Arcade energy condensed into a shot glass. Shmups Skill Test from Triangle Service throws chiptune, techno, and shmup fanservice into a blender and somehow it all works. "TANK RUSH!" hits you with this driving beat that makes dodging bullet patterns feel involuntary, and then the 8bit tracks strip everything down to raw square waves that still get your pulse going.
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The remixes at the end are where it gets wild though. "Crazy Choir Remix" layers actual vocal samples over the main theme in a way that shouldn't work but absolutely does. Even "An Empty Can Into the Trash ~Skater Waltz~" exists.
If you've ever one-credit-cleared anything and felt invincible, this soundtrack bottles that feeling.