Joy Joy Interior has no business sounding this good on Neo Geo Pocket hardware, this bouncy, warm little melody that makes browsing a card shop feel like an event. SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters from 1999 turned a crossover card game into one of the most charming handheld soundtracks of the late '90s.
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The battle theme Victory! packs real intensity into those tiny speakers with driving percussion and a hook that sticks. Happy! when you pull a rare card is pure dopamine in audio form, this triumphant fanfare that rewards every lucky draw.
SHOPPIN' is lowkey one of the best shop themes in any game. That Psycho Soldier Remix '97 showing up for Athena is such a great SNK deep cut. If you ever owned a Neo Geo Pocket, this soundtrack is basically nostalgia distilled into chiptune.