Talk:Gyruss

Soundtrack
Yikes, almost forgot to mention one of the most important parts of the game! Big thanks to Opus33 and the person who originally added it to Toccata and Fugue in D Minor! I'd like to move that part to the end of the first paragraph though, perhaps mentioning it in conjucntion with the stereo sound, but I'm not sure how best to word it.

Magicalsushi 21:14, 2004 Apr 14 (UTC)

Hi Magical--I'm just on the classical end here and haven't ever played this game. As an expert you can increase Wikipedia accuracy if you specify whether "Gyruss" uses the whole Toccata and Fugue, or just portions (to tell the truth, when I wrote "portions", I was just guessing). The whole piece has the famous opening section, then a very long sort of flowing section (the fugue), then a final kind of ceremonial section in slower tempo. You can tell when the end has been reached; it's a big long chord. I'm sure you can take it from there. Cheers, Opus33 00:17, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Done. As you guessed, it doesn't use the full piece. Thanks again. :)

Magicalsushi 10:50, 2004 Apr 16 (UTC)

It's actually note for note identical to the 1980 cover by Sky, with some parts re-arranged and (obviously) the whole thing given an 8-bit sound. Anywhere that actually verifies this?

Teh Pogo 18:01, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The trivia section states that "Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 contains a remix of the Gyruss music as a playable song". However, the music is a section of a Bach piece, as mentioned above. Would it be more accurate to say that DDR:U2 contains a remix of the original piece by Bach? If that is the case, this trivia point can be removed. -Ashley Pomeroy 18:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

172.189.244.155 19:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Excuse this anonymous update (i'm not very familiar with wikipeida), but both the Gyruss and Marble Madness pages claim "first arcade game with stereo sound", at least one of these must be incorrect.

124.100.31.52 13:37, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Marble madness was the first game to use a stereo soundchip in the form of the Yamaha YM2151, where as Gyruss uses 5 mono soundchips in the form of General Instruments AY-3-8910 and a number of RC filters, but it is mixed to stereo and the first game with a stereo chip based soundtrack as you could argue that some Laserdisc games had stereo music before then.

Box snapshots
I have snapshots of the front and back covers of the box. Are these of any use? If so, I'll add them, once I figure out how.

Ultra Megatron 18:08, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)

Sun or Earth
As I remember the game goes to the Sun instead of the Earth. After the Earth the spaceship goes to Venus, Mercury, and then the Sun.--Ziguang (talk) 20:51, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

As mentioned in the Article, Earth is the final planet for the original arcade game, restarting at Neptune after Earth. Dexmadden (talk) 14:10, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

A little late but the arcade version restarts after Earth. The NES version goes to the Sun, where the last battle occurs. After that, there's an ending sequence and the game restarts. Dark virus (talk) 22:12, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Minus sign
How would you read "an A- rating"? Is it an "Ay hyphen rating"? "Ay dash"? It is "Ay minus". My edit replaced the hyphen with the character U+2212 MINUS SIGN. In this context, it is not mathematical, but serving as part of a grade. See: Plus and minus signs. Thanks. Opencooper (talk) 20:45, 14 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey - sorry for that. I agree that a proper minus sign should be used in such cases. I simply haven't noticed that there is a space in that text, and assumed that it's written as "A-rating" (in which case a hyphen sign, rather than a minus, would be appropriate). Thanks for the explanation. --Krótki (talk) 20:57, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
 * No problem. Dashes and all their variants can get confusing and I've come across a bunch of cases where the usage really was as a hyphen. Checking the citation for this one, it is indeed a minus. Opencooper (talk) 21:04, 14 March 2022 (UTC)