Club Penguin Music #16 - System Defender

[@arthur1102r]

How to be good in system defender: Just use orange guns.

[@keringolden9261]

True xD i used to do that all the time

[@redstone6301]

The call it "yellow" in game apparently

[@_GhostMiner]

Hell yeah. FOR some reason the game was easier in low FPS on my old rubbish laptop 🤔 Maybe cause the low fps made the game much slower.

[@saturnsghost]

true

[@MrsBlack88]

Game tutorial: Use red guns to get those red bots!! Me: ok anyways [stacks up on orange guns]

[@12pearcj]

Ahh Herbert's Centipede of Doom caused a nice lag experience lol

[@QualityDoggo]

jakeypearce Adobe flash mood

[@RockhopperRio]

You didn’t have a real childhood unless The Centipede of Doom slowed down your computer tenfold (JK, obviously)

[@_GhostMiner]

Ah yes, Flash just couldn't handle 100 Canons firing at the same time 👌

[@notaseat5934]

Yess 😂

[@DanTheLoler_17]

doom for your pc, of course

[@DanTheLoler_17]

''Get ready for... THE CENTIPEDE OF DOOOOM!!'' last words my old pc heard

[@calebnissen]

That gosh dang centipede of giant red bugs always freaked me right out

[@alessandrorizzi2871]

Imagine being able to hear the music This comment was made by the orange cannon gang *CHOOSH*

[@_GhostMiner]

Hello 👋

[@zambiealex8473]

Oh my lord, I just got the joke

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Imagine not hearing *FOOM* *FOOM* *FOOM* 25 times a second This post was made by the Upgraded Red Cannons Spam Gang

[@_GhostMiner]

@@Glory2Snowstar imagine hearing RATATATA every second.

[@_GhostMiner]

@@Glory2Snowstar btw. I did Red Cannon spam to get "use one cannon type only" stamp ;)

[@Oddn7751]

Oh! You have no idea how good your music sounds to my nostalgic ears! Just think about that: Your music has been important to so many childhoods!

[@Fupicat]

System Defender was always my favorite minigame. I remember it running at like 5 fps on my laptop lol

[@mouthwaterin]

Mine ran 1 frame per 2 seconds

[@astroian9616]

Notice that the 3 loops are titled "Virus Killer", I wonder if that was the placeholder name for the game. 🤔

[@ChrisHendricks]

I was wondering when someone would notice that! I believe I made the song before the final name was decided, so it was the name I gave the song.

[@bananadebilitada6844]

@@ChrisHendricks btw why is the microphone quality worse than the older videos?

[@dragonick2947]

Dr Gary and Virus Buster. Ha ha!

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

@@dragonick2947 Or in this case, the CORONAVIRUS! LOL

[@upesu]

The worst level in System Defender: THE TEST BOTS

[@burntbeanies7886]

Bruh on cpr it is practically BROKEN like ???? So hard to beat

[@BeYourselfNoOneElseD]

Upesu YES

[@fallingcrane1986]

@@burntbeanies7886 Bro, I beat the Test Bots level without losing any health. It took three days, but it was sure as hell worth it

[@zMikexd]

My computer got Damaged from this level. And I have windows 10.

[@MLGCaptainVirgil]

This is too good to not have been used, I was bopping along the whole time

[@jayrose-ham8834]

Since I was a very young kid, it's funny how none of the club penguin songs left my memory... Sometimes I even unknowingly use phrases or licks in my improvisation now! I think It's so great that we're getting all this insight into what was done to make all of this :)

[@birdie8006]

The trombones are so powerful, kinda gives me goosebumps! I feel like I'm a secret agent and a member of the royal family at the same time lol. I think the changing tunes would've really enhanced the experience so it's too bad they cut that idea! I don't know very much on music but I can really hear the dedication in every little note, the details, the timing, the rises and falls of everything. You always manage that perfectly. Great stuff. Nice to see your content again Chris. Love to hear the unreleased files. Hope your 2020 is going swell. :-)

[@TheGeladoo]

The B track alone sounds like something I'd hear as a Bowser theme for a Mario game

[@DDjivan]

Elite Penguin Force's System Defender is the best tower defense Change my mind

[@ChrisHendricks]

Have you tried Defender's Quest or Gemcraft Labyrinth? Those are my two faves.

[@DDjivan]

@@ChrisHendricks mind: *changed*

[@d_wigz6418]

Bloons TD5 is up there too.

[@thepebbleinstitute7702]

@@ChrisHendricks mind: *NOT CHANGED MY WORD THAT GAME WAS BASICALLY MY CHILDHOOD IT WAS THE NUMBER 1 REASON I PLAYED CLUB PENGUIN THAT FEELING WHEN YOU GET A LEVEL 3 PURPLE SO GOOD OH YES*

[@DDjivan]

@@ChrisHendricks wait, gemcraft labyrinth? I played this! but I sucked at it because I couldn't understand english lol

[@coynem9229]

This was my legit favorite game in club penguin. Thank you for recalling my fond memories of this game. It was so addictive and Im glad to have grown up with club penguin.

[@gadzooks6873]

Psst if you want to relive those memories try CPRewritten

[@SkinnyMood27]

@@gadzooks6873 Might wanna try NewCP instead since CPRewritten has unfortunately been closed

[@Classic36]

System Defender has the best minigame music after Sled Racing, great job!

[@KingMondoWWM]

This sounds amazing broken down like this. Thank you so much for sharing. This sounds so cool that I think it could easily be part of a movie or show soundtrack. It reminds me of Person of Interest and the 24 theme music.

[@ElizabethTheJedi]

Could you make one of these for Club Penguin Rewritten’s recent Festival of Lights, please? I’d love to see the creative process for it!

[@jamesbryan287]

@@monkeygaming2841 I think what is being requested is the behind the scenes of it with acknowledgement of that

[@boots997]

he liked your comment but he never did the vid, im still waiting for the halloween and festival of lights vid, better later than never!

[@SkinnyMood27]

he did do music for CPR's medieval party in 2019 I think, with custom rooms and stuff

[@nyuppo]

I played so much of this game as a kid that this song still gets stuck in my head to this day, love seeing a look into what was probably one of the biggest influences of my childhood, cheers man

[@birdie8006]

Right? I only played 2008-09, never got to experience System Defender til CPR, but some of the original Club Penguin tunes are ridiculously catchy. Sometimes I'm just doing my own thing, then out of the middle of nowhere -- blaow -- Thin Ice music. Huh?? Oh, yeah, 2008! Lol. It kills me every time.

[@RobertPenfiftygi]

Thank You for the insight into the creation of the System Defender music. Club Penguincellent video. 🎶🎶🎶🎥🎥🎥

[@tsukishimaheiwajima5168]

I really liked this form of it, I think that the loops are beautiful. The Club Penguin released version has so much added to it for dramatic intention, I'm not sure if it's overkill, but it's honestly amazing to hear this lovely composition at it's root!

[@CTGrell]

Our legend is back with another amazing soundtrack 🙌

[@ElectricFury]

I'm glad you're still posting these! I love watching them

[@franchocornejo4270]

Wow this just sounds so good! It definitely would’ve added a lot of intensity and emotion to the playing experience, thanks for sharing it! And as always impressive work

[@Vortrox]

Welcome back bro! Glad to watch another video :)

[@tofudemaru]

The middle portion always reminded me of Buoy Base Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy.

[@Vichroma]

this used to be my favorite minigame. also, i just noticed you use Studio One 6, that used to be my DAW of choice as well! it's cool to see someone like you using it

[@epicplaycp]

Great as always! I love the concept of the music that changes depending on the difficulty. 👍🏻 But I miss your fun facts about the creation process of the songs. 😅

[@middaysonata]

The basic theme for System Defender is just ingrained into my mind, and sometimes it just comes into my head for no reason at all. Probably because I enjoyed playing the game a lot

[@westorin]

This was my favourite game in club penguin thanks for the epic music Chris!

[@tjams3]

Hearing some M.Yokota dna in this one's chord progression, love it

[@acceled]

I remember giving up on this game lmao

[@keysontrains538]

every single one of your videos somehow manage to send nostalgia chills down my spine, thanks for making my childhood!

[@JaydenVarghese]

I MISSED YOU

[@Dipwad_Omega]

Come back to us!! This is legitimately one of my favorite channels on all of KZbin, I love the stuff you put out and I can't wait for more! :)

[@AL-qe5bz]

This guy's literally just dropped remix stems for system defender lmao

[@thennoth2860]

As someone who always loved system defender, I prefer this version. This would have been so epic.

[@DavidMcCary]

Kinda sounds like how Hans Zimmer did his inception songs

[@PearangeProductions]

System Defender. The only game that I absolutely RULE at, and that I have gotten all the stamps for on Club Penguin Rewritten. Speaking of CPR, you made some KILLER tunes for that game! The Recon Room song & the Festival of Lights party OST are probably the most AMAZING songs I've heard on a CPPS, and I love all the work you've done for the CPR team.

[@matthewbenedict3300]

Honestly, such an underrated game. It was one of the best games on the Island. I just wish the team continued to make events and scenarios with this game.

[@GDOmegaT]

my favorite club penguin game no doubt. I just love tower defense games

[@july4378]

I didn't play this minigame in club penguin to much because I wasn't too good at it, but the music hit me in the nostalgia anyways... Wow...

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I adored this game! Cute killer robot computer viruses, tower defense strats, funny dialogue... This game was the best, besides Aqua Grabber! ...Man, I need to make a Smash Stage of Aqua Grabber!

[@vodaz9109]

Hearing it here actually sounds more clear than it does in-game.

[@frosty9750]

Yes! A new video! I love it when you upload! :D

[@joenuts5341]

4:45 when you click on a pop up ad

[@LucasAndradeHD]

Oh yeeess!! You are back! What a pleasant surprise!! Love your videos and your dedication Chris! :D

[@ChrisHendricks]

Thanks. :)

[@katzlang]

Glad the Club Penguin Music videos are back!

[@TaterTotTunes]

That's really interesting how it all ended up different than originally envisioned, I'd say it works well either way. Loving this commentary series!

[@tillychee]

Oh gosh i would love to make an evolving soundtrack like this- ive always quite liked them!

[@tokyo9118]

I was reading the comments as the music part was playing, and almost didn't notice the music changing! Really loved getting on the computer to play system defender and other great mini games those years ago

[@cunkjunk]

sometimes i listen to club penguin music and cry from the sheer amount of nostalgia i have for this game

[@Bluestk]

Random trivia: the final version of System Defender was done by Rory O'Neill, mixing Chris Hendricks' work here along with some of his own additions.

[@ladymcgonagall]

That top file has something that reminds me of the bbc countdown and I love it

[@Zack-ds9rs]

To this day, I still haven’t completed the Protobot or the Testbots level...

[@Ep8Script]

Please never stop making these videos, Chris!! They mean so much to me 🙏

[@_GhostMiner]

The best Tower Defense game? *System Defender* _(sorry, ninja kiwi)_

[@VonTachyon]

:(

[@christmasmusicenjoyer]

thank you cp for my child hood and for the memories with it thank you soo much i miss you

[@lordnugget2870]

glad your still making videos keep it up!

[@PickPig]

never realised how much of a Hat in Time vibe this has now

[@mahlong431]

Aaah, do you plan doing more of these? I just rewatched all of them again, they're super nice to watch and interesting, made me super happy.

[@xPanPan1130x_clips]

That game was hard asf

[@Yoke84]

Ikr

[@bensullivan6032]

come back sir we miss you

[@theshadyraccoon1070]

Well, Now this changes a lot of stuff!! I love this version of The System Defender Music!

[@oneunknown6659]

Hope you and your family are doing well right now in these harsh times, Chris. Best wishes!

[@thewolfofthestars1847]

I loved this game as a little kid, but when I went back to play it years later on a much faster computer, it was nearly impossible to play lol. Had the same issue with the Pizza Parlor minigame. I'm reminded of those old Sierra point-and-click adventure games, where you'd have to cap the tick speed of the game, because otherwise it would run far too fast--the devs assumed that the player's computer would be slow enough on its own to limit the speed to a reasonable rate.

[@boots997]

Keep making this type of videos!, or if you can, try to analyze some other club penguin musics, that would be fun too.

[@iDunnoMC]

By far my favourite Club Penguin game

[@m4rt_]

1:54 I like the metronome like stuff in it. Reminds me of Interstellar with it's clock ticking in the music. I don't remember if I noticed it back in the day, but I do now/

[@3.6-57]

You are back with a great video again!! You are amazing and i really admire you. Greetings from Costa Rica

[@AmiiboDoctor]

At first I didn't remember what the System Defender soundtrack was. Then the three tracks played, and I was like "Yep, there's the Ultra Orangutan of Doom again".

[@entropicvoxels]

To be honest, I'm perfectly fine with you making videos without the high-quality audio.

[@davi48596]

Reminded me the Power Puff Girls in some parts

[@ChrisHendricks]

"And so, the Powerpuff Girls were born!"

[@emmariley-baker8719]

idk why but this reminds me of the song from jak 2 that plays when you're being chased by the krimson guard

[@enzoys]

THIS IS GENIUS

[@dizzycycle]

*orange tower noise*

[@0hhtecMusicianTheNotecianHero]

nice tritone substitutions, Chris! EDIT: and Neapolitan chords

[@0hhtecMusicianTheNotecianHero]

also, what DAW is that?

[@duckfilms3662]

YEAH! TDG OF THE MILLENIA!

[@alexlee4806]

system defender was so fun to play

[@_GhostMiner]

I accidentally found a way to "break" system defender - load the first level and use red cannons only. It starts playing the ending dialogues before the level is actually done and even displays the "level finished" screen before all enemies are destroyed.

[@Pigeonswain]

I hope you're doing well :) I can't wait to see the videos you produce in the future :)

[@holidaypenguin]

So I've actually been trying to get the system defender stamps on CPR, just a few more to go. I'll say this: I wouldn't ever mute the audio if the tracks were this same quality in-game. I dunno if its .swf compression or the BLAM BLAM constantly blaring from the cannons, but it sounds a lot rougher in-game. And of course I've probably heard these tracks for 6 hours by now :p Great job though! Really sets the tone for what you described; a way to create tense lore-heavy "missions" after PSA missions ended.

[@aramnolastname1301]

This song actually reminds me a lot of Bouy Base Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy.

[@ChrisHendricks]

Good call! You're probably right, I was playing a lot of Mario Galaxy at the time.

[@stuckinatree45]

Top 3 club Penguin song imo

[@Barrowsbro86]

Im not a huge fan of post 2007-08 CP but System Defender was actually awesome and one of my favorite games.

[@SuperT]

I loved this game

[@enimo9241]

R.I.P. Club Penguin

[@Yolkbyte]

F for Herbert

[@catbucks8121]

You know if club Penguin is going to return

[@thedorto]

The B loop reminds me of Core 2001 from Ace Attorney!

[@TheDjbroy]

Another amazing video, can't wait for the next!!!!!

[@oaklogs7779]

Some of the best music 👌

[@amog8202]

Oh, yeah. Flash.

[@ZinkZoodles]

See you tomorrow @ DevCast!

[@JsbergVR]

Thanks, I will go hugs trees now

[@BeYourselfNoOneElseD]

Loved this

[@Almateriah]

Absolutely 🔥🔥

[@hideo3866]

My favorite game from all the others!

[@jackyjess7273]

Loved this video so much! I have a suggestion, would you be able to make a video on the recent songs that you have composed for Club Penguin Rewritten? It would be so cool to see how they came to be!

[@gubrey5705]

extremely amazing. shouldve used this instead!