Pure arcade FM synth chaos turned up to eleven. BLAST! SHOOTING GAME SOUND OMNIBUS Vol.1 pulls together stage music from some of the wildest shoot-em-ups to ever eat your quarters, spanning Fantasy Zone, Galaxy Force, Ketsui, Dangun Feveron, Shikigami No Shiro, and Gunbird.
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"Keep On The Beat" from Fantasy Zone is still absurdly catchy pop-synth. "INTERCEPTION-Tumultuous Streets" from Ketsui hits with that Cave intensity, all sharp PCM drums and tension. And "Dear Dancing Bomber" from Dangun Feveron is disco-infused bullet hell music that has no right to slap this hard.
This comp covers like a decade of arcade hardware evolution. You can hear the boards getting more powerful track by track. If you ever wanted one playlist that justifies the entire shmup genre, start here.