Wow, this really blew me away! Favorited and downloaded.
I can imagine this playing to a dramatic battle against the Grim Reaper in an 8-bit RPG of old. Then again, I doubt those old systems could handle something this intense. The power and complexity of modern chiptunes tend to dwarf that of any music played on the original hardware, so it isn't as easy to make a comparison as one might think.
This piece manages to be dark and somewhat haunting while also being quite spirited. This isn't something I find often, a rare treat. Usually I see slow notes used to build foreboding, but this piece is pretty fast and still manages to pull it off. Nice work!