DADDY MULK from The Ninja Warriors is one of those arcade tracks that just lives in your brain permanently once you hear it. This 1993 Genesis sampler only has three tracks but Taito's Zuntata sound team packed more groove into them than most full albums manage.
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The bassline on DADDY MULK is genuinely iconic, this driving funk-fusion thing that has no business going that hard in a side-scrolling beat-em-up. ARE YOU LADY keeps the energy up with a different rhythmic approach that still feels connected.
A.D. 1993 sets the stage with coin-drop nostalgia rolling into synth. Three tracks, zero filler. If you've never heard Zuntata's work, start here and then fall down the rabbit hole.