Sharp FM synth lines just slicing through every track on this one. YAKSA was a PC-8801 action game and this remastered collection polishes up that YM2203 sound without losing the grit. The title theme 龍王魔空「夜叉」 hits with this intense, driving melody that sets the whole tone.
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ニューアート・イグニッション goes even harder, layering these rapid arpeggios over a punchy bassline that the PC-88 hardware was honestly born for. Then 「沙羅」のテーマ pulls back into something genuinely gentle. Almost pastoral. The MUSIC MODE versions are a cool bonus, giving you alternate arrangements of the same tracks so you can hear what the composers would've done with a little more freedom.
Essential listening for anyone deep into late-80s Japanese computer music.