SNES reverb and Genesis crunch going head to head like their own console war bonus round. This double album pairs the Street Fighter II Turbo SNES soundtrack against the Mega Drive's Dash Plus version, both reworking Shimomura's arcade originals through very different sound chips.
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The SNES Guile's Theme has that warm, echoey quality the SPC700 was famous for, while the Genesis Blanka's Theme buzzes with Yamaha FM grit. "Ken's Ending 2 (Wedded Bliss)" is genuinely tender, a moment of quiet after all those hadoukens.
Even the Pause jingle made the tracklist. If you grew up arguing SNES versus Genesis sound, this is the side-by-side comparison you always wanted.