The NES Ninja Gaiden soundtrack pushed that little sound chip to its absolute breaking point. This G.S.M. TECMO 1 release collects the original Ninja Ryukenden tracks plus an arranged version and it's kind of incredible hearing both back to back.
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Determination has that iconic pulse that made the cutscenes feel cinematic before that was even a thing on console. Like a Gale is pure adrenaline, every channel on the 2A03 working overtime. And then Tragic Fate just...
wrecks you emotionally with three sound channels. The arranged Ninja Ryukenden Revived gives the main theme full instrumentation and honestly it holds up next to any action game score from that era. If you speedrun NES games, this music is already burned into your brain.