The Music of Video Games [115] Gyruss

[bland9876]

wtf stage 1 is normal but wtf stage 2 has those round thing gyruss on the xbox 360n and gba dont have that

[Ashitaka1110]

Nintendo 3DS? A 3-D update of this game with updated music? Think about it. THINK about it for a minute. Am I right?

[Radien]

Was Gyruss rereleased on the SNES with different music?

I played the Commodore 64 version of Gyruss and it had this music. I remember seeing a port of the game and was disappointed that it didn't have the classic Bach remix. That's why I'm wondering whether it was on the SNES that they replaced the theme, rather than the NES.

[IIInunny]

fuckin rights, this shit rules, sucha sweet game back in the day. I musta beat it like a 50 times, haha. It really felt like a sci fi alien shooter in so many ways.

[IIInunny]

fuckin rights, this shit rules, sucha sweet game back in the day. I musta beat it like a 50 times, haha.

[SuperMiramis]

I still have this game on 8-Bit Nintendo (Nes).

Its a fast fun space game. I manage to get to the last boss.

But i never manage to beat the game.

[TheCosmicAce]

@SuperMiramis On NES you get to the Sun at the end. On the arcade version to Earth.

[oliv16]

caralho eu não acredito que joguei esse jogo !!!!

meu deus quanto tempo !!! :O

[natefrogg1]

probably one of the illest video game sound tracks ever

[mistaphill]

One of my favorite arcade games (and one of the first with an actual music soundtrack), the NES version was a nice update

[Lordoffail]

Holy shit I spent so much time playing this on the Commodore 64!

[molonlave2010]

First soundtrack is obviously the best ever !

[Ashitaka1110]

One of the first NES games I ever played. Kind of spoiled me, I wondered why so few games were able to have equally badass soundtracks (and why virtually all the others that did were Mega Man games LOL).

[shadowstrike2123]

The Konami code is as follows:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A= 30 lives.

The Gyruss game reverses it like so:

A, B, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up=30 lives.

Ultra is actually a subsidiary of Konami used to get around strict North American licensing rules. The fact that they reversed the code is pretty interesting.

[shadowstrike2123]

I'm actually referring to the 1-up cheat after defeating each boss. You have to position yourself at certain points on the screen (the equivalent of numbers on a clock, starting with 1). You'll hear the 1-up sound effect if you did it correctly. As for the Konami code, that is actually done in reverse.

[Hamzy786]

J Dilla Must have used this... for

Oh No - Move ft. J Dilla & Roc C

[linkman91]

Gyruss us some hardcore stuff man....

[leftorium1]

some metal band must make a cover!

[Zinkon997]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS EPIC!

[shadowstrike2123]

Anybody else know about the secret 1-up technique? Best kept secret in the cosmos. My bro made it to the frickin Sun, man! I can only make it to Mars at best. By far one of the best NES games EVER!!!

[Jostanos]

@shadowstrike2123 The "Konami Code"? can't tell you. sorry ^^

[coolbluelights]

God, exactly 20 years ago I was playing this game all the time, I can't get past jupiter though!

[suskistube]

it sounded 34 times better on CBM 64

[fuzzywzhe]

The C=64 had worse graphics, but yes, the NES music blows.

Of course, the arcade is the best, and with MAME - why would you even want to play the crappy ports?

[FleshPeeler]

Anyone know where I can find MP3s of these songs? I want to make some Gyruss ringtones.

[Camwi]

Wow, so the music is based around Bach's work? That's pretty badass.

[dannyjingu]

I take it that's why none of the NES bands have covered it. I always thought it would have sounded great if the Minibosses or NESkimos played it.

[gojira12345678910]

Bach+Konami space shooter= Awesome.

[jaboja]

@Camwi I KNOW IT TOOK ME LIKE ALMOST  YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER THE PIECES

[kevmac1]

@Camwi The original game music was fairly heavily based on a version of Bach's Toccata in D minor by a British band called Sky (no relation to the soul band Skyy) which featured classical guitarist John Williams (no relation to the Star Wars composer). Sky's version of Toccata was released a short time before the game came out.

[TheCosmicAce]

@Camwi Yeah, listen to Vanessa Mae playing it!

[FalconKPD]

...I made it to neptune...

[Anubis1222]

My mom used to play the fuck out of this game when I was little. I think I remember sitting and watching her play, and she'd get really pissed at the last boss.

[linkyoo]

I can't even pass Pluto... These multipling monsters are my worst ennemy.

Though, the game is awesome.

[Progearspec]

Pretty good port of the arcade classic by konami.

[Gamepopper101]

Yeah I love how this game made a composer's music so awesome

[hammerbrother]

Yes it was Bach,

The songs he wrote were used these BGM's:

Opening (From J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"), Start BGM (From J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"), and the Main BGM (From J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor")

[peoswriter1]

Ha! I had the reverse issue. I knew the music was Bach, but I couldn't remember what game it was from. :)

[j3rdog]

its some classical song written by one of them dead old guys.. I forget the name.

[Meehuuu]

I think the guy was Bach

[WarFreak131]

what is the name of the song during the first few seconds?

[Meehuuu]

That's actually the same music that plays throughout the whole game.

[Soundwav1337]

Toccata and Fugue.

[goodhamad]

Konami is always crazy in music !!!!

this what is make their games awesome .

[IggyHazard]

Of all space ship games for the NES, I found this to be the most unique.

[Soundwav1337]

this is in all rights of the word, "Epic".

[HumptyRoCar]

I remember Gyruss! The music to it was very addictive, I love it. BTW, to the person who asked earlier the composers I see listed in my NSF file are Uetaka, Hujio, and Sakamoto.

[Notyu1459]

I got this game when I needed some games for my new yobo nes,I looked randomly around the store and found this game. I didn't really know anything about it, but I picked it up anyway. OMG i will never regret getting this highly fun and addicting game! The funny this is that when I got it, Due to the misleading font on the cartridge art, I thought it said GYAUSS

[Rettke]

I like the atari version better

[VexylMusic]

Music is very similar to Gradius: Interstellar Assault.

[doppleganger4827]

This reminds me of the minigame in GTA San Andreus, but not as advanced, of course. Looks like a lot of frustrating fun!

[GypsyRed]

Gawd, this game drove me up the wall. I remember *hearing* the music, but not quite *listening* to it because the game frustrated me so much. lol. It's not too bad.

[EvilOstrich]

I was never able to beat this game without the help of a game genie.... Fucking epic music though, thanks for the grand memories......

[TypicalJoe1900]

WHO did the music for this version of the game? I'd love to know, because it's so awesome, and better than the arcade version!

[garudoh]

The names in the description is all I have, don't know if it's enough to go on.

[TypicalJoe1900]

Oh wait. I didn't read the description earlier. Sorry. But where'd you find it out?

[garudoh]

For this game, I got the info directly from the NSF file.

[TimelordR]

I would also like to see who is the mastermind behind those great tunes. Such greatness does not deserve to languish in obscurity.

[pushedx]

I need to find MP3s of this music, some of my favorite!

[aryinc]

awesome game cause its nes and just has that bach alike cool music.

[xor2086]

back in the early 80's, Gyruss taught us the importance of music in videogames. I'm not pretty sure if when I was a kid, I spend the coin to play the game or to hear its music.