Mid-90s Saturn-era synth with that unmistakable Sega crunch. Cyber Troopers Virtual-On dropped in 1996 and its soundtrack goes just as hard as the twin-stick mech combat. "In the Blue Sky" is pure adrenaline, the kind of track that makes you slam the controls harder than you need to.
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"She's Lost Control (S.L.C.)" has this tense, rhythmic edge that keeps you locked in during close fights. "Operation Moon Gate" shifts into something more cinematic, almost space-opera territory. And there are weird deep cuts like "Alice in the Wonderland" that feel totally out of left field in the best way.
The Saturn hardware gives everything this slightly gritty, compressed character that modern recordings just cannot replicate. If you miss the era when arcades sounded like the future, start here.