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| STIL comment | Very interesting story here. Katakis was released in September 1988 by Rainbow Arts, however it never got a release in the UK as Activision had it cancelled because of similarities to R-Type, to which Activision had bought the conversion rights. Activision were getting nowhere with their conversion of R-Type and they liked what they saw of Katakis, so they hired the same programming team (Manfred Trenz and others) to do the C64 conversion. They only got 6 weeks to write the conversion, and sadly, it shows. Katakis was eventually altered and released as Denaris in 1989. Tunes #2 to #14 all cover of the arcade game. |
| SUBTUNE INFO | |
| #2 - Scoring (High Score display) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Chris Hülsbeck |
| #3 - Like a Hero (Game Complete) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Chris Hülsbeck |
| #4 - Battle Theme (Stage 1) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #5 - Monster Beat (Stage 2) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #6 - Battle Pressure (Stage 3) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #7 - Butsu Butsu ("Muttering") (Stage 4) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #8 - A Monster Lurking in the Cave (Stage 5) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #9 - Scrambled Crossroad (Stage 6) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Chris Hülsbeck |
| #10 - Ogorerumono wa Hisasikarasu (Stage 7) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #11 - Womb (Stage 8) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Chris Hülsbeck |
| Comment: | Only 0:00-0:16 appears to be a cover. |
| #12 - Boss Theme (End of Level Boss BGM) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #13 - The End of a War (Game Over) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
| #14 - Return in Triumph (Stage Clear) [from the arcade game R-Type] | |
| Artist: | Masato Ishizaki (SCLAP/Irem Sound Team) |
| Author: | Ramiro Vaca |
aero:
Unz unz… Works for me 😊 I love the original melody
Windshield_CB:
The bass is truly delicious. Tune itself is a bit sterile, but I find it captures the playfulness of the original a lot better than most other R-Type remixes.
anaconda:
Heard it before though. A bit too synthish imho.
LaLa:
It's a nice chiptune, but I don't think the style quite fits this tune. I miss the resolution, maybe because there's too much repetition. Nice effort, good oldsk00l feeling, but needs more thought.
condor:
It could be better, start is good, but then… Anyway, it's good.
infamous:
Competent, not going to set the world on fire but then its not going to offend a bus full of nun's either… Good enough 😊
Makke:
The arrangement could need a few additions here and there, as it sounds a bit thin as is. But it's good enough to get a… Well, good vote from me.😉
Chris Abbott:
Sounds old-skkkkoooooll. Sorry, my keyboard stuck.
LMan:
The direction is the right one, more work on the production quality and the details is needed though. The sudden switch to 90s style at 1:40 does not work IMO.
symbols:
The lead instuments have no real depth, and its very uncompressed apart from that wicked ass bass!
weasel:
Agree to others here: The idea is/was here… Just the execution lets it down to an 'average' rating for me here! Otherwise could have been a 'good' or even an orange one with more effort!😀
grytulf:
OK, but nothing special need something more in the beggining to catcvh me
eliot:
It's quite ok, but sometimes thin and liveless.
Dan:
Sounds so week everywhere around the tune and away from it
Waz:
What sounded initially promising ends in disappointment. The opening sounds fine but as the tune goes on it lets itself down somewhat. The idea's there, just needs better execution.