What the most beautiful game pre-dreamcast

[Lostdwarf]

What do you all think is the nicest, cleanest, best looking overall game playing game pre-dreamcast. When you think of your game think of story, graphics, smoothness, rendering, gameplay. Let me know.

mike

[Sabz5150]

Sega 32X: Kolibri

[robotriot]

The Misadventures of Flink or Lomax come to mind, graphics wise at least.

[DigitalSpace]

Super Metroid.

[GrandAmChandler]

Club Drive

[RadiantSvgun]

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs. Remember the bonus stages? Those looked incredible!

[Lord of the Files]

Yoshi's Island

[GM80]

Sega 32X: Kolibri

Beat me to it.

[secretvampire]

Funny, Kolibri sprung to mind for me immediately as well. Very nice looking game.

[Dreamcast]

Hmm. Full motion video games like Slam City with Scottie pippin look good /sarcasm.

I always thought that the Gran Tourismo 1 looked awesome for the PS1.
But you're saying beautiful. So my guess would be....hmmm... I can't really think of any.

[Trebuken]

Donkey Kong Country.

[crazyjackcsa]

Ecco 2 still is very beautiful, how bout Astal on the Saturn? I've noticed not a lot of 3d games. Perhaps 3d was rushed in before it was really ready.

[parker619]

golden axe warrior - sms

[Flack]

http://www.robohara.com/pix/junk/pawn_01.png

[Lostdwarf]

wow there's over 10 replies and no

actraiser or chrono yet :sob:

mike

[acem77]

Ecco 1+2 sega cd the music is very nice and fit the mood perfect.
Great to sleep to also :)

but to pick a game not listed id say rayman any system it was on

[parallaxscroll]

It would definitally NOT be any console game or any PC game. It would have to be one of the games on Sega's MODEL 3 family of arcade boards.

Scud Race/Super GT
Daytona USA 2
Sega Rally 2
Magical Truck Adventure
Harley Davidson & L.A. Riders
The Ocean Hunter

come to mind

[8bitCaged]

Zelda (nes) the box looked good

[Lostdwarf]

So I guess for what it's worth i'll do my top 5 in no particular order

ChronoTrigger (SNES)
Ecco (Saturn)
Donkey Kong County (SNES)
Final Fantasy 1 (NES)
TLOZ OOT (N64)

Dwarf

[NoahsMyBro]

I thought Rayman looked beautiful.

I also thought Myst looked beautiful.

[ShinobiMan]

Astal (Sega Saturn)

Come on guys!

[Fear The Turtle]

Chrono Trigger for sure.

[16bitter]

I'm going to go with Panzer Dragoon Zwei for the Saturn. I still love this game even today.

[Mark III]

For straight visuals Saga Frontier 2 for PS1 immediately comes too mind. Although I did not care for the game itself it was very, very pretty.

[DigitalSpace]

wow there's over 10 replies and no

actraiser or chrono yet :sob:

mike

Chrono Trigger is up there, but for me, it doesn't top Super Metroid.

[Cryomancer]

What's with all these list threads in classic gaming lately that all ban the dreamcast? This is like the third one i've seen in the past week! Was Dreamcast declared so awesome that it is now banned from all lists because it will always win? heh

[Night Driver]

Ridge Racer Type 4

[Lostdwarf]

haha i loveeee my dreamcast and there are a ton of good games on there but the nicest i think on there is Ecco once again =P

mike

[Sabz5150]

What's with all these list threads in classic gaming lately that all ban the dreamcast? This is like the third one i've seen in the past week! Was Dreamcast declared so awesome that it is now banned from all lists because it will always win? heh

All you need to say is Radiant Silvergun :)

[Sanriostar]

*Insert your favorite color Vector Arcade game here*


I say Tempest.

[kedawa]

Tobal 2


http://www.robohara.com/pix/junk/pawn_01.png

Pretty good graphics for a text adventure.

[Flack]

The Commodore 64 version was good but, like many games during that era, the load times killed it. The Amiga version was jaw dropping at the time.

[Tommy]

E.T. for 2600!


I also 2nd Gran Turismo.

[SpaceHarrier]

Another vote for: Donkey Kong Country! Also, Sonic the Hedgehog 2

[swlovinist]

Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis. Hard to go wrong with that one

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Tempest 2000.

Sure, it repeatedly told me to EAT ELECTRIC DEATH!, but it looked great while doing so!

[j_factor]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Street Fighter III. I still remember the day I walked into my local arcade and saw "THREE" for the first time. Mindblowing graphics at the time.

[Sabz5150]

All you need to say is Radiant Silvergun :)

Whooooooooooo I musta been *GONE* last night, I made a mistake like THAT. :bawling::bawling::bawling:

[Wraith Storm]

Sega 32X: Kolibri

Agreed! A truely beautiful game. Although I can't say I find the gameplay to be as good as the graphics.


Club Drive

LOL! You can't be serious... But I honestly really REALLY like the game. It got TONS of flack, but my friends and I used to play it all the time. We loved it!


Astal (Sega Saturn) Come on guys!

Thank you! I guess I don't need to nominate Astal since it's already been done. Not only were the music and the graphics beautiful but they also had a style all their own.


I'm going to go with Panzer Dragoon Zwei for the Saturn. I still love this game even today.

Yep! This game absolutely rocks!!! One thing the Saturn Panzer Dragoon games did better than anyother game then or now were the skies. Honestly who can forget the first time they played PD Zwei. It was a breath taking moment when Lagi flew off the cliff in the second level and learned to fly and you were heading into the most beautiful sunset ever captured.

I think all the Panzer games had Jaw dropping sun sets, sun rises, clouds, etc. I have never seen another game have such picturesque skies.

[dao2]

wow there's over 10 replies and no

actraiser or chrono yet :sob:

mike

star ocean looked far better then both those ;p

pds!

[Dreamc@sting]

Astal on Saturn gets my vote as well!

[Rob2600]

A few amazing-looking pre-Dreamcast console games come to mind:


SNES:

YouTube - Donkey Kong Country 2 video review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZJXyeTxwY)

YouTube - Secret of Mana 2 intro and game footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw0xaFlCkjY)
YouTube - Secret of Mana 2 boss - God-Beast Dangaard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEOTG6wAp4&feature=related)
YouTube - Secret of Mana 2 boss - Full Metal Hugger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Ss6HfxXIs&feature=related)

YouTube - Yoshi's Island game footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wISAXgE5OjU)
YouTube - Yoshi's Island boss battles part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L38x63LwtrQ)
YouTube - Yoshi's Island boss battles part 2 and ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg01nNBBgOk&feature=related)


Nintendo 64:

Rayman 2 (couldn't find a video of this version)

YouTube - Conker's Bad Fur Day - gargoyle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoaIBhF9I_8)
YouTube - Conker's Bad Fur Day - wasps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf4v3-e1Ykc)
YouTube - Conker's Bad Fur Day - Dracula (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hurN_21hY&feature=related)

YouTube - Ocarina of Time video review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXL67YxE8bY)
YouTube - Ocarina of Time ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge8zd1ZR-hc&feature=related)

YouTube - NFL Quarterback Club '99 video review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ytBkht1T-Y)

YouTube - Wave Race 64 video review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R7N0e-Zp4Y)

YouTube - Yoshi's Story video review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47E_ZeZsn-g)

[ubersaurus]

Arcade: Definitely Street Fighter 3. Beautiful games.

Home console: Considering how ugly early 3d was, it's gonna be a 2d title. My vote is for Yoshi's Island. Although, Ocarina of Time was damn pretty. What about Majora's Mask? That count? It was easily prettier.

[rpepper9]

I vote for the Final Fantasy series on SNES. Mystic Quest was one of my favorites at the time. I think the story was a bit short for a FF game, but the graphics still stick in my mind as Swwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt!

[Radiac]

It would definitally NOT be any console game or any PC game. It would have to be one of the games on Sega's MODEL 3 family of arcade boards.

Scud Race/Super GT
Daytona USA 2
Sega Rally 2
Magical Truck Adventure
Harley Davidson & L.A. Riders
The Ocean Hunter

come to mind

Truth.

[grolt]

Animated graphics: Astal
Arcade: Scud Race (good call there)

But overall it would have to be NiGHTS, for creating such a vibrant, morphing and living world that was always changing. You could play that game a mile a second and the graphics would still amaze. There's never been anything like it before or since, a world so fantastical it can't be real, but an engine so complex and changing based on your interaction that it feels totally organic.

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Samurai Shodown II

In my opinion, the best of the series. The stages and fighters on this game are just GORGEOUSLY rendered. After playing the first game for so long, seeing II just blew my mind.

http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-85694/images/ss23.jpg

http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/samuraishodown/ss2-11.png

[Magnum]

came in here to say Chrono Trigger

[courtesi96]

Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)

[diskoboy]

Tempest 2000 or MDK (it looked better on the PC, IMO).

[captainfrieza]

Nes- Kirby

Snes- Battle Clash and Metal Kombat

Playstation- FF7

N64- Mario 64

So many games to list in this. Meh

[ScourDX]

Star Ocean & Tales of Phantasia for Super Famicom. Both game push Super Famicom to the limits.

[CreamSoda]

IMO some of the most beautiful games(pre DC).

The games on my list I picked, not only because of the incredible graphics(for the time), but also the sound/level design/gameplay/ect.

-Super Mario RPG(SNES)
-Donkey Kong Country 2(SNES)
-Donkey Kong Country 3(SNES)
-Super Mario World 2(SNES)
-Chrono Trigger(SNES)
-NiGHTS/Christmas NiGHTS(Saturn)
-Magic Knight Rayearth(Saturn)
-Panzer Dragoon series(Saturn)
-Final Fantasy VII(PSX)
-Final Fantasy VIII(PSX)
-LoZ:OoT
-Super Mario 64

The list could go on for miles... :)

[Fuyukaze]

Though it may sound fanboyish, FF3 for the SNES. The opening with them aproaching the town was just great. Kefka trying to destroy the world was also nice.

[gameofyou]

Princess Crown (Sega Saturn)

[fahlim003]

Princess Crown (Sega Saturn)

Good call. An absolutely beautiful game right there. It's a shame was never localized.

Other good calls:
3rd Strike
Radiant Silvergun
and generally any modern arcade game of the day like Model3.

[Lostdwarf]

call me a fanboy but i'm loving Secret Of Mana wow :rocker: