Punchy FM synth ripping through stage after stage of shooter chaos. GENOCIDE Square is a side-scrolling mech shooter on FM Towns and this Vol. 1 covers the first five stages. "DESERT PLAYER" hits you right at Stage 1-1 with driving bass and urgent melody, "BURNING" cranks the boss fight tension to full, and "DARK FASCINATION" for the Stage 4 boss is exactly as menacing as the name suggests.
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The FM Towns sound chip gets a real workout here. Every stage has two or three sub-tracks, so the music shifts as terrain changes. "BEFORE THE STORM" into "ON THE RUN" into "SYMPTOM" is one continuous escalation. Even the config screen track goes hard.
No wasted real estate. If you are into early 90s Japanese computer game soundtracks and FM synthesis at its sharpest, this collection is essential.