I'm lucky to be one of the first people to hear this wonderful tune. Then i might be at an advantage, because I was the programmer of the game. I think there was more than one version, was a while ago. I need to check the source code to check.. Rob Indeed did wonders with the SID chip. And the CPU raster time to have during game play was not possible with the sprite multiplexor.
I bought this game when it was released on cassette, it received maximum reviews on a Finnish gaming magazine, 10 10 10 graphics coding music... it was smooth like anything Stavtos Fasoulas did, congratulations - you did amazing job.
Thank you for bringing me hours of enjoyment as a kid. My friend had this game. We played the crap out of it. I will always love the C-64. So ahead of it's time in every way.
Very happy to hear this. I just looked at the source code, and I can't find if I made a cheat, seems was not. plus it was 1987 so memory little flakey even with the code in front unsure of it!!!
Looks like we have a room full of people who all happen to be programmers and who all just happen to have worked on this game... What are the chances of that?
You have no idea how long time i have been searching for this, i recorded this onto a tape and was listening to it over and over again, my parents were pulling thier hairs out. Still thinks its a cool tune.
Rob Hubbard=Pure talent. His tunes shapened my music taste. I believe his compositions will linger in my brain even when I will be 80 and unable to remember my own name. Influential+unforgettable. Commando, International Karate, Nemesis the Warlock and many others... This guy is a genius.
I admire how this composer would create musical narratives evocative of the games narrative. This piece combines powerfulness, relentlessness and sadness.
This was one of the few games EVER to score full 10 / 10 / 10 (game, graphics, sound) in a legendary computer magazine Mikrobitti in Finland back in the day of release. Another one I remember reaching that achievement was Bionic Commando.. and Amiga's Cadaver. Oh well, anyways!
I never played any Commodore 64 games nor did I grow up in the 80's (I was born in 1994) but I like the music. If you like electronic music in general this might be up your alley.
+In lulz we trust 2015 I think it's just kind of an infectious sound that transcends time. The SID Chip inside the C64 was very unique and still is used today in electronic music. We had a Commodore 128 back in the 80s so I grew up on this sound.
If this is your thing check out the HVSC (high voltage SID collection) It has every C64 SID tune ever made pretty much, and more added with every update (about every six months or so) because people are still making tunes for the C64 via demos and whatnot) Just make sure you have a player that's capable of playing SID tunes (or download one of the many SID players on the HVSC website if you want to play SUBTUNES as many game sids have subtunes.
Back "in the day", I recorded this and other Rob Hubbbard zax to cassettte tape so I could listen to them while plying the streets in and near downtown Seattle WA. USA where I lived at the time. Great shit!!! 😀
Amazing tune. Considering HOW Rob Hubbard created his songs on the C64, it's just incredible. Recommend every fan of his music to do some research about the man himself! Pure genious! :)
I was going to comment on this tune, having juts blundered into it, only to discover I already did. This time I was gong to say how there's a thread running through this piece combining the ideas of both what a colossal responsibility and what an immense tragedy it is to be a creature that just kills all its life. There's no real good and evil to it, it's just it's purpose. There's also refrain which suggests this isn't such a bad life when you think about it. A truly beautiful piece of music.
I know this music from my childhood.I still love it and I am still amazed at the level of inspiration and skill that went into creating this astonishing music. In addition, anyone who was seriously programming the CMB64 in the assembly language acknowledges the almost magical abilities of the machine.I started programming it in 87 when I was 16 and all the time I'd come across new ways of pushing the envelope of this great machine through demos and games. It was a truly exciting time in my life.
I Remember playing this game on and off back in the 80s. I never quite figured out how to proceed from one level to the next, but i liked the animations which where actually good at the time, and the dark setting. These elaborate HUDs/UIs were rare back then aswell, which gave it some unique flavor. I never waited around long enough on the title screen to appreciate this song though. Started the game within 10 secs, everytime. I am glad i found this now, the song was so much better than i imagined, once you get into it. Epic nostalgic memory for me, this game.
Conocí esta obra de arte por un instalador que contenía un remix de esta canción, luego de escucharla decidí buscar la original y uff escuchar esto en la época del C64 en todo su esplendor debió ser un orgasmo para los oídos
I remember loading up this game just to listen to the theme music. Still sounds great. C64 was a great little machine, and Rob Hubbard ruled it's audioscape!
Music was programmed into the game after the main code was poked in, and depending on how much was left they really had to go out of their way to make it fit. But you are right about the positions, I think Hubbard was mostly left with 10K at most :)
if i play the game in the 80's, you only hear about 20 seconds then you start the game. one time i left the room and hear the rest of the song from the distance...epic - i love it!!
I was born In 1984, but not before now. I have started to play C64 and amiga games. I sure have missed out alot on the good stuff! but at least Im back on the right track now ;)
@brewcakes Not even 1.44 megs. As I recall, this game took less than half of a Commodore 1541 diskette... which only held 170 kb. That was back in the days when the focus was on gameplay, not on "Ooh, look at what I can do with a $400 video card, 4 gigs of RAM, and 15 gigs of hard drive space." Also, publishers were more willing to experiment with a new franchise instead of throwing out sequel after sequel.
Such an awesome track, no big surprise coming from RH but to me this is especially melodic and well put together. Never actually played the game though, will rectify that the next time I'm wondering what to play.
This is very cool! My first time hearing this. I noticed that the melody at 1:02 sounds very similar to The Immortal (NES) music. Hubbard must've recycled that line. Sweet. :)
I listened to this on SIDPlayer (iPhone) and it creeped me out; The main reason it does is becaues that warbling sound sounds like a 16-bit effect, instead of an 8-bit one, imo! Also the character depicted in the featured cover, looks lots like the MDK main character.
I downloaded an excellent remix by I don't know who, but anyway it captured the whole essence of "Nemesis the Warlock" Great music for driving, exercising or whatever
Really nice modern remix if you google for nemesis the warlock o2 ...and just follow the links. Starts off sounding like it's going to be too soft and underplayed, but then kicks it up a gear for a blistering second half. I liked it so much I put it on my iPod!
@AlsatianCousin As I recall, Commodore User had a less enthusiastic review of NTW, but in this case the Finnish magazine came closer to the truth. This game, and its music, is exceptional.
lol haha I hear that ...you crack me up man...I remember talking like that "hard as balls" haha that is some funny stuff....the C64 rocks all the way home brother! :)
This song makes me want to go on eBay and buy all the missing parts needed to run my parents' old Commodore 64, just so I this game and others like it.
Bizarrely 'eraser' by nine inch nails has always reminded me of this. It's unlikely but i wonder if there was ever any influence there from this stuff. I wonder if Reznor was a fan back in the day. Being the synth head he is it wouldn't suprise me.
![Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish - Auf Wiedersehen Monty [C64]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DQG8vkNG8aM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish - Auf Wiedersehen Monty [C64]](/img/tr.png)
I'm lucky to be one of the first people to hear this wonderful tune. Then i might be at an advantage, because I was the programmer of the game. I think there was more than one version, was a while ago. I need to check the source code to check.. Rob Indeed did wonders with the SID chip. And the CPU raster time to have during game play was not possible with the sprite multiplexor.
I bought this game when it was released on cassette, it received maximum reviews on a Finnish gaming magazine, 10 10 10 graphics coding music... it was smooth like anything Stavtos Fasoulas did, congratulations - you did amazing job.
Thank you for bringing me hours of enjoyment as a kid. My friend had this game. We played the crap out of it.
I will always love the C-64. So ahead of it's time in every way.
Very happy to hear this. I just looked at the source code, and I can't find if I made a cheat, seems was not. plus it was 1987 so memory little flakey even with the code in front unsure of it!!!
Michael Archer
I was a 64 programmer too.
I lived how the cadavers would pile up on each other. I take it they were characters?
Looks like we have a room full of people who all happen to be programmers and who all just happen to have worked on this game... What are the chances of that?
You have no idea how long time i have been searching for this, i recorded this onto a tape and was listening to it over and over again, my parents were pulling thier hairs out. Still thinks its a cool tune.
I was also doing the same bro ! Greetings from Poland
It was, it is and it will be cool tune. Greetings from Finland.
Note - play this song when you're reading comics about Nemesis, it fits very well.
A legendary 2000AD comic book tie-in on the Commodore 64 😺👍🕹️.
And an excellent music 🎵🎶 from
Rob Hubbard 😺👍.
Never forget! Never forgive! Never for fun!
Rob Hubbard=Pure talent. His tunes shapened my music taste. I believe his compositions will linger in my brain even when I will be 80 and unable to remember my own name. Influential+unforgettable. Commando, International Karate, Nemesis the Warlock and many others... This guy is a genius.
a masterpiece from an era when thecnology was not ready yet to reproduce so mcuh awesomeness
I admire how this composer would create musical narratives evocative of the games narrative. This piece combines powerfulness, relentlessness and sadness.
yeees thats rhe reason i love it my life
This was one of the few games EVER to score full 10 / 10 / 10 (game, graphics, sound) in a legendary computer magazine Mikrobitti in Finland back in the day of release. Another one I remember reaching that achievement was Bionic Commando.. and Amiga's Cadaver. Oh well, anyways!
Rob Hubbard ....un genio del SID per c64
This is an amazing 8 bit evocation of the mad, dour universe of Nemesis. Could not have been more perfect with later technology.
I feel like Hubbard's music is the only reason that many of these games are remembered at all. Same goes for a few of his contemporaries.
Oh you're leaving out so many others :) Late ubercomposer, Mr Daglish? T. Follin? Galway, Steve Turner (AlleyKat), Etc. Etc.
I have to agree with you here, sure if the Speccy or Amstrad have the sid chip, there would have been a lot more classic games around haha
@@mixchief and Jochen Hippel aka Mad Max
I never played any Commodore 64 games nor did I grow up in the 80's (I was born in 1994) but I like the music. If you like electronic music in general this might be up your alley.
+In lulz we trust 2015 I think it's just kind of an infectious sound that transcends time. The SID Chip inside the C64 was very unique and still is used today in electronic music. We had a Commodore 128 back in the 80s so I grew up on this sound.
If this is your thing check out the HVSC (high voltage SID collection) It has every C64 SID tune ever made pretty much, and more added with every update (about every six months or so) because people are still making tunes for the C64 via demos and whatnot) Just make sure you have a player that's capable of playing SID tunes (or download one of the many SID players on the HVSC website if you want to play SUBTUNES as many game sids have subtunes.
idk it sounds like progressive rock or metal to me man. at least thats why i like the song.
One of the most underrated C64 games, IMO.
I wasn't as interested in the actual game than I was in the zax. 😀
Best. Theme. Ever.
Thanks to this theme, I'm now a Nemesis the Warlock fan.
Despite there being no nostalgia filter on the song for me, I still love it. It's simply amazing!
The distant, far-off year of 2000 A.D.
I wonder what it'll be like.
I'm sure it will have nothing to do with N-Sync
And the comic magazine 2000 A.D. is still with us… It hasn't even changed its name...
Hopefully better then the 41st millennium
Back "in the day", I recorded this and other Rob Hubbbard zax to cassettte tape so I could listen to them while plying the streets in and near downtown Seattle WA. USA where I lived at the time. Great shit!!! 😀
Was this game released in the states? I never saw any ads for it in comic books or other magazines.
Another iconic SID chip BANGER ! Courtesy of the dude Rob Hubbard !
Amazing tune. Considering HOW Rob Hubbard created his songs on the C64, it's just incredible. Recommend every fan of his music to do some research about the man himself! Pure genious! :)
Same here, I bought this game for Hubbard's music.
really dark tune, i love this. one of my favourite game tunes
One of my all time favourite C64 tracks.
3:29 this part🔥
Powerful, evocative music as befits the legacy of Nemesis. Great stuff! :)
I was going to comment on this tune, having juts blundered into it, only to discover I already did. This time I was gong to say how there's a thread running through this piece combining the ideas of both what a colossal responsibility and what an immense tragedy it is to be a creature that just kills all its life. There's no real good and evil to it, it's just it's purpose. There's also refrain which suggests this isn't such a bad life when you think about it. A truly beautiful piece of music.
It's too late to apologize...
Now you cannot unhear it. You're welcome. ^_~
this track just keeps on giving!
I know this music from my childhood.I still love it and I am still amazed at the level of inspiration and skill that went into creating this astonishing music. In addition, anyone who was seriously programming the CMB64 in the assembly language acknowledges the almost magical abilities of the machine.I started programming it in 87 when I was 16 and all the time I'd come across new ways of pushing the envelope of this great machine through demos and games. It was a truly exciting time in my life.
Nice music again by Rob Hubbard, genius!
Great Hubbard classic, some moments of genius sprinkled throughout
9 people are minions of Torquemeda.
"Let's face it; you can't Torquemeda anything!"
An underrated comment. Lol
BE PURE! BE VIGILANT! BEHAVE!
Love these sounds - glad to hear thrm till this day❤
I Remember playing this game on and off back in the 80s. I never quite figured out how to proceed from one level to the next, but i liked the animations which where actually good at the time, and the dark setting. These elaborate HUDs/UIs were rare back then aswell, which gave it some unique flavor. I never waited around long enough on the title screen to appreciate this song though. Started the game within 10 secs, everytime. I am glad i found this now, the song was so much better than i imagined, once you get into it. Epic nostalgic memory for me, this game.
Be Pure!
Be Vigilant!
Behave!!
What a great C64 conversion of (in parts) the soundtrack from "The Long Good Friday". :)
This , along with Spellbound are my favourite Rob Hubbard tunes.
Got both tunes on my iPod along with multiple remixes.
One of my all-time favourites.
Thx for the game and more importantly, some music CODEX
Conocí esta obra de arte por un instalador que contenía un remix de esta canción, luego de escucharla decidí buscar la original y uff escuchar esto en la época del C64 en todo su esplendor debió ser un orgasmo para los oídos
Seguro,yo conocí primero está y aunque no soy de su época ,hay algo en ella que me encanta y siempre la escucho.
James Rolfe the Nintendo Nerd has got to review this game.
Black hole sun, won't you come...
I remember loading up this game just to listen to the theme music. Still sounds great.
C64 was a great little machine, and Rob Hubbard ruled it's audioscape!
Just heard Shriekback's 'Nemesis' on SomaFM again and every time I am reminded of this game.
Rob Hubbard. Living SID music legend. 👌👌📺👾🖭🕹⌨🎹🎶🎶
AMAZING Composition
Music was programmed into the game after the main code was poked in, and depending on how much was left they really had to go out of their way to make it fit. But you are right about the positions, I think Hubbard was mostly left with 10K at most :)
if i play the game in the 80's, you only hear about 20 seconds then you start the game. one time i left the room and hear the rest of the song from the distance...epic - i love it!!
I could loop this forever... Just marvellous!
Toute la musique de mon adolescence, trop bons souvenirs et toujours un Rob Hubbard incomparable ^^
I have a slightly sped up version on cassette somewhere. Got it through some old school hackers of 64 music. Great tune!
Holy hell. I have no idea if the game itself is any good... but this tune alone makes it worth buying. Even almost 25 years on.
I was born In 1984, but not before now. I have started to play C64 and amiga games. I sure have missed out alot on the good stuff! but at least Im back on the right track now ;)
Masterpiece
Genius.
Rob Hubbard, Jeroen Tel and Chris Huelsback
C64 still alive! Musik zum träumen...
I think I want this to be played on my funeral.
peyser you are my hero! more than 20 years that i did'nt hear this masterpiece!
Hero. And I mean Rob.
Chiptune era is an endless vein of hidden gems.
used to love this game
@brewcakes Not even 1.44 megs. As I recall, this game took less than half of a Commodore 1541 diskette... which only held 170 kb. That was back in the days when the focus was on gameplay, not on "Ooh, look at what I can do with a $400 video card, 4 gigs of RAM, and 15 gigs of hard drive space." Also, publishers were more willing to experiment with a new franchise instead of throwing out sequel after sequel.
It sounds even more epic with a bit of EQ, filter and reverb :)
3:31 5:19 YOOOOO
for some weird reason this song makes me feel sad.
But at the same time I adore it.
The sound of the zombies being blasted by the heavy gun was truly awesome!
Epic and nostalgic track.
The game was hard as balls. I never could beat the 4 or 5 stage, i couldn't find the damned exit lol.
Awesome tune. One of Hubbard's best, alongside One Man AHD, Monty on the Run, Zoids and Master of Magic.
Such an awesome track, no big surprise coming from RH but to me this is especially melodic and well put together. Never actually played the game though, will rectify that the next time I'm wondering what to play.
A classic off, and I feel the origin of the Unicorn Medley for Transformers the Movie.
There is soul inside this music masterpiece. You can't find it in todays game music.
vidura in installation fallout 4 by rg freedom you will hear that music
6:00 is one of my fave parts. Awesome final sequence.
4:20 onwards is where it turns into an absolute banger IMO.
Absolutely
Written by Aliens. No human being can compose such a masterpiece! ^^
This is very cool! My first time hearing this. I noticed that the melody at 1:02 sounds very similar to The Immortal (NES) music. Hubbard must've recycled that line. Sweet. :)
No problem! Glad you like it.
I listened to this on SIDPlayer (iPhone) and it creeped me out; The main reason it does is becaues that warbling sound sounds like a 16-bit effect, instead of an 8-bit one, imo!
Also the character depicted in the featured cover, looks lots like the MDK main character.
Thx for sharing !
All hail the mighty SID!! and ALL HAIL SIR ROB HUBBARD!!!
this is in my opinion the first c64 games to have good music
1:01 This bit is in a *_LOT_* keygens from over the years...
I downloaded an excellent remix by I don't know who, but anyway it captured the whole essence of "Nemesis the Warlock"
Great music for driving, exercising or whatever
One of the best tunes from a computer game ever
Awesome track!
Really nice modern remix if you google for
nemesis the warlock o2
...and just follow the links.
Starts off sounding like it's going to be too soft and underplayed, but then kicks it up a gear for a blistering second half. I liked it so much I put it on my iPod!
Wauw, I loved this game (and musik) when I was 15 :-)
Anyone came from the Codex 2015 installer?
@AlsatianCousin As I recall, Commodore User had a less enthusiastic review of NTW, but in this case the Finnish magazine came closer to the truth. This game, and its music, is exceptional.
Didn't know the founder of scientology was doing music for c64 as well
They didn't even know how EPIC this would sound in like 30 or mb more years
Rob Hubbard is a legend!!!!
anyway to loop this song in youtube?
I find something so fascinating about commodore 64 music, even though i'm not from that time
lol haha I hear that ...you crack me up man...I remember talking like that "hard as balls" haha that is some funny stuff....the C64 rocks all the way home brother! :)
This song makes me want to go on eBay and buy all the missing parts needed to run my parents' old Commodore 64, just so I this game and others like it.
I love this music. But man i was this part 6:01 was longer its so soothing and relaxing.
Yes. These parts are my favorite of the song, like at 2:50, also. They just sound really cool.
Exactly :) good one there as well. Its just amazing.
Codex installer xD
+thelordmadson I'm TROLFBI, I have a digital search warrant under the probable cause that you're downloading pirated games ileggaly.
+Nihilanth Non Serviam YOU SHALL NEVER CATCH ME!!!! woop woop woop woop *runs away like zoidberg
Oh dam reading this and with the music is intense. The hunt is on, is he still freely roaming this cybernetic sea or has his luck ran out.
And from over the horizon he can hear the faint sounds "woop woop woop woop"
Omg, he came back, lol
Remember loading the game back in the day simply to hear the music.
SID still awesome!
Bizarrely 'eraser' by nine inch nails has always reminded me of this. It's unlikely but i wonder if there was ever any influence there from this stuff. I wonder if Reznor was a fan back in the day. Being the synth head he is it wouldn't suprise me.
Amazing music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!