The Music of Video Games [04] Bionic Commando

[GialloHorror]

This game needs to be on the Virtual Console. A CLASSIC!

[joecarnegy]

Very cool!.. thanks for making this

[Raflegan]

Video game music will never be this good again.

[8bitZomB1E]

very masterful work on getting to the top! Wicked game and wicked sound track!

[imacomputer101]

1:32 is my shit man. as a little kid and still till this day. i feel a bit emotional when i hear this music. i dont know why. To me, it's the best video game music ever. And i will never let it go for reasons i'll probably never know. Thanks for this video man.

[SybilianShade]

Fantastic game! Fantastic military music!

[ilanmagic]

One of the greatest games in videogames history

[GarlyleWilds]

Is it bad if I knew the second song more from I Wanna Be The Guy than this?

[4unpuk]

@GarlyleWilds me too.

[mmking9999]

Area 5 music = greatness.

[zerozebra]

ladd spencer knows good music, damn. Would love to have that fly azz hook & just ease off the enemies to that music

[MrKomaedikit]

where is part 2???

[FS11111]

the 50 sec song kinda reminds me of pokemon's tune.. lol

[dangermousebuu]

The best thing about this game was its play control. You really could control the arm and the character, and that's one of the most important things in a video game. It's the difference between Castlevania 1 for NES and Super Castlevania for SNES. Control is the name of the game, and Bionic Commando had it without a doubt.

[zzyzx0788]

@Heartsofspace2K8 virtualnes (.) com. Go nuts! Thats where I both first played and beat the original Bionic Commando

[fast89pony]

god the sun shined so much brighter back then...

[3afterPM]

Love this game and love the music. Really sucks that it's not on vc, so I'm restricted to emulators, but the game is still great.

[PoppyCork07]

One of the greatest NES soundtracks without a doubt.

[dragonkelv]

anyone came here cuz of rusko? currius how the real one sounds like??

[FireJigglypuff2310]

Is it just me or does 3:26 - 3:38 sound like Flash Man's theme?

[Angsc09]

@FireJigglypuff2310

Um....... nope, I didn't heard it.

[theorangegreen]

@FireJigglypuff2310

Well both games are made by Capcom so why not. Not to mention "uroburos" the name of the Resident Evil 5 virus is the same name as the robot Gorilla in Strider for the Genesis. Both games made by Capcom, Recyclers!!

[thisisrumorcontrol]

Hey does anyone have a fusion powered Delorean time machine that I can use so I can go back to 1985 and relive the next 10 years of my life in what was arguably the greatest period in video game history???

[JustinMH28]

@thisisrumorcontrol No doubt. I completely wish that was possible.

[proberush]

What the hell? The music starting at 3:28 sounds like a remix of Megaman.

[Dethmasheen]

@proberush

thought the same

[jjmara01]

bionic commando, the game which shows hitler's head explode :) if that isnt the best game ever then what is

[LitemyDay]

I got this awesome game for 1 dollar. one of my favorites!!!!

[RegntungaSkyar]

Tamiya Junko is awesome!

[XixisII]

Nostalgia rush! God I love this game. Although have to say, Area 5 was my favorite tune.

[Darthstone01]

i miss playing this on the old tube tv in the living room... ahhh... you know alot of the tracks from this game would be great on one of those fanmade megaman2 hacks. just saying!

[TheJunkieVideos]

I particularly like the song starting at 0:21, where the drum figure slightly disguises where beat one is. This music was obviously written by a university graduate.

[miyutube12]

VC? NO way! I still play the original cart!

[sumakana]

2:38 rocks, that was always the sign you were getting into a frustrating level...

[Angsc09]

@sumakana

Do not worry Capcom Announce Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is coming out in next year with another new developer making the game.

[lectricanman]

actually its just a subdivision of grin

[subeards]

@Angsc09 Yeh, but it's not announced for PC, which makes me sad. I own a Wii, which is a nintendo console. Franchises origin = nintendo system. Last developer releasing it for PC = from Sweden(the country I come from and live in).

That's like no luck for me x2 :(

[Angsc09]

@subeards

And there is no way that some people to critical that this game is the worse. I swear the god if anyone saying this game is worse ever I am going to Murder in personally.

[subeards]

@Angsc09 I never said it'd be worse. It'll probably be better, but I'm not going to be able to play it to find out.

[ninotimecrisisfan]

good times

[Angsc09]

The Music of this game is beyond awesomeness especially Area 8 and Area 12.

[Angsc09]

Also, Aqualung were been very very happy to review this game since this is the best game in world compare to Mega Man.

[Angsc09]

I swear the god if it don't have Bionic Commando Duke Nukem were never born.

[Usagi1992]

I stood up and cheered at 0:19

Ah, sweet NES memories. ^_^

[TESOblivion4]

Actually kinda funny, I listen to the NESkimos and PPOT all the time, and this song is so familiar, yet the footage looks a game I used to play as a kid: Ikari Warriors. Well, still love the music :)

[TESOblivion4]

@TESOblivion4 Only the first 10 seconds do, I just noticed lol

[MasterYoda320]

epic game

[Duomaxwellt]

The mechanics in this game was way before it's time. The music was and still so epic.

[mikeroephonics]

@Duomaxwellt Have you played BC 2? I heard it was kind of "meh", but this was only from one source. Also, did Mike Patton do a good job on voicing the main character? Thanks!

Bionic Commano 1 was and still is a great game. The music was also way ahead of its time.

[mcvalenc]

one of the most underrated classic nes soundtracks ever. it NEVER gets old.

[swipesomething]

The remake of this game has probably the best remixed soundtrack ever

[NeuralNetProcessor]

damn this guy plays the way I play. thats the only way to beat level 5 right there: just keep going up, man, and dont stop for anything.

[NeuralNetProcessor]

no way. lvl 5 n 6 have the coolest music in an nes game EVER!!!

[Normal1S]

I swear--level 5 has that classic 80's japanese fusion/jazz sound that was used in a lot of anime and video games. . .

I listen to this soundtrack all the time in the car.

[PeanutButterGoodness]

You have to stop Hitler!

Best game ever. Cryogenically frozen Hitler.

[DemiSonic]

The song starting at 1:30 has been ruined for me by I wanna be the guy. I heard that repeated so many times...

[mmileo1]

the music off level 3 da best

[AwesomePhilchief]

Main Theme and 4:42

EPIC

[Matsute]

To be honest, I love all of the tracks. It's just too damn good.

The first stage and the one at 2:40 are probably my favorites though.

[daverod707]

YUP! this is a classic i useto beat it at least 2 times a day! I loved Bionic Cammando its the shiznit!!

[MechaRage]

You should add Star Voyager in The Music of Video Games! that would be kick ass!!

[Kageryushi]

GRIN Studios made a great job on mixing this music.

[Camwi]

Bionic Commando is like Contra for me: awesome game but the music just isn't very memorable.

[tommyblunt]

some old video games just have great music

[germa9090]

DuuuuDeee!!!!...I...I...I Think I'm going to cry...ClassiC!!! I remember this When I was A Kid. USe to Die all the time but I fnally finish the game Love that music. Use to play like 7ours a day Loved that game and NES's Games. I don't know if i'm Crazy or anything but sometimes I like to go to the past to Relive those games those old memories I think I Love those old consoles more than these new ones don't know why....

[yalerd1]

I feel you brother

[Luigi84289]

Long live rhe NES! Greatest Console of All Time!

[kreeddem]

@Luigi84289 Megadrive does what any other console cannot do, have really good arcade games!

[Progearspec]

It should but i hear nintendo doesn't want it.Since,they seen it as a promotion for the remake bionic commando rearmed.

[ThePeaceMaker7]

Ah, the old days of staying up all night as a kid playing video games :D.

[sapemies]

bionic command okicked my ass when I was young and it kicks total ass still :) I still get flashbacks from the music!

[BLARGHALT]

BC History 101: Hitler didn't die via suicide. His head exploded.

[Senapse]

I like that the game has a red thread storywise. It's not every day you see a game with great gameplay and a somewhat cool story.

You can't go wrong with kicking some Nazi butt.

[Golgolath]

Wow. I went out and downloaded this game after watching this video. I had no idea Bionic Commando was that cool

[Phrygian12]

who knew it was about Nazi's lol

i have this game both USA and Japanese

and i remember playing the Japanese game and it had nazi symbols every where and hilter is talked about in the game and all that lol.

both this game and Ninja gaiden were pretty much ahead of their time.

[BeefBoullionaire]

That made it a real surprise ending in the North American version. I remember finally getting to the end and thinking "The end boss is HITLER? And he's SWEARING at me?? Kick ass!" *shootshootshoot*

[Phrygian12]

they took out all the Nazi stuff from the NA version but yeah lol that ending(some what a spiloer alert below)

was great specially his head exploding.

[Senapse]

We need more nazi head explosions in games :)

[RPGMira]

Wow, houses in 1988 where very dangerous... not because that moving platforms, cause the spikes I mean

[ogskeetdizzle]

i just got this original cartridge oh yea lol

[Phrygian12]

i still have mine lol

[number999999999]

epic game...:)

[ninjastail]

5:35 is that a jump when he evades the bomb O_o

[firearmofmutiny]

No, there was a spring there.

[Andy000K]

I smashed that shit back in the day lol

[vanchai1]

i used to spend countless hours just swinging lol

[buttdread]

me to. i felt like such a ninja lol

[billynomes]

genius!!! braap braaap

[SgtRedHotPepper]

I've beat this game! Took me a long time, to be sure. Capcom Classics on GBA.

This game is TOIT! I really must pick up Rearmed on PS3, heard lots of good things. Hopefully Bionic Commando for PS3 will be just as good as the rest

Thx Gar, as ever

[jiimu27]

these memories will never fade away.

[falagarius]

Hitler no fukkatsu

[WingedDesperado]

this was by far my fave nintendo game. when they came out with the remake for the PSN i shit myself lol

[HipHopJun]

Pi Pi Pi !

[LeafarProject]

there's a music that the beggining looks like megaman...Flash man stage...i just know it ends at 4:42....^^

[bonggzilla]

the only thing i can say about this game is

JUMP BUTTON!!!

lool

[angsk]

The coming sequel of the game have ability to jump.

[lolmaster4]

Which is pretty uncool if you ask me.

Not that it matters, but it was kinda cool that you couldn't jump. Gave it another feel than other platform games.

[Oldschoolvillian]

I used to rent this game all the time when I was a kid. This game was pretty damn hard from what I remember but I remember beating it.

[ogskeetdizzle]

your channel rocks!

[jckchrstphr]

I read the book on this, and did a book report in school on it.

They're was also a book based on, I think, Blaster Master and a few others.

[IDisasterpiece]

Best Soundtrack ever!!! and i mean it!

[oneupdawg]

That's why Capcom is still one of the best gaming companies.

[WatMcWatley]

GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE, YOU NERD!

[KanameTousen]

Nice classic Bionic commando line

[dronology]

People who voted this comment down obviously never played the game.

[carlitoxxe]

the music of bionic commando and captain tsubasa super striker where the best of nes console. they're just epic.

i wish that someone makes a remake of captain tsubasa ss like bionic commando

[syst3m08]

I have this game for gameboy with a collection of games (on ONE GameBoy Cartridge).

[jtull89]

Is it legit or pirated?

[syst3m08]

Yes, it's legit. The game's called Capcom Classics Mini Mix it also includes:

-Strider

-Final Fight 2

[Zarman91]

1:32

Anyone remember the Gadget-helicopter dudes? They were awesome.

[JPPatrol]

That's for a megaman! Guess the first one

[BentoBoxBobbyTV]

Simon Viklund who remixed this was just an awesomest guy who followed this. I remember playing this with my brother. This just had great everything. It was like a spy movie with a Spider-Manish swing to it. ^^

[gomezdagreat]

1:32 was by the far the most epic... i think mainly coz the level was kinda long (i got all the parachutes) so i heard the song alot more

[Invisib0]

The version of that song in the Gameboy Bionic Commando was even better.

[Invisib0]

Actually, the entire soundtrack was amazing for the Gameboy Bionic Commando (the one released in 1992, not the GBC one). Definitely a cut above what you'd expect for those early Gameboy games.

[PandawdyBob]

Some of these games were almost too memorable. Does anyone else have dreams about these games? I mean, I played most of these 20 years ago, but I still have the most vivid dreams about them. Bionic Commando was one of the best NES games.

[ustink0815]

mad skills, i tell you. mad

[viper08500]

watch the end game, it has a gore escene

[mycatisromeo]

if I remember correctly, you shoot the guy in the helicopter as you're falling, then the chopper blows up and he becomes a red pixel blob. (but hey, its like a 3 frame animated pixel blob.)

[Gang3rs]

i always love the music at 5:30-6:00 i can listen to that for a long time

[allrequiredfields]

Oh man, it's 2:40 for me - that's always given me goosebumps. All this shit has had a huge effect on my musical development, over the years.

[mycatisromeo]

yeah man, me too! I loved that track. It made me feel like a real commando in war!

[snus666]

The song that start at 0.10 is the most epic song ever, its one song that is from the Arcade game that came before the nes version.

[Gamerisme2008]

1:32 brought back bad memories...if anybody knows what I mean....

[darkbounty94]

i know wat you mean =)

[Matsute]

Oh man... Don't even talk about it. xD

[MDthornton83]

This game has some really cool music. I have numerous favorites. And one of them is the "Area 8" theme. It sounds mysterious, suspenseful, dramatic and inducing all at the same time.

[N64xKING]

in rearmed, the moveing platforms on the albatross are pissing me off, i got to it in a few gours... the day it came out, but i havent gotten any farther

[SadjaSarrette]

There really was nothing bionic about this guy lol

[Hollywood49]

Yes, Area 5 has the most amazing music in the game.

[LittleLeaguerIcarus]

Have you not heard the Albatross theme (a.k.a. the final boss' song)? That's the most amazing song in the game. But, that's IMO.

[chris11467]

they should remix more old themes, i love how they remixed Bionic commando

[Jimmel920]

The remix of the main theme in BC: Rearmed is amazing.

[jelloegg]

There's seizure-inducing lights in this game.

[danmccloud]

All bgms are awesome but 2:39 is my favorite one... there is a cool remix of that one at OC remix.. Bionic Electronica ;)

[jelloegg]

Yes. I've heard it.

[unreal030]

Rearmed on xbox live is awesome

[DvDPlaya]

Yeah, the music rules in Rearmed.

[69moondog69]

music at 1:32 omg i love it its also on i wanna be the guy

[Slick84765]

i think ths game have good music or awesome music

[KamiKaZantA]

OMG! I just got the biggest, most fiercesome raging eargasm right now! I loved this game when I was a kid!

[metallicatnumber0]

wow this game looks awsome i never played it but i want to now the music sounds similar to megaman alittle bit to did capcom make this

[guitarprince911]

Yes, Capcom did make this.

[plandestine]

I Loved This Game & It's Music.....Damn I Love The Memories.

[doppleganger4827]

I think I played this game once years ago, I don't remember, but I've heard a lot about it. I especially remember the second track because I watched a I Wanna Be the Guy lets play. If only they could've made a Spider-Man game like this, the swinging looks awesome!

[kurojin97]

okay okay you win....its time for me to put this game on so i can relive the 5th grade

[kmage19]

I guess the NES version doesn't have one song for the GB version. It was the music of the first stage of the GB version.

[hj319]

Now more than ever...we Need Radd Spencer! Thanx for uploading!

[sacapalpavo]

see what you make me do? i went and downloaded a bunch of NES sound track! this included of course =P

[garudoh]

Hehehe. Cool.

[inthefade]

you can get almost the entire collection of NSF music files in one 5-6 meg file if you google it.

[sweetsparrow]

I love Area 5 song, its just sad, but I like it.

Thanks!

[sacapalpavo]

oh oh oh don't forget Area 2!!!

[kroperx]

I love Area 1 song. Damn what i good game.

[sacapalpavo]

Area 5 rocks man! area 1 is great to though XD

[BerZerK89]

Cant wait for Rearmed to be released :P

[duba3988]

Me too, it's going to be awesome!