OK so WASi303 is basically a love letter to arcade sound hardware and it's completely unhinged. This Triangle Service shmup collection soundtrack bounces between 8-bit chip, 16-bit FM synthesis, and full-on arcade board audio like it can't decide what decade it lives in.
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The "8bit" tracks are tight little buzzy compositions that nail that Famicom energy. Then "高田馬場ゲーセンミカドのうた" is literally a song about the Mikado arcade in Takadanobaba, which is so niche it circles back to being amazing. The FM versions of tracks hit different with that gritty YM2151 warmth.
"FORTRESS TRIZEAL REMIX" closes things out heavy. If you're the kind of person who has opinions about sound chips, you need this in your life.