I can still smell my friends bedroom and the hairs stand up on my arms when I hear this wonderful piece of art again Then the tears... ...where has life gone for me and my childhood dreams?
It's crazy how memories and smell is connected. I loaded up interceptor for the Amiga a few days ago. When the music started I could smell my bedroom back from 1988. I had just gotten the game and my friend who "only" had a c64 was visiting to see the Amiga 500. I washed my wooden floor in soap an hour before he got there. It was magical. The leap in graphics was greater than anything we had ever seen before and ever were to see again. Seeing and listening to the Amiga 500 was like being transported into the future.
@@YourBeingParanoid Pretty good choice, Steven. The prettiest game I saw at that time was probably Shadow of the beast 1. The startup screen with all the scrolling and the music was pretty neat. Didn't enjoy playing it though. First amiga game I ever saw was Barbarian by psygnosis. Boy was that shite too? I did absolutely wow me when I saw it. A friend said he got the amiga and I rode my bike to his place to see it. I just came to his house from playing..whatever on the c64..and saw that. The novelty wore off quickly but it made be get an amiga :)
Just gives me goosebumps, the music of the C64 was why i loved the machine so much. Id just load games up to hear the music. Wizball is just a beautiful piece of music.
+Lloyd Duff I think you mean psychodelic trance music? This tune was made in the year of 1987, long time before psychodelic music comes popular. It is just a great C64 tune from one of the master of c64 music >>> Martin Galway.
I loved this game and completed it many times back in the day, a fantastic unique crazy game. The title music me and my friends would listen to alot. Platoon game music was awesome too.
Just stunning. Still have happy memories of playing co-op with mum - she was the wizard and I was the cat! She also beat the whole game by herself. I loved watching that game.
The best computer doing the best this music talk's to the soul it makes me tear up every time.. i grew up i played this game with my mother in coop here being the cat
Completely agree. The game, the playability, the music. EVERYTHING about this game was just simply brilliant. Best game on the C64 ever! Martin Galway was the king of SID music for me!
+Flag "first", "sandstorm" and "301 club" comments as spam for a surprise Or some people simply never owned a C-64 and enjoyed the games and the brilliant music. The intro to Wizball on the Amiga sounded like shit
@@TheRainblossoms a cheaply produced masterpiece, without a reset switch and a joystick port1 which interferes with the keyboard, as Commodores focus was always on cost reduction. and later models were even cheaper manufactured (card board RF shield etc.) but nevertheless I always loved my C64s.
Totally - the C64 version of Wizball was about the best, it deserves such a great soundtrack. You can get it for iPad and iPhone now, it's part of the C64 emulator for iOS - I play it with my iCade cabinet for ultimate authenticity.
My hair is simply standing on an end, I have complete goosebumps. To be able to create this legenadary piece of music with that "primitive" sound-module is............
Man, it's so clean. It's always been beautiful. I never did play the game but I have been using my C64 since 1988. Probably got introduced to the computer and it's sound in 1985. But I do love this track. Both original and the Back in Time track on the very first cd. It's funny how different C64 composers have their own style. Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Jeroen Tel, Reyn Ouwehand. Oh, Jonathan Dunn did the brilliant Ocean loader tune. No chance I could name all the SID composers. You know what? Tons of tunes goes well with urbs and alcohol. Don't tell me the 'S' in SID doesn't stand for Shrooms.
a game from a time when programmers knew exactly how to use the little space they had. no loading necessary. It stood completely in the memory. a masterpiece!
Wow, reminded about this game via a Steve Wilson song comment! Still have my C64 and this game, but haven't played it in many years, can still hear my parents TV speaker struggling with this one!
I remember buying this game about three weeks after Zzap! 64 rated as ace from Boots in Hanley. I beat the game in three days or so, but kept coming back to it simply because it was such a genius creation. To the duo; jops and erm... you are Gods...
wow great music, great game, I did not finish the game at the time, But I got the c64 version for my pc and finished the game, with a little help with extra lifes bloody hard, I used to love playing this game with my brother great post
Never played a C64 in my life, but this track is a masterpiece. As a music lover, I can safely say this easily stands comparison with progressive rock masterpieces from King Crimson, Yes et al.
I don't know why now, but back when I had a C64 and then an Amiga I erroneously thought that Brian May had made the music for this...........on e of my top 10 game musics..........
I love the sound of the Sid chip, For its day it was way above everything else. Thanks for posting. My favourite Wizball though has to be the Atari ST main theme, that just pure kicks butt:)
Oh God how I loved this game. Possibly in my Commodore 64 top 5. For some reason my C64 begun to freeze up every time the game loaded -- I'd get the opening bar of the tune and then total freeze -- it would work on my friend's machine flawlessly and we used to swap keyboards every now and then for a while so I could get my Wizfix on. Then, after several years, my 64 inexplicably started working again. never did work out what was causing it.
Amazing music, and beautiful game too. TOTALLY original. The wicked electric guitar is amazing (I think it's the death music). I put it on my mobile phone as my ringtone for when I got a message, but it just got a bit too in-your-face when it used to go off in the post office or whatever..!
My favourite C64 game. I could never play this properly with a joystick but I later discovered a Mega Drive control pad worked as it's the same input. THEN I completed it. :-P
hehe, awesome. I never did get all the colours in that pot. I must go and get the C64 out and prove to myself that i can do it. Call of duty - who needs it. Thanks for sharing.
@SaroferZ I think Martin Galway himself said he actually had no idea how he composed the opening section and was really disappointed that he couldn't continue it or do it again!
Let us bow to one of the holy trinity of C64 music gods, that which is Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard, and Jeroen Tel. I will make many sacrifices in your honor, holy ones.
this has made all my hairs stand on end ( pubes too ) i have not herd this in years i was about 9-10 but remember it like it was yesterday. it freaked me out a little even now that green hulked out pac-man still gets into my dreams aaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhh
Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard were like J.S Bach and Beethoven to me back then. Legends.
Martin Galway is my god.
My word, sir/madam, but I was just about to type, largely, the same thing. Certainly the same two names.
Not to forget Chris Hülsbeck!
@@achoenk74 - Or Tim Follin.
@CreaTbJ ! or Jeroen Tel!
First game I ever loaded on my C64 ... and I heard this.... and I was just like...... jaw dropped
I wrote a whole story about Wizball and illustrated it with crayons. 28 years old.
I can still smell my friends bedroom and the hairs stand up on my arms when I hear this wonderful piece of art again
Then the tears...
...where has life gone for me and my childhood dreams?
So true, bro !
It's crazy how memories and smell is connected. I loaded up interceptor for the Amiga a few days ago. When the music started I could smell my bedroom back from 1988. I had just gotten the game and my friend who "only" had a c64 was visiting to see the Amiga 500. I washed my wooden floor in soap an hour before he got there. It was magical. The leap in graphics was greater than anything we had ever seen before and ever were to see again. Seeing and listening to the Amiga 500 was like being transported into the future.
Smells of spunk and tears of joy
@@JonasRosenven for me - shadow of the beast 2 was my goto "blow my visiting friend's mind" of choice
@@YourBeingParanoid Pretty good choice, Steven. The prettiest game I saw at that time was probably Shadow of the beast 1. The startup screen with all the scrolling and the music was pretty neat. Didn't enjoy playing it though. First amiga game I ever saw was Barbarian by psygnosis. Boy was that shite too? I did absolutely wow me when I saw it. A friend said he got the amiga and I rode my bike to his place to see it. I just came to his house from playing..whatever on the c64..and saw that. The novelty wore off quickly but it made be get an amiga :)
Mesmerising even now decades after i first heard it. Pure talent. The game was awesome too.
All of a sudden I feel badly for hearing and falling in love with Platypus's theme first.
I feel you pal 😢
@@SpaceDiscord
Thanks for the blast from the past!
7 years wow.
Just gives me goosebumps, the music of the C64 was why i loved the machine so much. Id just load games up to hear the music. Wizball is just a beautiful piece of music.
Reminds me of hours playing 2 player mode (wizard + cat) with my best friend. I should give him a call and see how he is doing.
This tune gives me the shivers ... amazing!!!
+Bikinianer it's epic sounding and a lot like tripy trance music
+Lloyd Duff
I think you mean psychodelic trance music? This tune was made in the year of 1987, long time before psychodelic music comes popular. It is just a great C64 tune from one of the master of c64 music >>> Martin Galway.
Bikinianer I agree but it has a trance like feel to it. They didn't know tecno till Rhyham is a dancer hit the scene
That's true, it feels like trance music a lot.
Bikinianer well everything gets a humble start somewhere its possible this could had inspired people then
I loved this game and completed it many times back in the day, a fantastic unique crazy game. The title music me and my friends would listen to alot. Platoon game music was awesome too.
Just stunning. Still have happy memories of playing co-op with mum - she was the wizard and I was the cat! She also beat the whole game by herself. I loved watching that game.
Another timeless classic, this and Terra Cresta, from a different planet
Thanks for the tip on Terra Cresta. It's rare to discover a C-64 tune that is actually a good one.
One of best C64 game title music ever!.
+Gareth Jones I totally agree. It was mind blowing then and still holds up today
Yes I agree, I used to love this tune and I still do to this day, timeless
The best game
Reyn vs Martin Galway - Wizball th-cam.com/video/PTSUR3RHh9M/w-d-xo.html
nah, it's a bit repetitive and ear bleeding, it hasn't got a tune
The best computer doing the best this music talk's to the soul it makes me tear up every time.. i grew up i played this game with my mother in coop here being the cat
Omg the cat! I forgot someone could play the cat as a dual player! Watch out for the filth.
It's just mind-boggling how good this song is.
Completely agree. The game, the playability, the music. EVERYTHING about this game was just simply brilliant. Best game on the C64 ever! Martin Galway was the king of SID music for me!
wow the SID chip kicks ass. This makes me proud I owned a C64
+Lloyd Duff Some people just can't get over the past.
+Flag "first", "sandstorm" and "301 club" comments as spam for a surprise Or some people simply never owned a C-64 and enjoyed the games and the brilliant music. The intro to Wizball on the Amiga sounded like shit
The C64 was a masterpiece. Don't let any jackass punk tell you otherwise.
@@TheRainblossoms a cheaply produced masterpiece, without a reset switch and a joystick port1 which interferes with the keyboard, as Commodores focus was always on cost reduction. and later models were even cheaper manufactured (card board RF shield etc.) but nevertheless I always loved my C64s.
Another awesome one from one of the godfathers of C64 music. Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Tim Follin, and Tel.
I owned Wizball (on tape) back in '87. The game would definately be in my Top 10 greatest C64 games of all time and the music likewise.
One of THE best C64 games and one of THE best game musics of all time...
Totally - the C64 version of Wizball was about the best, it deserves such a great soundtrack. You can get it for iPad and iPhone now, it's part of the C64 emulator for iOS - I play it with my iCade cabinet for ultimate authenticity.
this song gives me chills
My hair is simply standing on an end, I have complete goosebumps. To be able to create this legenadary piece of music with that "primitive" sound-module is............
Wait a minute this isn't the main theme for the Platypus ShMUp
Man, it's so clean. It's always been beautiful. I never did play the game but I have been using my C64 since 1988. Probably got introduced to the computer and it's sound in 1985. But I do love this track. Both original and the Back in Time track on the very first cd. It's funny how different C64 composers have their own style. Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Jeroen Tel, Reyn Ouwehand. Oh, Jonathan Dunn did the brilliant Ocean loader tune. No chance I could name all the SID composers. You know what? Tons of tunes goes well with urbs and alcohol. Don't tell me the 'S' in SID doesn't stand for Shrooms.
Incredible piece, I've been listening to it since 1987 (yes, when Wizball was released) and still love it.
Timeless, like the C64!!!
such a fucking good game and what a fucking incredible music it was...memories !!! often played it with my best friend.
+tausendstein the C-64 had some brilliant games
a game from a time when programmers knew exactly how to use the little space they had. no loading necessary. It stood completely in the memory.
a masterpiece!
I remember this game so well. Loved playing it and the music is fantastic! Thank you for putting this up!
one of the best compositions ion the humble old C64.
This is a stunning song. Probably my favourite C64 game. I completed it, kind of. It started again once I'd finished! 😅
Wow, reminded about this game via a Steve Wilson song comment! Still have my C64 and this game, but haven't played it in many years, can still hear my parents TV speaker struggling with this one!
Sick, in a really positive way of course. I love this epic tune over a period of decades.
This is definitely the Top of Games music! Best Time of my life! Think of it every day!
Amazing music and such a great game. The bass synth that kicks in, stunning!
Oh hey, now I realize Martin Remixed all of his C64 Soundtracks into the Platypus 1 Soundtrack.
No, but all his music was remixed by others for the Platypus soundtrack.
Aaah, gotcha.
Best game ever. Completely. Ever. My childhood right here
96% and no gold medal. Mental.
Played throught it on christmas 88 together with a friend. The friend is long gone, but this music still stands out!
Easily one of the best 64 games and easily one of the best soundtracks....
Der Sound ist genauso geil wie das Spiel selbst! Wizball C64 ist einfach Zauberhaft !!!
I remember buying this game about three weeks after Zzap! 64 rated as ace from Boots in Hanley. I beat the game in three days or so, but kept coming back to it simply because it was such a genius creation. To the duo; jops and erm... you are Gods...
first game i loaded up on christmas morning 1989 or whenever it was. aww.
And the bass is low on your sid! Do this with a good one and your funiture starts wandering.
Legend!
Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard :D
Oh wow... This is beautiful soundtrack, I love to similar platypus!
Nothing less than absolute genius.
Amazing track by an amazing musician!
wow great music, great game, I did not finish the game at the time, But I got the c64 version for my pc and finished the game, with a little help with extra lifes bloody hard, I used to love playing this game with my brother
great post
Nice video Nettoyeur71
Older i get more appreciate i get.
Thank you Mr.Martin Galway
Wow. This is amazing. My jaw dropped as well. This is a true gem.
Galway is God.
When someone is blessed and makes his best is god so he is god
legendary reminder of my well spent youth, thanks :)
HOLY BUTT. This is the menu song for Platypus too!! :D
Absolutely one of of the best bits of music and also best game played so well so good,
You forgot Daley Thompsons Decathlon. My first game with a loading tune - and it was a YMO cover!
The great and wonderful Rydeen
Never played a C64 in my life, but this track is a masterpiece. As a music lover, I can safely say this easily stands comparison with progressive rock masterpieces from King Crimson, Yes et al.
I don't know why now, but back when I had a C64 and then an Amiga I erroneously thought that Brian May had made the music for this...........on e of my top 10 game musics..........
+threalMrT76 I had the same
I love the sound of the Sid chip, For its day it was way above everything else. Thanks for posting. My favourite Wizball though has to be the Atari ST main theme, that just pure kicks butt:)
after 30 minutes searching this and finding new games andbmusic in the process i reach the ost and images i was finding for. climax
Oh God how I loved this game.
Possibly in my Commodore 64 top 5.
For some reason my C64 begun to freeze up every time the game loaded -- I'd get the opening bar of the tune and then total freeze -- it would work on my friend's machine flawlessly and we used to swap keyboards every now and then for a while so I could get my Wizfix on.
Then, after several years, my 64 inexplicably started working again.
never did work out what was causing it.
Outstanding theme. A prog rock classic in 8 bit.
Amazing music, and beautiful game too. TOTALLY original. The wicked electric guitar is amazing (I think it's the death music). I put it on my mobile phone as my ringtone for when I got a message, but it just got a bit too in-your-face when it used to go off in the post office or whatever..!
this is the masterpiece on the c64 for me.
Same guys that brought you Sensible Soccer .. Quality goods!
My favourite C64 game. I could never play this properly with a joystick but I later discovered a Mega Drive control pad worked as it's the same input. THEN I completed it. :-P
This... is.... beautiful
amazing... so much memories! one of the best for sure =)
Even though I still fail big time on this game, I start my olde C64 every other day to listen to tunes like these. :)
Fantastic.
This title music is the reason this is my goto test/demo programming for C64.
hehe, awesome.
I never did get all the colours in that pot.
I must go and get the C64 out and prove to myself that i can do it.
Call of duty - who needs it.
Thanks for sharing.
I remember playing through this game in two-player with my best mate. A late Friday night with a sixer of Diet Pepsi and junk food.
gioco incredibile.bellissimi ricordi
Bringing back happy memories for me.
This is the reason I need a time machine.
Why can't I give this all of the likes?
@SaroferZ I think Martin Galway himself said he actually had no idea how he composed the opening section and was really disappointed that he couldn't continue it or do it again!
Great tune and fantastic game!
(though I was a speccy owner at the time...class game on the spectrum...even better on the ST)
There is still magic in this world...
Martin galway is also a creator of platypus game
GREAT game, loved playing 2 players on the same team
Holy shit!
This is perfect!
Martin is a fantastic composer.
Truly remarkable.
I would like to hear the Wizball "High Score" groove. That was kickin'. I had recorded it to casette and bumped to it in the car audio in college.
I still haven't heard a cover that equals this original.
One of the best pieces of music on the 64.
Never understood the game but loved the soundtrack
Mesmerizing; thats the only word i can describe this beuatiful song with";;"
a masterpiece
Let us bow to one of the holy trinity of C64 music gods, that which is Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard, and Jeroen Tel. I will make many sacrifices in your honor, holy ones.
tim follin?
@TypoCandar Me 2!! I have it stashed in the closet, but once a year i've this urge to plug it in and play some oooools school games .. so awesome.
Mr G. - take a bow. This is goosebump-tastic.
this has made all my hairs stand on end ( pubes too ) i have not herd this in years i was about 9-10 but remember it like it was yesterday. it freaked me out a little even now that green hulked out pac-man still gets into my dreams aaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhh
I really used to love this game
There was a symphony orchestra performance of C64 music but not sure it included this
For me the first half sounds like a pixelated version of a zappa floyd lovechild. And the second half reminds me of melodic death metal. Great tune
Love this song. Gorgeous.
Used to love playing this game
simply a masterpiece