Clean guitar tones ringing out over tight snare hits and that unmistakable Konami rhythm game energy. GITADORA's 1st season soundtrack from 2013 is where this particular arcade era kicked off. 金輪際のエレジー has this melancholic rock ballad weight to it, 元禄花吹雪 throws in traditional Japanese flavor over a rock backbone, and Mother Tree builds into something genuinely moving.
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The anime cover block is stacked. Only my railgun, God knows, and 魂のルフラン all show up as playable tracks. Hearing those through a guitar cab setup hits totally different. Long versions at the tail end give tracks like 俺と愛とロック and SPACE DRIVER room to stretch past their arcade cuts.
If you miss the days when arcades smelled like cigarettes and ambition, press start.