Crunchy NES waveforms pushing the Famicom's VRC6 chip harder than anything else in 1989. Akumajo Densetsu is Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, and this 2018 release captures every stage theme. Beginning is one of the greatest NES tracks ever composed.
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That opening riff on the church and town stages has lived in peoples' heads for over three decades. Clockwork drives forward with mechanical urgency that perfectly matches the clock tower stage. Mad Forest layers melodies in ways that should not be possible on 8-bit hardware.
The VRC6 expansion chip gave Konami extra sound channels and they used every single one... If you have never heard what the NES could really do with the right sound chip, this will change your mind.