Sharp FM synth blasting through your speakers like it's 1989. Knight Arms on the X68000 had no business going this hard. "Bad Shooter" on Stage 1-1 hits with punchy basslines and wailing lead channels. "Metal Lady" as the boss theme is pure adrenaline, the kind of track that makes you grip your controller tighter.
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And "Last Drive" closing things out brings it down just enough to make you feel something. The X68000 sound hardware gave composers serious room to work, and you can hear every bit of that FM power here. Alternating between 2D and 3D stages meant the music had to shift gears constantly.
That Christmas loading song though. Just sitting there being weird. If you wanted to hear what a late-80s Japanese home computer could do with game audio, this is your excuse.