It was published by Arc System Works for WiiWare and Nintendo eShop in Japan, and by Namco Networks America Inc for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

The games also consists of 8 modes; Nether, Hyper, Mega, Super, Ultra, Extra, Giga, and Meta; which changes based on how well the player does.

[4] In October 2009, Gaijin Games released the soundtrack to Bit.Trip Beat as a digital download, first on CDBaby and then on other major music stores.

[5] In March 2010, Gaijin Games released the soundtrack to Bit.Trip Core as a digital download, first on CDBaby, and iTunes, then other major music stores.

Despite featuring the same proportion of levels as Bit.Trip Beat, Core's soundtrack is substantially smaller, with less than 15 minutes of music.

Void features music by guest composer Nullsleep, and its levels are named after Sigmund Freud's three parts of the human psyche.

The gameplay involves players controlling Commander Video and making him jump, slide, kick, and more through various obstacles in his path.

Bit.Trip Runner won the 2011 Independent Games Festival (IGF) Excellence in Visual Arts award.

As with the other games, changes in the graphics and music of the title reflect how well the player is doing, though there are multiple checkpoints in each level, unlike in Beat.

A sequel to Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, Runner3 is part of the Bit.Trip series, starring the character CommanderVideo.

The entire WiiWare Bit.Trip series was released for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii in collections respectively titled Bit.Trip Saga and Bit.Trip Complete respectively on September 13, 2011, in North America and March 16, 2012, in Europe.

A PlayStation 3 Version was planned but later cancelled for unknown reasons Since release Commander Video has made several appearances in video games outside of the Bit.Trip series, including as playable character in games such as Super Meat Boy, Indie Pogo, Fraymakers, Minecraft, and UFHO2.

[8] He also makes an appearance in Retro City Rampage and Octodad: Dadliest Catch, as a swimmer in Ridiculous Fishing and as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. CommandGirl Video is a playable character in Woah Dave!

IGN gave Bit.Trip Beat an 8/10, praising the presentation of the game but lamenting the lack of online leaderboards.

[13] The campaign revolved around internet videos and "missions" sent out by The Commander, which involved spreading word about the game, uncovering information about it and creating an English Wikipedia entry.