The Game Boy Color is screaming way above its weight class here. Jake Kaufman composed Shantae's original soundtrack and squeezed an absurd amount of personality out of those tiny sound channels. "Burning Town" has this urgent groove that pushes you forward, and "Dance Room" somehow makes chiptune feel sultry.
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The transition from "Day Travel" to "Night Travel" completely shifts the mood with just a few note changes. "Labyrinths" is pure tension on hardware that wasn't built for atmosphere but pulls it off anyway. "Zombie Town" goes surprisingly hard for a GBC track.
The whole thing proves the system had so much untapped potential. If you care about chiptune composition at all, Kaufman's work here is essential listening.