Another primo podcast, chaps. Keep up the good work. If there was any justice in the world, this'd get picked up by Radio 2, and broadcast in the drive time slot.
I was pleased to hear this episode's game challenge was Nemesis. This is a game I really wanted to like back in the day. It's no Raiden, but it had just about everything you could want in a shmup circa 1986: Well-styled, colourful graphics, great tunes and SFX, and one of the first proper upgrade systems that I can remember. The problem was it was just too flippin difficult! The three button controls, the jerky movement, and the loose collision detection were part of the challenge. But let's face it, trying to continue after losing your power ups was a wee bit frustrating. Nevertheless, I went back to this with rose tinted spectales, and rose tinted everything else - I've just spent the hottest day of the year in Arcade Club practising, as you do, and am a bit flushed. However, I finished the day with 172,300, on Level 4, and am chuffed with that.
