Arcade GSTs

Surprise Attack

wow this is top-notch! super energetic with some of the best FM synth patches I’ve heard. (seriously listen to these bass sounds)

Syvalion

this has a lot of short loops, but it excels at creating tension. example: “Contact”

Tail to Nose: Great Championship

this has a really nice punchy sound, both with the synth design and the samples, though the synths are not always uh...great. (see “USA GP” and marvel at that lead)

the arrangement is quite nice for the time, though it’s a bit on the short side overall...

Tank Force

you know how some soundtracks on the Genesis are just mind-blowingly good? both in sound design and arrangement? usually Treasure games, like Dynamite Headdy or Alien Soldier?

this is like that. even with a jazzy flair. 

it even has a loungey kinda tune for me: “The Eternal Twilight”. it’s like they were trying to appeal to me specifically. god.

Techno Drive

hey this is cool.

very shiny and tech-feeling. 

im not a fan of the voice synths (like in “Select”) but everything else has a beautiful vibe that could fit on a dancefloor.

check out “Footwork Technique” oh yeah bb thats some techno

Tecmo Knight

kind of ok except for the weirdly detuned synths?

uhh, hmm

TeddyBoy Blues

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time

yeah this game is well known for it’s awesome and energetic soundtrack.

I actually think the SNES version beats it out for a few tracks (”Alleycat Blues” specifically), but this is The OG, so it deserves some love. 

Teki Paki

The FM work here is actually great, for the context of some glitchy autechre-esque FM IDM wankfest. That’s not at all what the arrangement is like here, though.

Tekken

I really like how this soundtrack has taken ideas and influences from dance music at the time, but incorporated them in a really subtle way. The rave stabs are there, but not in the foreground like you’d expect. 

I’d guess that the composer is stepping outside of their comfort zone, but not to ill effect. it’s really neat, honestly. 

Tekken 2

overall, this soundtrack is less hard than Tekken 3. it has a more “traditional game sound”, for lack of a better description.

“Nina Williams -Silent Assassin-” is still the best track here though

Tekken 3

this has a very strong rock flavor. it reminds me of some bigbeat tunes from the era (mid-to-late 90s), artists like hardknox....but a bit less hard. 

Tekken Tag Tournament

this has a hard, electronic sound, which makes sense for a late 90s arcade fighting game

my only complaint is that few of the tracks really progress much. I can’t complain too much since that’s kind of par for the course. par for the “each course has its own music”. 

Terra Cresta

there are two flavors of this arcade game: FM and PSG

generally, the FM is better, or at least more defined. 

Terra Force

I’ve got to comment on the hihat patch here: it sounds great, but it’s loud and shrill af. perfect for closed hihat, but the open hihat riding in some of these songs makes them nigh-unlistenable

everything else though: not bad at all!

“Name Entry“ is pretty sweet

“Underground Music“ as well

Tetris

this game is basically the video game to play. there are 7 arcade versions posted to vgmrips, and im combining them into one post. 

Atari | System 16A | System E |  H System | D. R. Korea |  B System | B System alt

the B System with the YM2203 has the best soundtrack imo

the Atari is the only one that’s drastically different from the others

Tetris: The Grand Master

this is groovy but with a dancefloor feel to it. i love it.