Raw FM synthesis and PSG tones from MSX and PC-88 era games that most people outside Japan never touched. WING's Rare Collection digs up tracks from titles like 怨霊戦記 and 銀河戦士ダイモス, pure 8-bit Japanese home computer sound.
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The 怨霊戦記 main theme has this driving bassline with sharp square wave leads that immediately puts you in late-80s Akihabara. 餓鬼の魔踊り goes darker with rhythmic patterns that feel almost percussive despite the limited channels.
Then the 1999 arrangements of the same tracks show how much depth was hiding in those original compositions. 銀河戦士ダイモス is sci-fi energy distilled into three sound channels. If you collect obscure Japanese computer music from the MSX scene, this is the kind of compilation that makes your day.