Yamaha YM2612 working overtime across multiple Micronet games, and the results are surprisingly varied. This 1992 compilation pulls from several Genesis titles and showcases what the Mega Drive's FM synthesis could do when composers really pushed it.
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"RIPPLE" has this funky, almost jazzy bassline that the sound chip renders with surprising warmth. The "BATTLE - Stage 2" track goes full aggressive with distorted lead tones and rapid percussion, while "MARS" closes things out with the kind of epic, spacey FM pads that only 16-bit hardware produces.
Twelve tracks spanning multiple games, like a sampler platter of early-90s Mega Drive audio. If you collect Genesis soundtracks and haven't heard Micronet's catalog, this compilation is the entry point.