Data East's 1991 fighting game packs its entire soundtrack into a tight nine-entry collection that covers select screen to ending credits. The stage music escalates through a clear arc — "Start Flash Song" carries the early rounds, "Dance in the Ring" picks up the mid-game intensity, and by "Transcendence Desperate Struggle" and "Agonizing Shout" you're in full late-stage arcade desperation.
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"Fight with Self" hits at Stage 7 — the mirror match moment that every fighting game of the era made into a psychological turning point. The music knows exactly what that means. "Tearful Impression" as the ending theme is a surprisingly emotional choice for an arcade brawler, and the voice collection rounds things out with a piece of early-90s game audio history.
Arcade soundtracks this focused are a lost art.