Late-80s FM synthesis absolutely screaming out of a PC-88. Valis II's soundtrack goes so hard for 1989 it's almost unfair. SACRED SACRIFICE opens with this urgent, driving FM melody that immediately sets the action-platformer pace.
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Virgin Crisis shifts into a faster, more frantic arrangement that pushes the hardware. Rock'n Roll CINDERELLA is just... yeah. That track name delivers exactly what it promises, pure attitude. Then Moonlit Night's Music Box pulls everything back into this delicate, tinkling piece that shouldn't work after all that intensity but completely does.
The TurboGrafx versions carry a slightly different character but the same energy. If you love that crunchy Yamaha FM sound and want proof that late-80s Japanese composers were out of their minds talented, Valis II delivers.