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Nemesis (ROM version)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Nemesis (ROM version)
Name nemesis
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .033b05
Romset size 273 KB
Romset file 11 files
Romset zip 113 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 60.606061

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 400-a01.fse 256 5827b1e8 fa8cf5f868cfb08bce203baaebb6c4055ee2a000 k005289 0 good no
arcade 400-a02.fse 256 2f44f970 7ab46f9d5d587665782cefc623b8de0124a6d38a k005289 100 good no
arcade 456-d01.12a 32768 35ff1aaa 2879a5d2ff7dca217fe5cd40be871878294c491f maincpu 0 good no
arcade 456-d02.13a 32768 ac0cf163 8b1a46c3ad102fe78cf099425e108d09dafd0955 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade 456-d03.14a 32768 8cefb25f 876b1974ca76ca89f8b8ea45b4ba9ec82d7c7228 maincpu 20000 good no
arcade 456-d04.15a 32768 9ca75592 04388f2874faa54dd2cabfec4d6ce3e8d164cbcc maincpu 30000 good no
arcade 456-d05.12c 32768 23155faa 08c73c669b3a5275353cbfcbe58ced92d93244a7 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 456-d06.13c 32768 023f22a9 0b9096b9cfcc3ed273de04c93227ab24c63513e8 maincpu 10001 good no
arcade 456-d07.14c 32768 d50b82cb 71e9fbe51272788e2ef6f150c7bff59ac8c28f1d maincpu 20001 good no
arcade 456-d08.15c 32768 03c0b7f5 4eb31bcbd2ee66afe4158308351a57589c5a1e4e maincpu 30001 good no
arcade 456-d09.9c 16384 26bf9636 009dcbf18ea6230fc75a72232bd4fc29ad28dbf0 audiocpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1789772
K005289 SCC k005289 audio 3579545
M68000 maincpu cpu 9216000
RC Filter filter4 audio
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Serie

Serie : Gradius
  1. Nemesis (1984)
  2. Gradius (Japan, ROM version) (1985)
  3. Nemesis (ROM version) (1985)
  4. Nemesis (World?, ROM version) (1985)
  5. Nemesis (Euro) ~ Gradius (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Gradius (1986)
  7. Lifeforce (US) (1986)
  8. Nemesis (1986)
  9. Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older) (1986)
  10. Gradius (PlayChoice-10) (1986)
  11. Salamander (version D) (1986)
  12. Salamander (version J) (1986)
  13. Vs. Gradius (US, set GR E) (1986)
  14. Gradius (1987)
  15. Gradius (1987)
  16. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  17. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (Alt) (1987)
  18. Lifeforce (Japan) (1987)
  19. Nemesis (UK) (1987)
  20. Nemesis (Kor) (1987)
  21. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  22. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  23. Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign (UK) (1987)
  24. Gradius (Euro) (1988)
  25. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) (1988)
  26. Gradius II (Jpn) (1988)
  27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.) (1988)
  28. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.) (1988)
  29. Life Force (USA) (1988)
  30. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (1988)
  31. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (UK retail version) (CPM) [Original] (Weak Sectors) (1988)
  32. Salamander (1988)
  33. Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)
  34. Vulcan Venture (Old) (1988)
  35. Vulcan Venture (Oldest) (1988)
  36. Gradius III (World, program code R) (1989)
  37. Gradius III (Asia) (1989)
  38. Gradius III (Japan, program code S) (1989)
  39. Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split) (1989)
  40. Life Force Salamander (Euro) (1989)
  41. Gradius III (Jpn) (1990)
  42. Gradius (1991)
  43. Gradius III (USA) (1991)
  44. Nemesis (Euro) (1991)
  45. Salamander (1991)
  46. Salamander (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  47. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (USA) (1992)
  48. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (SCD)(Jpn) (1992)
  49. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (1992)
  50. Salamander (1992)
  51. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993)
  52. Salamander 2 (ver JAA) (1996)
  53. Salamander 2 (ver AAB) (1996)
  54. Solar Assault (ver UAA) (1997)
  55. Gradius 4: Fukkatsu (1998)
  56. Nemesis 88 (19??)
  57. Salamander II (19??)
  58. Gradius Advance (Euro) (2001)
  59. Gradius III Legends (Spa) (2001)
  60. Gradius III Legends (Spa, Demo) (2001)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.33b5 [Allard van der Bas]


Artwork available


Bugs:

- nemesis & clones: Distorted sound effects. Ace (ID 05536)

- nemesis & clones: Misaligned sprite and background in the 2nd stage. moa (ID 04506)

- nemesis, gradius, nemesisuk: Sound reproduction issues. Ace (ID 03539)


WIP:

- 0.155: Ace and Alex Jackson fixed K005289 off-by-one frequency; adds missing detune effect to Nemesis bg music.

- 0.153: Removed VLM5030 speech. Added 4x 'RC Filter'.

- 0.152: Changed K005289 sound clock speed to 3579545 Hz.

- 0.143u1: Changed description to 'Nemesis (ROM version)' and clones (World?) to 'Nemesis (World?, ROM version)' and 'Gradius' to 'Gradius (Japan, ROM version)'.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (nemesuk) to (nemesisuk).

- 25th August 2006: Mr. Do - Added instruction cards for Gradius (thanks to Gamestone at Gradius Home World).

- 0.98u1: MASH fixed K005289 sound and Mamesick and Fujix fixed the volume of the 2x AY8910.

- 0.97u2: Mamesick fixed wrong mapped buttons (power-up, shoot and missile).

- 0.94u5: R. Belmont fixed problem with Nemesis sound created during sound rewrite. Replaced K007232 sound with K005289 (1789772 Hz).

- 0.93u1: Aaron Giles fixed Nemesis (no longer references non-existant K005289).

- 0.93: Replaced K005289 sound with K007232 (3579545 Hz).

- 0.68: Changed VSync to 60.606060 Hz.

- 0.57: Changed description 'Nemesis (hacked?)' to 'Nemesis'. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 9216000 Hz. Removed 3rd coin slot.

- 0.36b13: Changed description of clone (UK) to 'Nemesis (World?)'.

- 0.36b11: Added Konami 005289 sound. Removed Namco sound. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 7159090 Hz.

- 29th November 1999: Bryan McPhail added correct implementation of the 005289 sound chip to Nemesis.

- 22nd October 1999: Eisuke Watanabe fixed some Nemesis graphics problems.

- 0.36b6: E. Watanabe improved screen priority in Lifeforce, Salamander, clone Gradius, etc.

- 26th June 1999: Nicola fixed the input ports in Nemesis and the others.

- 0.35RC2: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz.

- 21st June 1999: Marco Cassili fixed the dipswitches in Nemesis.

- 20th June 1999: Elestir fixed Nemesis from crashing at startup.

- 0.35RC1: Elestir improved sound in Nemesis/Gradius. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 14318180 Hz and the 2x AY-8910 to 1789772 Hz. Added Namco and VLM5030 (3579545 Hz) sound and sound1 roms ($0, 100 - 2x 256 byte for 005289 wavetable data).

- 10th June 1999: Elestir added the last missing sound channel to Nemesis and the rest.

- 31st May 1999: Elestir added the two missing sound channels to Nemesis etc, speech to Salamander and some other things to the driver.

- 0.34b8: Andrew Prime added clone Gradius.

- 0.34b6: Added clone (Testdriver) Gradius.

- 0.34b4: Dani Portillo added high score saving to Nemesis.

- 0.33b7: Changed description to 'Nemesis (hacked?)' and clone (UK version) to 'Nemesis (UK)'.

- 0.33b5: Allard van der Bas added 'Nemesis' (Konami 1985) and clone (UK version).

- 8th March 1997: Johan Koehler started to wrote an emulator for Nemesis. He reverse engeneered the arcade hardware and implemented Bernd Schmidt's 68000 emulator from UAE, Marcel de Kogel's Z80 emulator and the AY-3-8910 emulator from Ville Hallik and Michael Cuddy. The emulator was tested by Jason Pimble and Chuck Cochems.

- 15th November 1996: Dumped Nemesis (Konami 1985).


ARCADE RELEASE: Gradius (Konami) - 1985/May/29


LEVELS: 7 (gradius)


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* Nemesis

* Sparcade


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Vulcan Venture / Gradius II

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Gradius 4: Fukkatsu

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Salamander 2

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R-Type II (hack, no copyright string) (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

R-Type Leo

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Last Hope

History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Nemesis (c) 1985 Konami.

European version. For more information about the game, please see the "Gradius" entry.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami Nemesis Hardware
Game ID : GX400

Main CPU : MC 68000 @ 10Mhz / G400 Bios
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80
Sound chip : 2x AY-3-8910 psg

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Nemesis was released in November 1985.

This game is known outside Europe as "Gradius".

- SERIES -

1. Nemesis (1985)
2. Salamander (1986)
3. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
4. Vulcan Venture (1988)
5. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
6. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
7. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
8. Salamander 2 (1996)
9. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
10. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
11. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
12. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
13. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
14. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
15. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
17. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
18. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo Wii)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Nintendo NES (nov.30, 1988) as "Gradius [Model NES-GR-EEC]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (june.23, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Gradius [Model CUSA-02484]"

* HANDHELDS:
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1990) "Nemesis [Model DMG-NM-NOE]"
[EU] Nintendo DS (oct.26, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics [Model NTR-ACXP-EUR]"
[AU] Nintendo DS (oct.29, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] Commodore C64 (1987)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1987)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1743&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

gohat0________________________779.800
topmav________________________434.300
majygool______________________359.300
akuma62_______________________178.900
louthrax______________________128.500
cessna________________________122.700
foxmulder_____________________108.800
nicky634______________________102.800
dark_kariya____________________88.300
zarouk_________________________71.000
didyeah________________________57.100
thegamer_______________________33.200
jgabmurer______________________25.700
hulkiii________________________22.900