Nine tracks of pure shmup adrenaline that sound like they were ripped straight from a lost late-80s arcade board, except someone made this in 2013 on purpose. "Gallop" drives forward with this relentless FM-style bassline that just refuses to let up, and "Heavy Unit" slams into you with boss-fight intensity that makes your hands tense up even without a controller.
Read more
"Dead Moon" closes it out on this hollow, eerie game-over note. The whole thing is a love letter to Compile and Toaplan shooters compressed into under fifteen minutes of pure aggression. If you miss the days when arcade soundtracks hit harder than the bullet patterns, start here.