Crunchy PCE waveform channels driving a mech strategy game. Hisou Kihei X-Serd on the TurboGrafx-16 is a tactical title with a soundtrack that punches well above its hardware weight class. "Player Army Turn (Stage 1 ~ 5)" has this determined marching quality that makes every unit move feel important.
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"Combat" ramps up with the urgency you need when mechs are trading blows. And "Inferiority" hits different when you're losing and the music knows it. The way tracks split between player turns and enemy turns gives the whole thing a chess match tension.
"Ally Reinforcements" dropping in mid-battle with a shift in tone. That relief. If you've ever wondered what a TurboGrafx-16 strategy RPG sounds like when the composers actually cared, this is your answer.