Gritty, hard-hitting PS1-era electronica mixed with rock edge and arcade attitude. FIGHTERS' IMPACT dropped in 1996 for Arcade and PlayStation, and the soundtrack has that raw mid-90s Namco energy. "Angel Beat" for Silene's stage pulses with this aggressive rhythm that gets your blood moving, and "Ancient City -Koto-" weaves traditional Japanese instrumentation into a fighting game context with real style.
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"Human Complex" on Bernhard's stage goes heavy and moody, fitting for a 3D fighter that took itself seriously. The narrative tracks like "Sentence -Break out-" and "Street -Road-" add cinematic weight between bouts. There's even an unused track called "Net Surfer" just sitting in the data.
Peak 90s naming right there. For anyone who loves that specific era when fighting games sounded like they were made in a garage full of synthesizers.