"Title Screen" - Running Battle on the SEGA Master System (1991)
Composer: Unknown
Album: No Official Release
Publisher: Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A., SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Developer: Opera House Inc.
I've never played Running Battle, but the gameplay itself seems like a lackluster side-scrolling beat'em up through a repeated warehouse set, not so much as running as you are sauntering a la Richter Belmont. The highlight is that a lot of the music is excellent for an early '90s action video game and the title screen theme is my favorite.
I'm a bit sad on two fronts. First, the music here is used only for the title screen, and the opening cinematic. There's so much excitement and energy here that it feels a waste to not reuse the theme as either the Stage 1 or Stage 2 theme or even before you go up against the final boss, "M." Secondly, there doesn't seem to be any information about the composer. Every site I looked up that information about Running Battle did not have any information about who the composer was, or anyone else who worked on the game apart from the
So this is what we are left with. An amazing introductory song to a mid game with an unknown composer. Maybe it'll just be time before they're uncovered. Hopefully.
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