Chiptune arrangements of Namco's Famicom sports lineup that turn 8-bit BGM into full vocal and band performances. Namcot Game a la Mode II from 1988 takes themes from Family Stadium, Family Boxing, Family Tennis and the rest of Namco's "Family" series and reimagines them as pop songs.
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"Dark Horse of Love" transforms the Family Jockey theme into this cheesy, wonderful J-pop track with actual lyrics about horse racing romance. "Dance Booby" gives Namco Classic the dance treatment. "Advantage Love" turns Family Tennis music into a love song because of course it does.
The whole concept is gloriously 80s. If you ever thought NES sports game music deserved a pop vocal album, Namco agreed with you thirty-plus years ago.