t wait to play it. Love the MSX Nemesis series.
I hope that you had enjoyed it, Gradius and his universe is absolutely great.
IMO this game is the darkest one out of the entire Gradius games. Its atmosphere and age make it feel scary.
It has cool music though.
This is actually a port and a re-adaptation of the arcade game: Gradius II, Gofer no Yabon.
@@Nestalgba92023 Don't see how its a port as only the first stage has anything in common with Gradius 2 aside from the walker late in the game and Gopher at the end.
@@METAL1ON The game is named Gradius - Gofer no Yabou Episode II in Japan. Konami indeed made it as a "re-adaptation" of sorts of arcade Gradius 2.
@@rafaellima83 I know that I still have my copy of the game but the same still stands imo.
*The music of this game is composed by Michiru Yamane!*
Hate when all the other composers are not credited properly, even in a UA-cam comment. This is a no-no for me.
The cover art reminds us movie lovers of Star Trek 3 In Search for Spock.
Some of the tracks of this era were remixed for ReBirth. I think there can be remakes of all the specific MSX games as part of a compilation release. These are covering separate events to the Gradius games and the official "Bacterian Wars" events according to the official chronology.
Bringing this game in particular back into a new, modernized format a la ReBirth would work wonders. If nothing else, it would bring forward these legendary albeit ruthless games so that they can be far more accessible but still suitably challenging.
Oddly in a roundabout way, this game was kinda remade under gradius V, same plot beats along with how the options can be selected for formation as well.
The boss music is really great in this game. Kudos Valis, kudos.
I agree. Nemesis 3 has some of the best music ever created in the Gradius series. Several of the songs were remixed for the Nintendo Wii's Gradius Rebirth game.
Worst*
@@Persac7 Best*
7:32 You now possess the Fire Blaster!
Took me 3 days to finish it when I got it when I was 16 I found Nemesis 2 much harder it took me 2 weeks to get past Abadon what a nightmare that was.
Neat to see the whole MSX time line in the intro, but there is another. Gradius Rebirth for Wii takes place in the year 6664, two years before Nemesis 2. It features James Burton fighting the Bacterians in the Vic Viper developed by Dr. Venom, and in the end Venom's plans for a coup are discovered and he is exiled, setting up the events of Nemesis 2. The game even ends with a "To be continued" but unfortunately Gradius/Nemesis 2 never got the Rebirth treatment. But it was still neat to see a new game in the MSX timeline
IF someone is wondering why this sounds so good, its cause of the custom konami sound chip called SSC which was in games like Contra and Kings Valley 2 also.
Un vrai film. Scénario, animation et musique dignent d'un jeu d'arcade dans un café des années 80 ! :)
It's Gradius, but with a plot, and lore! Excellent.
Anyone ever notice that Konami hada fetish with easter island, back in the 80's? Lol.
Yes. The badass is strong with this soundtrack. Wtf happened to game music? It seemed halfway or more through the PS2 era, game soundtracks got weak.
I agree videos games don't have video game soundtracks these days just forgettable orchestral crap.
@Rooflesoft Games 16 and 32-bit games still had amazing soundtracks. Sonic 1-2-3, Sonic 3D Blast, Yoshi's Island, Doom, Street Fighter II and Alpha, etc
All thanks to Little Waves (Konami) and their SCC.
I love how Konami utilize this chip to make their games better.
I love Konami SCC, one of my favorite sound chip of all time!
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You should look up all Konami scc msx games then they are all excellent.
6:07 phoenix
8:46 small eye
11:24 panic scene: black hole field
12:55 panic scene: zub rush
13:11 cruiser tetran
13:54 misfit warship
14:44 abaddon warship
15:12 big core
19:11 metal moai
22:42 sporoid
26:00 giga worm trio
29:39 tentacloid
33:03 crab warlock
42:36 gofer's warship
44:37 gofer
What exactly i like in a plot of the Nemesis 3 is a Terminator 2 refferens with time-scapes.
And oh wait. The game been developed in 1988. Cameron played Nemesis 3? :0
@RNorthex Wait my Mistake its the Vixen Not the Vic Viper or the Metalion.
soundtrack is pretty kickass period.
I like nemesis 2 OST more ^__^
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It was apparently an in joke at Konami as they said one of the original programmers looked like one.
God, the collision detection in this is so fucking frustrating... seems like you need far more precision to kill an enemy than an enemy needs to kill you! I don't think I've encountered it so bad in any of the other MSX Gradius/Nemesis/.Parodius/Salamander titles, nor in the SNES, NES, arcade titles.
The soundtrack is amazing though, it truly is. :D
I've always thought Nemesis 2 had bad collision as well, particularly in when you enter the boss core after defeating a boss.
Holy fuck, went back to play the MSX Parodius title, I shit you not, the Vic Viper and an enemy were barely close to having their corners touch, and it counted as a collision. ~____~ I shit you not, it DOES feel like there is some sort of invisible grid at work, but with wonky qualifications as to what counts as colliding.
This is the kind of game that will take even the most calm, and even the most "hurrdurr don't get mad at a game" type, and just make them throw their keyboard out the window.
travelsonic except that keyboard is your MSX console, and you pretty much broke your computer lol
@@xtremer_daredevil5950 Depends on the MSX model. Mine hás a keyboard detached :)
@@rafaellima83 yeah. But mainly just use a controller
I SMALL EMPTY EMPIRE OF BACTERION!!
AAAAAAAAH
@RNorthex Story wise i think that is not the vic viper but the Metalion.
Nemesis 3 is a superb game. But I like Nemesis 2 better.
back when i was a kid me and my 2 older brother used to compete for the highest score on this game, i still have MSX AX-370 with 20 konami games but this was by far my favorite next to metal gear solid 2 and Knightmare,
i found my MSX with all my games i plugged it into my Old sony TV, i can't believe how hard this game is LOL, i even tried Metal gear solid and it was just as hard, no wounder Knomai put cheat code on their games
Now I wanna play this :D
You can using the MSX emulator
Why no Vector laser? It is excellent!! Destroys all enemies on the screen. Basically a vertical laser.
Or a better ripple laser
12:57 is it just me,or are they going backwards?
Tough game - much harder than the previous 2. Still love the Gradius series...
懐かしー！
I wonder what the text says in the bad ending
48:45 FIN.
soundchip limitations forced creativity and cleverness. with the introduction of full orchestral soundtracks, composers got lazy.
懐かしい。
Maybe Konami should of put a scrolling chip in their cartridges too.
Do the cheat codes for difficulty options (see gamefaqs) work for anyone else? What about with the Enhanced hack?
@mackwabam75
What a achievement ! Bravo ! (clapping hands)
YES! go play it now kid! GO!!!!!!
looks an awesome game!!
Anyway, thanks for showing the complete history
Is it just me or is the ship too small in this?
the music its just a blast from the past and still awesome . ^^ konami knows how to make music and games at the same time . =D
2:53 Pilot Gradius Similar Pilot Thunder Force
thanks
First level is similar to Vulcan Venture arcade
Impressive game.
c'mon son! go play the game!!!!!!!!!
Yes dad, ill do my best,visiting you after 2 hour while you sleeping and tears over your face from frustration 😁
Lol why do they do it? I get them on my videos and just delete them.
What the fuck?! G6666?!
much better in complain with today indi games
Nice hacks bro :) you died about 18 times but nice video
There are these small glitches in the audio, which would suggest emulator save/restores during play and video edits afterwards. E.g., bg music glitch at 15:40. And the sound fx after getting new weapon at 7:35 is also totally glitched (at 14:37 it's as it should be). But this game is insanely hard.
i know its very hard...i played it
The collision detection is a real bitch - almost as if it is finer for Vic Viper colliding with things than it is for hazards being hit. ~_~
@@TheRoadtoRugbyFitness The Ship youre Controling in the game is the Vixen,you dont control the vic viper anymore,only in nemesis 1,Game Boy,and Nemesis 2 for the game boy
I remember a disk version of nemesis 3 that have a invulnerability in the game, maybe is this version. I saw him collide several times but doesnt die.
hahaha!
Nemesis 3? Doesnt exist lol
The story is kinda meh :3
Sorry, but I cant believe this is not cheated
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