Bit Brigade performing Mega Man 2 at MAGFest X 

Hey everybody! I'm terrible at noticing YT notifications, so sorry for not replying to many comments or anything. I wanted to come in and hopefully let you all know that Bit Brigade did a new show last month at MAGFest where they played THREE GAMES. And two of them were new! I'll refrain from saying what they are in case any of you weren't aware of this and want to be surprised. It's was a killer show! Unfortunately, it only has a little over 800 views. I figure since this video has over 400k at this point (which is unreal), hopefully I could point some of you over toward the MAGFest channel because it seems to get very little attention. Here's a link to the Bit Brigade set, complete with remastered board audio and everything! Sorry you may not see the game 100% of the time, we've made sure this will be addressed in the future where we'll have a special overlay or something setup for it, not unlike what we here. Bit Brigade at MAGFest 2017 - Three Game Set! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AhULxTKIgx8.html My team (Down in Front) and I are part of a much larger official media team for MAGFest, so /most/ of the main stage concerts on that channel were filmed by us and those we work with. There's soooo many concerts on that channel now, you're bound to discover a lot of great music and stage performances (emphasis here on The Protomen and URIZEN), so please go check it out and give it a sub! All of our MAG content will be over there from now on, while any VGM we film outside of MAG will be on our DiF page, linked in the description above. Thank you all for the subs too, it makes me regret uploading this to my personal channel and not making one for our team ahead of time. :P

Never ever remove this masterpiece from the internet please!

❤ still here in 2023

I wonder if the guy who originally composed the music for mega man games back then realized how epic his shit was..

That drummer is the real hero.

That bassist is an underrated beast.

that bassist is rocking this shit and the camera is just like "whats a bass"

Holy shit, that drummer...

The guy playing the game must have the most awesome MegaMan expeirence ever. A whole fucking band playing while you have to not die through each stage... damn bro so intense... so jelly

Reason number 506 to build a time machine: watching this live

That bassist is a beast.

in case anyone is still reading. back in the days of the nes, i was playing megaman 2. i dont remember the order in which i was fighting the bosses, but i do remember i had beaten crash man before i went for quick man. i accidentally fired a crash bomb in the opposite direction. and it attached to the wall as it normally does. quickman jumped over me, straight into the bomb, he caught ALL the explosions and died. the luckiest accident in my gaming career.

Still awesome in 2023 ... 8 bit FTW!

1:33 －Megaman 2 Opening | 2:55 - Stage Select | 3:26 - Metal Man | 5:51 - Flash Man | 7:27 - Megaman 3 Get Weapon | 8:20 - Quick Man | 10:39 - Wood Man | 13:22 - Air Man | 16:40 - Crash Man | 18:00 - Spark Man (Megaman 3) | 19:59 - Bubble Man | 22:41 - Heat Man | 26:03 - Dr Wily Stage 1 & 2 | 28:46 - Dr Wily Stage 3 & 4 (Megaman 3) | 31:11 - Dr Wily Stage 3 & 4 | 32:48 - Dr Wily Stage 5 (Megaman 3) | 36:24 - Megaman 3 Opening | 39:20 - Dr Wily Last Battle (Megaman 4) | 40:27 - Mega Man 2 Ending

Back in the 80's, do you think those Japanese realised that they were writing some really fine Iron Maiden - riffs?

Speed running a game is one thing, but doing so with a band playing the soundtrack live as you do, while in front of hundreds, if not thousands, of people? That must be one hell of a nervous rush.

2023 and this is still GREAT

You know you're too good at Mega Man when you can showboat on a floating platform while doing a fantastic speed run, and not being distracted while doing all this sitting on stage of a metal/rock concert. He makes it look like child's play.

Message from Dr. Light. YOU GUYS ROCK!

How awesome is it that music from a game my friends and I were blown away by when it first came out is still going strong thanks to a dedicated community 30+ years later? As a 46 year old who grew up with this, hats off to the band and everyone else in the community. It’s heartwarming :)

The time has finally come for this video to turn 10 years old. We love you Bit Brigade 💙 BLUE BOMBER FOR LIFE!!!!

I've watched this sooooo many times

1:33 - Megaman 2 Opening 2:55 - Stage Select 3:26 - Metal Man 5:51 - Flash Man 7:27 - Megaman 3 Get Weapon 8:20 - Quick Man 10:39 - Wood Man 13:22 - Air Man 16:40 - Crash Man 18:00 - Spark Man (Megaman 3) 19:59 - Bubble Man 22:41 - Heat Man 26:03 - Dr Wily Stage 1 & 2 28:46 - Dr Wily Stage 3 & 4 (Megaman 3) 31:11 - Dr Wily Stage 3 & 4 32:48 - Dr Wily Stage 5 (Megaman 3) 36:24 - Megaman 3 Opening 39:20 - Dr Wily Last Battle (Megaman 4) 40:27 - Mega Man 2 Ending Sorted Derek Lim's comment.

this performance is still the gold standard

We need way more props for the bass player, especially on the Wily stage, Heatman and Bubbleman. Good GOD!

This game has the best music of the 8 bit era, hands down.

I love how they played music from other Mega Man games to replace the duplicate uses in MM2. That may very well be the best remix of MM3 Wily Stage 5-6 I've ever heard.

I just came here for the wily stage theme. Ended up listening to the whole thing Way too many times...

Coming back to this video after almost a decade. Nostalgia twice over. Hope this guys are still jamming together.

I'm pleasantly surprised that so many of you keep coming back to watch and comment on this.Even I still watch it a lot, it's probably one of the best shows we've ever recorded. These guys have been blowing up in popularity over the past few years and it's awesome! But if you guys want more Bit Brigade, they played the original Legend of Zelda at PAX Prime 2014 and we just finally finished putting together our recording of it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o8zhb_ODfhw.html

Almost forgot to watch this today

This proves the fact that MegaMan 2 is the most ingenious soundtrack ever created for a video game. Made in '88 and never topped yet.

This is such a difficult thing to pull off live, hugely underrated

"Is this Mega Man 2?" Cracks me up. xD

The entire band is bad ass but I think it would be very easy to not realize that bass player is a total fucking badass.　

Man, this was a RIDICULOUSLY fun video to watch. Props to the band, the player and your camera people. A crazy fun idea executed exceptionally well.

Now that's some Rock, Man. (please kill me for that joke)

was eating a glazed donut while watching. MOST ACTION PACKED DONUT I EVER HAD

Wood Man...most underappreciated MM track ever.

I'm almost in disbelief that this was damn near 7 years ago. Thanks to the homies in Down In Front for allowing me to relive this night and get all nostalgic.

The BASS PLAYER does the groundWORK! Watching this 8 years later, this rocks! Thanks for giving my adhd a go!

This might be convenient :) 3:27 Metal Man 5:52 Flash Man 8:21 Quick Man 10:39 Wood Man 13:21 Air Man 16:40 Crash Man 19:58 Bubble Man 22:40 Heat Man

Some parts of this gave me actual chills. Love how they tied in some MM3 tunes as well, took in more of the soundtrack and kept it from getting repetitive

I respect the player the most. How could he be so confident that he would never die once?

I don't normally watch a 45 minute video from someone I've never seen before, but I couldn't look away while watching this, from the gameplay to the band on stage, everything was amazing!

I never get tired of this!!

This is awesome, I can only imagine the love they have for this game to have prepared all this music.

Just discovered this in 2023 and Wow!!

Holy Shit...most amazing thing that i have ever been privileged to witness!!

No lie... It be badass to have a band play your game theme song during your gameplay. It may get loud but hell, you gotta feel the rush and the moment.

This NEEDS an album. ...because I need to have it.

I can't believe how awesome this is. The music in Mega Man, and to a much greater extent Mega Man 2 (along with a healthy dose of Pink Floyd) helped turn me into the musician I am today. It's incredible to see dudes on stage playing the (criminally unrecognised) video game music that I have been playing in my living room since the 1980's!

I love that the drummer uses different snares/tunings depending on what game's soundtracks they're playing. The Ninja Gaiden one was a deep thud; this one is high pitched and tight. Both are the right choices for each soundtrack. Shit, man. What a player.

These guys are fantastic! They totally catch the mood of the game. I watched this whole thing in one sitting, totally glued to it. Having the "live player" only enhanced the whole thing.

Why haven't I seen this before? This is madness. So good.

Just realize how epic this game and soundtrack is. Perhaps 100 years from now people will look back at this songs the way we see Beethoven and Mozart.

クリア出来ないで永遠に演奏し続ける世界線も見てみたくなる。

Wood man intro drums got me so hype I nearly jumped right the fuck out of my chair

where was this content that I did not find it before!!!!! Awesome!!!!! 😎

2018 and still watching this awesomeness!

This is the greatest thing anyone has ever done. Thank you so much for this video!

The dude playing the game is apparently a gaming God.

Found this in 2021 holy shit. This is superb.

it's 2020 and I'm still here watching this clip. salute!

This performance is awesome!! some how, i cannot stop crying watching this.

That's truly awesome. They must have some amazing stamina recovery, to be playing nearly an hour straight with only occasional short breaks when the stages are completed. Not only that, but the mere fact that they were able to stay in sync with each other so well. The gamer was also pretty good at Mega Man, definitely had some prior practice ;) Great job!!

I saw this band Friday and they were awesome

Even the missing notes (because of NES audio chip limitations, presumably) in the intro are emulated by the guitarist. Mind blown.

The transition from crash man to spark man was awesome!!

I love how they barely have any time to play the boss themes XD

typed live on youtube....this was the third one down,........YOU GUYS DID IT ....YOU SAVED THE WORLD I TRAIN TO THIS EVERYDAY

The Flash Man song makes me feel 8 years old again... THANK YOU for your care in handling the OG material!

Finding this is a real treat - this is awesome.

This band is almost as precise as the dillinger escape plan. That's INSANE for a gaming cover band. Seriously good players.

Those bass slides during the Flash Man intro, I'm digging it

This show made me discover an entire world, and ultimately met with one of my best friends ever. I'm from Sweden, Alfta, a village out in the middle of nowhere. And thank friggin' god for YT and MAG

Get that bass out front!!! Just as sick as the guitars! Great work guys!!!

으아.. 끝내주네요!!! ㅡ.ㅜ 한국에서도 이런 공연 보고 싶다..

i'm 10 years old playing this game for the 1st time every time I come here. When I leave this place, this is what I want to be playing as I leave.

Now this is what I call musicianship! Performing such difficult theme songs is not an easy task. Hats off!

wow! I wish I was there, love these fans. I've watched over and over

Man this performance is AMAZING! I’m almost crying!!! 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

Drummer and bass on point

very rarely do I prefer live versions of music to studio versions, this is one performance I just dig for an indefineable reason though. I come back here once a week and listen through while writing DnD prep lol. The fast pace keeps my mind moving, and the lack of vocals makes it easier to focus than other music : )

Bit Brigade is an AWSOME name! AWESOMEEEEE! Woodman's Stage was always my favorite. Even from a young age I could imagine it as a guitar song. ROCK AND ROLL!!

Great performance ! Wish i was there

IT'S SO GOOD. IT'S SO GOOD ONCE IT HITS YOUR EARS!

Watching it again and again, it's just amazing!

Amazing! The end was SO epic when he beat it!

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life wow this is impressive makes me want to form a band and do something similar too this

11 years later, and this is still my favorite video on the internet. 💛

what a FANTASTIC and FUN concert this is. I love it!

Wow, that was really good. It goes to show you just how poorly modern video game music holds up against the old stuff. Some of the material is just fucking brilliant.

Great skills there! Those songs are timeless. TOTAL MAIDEN WORSHIP-MAKE MY DAY!

I've seen this guys twice and it's among the best shows I've ever seen. excited to see it again :)

so much memories , thx guys.

No me canso de escucharlo de principio a fin

i can't really begin to describe how EPIC this is!

I absolutely LOVE their drummer! Saw them live in Little Rock, AR and have always wanted to see them again. Thanks for posting!

this has made my year once again.