A brand new NES game in 2023, and the soundtrack commits to the bit completely. Every track runs through authentic 2A03 channels, pulse waves and triangle bass doing all the heavy lifting. "Rooftop Blues" has this grimy, minor key swagger while "Neo Hong Kong" channels late-era Famicom action vibes with rapid arpeggios.
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"Sewer Blues" and "Wasteland Parkour" keep the tempo aggressive, and "March of the Robots" has a militaristic stomp that Mega Man would approve of. "Boss Music" is relentless. The whole thing feels like finding a lost cartridge from 1991 that somehow plays better than you remember NES games sounding.
If you think chiptune peaked on real hardware, this proves you right.