Illusion City is a cyberpunk JRPG from Microcabin, originally released for the MSX Turbo R in 1991, only in Japan. It was later ported to a number of other systems including the PC98, X68000 and Mega CD over the next few years. The game mechanics are fairly traditional RPG fare of the era, but the graphics, animations and music are top notch and really stand out for the hardware.

The soundtrack was composed by three Microcabin veterans: Tadahiro Nitta, Yukiharu Urita, and Yasufumi Fukuda all of whom went on to compose for a number of other titles. The Mega CD port was handled by AISYSTEM TOKYO with some additional redbook audio tracks composed and arranged by Hirokazu Oota.

Listen to the sounds of Neo Hong Kong in this episode brimming with fantastic tunes.

Illusion City: Genei Toshi (幻影都市 ILLUSION CITY), MSX Turbo R - Microcabin (1991)Composed by: Tadahiro Nitta (新田忠弘),Yasufumi Fukuda (福田康文), Yukiharu Urita (瓜田幸治)

Episode Track List:

All tracks are from the MSX version unless otherwise stated

0:00:00 Illusion Theme A - Tadahiro Nitta

0:09:06 Illusion Theme B - Yukiharu Urita

0:16:53 Indoor Combat - Tadahiro Nitta

0:26:21 Noises of the City - Yasufumi Fukuda

0:38:34 Crisis Area (PC98 ver.) - Tadahiro Nitta

Shop Music [version comparison] - Tadahiro Nitta

0:45:51 MSX

0:48:00 Mega CD

0:48:51 FM Towns

0:50:03 PC98

0:51:24 X68k

0:53:47 MT32 (MIDI)

1:00:32 Battle - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:06:46 Cavern - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:10:08 Hachibushu Battle - Yukiharu Urita

1:17:01 Home - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:20:02 Requiem (PC98 ver.) - Yukiharu Urita

1:28:07 Illusion Castle - Tadahiro Nitta

1:31:30 Matenno Battle - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:37:35 Illusion Theme A (Mega CD ver.) - composed Tadahiro Nitta, arranged Hirokazu Oota

1:40:57 Hachibushu Battle (Mega CD ver.) - composed Yukiharu Urita, arranged Yasufumi Fukuda

1:45:37 Matenno Battle (Mega CD ver.) - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:52:28 Final Battle - Yasufumi Fukuda

1:58:52 Victory - Yukiharu Urita

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