Hardcore techno in a vertical shooter from 1992. That actually happened. Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara were handed two rave CDs by their director and told to make Fighter & Attacker sound like that, and the result is honestly ahead of its time.
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RAVE WAR hits like a club track that accidentally ended up in an arcade cabinet, all stabbing synths and breakneck energy. DESERT STORM opens the game with this relentless drive that sets the tone immediately. The soundtrack ended up way more famous than the game itself.
Even the unused tracks on here go hard. If you've ever wondered where the Sampling Masters style that defined Ridge Racer actually started, it started right here.