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  names:
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    ja: 柴田直人
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catalog: KICA-1189
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category: Game
classification: Arrangement
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  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
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  - names:
      English: What is This Place
      Japanese: What is This Place
      Romaji: What is This Place
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: Great Heli~Ruined Base
      Japanese: Great Heli~Ruined Base
      Romaji: Great Heli~Ruined Base
    track_length: '4:08'
  - names:
      English: Can't Wait Until Night
      Japanese: 夜まで待てない
      Romaji: Yoru made Matenai
    track_length: '4:31'
  - names:
      English: Ascent to the Castle
      Japanese: 登城
      Romaji: Tojou
    track_length: '3:51'
  - names:
      English: Boost Up!
      Japanese: Boost Up!
      Romaji: Boost Up!
    track_length: '3:00'
  - names:
      English: Machine Graveyard
      Japanese: Machine Graveyard
      Romaji: Machine Graveyard
    track_length: '5:03'
  - names:
      English: Maximum Speed
      Japanese: Maximum Speed
      Romaji: Maximum Speed
    track_length: '4:39'
  - names:
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      Japanese: Beginning
      Romaji: Beginning
    track_length: '4:03'
  - names:
      English: Bloody Tears
      Japanese: Bloody Tears
      Romaji: Bloody Tears
    track_length: '3:52'
  - names:
      English: Cross a Fear
      Japanese: Cross a Fear
      Romaji: Cross a Fear
    track_length: '4:51'
  - names:
      English: Op.13
      Japanese: Op.13
      Romaji: Op.13
    track_length: '4:27'
  - names:
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      Japanese: Calling from Heaven
      Romaji: Calling from Heaven
    track_length: '5:16'
  - names:
      English: Difficult Move
      Japanese: Difficult Move
      Romaji: Difficult Move
    track_length: '4:14'
  - names:
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      Japanese: Theme of Izabel <Part 1>
      Romaji: Theme of Izabel <Part 1>
    track_length: '3:36'
  - names:
      English: Theme of Simon
      Japanese: Theme of Simon
      Romaji: Theme of Simon
    track_length: '3:31'
  - names:
      English: Prelude of Legend
      Japanese: Prelude of Legend
      Romaji: Prelude of Legend
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: Crystal Clear
      Japanese: Crystal Clear
      Romaji: Crystal Clear
    track_length: '4:26'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
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    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/865
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2006-08-07T05:05
  edited_date: 2022-05-02T22:22
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T12:57
  freedb: 20
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 14440
name: PERFECT SELECTION KONAMI BATTLE the BEST
names:
  en: PERFECT SELECTION KONAMI BATTLE the BEST
  ja: パーフェクトセレクション　コナミ・バトル・ザ・ベスト
  ja-latn: PERFECT SELECTION KONAMI BATTLE the BEST
notes: 'Tracks 1, 2: from Super Contra

  Track 3: from Haunted Castle

  Track 4: from Super Castlevania IV

  Tracks 5, 17: from Xexex

  Track 6: from Thunder Cross

  Track 7: from Gradius II: Gofer''s Ambition

  Track 8: from Castlevania III: Dracula''s Curse

  Track 9: from Castlevania II: Simon''s Quest

  Tracks 10,11: from Dracula X: Rondo of Blood

  Track 12: from Castlevania: Bloodlines

  Track 13: from SD Snatcher

  Track 14: from Snatcher

  Track 15: from Akumajo Dracula X68000

  Track 16: from Gradius III

  Tracks 1, 2: New Recordings

  Tracks 3, 4, 5: Retake & Remix

  Composed by: Konami Kukeiha Club

  Arranged by: Naoto Shibata

  Performed by: Naoto Shibata Project

     Guitar, Bass: Naoto Shibata

     Guitar: Kazumasa Saitoh [斉藤和正]

     Keyboard: Koichi Seiyama

     Drums: Hirotsugu Homma

  Staff

  Sound Produce: Naoto Shibata

  Director: Jun Otsuki

  Engineer: Koichi Suzuki

  Assistant Engineer: SATO, 永治恵美 (ScrumStaff inc.)

                               Yuko Saijo (ScrumStaff inc.)

  Mastering Engineer: Akira Ando

  Recording: King Records No. 2 Studio,

                   Freedom Studio A

  Mixdown: Prime Mix Studio

  Mastering: King Records No. 2 Mastering Room

  Photography: Hiroaki Ejiri

  Design: Nobuo Tsuchiya (works D)

  Production Assistance: Konami Co., Ltd.

                                    Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.

  Assistance: Pearl, G&L

                   Electro Harmonix

                   三田圭子 (Cheap & Nasty)

                   Katsu Ohta

                   Kyoro-chan [キョロちゃん], Carp Supporter Mini Bat [カープ応援ミニバット]

  Liner Notes: Naoto Shibata (pg. 4, 5), Jun Otsuki (pg. 6, 7), Koichi Suzuki (pg.
  8, 9)'
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    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
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  names:
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    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/788
  names:
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    ja: 柴田直人プロジェクト
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platforms:
- Arcade
- MSX2
- NEC PC-Engine
- NES (Famicom)
- Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)
- Sharp X68000
- SNES (Super Famicom)
products:
- link: product/2094
  names:
    en: Super Contra
    ja: スーパー魂斗羅 エイリアンの逆襲
    ja-latn: 'Super Contra: Alien no Gyakushuu'
- link: product/832
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    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/815
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    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/275
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    ja: ゼクセクス
    ja-latn: XEXEX
- link: product/853
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    ja: サンダークロス
    ja-latn: Thunder Cross
- link: product/436
  names:
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    ja: グラディウスII GOFERの野望
    ja-latn: 'Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou'
- link: product/814
  names:
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    ja: 悪魔城伝説
    ja-latn: Akumajo Densetsu
- link: product/813
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    ja: ドラキュラII 呪いの封印
    ja-latn: 'Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin'
- link: product/816
  names:
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    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻
    ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo'
- link: product/817
  names:
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    ja: バンパイアキラー
    ja-latn: Vampire Killer
- link: product/2336
  names:
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    ja: SD スナッチャー
    ja-latn: SD Snatcher
- link: product/2335
  names:
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    ja: スナッチャー
    ja-latn: Snatcher
- link: release/1285
  names:
    en: Akumajo Dracula (X68k)
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ (X68k)
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula (X68k)
- link: product/437
  names:
    en: Gradius III
    ja: グラディウスIII -伝説から神話へ-
    ja-latn: Gradius III Densetsu kara Shinwa e
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1996-09-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints: []
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/865?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: http://yukko.iiyudana.net/kbattlethebest.htm
    name: Liner notes transcription
