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Gromix EP#3 - A Tribute To U​.​N. Squadron

by Grospixels

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Music composed by Manami Matsumae and Takashi Tateishi (1989), arranged and played by Grospixels (2020)

This album is a tribute to the game U.N. Squadron by Capcom (entitled Area 88 in Japan).

(from Wikipedia) : "U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan as Area 88 (Japanese: エリア88, Hepburn: Eria Hachi-Jū-Hachi), and is based on the manga series of the same name, featuring the same main characters. Here, their mission is to stop a terrorist group known as Project 4. It was followed by a spiritual successor Carrier Air Wing. The game is a typical side scrolling shooter, going against the trend of other Capcom shooters, such as 1942, and 1943: The Battle of Midway, which are vertically scrolling shooters. However, like other Capcom shooters, the player has an energy bar that is consumed over the course of a single life as the player sustains damage. This trait is highly uncommon among other comparable arcade-style shooters which normally use a system of reserve lives, where one of which is lost upon a single enemy hit. Before entering a level, the player can purchase special weapons or added defenses in the shop. The player earns money to buy weapons by destroying enemy planes and vehicles during levels and, when the level is finished, any unused weapons are converted back into money. The player can choose between three mercenary pilots: Shin Kazama, Mickey Simon, and Greg Gates. Each pilot flies a specific plane and has slightly different capabilities. In the Super NES version, each pilot can use a range of planes. All pilots start out with $3000 and the basic F8 Crusader, and can buy other aircraft and weapons as they progress."

This cover was home-recorded from january 2020 under FL Studio 20.
- Moog VST plugin : Minimogue LUXUS (freeware).
- Organ VST plugin : ORGANized trio (donationware).
- Drums VST plugin : Toontrack EZ Drummer.
- Guitar amp simulation : LePou's Hybrit (freeware guitar amp sim with Marshall-like tone) + Mercuriall Cabv3 (freeware cabinet sim), TSE B.O.D (freeware bass preamp sim).
- Guitars used : 1989 Fender Stratocaster (57-69 reissue pickups), 2010 Gibson Les Paul (HepCat pickups), 2015 Ibanez S300 (4 strings bass).

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released March 2, 2020

Guitar, bass, arrangement : Laurent Roucairol

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Grospixels France

Home-recorded video game covers by some guys from the french retro-gaming website Grospixels. Active since 2000, music covers recording started in 2003.

Featuring :
- Maxime Noël (bass)
- Laurent Roucairol (guitar, occasional bass)
- Olivier Tamagna (guitar, occasional bass)
- Jean-Christian Verdez (Keyboards)
- Programmed drums
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