The FM synth on this thing absolutely rips. OVERTAKE on the X68000 is a racing game from 1992 with a soundtrack that sounds like it was composed inside a jet engine. "Full Blast" lives up to its name with this relentless bassline that just keeps climbing while the lead melody shreds over it.
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Then you hit "Deepest Red" and the whole mood drops into something tense and almost cinematic, at least as cinematic as the X68000's sound chip could get. "A Sunset Glow" at the end is surprisingly mellow. Like the game finally lets you breathe after thirty tracks of adrenaline.
If you're into sharp Japanese computer racing OSTs from that FM synthesis golden era, this one delivers hard.