The X68000 sound chip turns Mieko Ishikawa's compositions into something that genuinely rivals live instruments. Wanderers From Ys III by Falcom Sound Team JDK gets the full Sharp X68000 treatment here, with arrangements by Masaaki Kawai, and the hardware does these melodies justice in a way the other 8-bit ports never could.
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The Boy's Got Wings has this triumphant bounce that screams classic Adol, and then A Searing Struggle drops hard rock riffs over driving synth lines that just refuse to let go. Tearful Twilight hits different on this sound chip.
If you've only heard Ys III through the SNES or Genesis versions, the X68000 originals will rewire how you think about Falcom's early sound.