Chiptune bangers rebuilt in Famicom style and they go incredibly hard. Cave Story+ Famitracks takes Pixel's legendary indie soundtrack and runs it through an authentic NES sound chip on the Switch release. "Moonsong" is devastating even stripped down to square waves, that melody cutting right through the lo-fi crunch.
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"Balcony" still hits with the same weight it always did. "On to Bushlands" has that adventurous energy that made the original game feel so alive, and "Last Battle" pushes the Famicom channels to their limit. "Geothermal" keeps the tension high when the caves get dangerous.
Thirteen tracks covering the emotional arc of the whole game. Every one of them proves the compositions were always strong enough to work in any format. If you love Cave Story but haven't heard the 8-bit arrangements, you're missing out.