Three wildly different Toaplan games on one disc and somehow it works. Vol.6 covers Rally Bike (Dash Yarou), Teki-Paki, and Ghox, spanning 1988 to 1991. Rally Bike's tracks like MACOSA and DIXIE LINE have this surprisingly warm, almost jazzy FM groove that feels nothing like a racing game should.
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SAND STORM pushes into darker territory with gritty textures. Ghox's stage themes go a completely different direction, clean and methodical like the Arkanoid-style gameplay it backs. The sound effects collections tacked onto the end are a nice archival touch.
Not the flashiest volume in the series but weirdly charming. If you like hearing what Toaplan's sound team did when they weren't scoring bullet hell, this is where you look.