That YM2203 chip is doing so much work here. Terra Cresta's 1985 arcade score by Kenji Yoshida rips through these militaristic march-style melodies that make you feel like every quarter matters. The main Terra Cresta Theme is one of those loops that burns into your brain after two credits.
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Marching Rasters has this propulsive urgency that perfectly matches dodging bullet patterns at the cabinet. This PS2 compilation also includes all the SFX, formation sounds, explosion hits, the whole arcade experience ripped and preserved.
Honestly kind of fascinating as an archive piece. If you care about Nichibutsu's golden era of shmups or just want raw mid-80s arcade FM synthesis, this collection delivers exactly that.