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I remember my best friend playing this on his Commodore 64 late at night with his lamp that had a red light. Good times. Wish I could go back and relive them again.
I member playing this for hours at a time way back in the old 80's car garage turned den when on the Atari 2600 and playing around with the old Tandy computer my father had from Radio Shack. I couldn't always go to the arcade to play it, elementary and middle school got in the way too much, but playing Gyruss on the 2600 was the next best thing. Gyruss and Galaxian were 2 space shooters that were pretty faithful Atari 2600 ports from the arcade coin-op versions. Those were good times indeed. Lol
I rented this game for NES when I was a kid and fell in love with it. I saved up my money and purchased a copy along with an NES Max controller because I thought the disk shaped pad would work well with Gyruss. It wasn't until later that I got a chance to see and play the game in an arcade on vacation and saw it's roots. Thanks so much for highlighting this shooter gem from the 80's!
I'm actually friends with "Kim kanonarm" he would do world record attempts at the arcade bar I used to work at. Very friendly and extremely laid back. I also own that "Cannon Arm" documentary on DVD and even watched it in the theater with the guy during a special showing. (I even appear in the background at some point) The whole place was packed :) The documentary is mostly in Danish though and I know many people aren't too fond of reading subs. The movie/Documentary still come recommended.
It's funny, the second I clicked the link I was thinking back fondly to playing Tine Pilot and Gyruss. It makes sense now that it was made by the same guy. Nice job! 👍
Gyruss was a sensation at my local arcade. People would crowd around just to watch someone play it, at first. After a month or so, it settled down to being "just another game in the arcade" and I put lots of tokens into it, learning to play all the patterns and reach Earth again and again!
Great game. Would it be fair to say the creator of Gyruss was ahead of his time by not counting Pluto as a planet, over 20 years before it was officially declassified?
One of the greatest space shooters of all time in my opinion. I also love the sideart and shape of the arcade cabinet. The soundtrack is also fantastic.
I remember Gyrus, but it wasn't very common in my area. I loved, LOVED Tempest. LOVED. Because I was the king, the undisputed maestro and could play all afternoon for a buck.
The NES & FDS ports are the best, especially with original tunes aside from Tocatta and Fugue. It also has boss battles and additional weapon power ups.
Thanks Patman for the cool video on Gyruss. That's true, the ColecoVision controller with the two fire buttons on the side was a challenge for rapid firing. The Famicon version looks good. Thanks Pat!
When i played the nes port i used to hum the music, i loved it. Growing up poor I didn't know it was an arcade port but then again i didn't know most of the games i played were ports lol
I actually never saw this game in the arcades in my area growing up. Or maybe it was there and I just didn't notice. So the NES version was my introduction to Gyruss. Sadly, I didn't discover it was an arcade game until the early 2000s (I know...shame on me LOL).
The music of Gyruss is so damn good. I loved this game and I would play it at my local 7 Eleven back in 83-84. I was in 2nd grade! This game, track and field and Mach 3 were all line up next to each other. Gyruss was a game I could last a while one. Track n Field...omg I remember beating the crap out of those buttons rapid fire style haha!
once the historical documentation is done, and our faceless narrator describes the gameplay, i cant help but imagine he is like a platoon leader briefing us soldiers before our mission on the terrain and enemy forces that lay ahead..
I think I was around 11 when this came out, and back then I was a classical music nerd. Gyruss got me so excited the moment the first musical notes rang through. I remember just playing the best I could just to hear the music. Great game man, hands down.
I remember and really enjoyed this game! The graphics weren’t too spectacular but the music and POV were so enthralling I couldn’t stop! As soon as those first Bach notes kick in the excitement begins!
Hello there and friendly greetings! Man oh man.... Gyruss! Another machine that swallowed so many coins from my preadolescent wallet! I was around 12 and I had always very very few coins in my pocket... And that music always tricked me to put all my coins in that slot! And then I became a space pilot for some time, while the world around me disappeared! Wonderful times! Thank you for another magnificent documentary!
I loved Gyruss on my C64. It was one of my most favorite shooters at the time. It was fast, hectic, fun and had a banging soundtrack. 10/10 would play again. ;)
I was down the Jersey Shore for a week the summer Gyrus was released. I was spending most of my time, and money, at the boardwalk arcades. My favorite was the one which gave 5 tokens for a dollar. I journeyed on to the next arcade and saw Gyrus for the first time. It was MOBBED with kids 2 or 3 deep watching the player wipe the screen clean of enemies to their cheers. I could barely see over the shoulders of the other kids to get a good gander. Boy, was I impressed! I wanted so badly to play but there was no way I would ever get a chance. Gyrus never showed up anywhere in my hometown, though arcades and machines were everywhere. Thanks to the 90's and the MAME emulator, I played for the first time to my heart's content. Good times.
I loved this game. I have a great memory of going to a on a dock dinner and this was one of the games. My cousin and I didn't stop until we finally got to Earth.
This shows up early in my feed while I'm at work... Teasing me. A Patman video I watch on the big screen. You can't contain Patman on a mere phone or office computer... It's going to be a long day...
This is one of my favorite old school arcade games. I also like the C64 port. Unfortunately there are so many people who have never even heard of this game.
I first played Gyruss when me and my cousin rented it for NES from the video store back in 1993 and I've been addicted to it like Galaga ever since. I finally got to play the actual arcade last year at this place in Houston called Cidercade.
Great video Patman. I loved this game back in the glory days of the arcade game room in my little hometown. In fact, I bought the actual arcade game itself from a vendor. I own several vintage arcade games in my game room. I have 10 vintage arcade games along with some arcade1up machines as well. All the actual arcade games I own have been refurbished and play just like it was yesterday back in the old crazy cats arcade I spent so much time in back in the 80's. Take care Patman.
Frogger only uses a joystick and you get points every time you move forward so it is kinda like Pac-Man in a way. Gyruss is like Galaga if you could move from one end of the screen to the other. You even get the power up to shoot 2 bullets.
Gyruss was my favourite arcade game and I really liked Tempest before that. The soundtrack was awesome with a heavy weapons sound, I used to love hearing the sound when I get a extra ship!
7 years old and everyday of the school holidays I would get 20c (AUD) to spend, it went straight to Gyruss and Time Pilot at the bottom of our street at the fish and chips shop. They were the only 2 arcades there so seeing you mention them both in this video really brought back some early childhood memories, and for that I thank you sir.
I first played this on the 2600 before I ever got to play the arcade (my dad bought it for me & my brother.) There were only three places in my town (that I knew) that had the Arcade they were Aladdin's Castle (briefly there) Fun City (also briefly there), and in the Basement at Sparks Hospital (in the vending machine dining hall) that one was there for decades until they renovated it in the mid 2000's, and got rid of all the arcades including Street Fighter 2, Time Soldiers, and Escape From the Planet Of The Robot Monsters. I really miss that Gyruss arcade cab.
FYI, Johann in Johann Sebastian Bach is pronounced YO-han. Thanks for the video. My favorite game growing up. One time I went to Aladdin’s Castle to play the game and I couldn’t because there was a dude there posted up all day trying to break the world record on it!
One of the first games I was obsessed with getting perfects every round I'd even skip hanging with friends til I perfected this. Arcade got me hooked then on the 2600 in home.
Love this game. I spent the aftermath of hurricane katrina playing GBA between chopping up trees and helping people clean up. The Konami Arcade Advance and Namco collections were great pick up and play titles. I just wished they would save your scores.
As I have stated many times before, I am 47 and grew up in the arcades., and I played Gyruss quite regularly. Strangely enough, the classical music fit with the gameplay perfectly. My first home version of this game was in cartridge form for my Atari 800XL computer and it was published by Parker Brothers. Then when it was released for the NES under Konami's secondary publishing company Ultra Games, I had to get it. Also, I am not too sure how many of you out there know this, but the NES version has a 30-life code. It is the "Konami Code" backward. A B, R, L, R, L, D, D, U, U. The reason Konami started releasing games under the "Ultra Games" label is due to Nintendo's strict policy that a company could NOT publish more than 5 games in a year. So not only did Konami create a secondary label, but a few other companies did as well. They did this so they could circumvent Nintendo's policy and release 10 games per year.
Another favorite of mine. Spent countless hours playing it in arcades. the sound always amazed me, specially the bass in the explosion fx. When I got the NES version my urgent child life was complete! Thanks for another thorough documentary. Have no idea how you gather that much info on these beloved gems!
Oh my days! You Sir are a legend! Once again its another of my top 10 arcade games from my youth! Absolutely brilliant and great to watch. All that's missing now is my number 1 and 2....Bubble Bobble & Bombjack 😁 *hint hint* 😂 Love your work mate best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
Thought I knew everything about Gyruss, but I didn't know about the 2nd Atari computer version, nor the reason for the tube play being because Okamoto got aggravated at getting cornered in Galaga. Nice work. Also - the PlayStation Konami 80's Arcade Gallery compilation was also released in arcades on hardware based around the PlayStation (Konami's System 573). I own that tank of an arcade board, but it's still great to play on it.
Had a ColecoVision growing up and every time I watch a PatmanQC video it reminds me how utterly garbage the Atari 5200 was. The back of the boxes always made the games look good for the 5200 back then and there was a couple years that I wanted one. Then the NES came out and that was that. Great video!
This was one of the best carts I had on the NES. I spent hours on this game, but never managed to beat it until years later. Imagine what Bach would think if he knew his music would be featured in a space shooter!
Hehe finally thought when is Gyruss coming one of the best retro games ever!!! Patman...but there he is can you read my memory or something thought about it for few days. TOP Patman
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries IDD LOL i come only to level 11 than i'm dead always the orginal game Grrr the c64 version is the version i playd as a kid. Laterz
Just making my way thru Patts stuff, liking it and commenting when I remember. not sure how else i can support him. Hope you get well soon Patt. I'm not religious but i'm pullin for you bud and your in my thoughts.
I loved Gyruss and Tempest Back in the Day. In all that time I never thought about "liberating" the solar system's planets. I never saw anyone reach Earth, though.
I pumped a lot of quarters into this game back in the day. I still play it a lot on my Raspberry Pi. I could listen to the soundtrack of this game all day long. I'm not a big fan of the NES version. I have that version on a "plug n play" joystick and the game gets near impossible once you get to Mercury because the game puts "troll" enemies in the corners of all 4 quadrants and you start to burn through lives really quick. Even if you have a lot of lives built up from playing flawlessly through the rest of the game, once you get to Mercury, you won't have a lot of lives for very long. But the arcade version of Gyruss is a masterpiece.
And once again, Patman QC makes me aware of a sweet port of a game. So $5 later, I finally downloaded Gyruss on Xbox 360. LOL. Also, this video has corrected my lifelong error of pronouncing this game as “Guy-Russ”. Keep up the AMAZING videos, Pat!!!!
I saw a retro commercial where it was pronounced guy- Russ but then the one I used they pronounced it the way I always knew. Have fun with the 360 version
Always look forward to your videos. Probably my favorite video game youtuber. Nothing better than winding down after work with a Patman QC video and spending time with the family. Thanks for creating another awesome arcade history lesson.
Finally someone who can pronounce the name the correct way! It's one of my all-time favorite games, but all the ytubers seems to want to call it Guy-Russ, or Gihruss with hard-G's.
Love Gyruss. I still play the NES port quite regularly.
I adored this game on NES! Like a mix of Tempest, Galaga, and Gradius
And great music too
hell ya. NES version the goat!!
never knew of the famicom one... gotta check it out. 😁✌
@@ssppeeaarrthe NES version also can be played on PS3 RETROARCH along with all games from Master System.
I remember my best friend playing this on his Commodore 64 late at night with his lamp that had a red light. Good times. Wish I could go back and relive them again.
I member playing this for hours at a time way back in the old 80's car garage turned den when on the Atari 2600 and playing around with the old Tandy computer my father had from Radio Shack. I couldn't always go to the arcade to play it, elementary and middle school got in the way too much, but playing Gyruss on the 2600 was the next best thing. Gyruss and Galaxian were 2 space shooters that were pretty faithful Atari 2600 ports from the arcade coin-op versions. Those were good times indeed. Lol
I rented this game for NES when I was a kid and fell in love with it. I saved up my money and purchased a copy along with an NES Max controller because I thought the disk shaped pad would work well with Gyruss. It wasn't until later that I got a chance to see and play the game in an arcade on vacation and saw it's roots. Thanks so much for highlighting this shooter gem from the 80's!
I could never make it all the way to Earth, but I loved playing Gyruss in my local arcades!
I think Saturn was as far as I could get.
The idea of only getting 3 hours of sleep and working secretly on a game is a superhuman feat to me. I need my sleep!
LOL no doubt, although I know how he feels with putting these videos together :-)
It's the gift-curse of Obsession-Passion.
Thank you for introducing me to the Sky cover of Toccata! It's so great!
Big fan Patman. Are we ever going to get a history of Wizard of Wor?
It is on my list
I'm still loving it. "Gyruss" had always that specific kind of charme.
One of the alltime-classics!
Yep. Along with the original PacMan.
I remember playing this so much as a teen! I actually got dizzy after playing one time because I was on it for over 2 hours on a single quarter :)
That’s impressive
Woo hoo, another video of yours! Watching now! 😎
Hope you enjoy!
I'm actually friends with "Kim kanonarm" he would do world record attempts at the arcade bar I used to work at. Very friendly and extremely laid back.
I also own that "Cannon Arm" documentary on DVD and even watched it in the theater with the guy during a special showing. (I even appear in the background at some point)
The whole place was packed :)
The documentary is mostly in Danish though and I know many people aren't too fond of reading subs.
The movie/Documentary still come recommended.
That is very cool. I looked all over trying to find a copy of it wasn't able to.
Patman, Gyruss is timeless. I've played it on my GBA.
I agree, just like galaga
Always loved entering the black hole for that sweet sweet double shot that stuck even if you died.
My fondest memories of this game is watching my older brother playing this on the C64. such a great game
It's a classic
C64 Gyruss is an average (good) port not one of the best (great)
Hell yes, Patman!! I used to rock the Gyruss at the Tampa Lanes back in the day! Tied with Tempest as my favorite shooter !
Played this a lot in the arcades back in the day. It was always super loud.
I love this game! My dad and I used to play it on NES a lot. I miss those days. Thanks for covering this game, Patman! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for sharing. Thanks a lot for the nice words
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentariesis Gyruss Arcade port playable on PS3 RETROARCH?
It's funny, the second I clicked the link I was thinking back fondly to playing Tine Pilot and Gyruss. It makes sense now that it was made by the same guy. Nice job! 👍
I still play the hell out of this on Famicom, it has been 1 of my favorites since I was a child
Gyruss was a sensation at my local arcade. People would crowd around just to watch someone play it, at first. After a month or so, it settled down to being "just another game in the arcade" and I put lots of tokens into it, learning to play all the patterns and reach Earth again and again!
Great game. Would it be fair to say the creator of Gyruss was ahead of his time by not counting Pluto as a planet, over 20 years before it was officially declassified?
One of the greatest space shooters of all time in my opinion. I also love the sideart and shape of the arcade cabinet. The soundtrack is also fantastic.
I loved this game so much. It had massive replay value.
I remember Gyrus, but it wasn't very common in my area. I loved, LOVED Tempest. LOVED. Because I was the king, the undisputed maestro and could play all afternoon for a buck.
The NES & FDS ports are the best, especially with original tunes aside from Tocatta and Fugue. It also has boss battles and additional weapon power ups.
Oh yes, in the English patch makes it even better
I always learn something new in your videos, even if I've been playing a game for decades!
Thanks Patman for the cool video on Gyruss. That's true, the ColecoVision controller with the two fire buttons on the side was a challenge for rapid firing. The Famicon version looks good. Thanks Pat!
When i played the nes port i used to hum the music, i loved it. Growing up poor I didn't know it was an arcade port but then again i didn't know most of the games i played were ports lol
I actually never saw this game in the arcades in my area growing up. Or maybe it was there and I just didn't notice. So the NES version was my introduction to Gyruss. Sadly, I didn't discover it was an arcade game until the early 2000s (I know...shame on me LOL).
The music of Gyruss is so damn good. I loved this game and I would play it at my local 7 Eleven back in 83-84. I was in 2nd grade! This game, track and field and Mach 3 were all line up next to each other. Gyruss was a game I could last a while one. Track n Field...omg I remember beating the crap out of those buttons rapid fire style haha!
once the historical documentation is done, and our faceless narrator describes the gameplay, i cant help but imagine he is like a platoon leader briefing us soldiers before our mission on the terrain and enemy forces that lay ahead..
LOL now that is the comments of the month that's for sure
The music of the Commodore 64 version still sounds in my head, it,s even better than the original!
Loved this one on the c64🤗👍
You and me both, It was excellent
I think I was around 11 when this came out, and back then I was a classical music nerd. Gyruss got me so excited the moment the first musical notes rang through. I remember just playing the best I could just to hear the music. Great game man, hands down.
First game with stereo?
Yeah, blew me 14 too.
@@TheAnkMan i didnt know that but your right.i do remember the epic music
@@TheHighway420n Epic stereo music. Not heard before in arcade games. Gyruss is a milestone in arcade history for that reason.
Gyruss turned about 40 years old this year bro.
❤💯 I can relate also
I remember and really enjoyed this game! The graphics weren’t too spectacular but the music and POV were so enthralling I couldn’t stop! As soon as those first Bach notes kick in the excitement begins!
Hello there and friendly greetings!
Man oh man.... Gyruss! Another machine that swallowed so many coins from my preadolescent wallet! I was around 12 and I had always very very few coins in my pocket... And that music always tricked me to put all my coins in that slot!
And then I became a space pilot for some time, while the world around me disappeared! Wonderful times!
Thank you for another magnificent documentary!
I spent so many quarters on this game. Loved it then and now. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
I love the music, especially the "NES" version.
I loved Gyruss on my C64. It was one of my most favorite shooters at the time. It was fast, hectic, fun and had a banging soundtrack. 10/10 would play again. ;)
Yes indeed
I was down the Jersey Shore for a week the summer Gyrus was released. I was spending most of my time, and money, at the boardwalk arcades. My favorite was the one which gave 5 tokens for a dollar. I journeyed on to the next arcade and saw Gyrus for the first time. It was MOBBED with kids 2 or 3 deep watching the player wipe the screen clean of enemies to their cheers. I could barely see over the shoulders of the other kids to get a good gander. Boy, was I impressed! I wanted so badly to play but there was no way I would ever get a chance. Gyrus never showed up anywhere in my hometown, though arcades and machines were everywhere. Thanks to the 90's and the MAME emulator, I played for the first time to my heart's content. Good times.
I loved this game. I have a great memory of going to a on a dock dinner and this was one of the games. My cousin and I didn't stop until we finally got to Earth.
This shows up early in my feed while I'm at work... Teasing me. A Patman video I watch on the big screen. You can't contain Patman on a mere phone or office computer... It's going to be a long day...
Always love your videos PatmanQC!!!
Love this game. No substitute for the original arcade. I finally got one. The sounds are the best.
Couldn't agree more!
x2
Thank you for this! An absolute classic that I never knew until I started rom exploring years ago as an adult. Gyruss doesn't get enough love!
I agree, I always liked it in the arcades because I could make it pretty far on a single quarter
This is one of my favorite old school arcade games. I also like the C64 port. Unfortunately there are so many people who have never even heard of this game.
The music of this game was truly astounding and addicting back then...nothing could compare.
I agree 100%
I first played Gyruss when me and my cousin rented it for NES from the video store back in 1993 and I've been addicted to it like Galaga ever since. I finally got to play the actual arcade last year at this place in Houston called Cidercade.
Laughed so hard at the gremlins phantom of the opera! So awesome keep up the good work!
LOL, that's great because that's what I always think of when I hear Phantom of the Opera
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you're the best buddy you make my day talking to me I appreciate your time! Thank you!!
@@bransonbenson9520 Anytime my friend
this was one of my favorite nintendo games, thank you for covering the OG arcade version
The theme music was in Rollerball movie as well
in 1975.
Great video Patman. I loved this game back in the glory days of the arcade game room in my little hometown. In fact, I bought the actual arcade game itself from a vendor. I own several vintage arcade games in my game room. I have 10 vintage arcade games along with some arcade1up machines as well. All the actual arcade games I own have been refurbished and play just like it was yesterday back in the old crazy cats arcade I spent so much time in back in the 80's. Take care Patman.
Frogger only uses a joystick and you get points every time you move forward so it is kinda like Pac-Man in a way.
Gyruss is like Galaga if you could move from one end of the screen to the other. You even get the power up to shoot 2 bullets.
Gyruss was my favourite arcade game and I really liked Tempest before that. The soundtrack was awesome with a heavy weapons sound, I used to love hearing the sound when I get a extra ship!
Oh yes, that was awesome
7 years old and everyday of the school holidays I would get 20c (AUD) to spend, it went straight to Gyruss and Time Pilot at the bottom of our street at the fish and chips shop. They were the only 2 arcades there so seeing you mention them both in this video really brought back some early childhood memories, and for that I thank you sir.
Absolutely, thanks for watching
I first played this on the 2600 before I ever got to play the arcade (my dad bought it for me & my brother.) There were only three places in my town (that I knew) that had the Arcade they were Aladdin's Castle (briefly there) Fun City (also briefly there), and in the Basement at Sparks Hospital (in the vending machine dining hall) that one was there for decades until they renovated it in the mid 2000's, and got rid of all the arcades including Street Fighter 2, Time Soldiers, and Escape From the Planet Of The Robot Monsters. I really miss that Gyruss arcade cab.
Loved both Gyruss and Time Pilot back in the day...thanks
FYI, Johann in Johann Sebastian Bach is pronounced YO-han.
Thanks for the video. My favorite game growing up. One time I went to Aladdin’s Castle to play the game and I couldn’t because there was a dude there posted up all day trying to break the world record on it!
One of the first games I was obsessed with getting perfects every round I'd even skip hanging with friends til I perfected this. Arcade got me hooked then on the 2600 in home.
Love this game. I spent the aftermath of hurricane katrina playing GBA between chopping up trees and helping people clean up. The Konami Arcade Advance and Namco collections were great pick up and play titles. I just wished they would save your scores.
This was my favourite Arcade game, one of only two that i managed to clock the points on, loved the game, loved toccata.
Fantastic, always one of my favorites as well
Thanks for introducing me to the band "SKY" Patman! I had never heard of them, I checked them out,...and I was glad I did! :)
As I have stated many times before, I am 47 and grew up in the arcades., and I played Gyruss quite regularly. Strangely enough, the classical music fit with the gameplay perfectly. My first home version of this game was in cartridge form for my Atari 800XL computer and it was published by Parker Brothers. Then when it was released for the NES under Konami's secondary publishing company Ultra Games, I had to get it. Also, I am not too sure how many of you out there know this, but the NES version has a 30-life code. It is the "Konami Code" backward. A B, R, L, R, L, D, D, U, U. The reason Konami started releasing games under the "Ultra Games" label is due to Nintendo's strict policy that a company could NOT publish more than 5 games in a year. So not only did Konami create a secondary label, but a few other companies did as well. They did this so they could circumvent Nintendo's policy and release 10 games per year.
Definitely one of my favorite games which I would pickup and play games for the C64. I was pretty proud when I reached and passed Earth.
Another favorite of mine. Spent countless hours playing it in arcades. the sound always amazed me, specially the bass in the explosion fx. When I got the NES version my urgent child life was complete!
Thanks for another thorough documentary. Have no idea how you gather that much info on these beloved gems!
As I recall, after Neptune, it is three warps to Uranus, but I don't remember what happens after that. I never was very good at it.
This and “Mad Planets” always reminded me of each other
One of my favorite games, always fun
Probably my favorite thing to play on my giant tate crt MISTer setup !
Oh my days! You Sir are a legend! Once again its another of my top 10 arcade games from my youth! Absolutely brilliant and great to watch.
All that's missing now is my number 1 and 2....Bubble Bobble & Bombjack 😁 *hint hint* 😂
Love your work mate best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
Thought I knew everything about Gyruss, but I didn't know about the 2nd Atari computer version, nor the reason for the tube play being because Okamoto got aggravated at getting cornered in Galaga. Nice work.
Also - the PlayStation Konami 80's Arcade Gallery compilation was also released in arcades on hardware based around the PlayStation (Konami's System 573). I own that tank of an arcade board, but it's still great to play on it.
Thanks for covering one of my fave games from childhood!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Had a ColecoVision growing up and every time I watch a PatmanQC video it reminds me how utterly garbage the Atari 5200 was. The back of the boxes always made the games look good for the 5200 back then and there was a couple years that I wanted one. Then the NES came out and that was that. Great video!
I had forgotten about this one, I really liked the game play. Thanks for bringing me back!
Thanks for the visit
As soon as I saw the name Gyruss, I clicked the like button. 👍
Excellent, thank you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No problem, and it's my all-time favorite shmup
Hey PatMan! I’m watching this now and always felt this was a ROUND version of Galaga.
Wow! I was right!!
This was one of the best carts I had on the NES. I spent hours on this game, but never managed to beat it until years later. Imagine what Bach would think if he knew his music would be featured in a space shooter!
LOL, no doubt
Great video! I've always though Gyruss was a Galaga/Tempest mashup.
Hehe finally thought when is Gyruss coming one of the best retro games ever!!! Patman...but there he is can you read my memory or something thought about it for few days. TOP Patman
LOL hope you enjoy it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries IDD LOL i come only to level 11 than i'm dead always the orginal game Grrr the c64 version is the version i playd as a kid. Laterz
Gyruss is one of my favorite shooters. I've never seen it in arcades but I have managed to snag an NES copy.
Speaking of Gyruss, I need to schedule a warp to Uranus by my Doctor! :D
I wasn't too fond of the game itself but the music...I LOVED the music!!!
Just making my way thru Patts stuff, liking it and commenting when I remember. not sure how else i can support him. Hope you get well soon Patt. I'm not religious but i'm pullin for you bud and your in my thoughts.
One of my top loved games for play and music, it took a lot of quarters from me and still play it now on computer.
One of my favorite shooters as well
Gyruss is like a hybrid combinations of Gradius II, Salamander, and Tempest. Very cool.
It's a fun game
I loved Gyruss and Tempest Back in the Day. In all that time I never thought about "liberating" the solar system's planets. I never saw anyone reach Earth, though.
one of my all time favorites, the music and the gameplay makes a perfect combination
Tks for another piece of history!
I pumped a lot of quarters into this game back in the day. I still play it a lot on my Raspberry Pi. I could listen to the soundtrack of this game all day long. I'm not a big fan of the NES version. I have that version on a "plug n play" joystick and the game gets near impossible once you get to Mercury because the game puts "troll" enemies in the corners of all 4 quadrants and you start to burn through lives really quick. Even if you have a lot of lives built up from playing flawlessly through the rest of the game, once you get to Mercury, you won't have a lot of lives for very long. But the arcade version of Gyruss is a masterpiece.
Tempest meets Galaga, a perfect combo and a lot of fun to play! Just wish I could more easily transfer to the other half of the circle
And once again, Patman QC makes me aware of a sweet port of a game. So $5 later, I finally downloaded Gyruss on Xbox 360. LOL. Also, this video has corrected my lifelong error of pronouncing this game as “Guy-Russ”. Keep up the AMAZING videos, Pat!!!!
I saw a retro commercial where it was pronounced guy- Russ but then the one I used they pronounced it the way I always knew. Have fun with the 360 version
Always look forward to your videos. Probably my favorite video game youtuber. Nothing better than winding down after work with a Patman QC video and spending time with the family. Thanks for creating another awesome arcade history lesson.
How nice of you to say, glad you enjoy the content so much. Happy little families
Finally someone who can pronounce the name the correct way! It's one of my all-time favorite games, but all the ytubers seems to want to call it Guy-Russ, or Gihruss with hard-G's.
my first time playing gyruss was on the nes still one of my favorite shooters on the console
some one needs to make a shirt with the gyros logo and the message "three warps to Uranus"
LOL fantastic
Strangely, this is the first time I've heard "tube shooter", we always called 'em "spin shooters"
This game is so underrated. Love it !
Great work Sir 👍
Gyruss is one of my all time favorite games.
One of mine as well
Loved it on the 2600 as a kid, also had it on NES.