Bright, punchy PC Engine chiptunes that hit with way more emotion than you'd expect. Hany in the Sky is a TurboGrafx-16 platformer and the soundtrack goes all in on that console's surprisingly capable sound chip. "For the Gloomy Gods" has this dark, driving energy that contrasts hard with the cute game vibes.
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"Altar of Dreams" pulls you into something almost melancholic. And then "Go! Go! Train" just barrels through with pure fun. There's a real personality to how these tracks shift between moody and playful. That late-80s PCE sound, all sharp waveforms and tight percussion, doing more with less.
If you want to hear what the TurboGrafx-16 could really do when composers leaned into it, this is your excuse.