Mitsuhiro Arisaka turned a puzzle game nobody talks about into a reason to keep your PS1 plugged in. StarSweep's arcade tracks run on this bubbly, almost manic energy where synth lines tumble over each other like the falling blocks on screen.
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"Island of Rio" has this breezy Latin groove that feels completely out of place in a puzzle game and completely perfect at the same time. "Robotize" goes harder than it has any right to, all crunchy bass and jittery arpeggios.
The PS1 arrange tracks by Shinji Hosoe add this whole other dimension, especially his take on "Chinese Children" which just. Hits different with that ARIKA polish. A perfect soundtrack for zoning out and chasing high scores.