I ever played the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) version of this shoot em' up game since childhood, but I prefer to arcade version as Nemesis better, especially the TurboGraf-16 counterpart. However, only Konami GX400 memory of this game is way more than the Bubble System memory (as Gradius). As I am interested, the dogfight song (Beginning of History) is my favorite soundtrack I ever heard as fighting against the biological aliens (Bacterians) for planet Gradius, which is set during the First Bacterian War after kidnapping Colonel James Burton. As I skilled in this game without losing a life, I fly through the volcanic planet Eloneus with floating rock, Bacterian invaders and face both end bosses: Volcano and the first variant of Big Core series (from stages 1 to 5 or 1 to 6 in TubroGraf-16 and home computer versions). To defeat the end boss, you must shoot the Big Core's weakpoint called the bluish sphere. If the stage is cleared, then it will become difficult to you, except the simple difficulty after you lost a life.

Title(s): Nemesis (International title), Gradius/グラディウス (Japanese title)
BGM(s): Beginning of History + Challenger 1985 (the 1st stage theme) + Aircraft Carrier
Composer: Miki Higashino (東野美紀)
Last recorded: September 26, 2014
Player: Axl

Enjoy.

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