Bright FM synth arpeggios cascading out of PC-88 and X68000 hardware. Falcom Sound Catalog '90 Summer Special Digest Disc is a 1990 sampler pulling tracks from across Falcom's catalog, and it plays like a highlight reel of late-80s Japanese computer game music at its peak.
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LILIA comes through with that delicate, aching melody that Ys fans know by heart. PALACE OF DESTRUCTION goes full aggressive, pushing the sound chips into overdrive. The Boy's Got Wings and Varestain Castle keep the energy high with driving tempos and dense layered channels.
Then A Premonition = Styx = drops this eerie, atmospheric tone that shifts the whole mood. Sixteen tracks covering the best of what Falcom had at the time. If you want a crash course in why people still obsess over PC-88 era Falcom sound, this digest disc is the shortcut.