This is a love letter to SID and Paula chips, repackaging the best C64 and Amiga tracks into one collection. Rob Hubbard's "Monty On The Run" still hits like a freight train of arpeggios. The Turrican II theme radiates that Chris Huelsbeck grandeur, enormous for hardware that runs on kilobytes.
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"Giana Sisters" bounces with infectious chiptune pop, while "Crazy Comets" is pure Hubbard showing off. The unreleased Sanxion track is a nice deep cut. "Z-out" across both its entries has this moody, pulsing atmosphere that proves early game music could do tension, not just melody.
If you grew up loading games from tape decks, this compilation will wreck you in the best way.