Sharp FM synth energy cutting through every track on the ZOOM Rare Collection. This is rare material from ZOOM, the studio behind Phalanx, pulling from X68000 and PS1 sources. The Tiny PHALANX tracks are the highlight here.
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ASSAULT opens with this driving bassline and layered synth leads that scream late-80s Japanese arcade shooters. MOON SIDE shifts into something moodier, spacier, letting the FM tones breathe over a slower pulse. Then EXTREME just goes off for the boss fight with this frantic tempo and crunchy percussion stacking up.
Only seven tracks but they're dense. If you dig into X68000 sound libraries and Japanese shmup music, this collection is exactly that deep cut you've been missing.