Inferior hardware, superior soundtrack

Let’s listen to another Capcom game! It’s a somewhat obscure one this time: LED Storm (also known as Mad Gear and Rally 2011 LED Storm).

Here’s the arcade soundtrack:

It’s certainly not a bad soundtrack, but it also doesn’t really get the blood pumping. A bit unremarkable, if you ask me.

Now, when this game got ported to home computers its soundtrack was completely replaced with different tunes. And it was a change for the better!

Just listen to the amazing tracks composer Tim Follin concocted for the C64 and the Amiga: