1993 and Tsukasa Masuko was already making the SNES sound possessed. The original Shin Megami Tensei's Law & Chaos disc has this raw, unpolished energy where the SPC700 chip is pushing out sounds that feel genuinely wrong in the best way.
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"Ginza" has a bassline that grooves way harder than any post-apocalyptic Tokyo has a right to. "Cathedral" builds with these layered organ synths into something that sounds almost sacred. "Chaos" just hits with this relentless percussive drive that won't let up.
The bonus arrangements like "Heat Haze" and "Sublation" reframe the material with more breathing room. If you think SNES soundtracks peaked at Final Fantasy, this disc exists to argue otherwise.