Actraiser Soundtrack To Be Reissued By Wayo Records

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When the Super Nintendo was first introduced in 1991, there were several elements that felt revolutionary at the time….and though the Mode 7 scaling effects got most of the attention, the Sony sound chip was equally impressive. The SNES was the first video game console that didn’t SOUND like a video game console. Gone were the bleeps and bloops and tinny electronic melodies…the music was sample-based, and it was finally possible to use any instrument in existence. You could even achieve orchestral music if you wanted (or at least get close)…..Enix’s Actraiser was the first to do this.
“Yeah, the Actraiser soundtrack was pretty great,” you might think….”have they released it in an album yet?” The good news is they did, the bad news is…you’ll either need a time machine or some good luck on eBay. Actraiser’s soundtrack was released in limited quantities on CD alongside the release of the game in 1991, back when barely anybody bought game soundtracks.
But Wayo Records is coming to the...

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