Back to using a single chip (after the 3x chips in starfall_island), I would consider this a stronger piece in a compositional dimension, though lighter on atmosphere. This almost suggests a spectrum between interesting composition and atmosphere-building, with your creative energy going more one way or the other. If you want both, it suggests you simply need to put in more time and energy (though there is the reality that I struggle to stay with the same track for too long, and can diffuse the focus of the result if I’m not careful).
By this point, I had become more proficient and switching instruments quickly within a single voice channel to make it sound like there are more than 3 voices playing at a single time. This is a trick that is used by some of the best music on the system.
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_software: furnace-tracker [gameboy]
_download: thunderking_arena.wav
_source: thunderking_arena-SOURCE.zip
_license: public-domain / cc0