Tense, gritty MSX chip music that basically invented stealth game atmosphere. Konami MSX Super Best Antiques pulls heavily from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake on MSX, and it sounds incredible for the hardware. "Theme of Solid Snake" hits with that iconic tension right from the opening.
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"Frequency 140.85" perfectly captures alert mode panic, all rapid pulse and urgency. And "Tears" slows everything down for the Grey Fox conversation, genuinely emotional stuff from a sound chip. The MSX's PSG and SCC sound channels give everything this raw, buzzy texture that somehow makes the stealth feel more real.
Konami's composers were pushing that hardware to its absolute limit. For anyone who thinks great Metal Gear music started on PlayStation, this will change your mind.