FM synth with track titles that read like poetry fragments. OLD SOUND MEMORIES collects PC-98 compositions from 1996-1997, and there's this distinct Yamaha sound chip character running through everything. "Heels Beat On the Stone Paving" has that crisp FM percussion with a melody line that somehow feels elegant despite the hardware limitations.
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"An Invisible Chain Hunts Her Neck" goes darker, leaning into dissonance in a way that really pushes what the PC-98 could do emotionally. The titles themselves are half the experience honestly. "Firefly's Light" is gentler, almost wistful, those thin FM tones doing a lot of heavy lifting.
If you dig PC-98 era sound design and want something that treats the format as art rather than limitation, start here.