Mega-CD hardware flexing in every direction at once. This 1993 compilation pulls tracks from across the Sega CD library and the variety is kind of staggering. You get the SONIC AMBIENT MIX turning Green Hill energy into this hazy, downtempo thing, then "Celceta, the Sea of Trees" drops Ys-style adventure orchestration through that crunchy CD audio codec.
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"Robo Aleste Non Stop Tracks" absolutely rips with FM-meets-redbook fusion that sounds like a mech anime opening filtered through Sega's sound chips. The whole disc is basically a time capsule of what developers thought CD audio meant for games in '93.
Worth it just to hear how wildly different studios interpreted the same hardware upgrade.