Chiptune time travel, literally. Life of Pixel is a 2015 platformer that walks you through gaming hardware history, and each level's music matches its era. The ZX81 track is raw, barely-there bleeps. Atari 2600 gives you that thick, crunchy square wave sound.
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By the time you hit the C64 and NES stages, you're hearing the jump in capability in real time. The SNES track opens things up with richer samples, and the Amiga level finally lets the music breathe with fuller sound channels.
"Megadrive" brings that punchy FM synthesis energy. Going from ZX Spectrum to SNES in one playlist is honestly kind of emotional. If you ever wanted to hear the entire evolution of game audio in one sitting, this is your excuse.