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> great sound chip, and some amazing composers.

I understand it as more of the latter than the former.

Hardware might not have been great, but they were dedicated to push it to the extreme limits of what it could do, and all of it was punching way above its weight in all respects.

Japanese companies saw an opening, and extremely brilliant people went in head first, sleeping under their desk to leave their mark in the field.