Nemesis: Looking back at the 1994 original

[Jb85]

It must have been amazing to ride the original Nemesis in 1994, because there wasn't much like it back then. Even now, Nemesis is different to any other inverted rollercoaster due to the pit that it resides in.

Oh it was ……..

 

[Matt N]

Now correct me if I’m wrong here, but what I seem to remember hearing was that:

• SW1 was the Arrow pipeline coaster before they considered the idea of rock blasting and digging down. It was scrapped due to it only being around 300m long as a result of Alton Towers’ height limits not giving enough potential energy for a long ride.
• SW2 was the Arrow pipeline coaster after they considered the idea of digging down. It was longer, but was scrapped due to Wardley riding the prototype and finding it “slow and cumbersome”.

I could be wrong there, but I definitely remember reading something along those lines somewhere.

 

[Skyscraper]

Now correct me if I’m wrong here, but what I seem to remember hearing was that:

• SW1 was the Arrow pipeline coaster before they considered the idea of rock blasting and digging down. It was scrapped due to it only being around 300m long as a result of Alton Towers’ height limits not giving enough potential energy for a long ride.
• SW2 was the Arrow pipeline coaster after they considered the idea of digging down. It was longer, but was scrapped due to Wardley riding the prototype and finding it “slow and cumbersome”.

I could be wrong there, but I definitely remember reading something along those lines somewhere.

JW mentions about it in Creating My Nemesis.

 

[Matt N]

JW mentions about it in Creating My Nemesis.

That’s probably where I read it, then! I couldn’t remember where I read that, but I definitely seem to remember reading it somewhere…

On a side note, I wonder when John Wardley’s second book is coming out?

 

[Zeock]

I would say that I have a decent knowledge of Forbidden Valley's history, but I don't know where this truck was situated. Does anyone here remember/know? Apparently, it was removed in the early 2000s.

 

[Jb85]

Is that website still up and running good lord

 

[Squiggs]

I would say that I have a decent knowledge of Forbidden Valley's history, but I don't know where this truck was situated. Does anyone here remember/know? Apparently, it was removed in the early 2000s.

It was in by Nemesis Nosh/former Nemesis Shop. It was taken out when they built Fresh Fish and Chips, or what is now Ground Command Coffee Outpost.

 

[TheDuke]

Is that website still up and running good lord

Not only is it running it has a weird message now on the home page from 5 years after it shut down!

 

[Jb85]

Not only is it running it has a weird message now on the home page from 5 years after it shut down!

Yes very very odd message indeed. Pay cash!!!!

Someone just still be paying for the site to be hosted.

Anyhow bringing it back on topic, I forgot they had this on the site:

Nemesis Comic