Best graphics on Sega Genesis?

[lagartija_nick]

Beyond Oasis. Played it recently and was pretty amazed that it was a Genesis game.

[runinruder]

I was most impressed by Lightening Force. Aladdin, Shinobi III, and Phantasy Star IV are up there.

[Wraith Storm]

I was always really impressed by Shadow Blasters. Sure, it's animation was not that great, but it was a unique platforming, shooter, RPG. It also had an awesome OST and all the Parallax in the last stage really impressed back in the day! Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKi39oh3xiU)is a video of the last two stages. Skip halfway through to the last stage for some awesome music and impressive parallax!

[Juganawt]

Virtua Racing (block as hell, but I love it)
Virtua Fighter 2 - crap game, but nicely drawn sprites
Vectorman 1 & 2 - great pre-rendering there
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Probably the best looking 2D Sonic ever. Full of colour.
Streets of Rage 2 & 3
Street Racer
Road Rash 3
Toejam & Earl Panic on Funkatron
Mega Turrican
Gunstar Heroes / Alien Soldier / Dynamite Headdy / any Treasure game
Aladdin
Castle of Illusion
Pulseman
Panorama Cotton
Story of Thor / Beyond Oasis

To be honest, when you look at the Megadrive's back catalog of stuff, there are some truly beautiful pieces of graphic art on the system, and yet it always got shafted in favour of the Snes. While it may not be technically as powerful as the SNES was, art direction seems (at least, to me) much more original and interesting on the Megadrive.

[bacteria]

Aladdin
Psycho Pinball