Power Quest on the GameBoy Color would’ve been an easy title to overlook because there were plenty of terrible fighting games ported to the GameBoy (i.e. Street Fighter II). So back in the 90’s you probably passed on the handheld’s fighting genre which might explain this game’s lack of notoriety. However, Japan System Supply produced a stellar 2D fighter with amazing music by Kouichi Fujiwara!
Track List:
0:00:09 Military Arts
0:11:33 Power Town
0:16:28 This House
0:25:12 Unsigned
0:27:27 1995
0:37:13 Thrust Up
0:46:19 Blue Storm
0:49:52 Ancient Regime
0:53:00 Great Sweater
0:57:45 ABC Shop
1:06:36 Drive Out
1:18:44 End of War
Power Quest 「激闘パワーモデラー」- GameBoy/GameBoy Color – 1998 composed by Kouichi Fujiwara
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This is one of the very best OSTs on the Gameboy… Really incredible stereo seperation for a GB game. Solo the Square 1 channel during Military Arts and you’ll find all these subtle quick pans that result in a much wider stereo sound. Very cool!
My only disappointment is there doesn’t seem to be much other music available by Koichi Fujiwara. I would have loved to hear what he could do with something like the Sega Genesis sound hardware…
(BTW just discovered the podcast. awesome stuff!)
New to the show? Great! Hope you’re enjoying it so far. :) Power Quest is still one of my absolute favorite gb soundtracks and the mystery of why we haven’t heard more from Fujiwara continues… one day.. one day we’ll know why (maybe not)