CPS2 arcade sound cranking out horror-flavored funk and rock. The original Darkstalkers (Vampire in Japan) dropped in 1994 with stage themes that globe-trot through monster mythology and somehow make all of it groove. Demitri Stage (Romania) has this dramatic organ-driven energy that screams gothic castle, while Zabel Stage (Australia) goes full punk thrash with distorted guitar samples.
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Felicia Stage (U.S.A.) is bouncy and upbeat in the most unexpected way for a fighting game about creatures of the night. Anakaris Stage just hits different with those eerie Egyptian melodic lines over hard percussion. The whole roster gets its own sonic identity and it all sounds huge coming out of that hardware.
If you love 90s Capcom fighters, this is where Darkstalkers made its mark.