Best FM synth in games (arcade or console)

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Best FM synth in games (arcade or console)

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Many arcade game units used FM Synth, but not many home games, in part because only the Famicom Disk System, Japanese Sega Mark III (or one of the Master System variants), and the Genesis used it.

I'd like to know what your favorite Arcade and Genesis FM Synth tracks are. I, for one, really like the outdoor music in Rastan (Saga) in the arcade.
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if streets of rage 2 has fm synth then I would go with that. Those tunes could have been played in a nightclub in 1991.
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Jesper Kyd's Sub-Terrania. Highest quality music (at least on Genesis), I know of.

http://www.stevemv.com/forum/sub-terran ... p-t48.html
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Street of Rage series is the best for me hands down. Yuzo Koshiro is the man, his programming and compositional skills back then still outclass current artists. I've got a nice CD collection of most of his works from various other games too.
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Mozgus wrote:Jesper Kyd's Sub-Terrania. Highest quality music (at least on Genesis), I know of.

http://www.stevemv.com/forum/sub-terran ... p-t48.html
oh yeah... most definitely!

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I listen to an MSX music radio station on Live365, and I'm just amazed at some of the FM music that thing was able to put out.
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Mario 2/USA's stage 1 theme. I actually own the soundtrack just for that track.
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But does that game use FM synth? It doesn't in the US, certainly.
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I don't think Amigas use FM synth, but I just made a reply to a comment on the Amiga emulator guide I wrote pointing to an excellent resource of Amiga tunes. If you're into game music, you should definitively check some out and see if you like the style.

Just to not make you go search the comments, have a look at this site:
www.exotica.org.uk

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lordofduct wrote:
Mozgus wrote:Jesper Kyd's Sub-Terrania. Highest quality music (at least on Genesis), I know of.

http://www.stevemv.com/forum/sub-terran ... p-t48.html
oh yeah... most definitely!

I still listen to this game and TJ+E today... actually, it's about time I listen to them again today.
Recently, I've been loving my Audigy card and it's EAX features. Genesis really needed some reverb, and EAX can enhance it's music big time.
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