Genesis Soundchip=Rock Music?

[Koh]

I'd have to hunt for other examples, since I haven't played many Genesis games that went for that sort of route. It was really just to show that it's possible to have that type of music on the Genesis, even though it was more suited towards more gritty, miasma-like songs. Take the Phantasy Star 4 Battle theme for example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsXcw4EIyLk

The lower quality of the Genesis chip giving that gritty sound enhances its atmosphere and tension. If you were to take the same song and put it on SNES, that grit would be lost, as well as the atmosphere changed. You could probably put it on the PC Engine or NEC PC-9801 with minimal change, though.

Actually, here's a good comparison of the same song on the two systems. Madou Monogatari's Battle Theme.

SNES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2maFhSxzT1g
Here they make use of that panning feature, which is nice. But compare it to its Genesis counterpart.

Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0tG4QQdW0
It doesn't have the panning, but the grit makes the background effect sound more poisonous, so to speak, or miasmic. More danger.

Now compare it to the NEC PC-9801 version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeCzyjYwUFo
Pretty close to the Genesis one (this one came first, though), and it also has the gritty, poisonous effect.