Heading back to the YM2608 for a look (and listen) at a game called Starfire for the  PC-9801. A system exclusive, 1st person action RPG, released on October 14th of 1994; developed and published by a small company called StarCraft Inc. It's an interesting game that, even though a Japanese only title, borrows heavily from Western games like "Might and Magic." More importantly, the music composed by Takeshi Abo, is a mixture of ambient, dance, and focuses on rhythm and pace to carry the mood. 

Join in as we discuss the music of Starfire and also chat with Takeshi Abo about his music from over 20 years ago!

 

Starfire (1994, Starcraft Inc.)

NEC PC-9801, YM2608 (MUSDRV Sound driver)

Composed by Takeshi Abo (homepage)

- Interview transcript available at Patreon -

Track List:

0:00:00 Title Screen

0:07:33 Opening

0:10:28 Enemy Ship I

0:17:08 Galaxy II

0:20:11 Planet II

0:28:42 My Ship

0:41:07 Battle I

0:43:02 Boss Theme

0:45:49 Planet III

0:53:08 Event I

0:55:31 Enemy Ship II

1:12:15 Galaxy I

1:25:22 Unused Track

1:31:47 Ending

 

Thanks to tails_ at our partner site vgmrips.net for the logged data!