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Devilish (1991)

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Name: Graveyard (Level 1)
Game: Bad Omen/Devilish: The Next Possession
Developer: Aisystem Tokyo
Year of Release: 1992
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto

Long before becoming famous amongst videogame music lovers for his masterfully iconic orchestral European sound, Hitoshi Sakimoto was slumming it on various other obscure games with as much talent as he could give, such as in the game Devilish (known as Bad Omen in the USA), a game about a royal couple turned into pinball paddles by a jealous demon lord, which the player must use to navigate a magic blue orb through the gates of hell to undo their curse.

Despite the incredibly bizarre excuse to have what amounts to a pinball game like Devil's Crush, it has a fantastically goth-synth soundtrack somewhat similar to that of Castlevania but less orchestral. The first level already lets you know what madness you must expect with a bombastic first level theme that, believe it or not, will fit the pace of a surprisingly tough pinball action game.