A love letter to the Famicom Disk System packed onto one disc. This 2004 compilation pulls signature tracks from the FDS library's heavy hitters -- Super Mario Bros. 2 (the Japanese one, the hard one), Zelda II, Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Nazo no Murasamejo, among others.
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That iconic Disk System startup theme alone is worth the price of admission for anyone who grew up swapping yellow floppies. The inclusion of "Play Version" tracks alongside the originals is a neat touch, giving you arranged or extended takes on these classic pieces.
Hearing "Brinstar" from Metroid and the "Miniboss Hideout ~ Ridley" sequence reminds you just how much atmosphere Hirokazu Tanaka wrung out of that hardware. The Zelda II material -- "Castle Town," "Inside the Castle BGM" -- carries that distinctly melancholic Adventure of Link flavor that set it apart from every other game in the series.
"Theme of Death God" from Kid Icarus and the Murasamejo tracks round out a collection that covers the FDS era's surprising breadth. This is the kind of compilation that treats 8-bit game music as legitimate cultural artifact rather than nostalgia bait, and it's all the better for it.