Full orchestral fanfare blasting like it is 1987 but on PS3 hardware. 3D Dot Game Heroes wears its classic Zelda love on its sleeve and the soundtrack commits completely. "The Legendary Hero's Theme" is this triumphant march that makes you feel ten feet tall holding a pixel sword.
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"Dotnia Castle" has that regal NES-era castle vibe cranked up to modern fidelity. "Biscrow Volcano" brings the heat with urgent percussion and rising strings. Every temple theme follows the classic formula, water area sounds wet, desert sounds dry, forest sounds mysterious.
The fact that there is an unused boss track just sitting there... Fire this up if you want to remember why you fell in love with adventure games in the first place.