PC-8801 sound hardware doing its absolute best, and there's a lot more going on here than you'd expect from late-80s Japanese computing. Over forty tracks spanning urban environments, dungeons, and character themes. "19XX Tokyo" and "Shinjuku Town" capture a cyberpunk-adjacent city through FM synthesis.
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"Dark Tower" appears four times, escalating through dungeon layers. "Kusanagi's Theme" anchors the protagonist. "Jungle" tracks and "Bamboo Thicket" pieces build natural environments from bleeps and bloops. "Man Tiger Attack" is exactly as intense as PC-88 hardware allows.
The sheer volume of compositions for one game on this platform is impressive. If you're into Japanese computer music from this era, Hadou no Hyouteki has a surprisingly deep catalog to explore.