"YUKIDAMA ONDO" is a snow-themed FM banger with a traditional Japanese festival rhythm and I'm not even making that up. Volume 5 of Toaplan's arcade collection packs multiple games including Snow Bros., and the tonal whiplash between them is half the fun.
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The Snow Bros. tracks lean playful and bouncy, with "DOSSKOI SNOW" and "BOSS DE SKA" mixing genres in ways that shouldn't work but absolutely do. Then you jump to the platformer section where "World 1" through "World 6" build this classic arcade progression.
"CHAMELEON DEAD" is just a great track name, honestly. If you want proof that Toaplan could do goofy and charming just as well as intense, start here.