Arranged by Nam Sang Kyu
This one is going to be difficult to talk about. For one, this isn't even a published Album but rather an arrangement of popular 1991 game music. Secondly, No known information about what GameWorld is can be found, at least not in my hour long search of the interwebs. Lastly, it was originally on tape. Yep, a Cassette Tape. Despite all these unknowns to its origin its actually a rather nice little collection, if you can deal with the slightly muffled sound from its original tape incarnation to its MP3 Reincarnation. It has the feeling you are definitely listening to it from a Mono speaker even in Stereo.
The songs come from a wide array of games like King's Quest 2 to Thunder Force 3 many of which were released LONG before 1991. This album would be just a bit better had it not been independently released and with updated tracks, but the flow is consistent and varied enough that you don't want to turn it off before one quick listen. Super Shinobi has a total of 3 tracks from them which also happen to be my personal favorite. The song "China Town" has this funky guitar that enters halfway through and for some reason I can picture kid's walking through the mall and seeing the arcade in the distance. They run, arms full of greedy little quarters and tokens. Running amuck, seeing friends and hopping on Super Street Fighter II with them. I don't know why considering most of these tracks are from PC and Genesis/MegaDrive games. Just give it a listen and you'll know what I mean.
Mind the Dull Stereo and you'll be alright, I give it 2 and a half Sonny Bonds out of 5.
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