Thick CPS-2 bass hits you immediately on Player Select, and you just know Capcom's sound team went off. Rockman 2: The Power Fighters takes classic Mega Man boss themes and runs them through arcade-grade QSound hardware, and the results are filthy.
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Crashman's rearrangement slaps harder than the NES original ever could, and Shadowman's theme picks up this jazzy swagger that suits a boss rush perfectly. Quickman's stage keeps that frantic energy but layers in these punchy new synth lines.
The Wily Capsule track goes full dramatic with heavy organ stabs. Honestly every Robot Master theme here feels like the definitive version. If you grew up on NES Mega Man, hearing these themes reborn through arcade hardware is electric.