Punchy FM synth blasting through arcade speakers. irem Collection Volume 2 packages up classic arcade and SNES soundtracks from Irem's back catalog, released in 2024 for a new generation to finally hear this stuff properly.
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The arcade Mission 1 track hits with that crisp late-80s Irem sound chip energy. The SNES versions of the same stages show how the conversion softened and widened the sound. "Boss" on both platforms goes hard in completely different ways.
You get full versions of multiple games here, arcade originals next to their console ports. It's a side-by-side history lesson in how hardware shaped music. If you ever wondered what got lost or gained in an arcade-to-SNES port, this collection lays it bare.