The Best Graphics (All Consoles)

[evilmess]

This is all about eye candy

1] Choose any game console that is pre Xbox, Gamecube and PS2.
2] Name upto 3 of the absolute best looking games for that system.
3] Note any special fx, cut scenes or other memorable graphic high points.

I look forward to reading your selections \^_^/

[omnedon]

ColecoVision!

Zaxxon!
Jungle Hunt!!

DONKEY KONG!!! OMIGOD ITS JUST LIKE THE ARCADE!!!! X_x :eek 2: @_@

[Sotenga]

On teh NES...

1: Batman: Return of the Joker (Sunsoft)
2: Ninja Gaiden II (Tecmo)
3: Castlevania 3 (Konami)

[devilman]

Dreamcast

- Rez
- Soul Calibur
- Dead or Alive 2

All have stunning graphics and minimal loading times... the way it should be. ;)

[Captain Wrong]

Atari VCS:
California Games
Winter Games
Summer Games

ANYONE who thinks the VCS was nothing more than blocky crap needs to see those 3 running on a real VCS. Sure the PSX generation won't likely be impressed, but if you're at all familiar with the VCS library of games, these are stunning examples of what that machine could do.

[hydr0x]

SNES:

Starfox
Tales of Phantasia
mhhh dunno what else

[Zubiac666]

SNES: 1) Rendering Ranger: Huh?It looks better than any PS1 and saturn 2D game.....and this with a 3,58 Mhz cpu <---------------SICK!!

2) Donkey Kong Country 1-3: same as above

3) Super Turrican 2: best gfx(exept rendering ranger) I've seen on a 2d-console....the bosses are unbelieveable

N64: 1) Pilotwings: The 3d graphics are sooooo detailed.Good god..u can even see the chicken ladder at a farm!!

2) Perfect Dark: Looks STILL amazing for an "old" fps

3) Wave Race: I dropped nearly KO when seeing the wave effects

[devilman]

Master System

- Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap
- California Games
- Fantasy Zone II

[ubersaurus]

Neo Geo
1)Samurai Shodown V
2)Garou: Mark of the Wolves
3)Art of Fighting 3

[Ed Oscuro]

I must say that newly-found Sunman has some very nice graphics--the "box exploding after-effect" graphic made me blink at first; I thought the explosion was reflected by the background wall.

Just about any Sharp x68000 game...graphics on that machine were very detailed for only having two floppy disks to work with!

What else...besides Last Blade 2 and Metal Slug 3...

I would also like to put a vote in for Contra The Hard Corps. It's relatively ugly (especially compared to the earlier SNES title) in screenshots, but boy does that game ever move. Your normal machine gun sets out a nearly solid line of round "bullets," and they're "solid," as opposed to flashing as in the NES game. I think you can see about 10 at a time, maybe more. That's before you start to count in the insanely big multi-part bosses moving in the background, too.

Most detailed monster I've seen on the Genesis, though, would be the biological monster/demon boss from Shinobi 3/Super Shinobi 2, with all these little parts on his face and such moving. Not as big as Super Metroid's Kraid, but there's a lot more happening here (though his attack moves are terribly limited).

[Jorpho]

Okay... B&W Game Boy!

Warioland 2
Zelda: Link's Awakening
TMNT 2

[esquire]

Sega Saturn

1. Radiant Silvergun

2. Soukyugurentai

3. Strikers 1945 II

[Ed Oscuro]

For B&W Game Boy, I'd go with those and also throw in Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge and Operation C. Fantastic games.

[jaydubnb]

PCE/Duo/TG16:

Street Fighter II: Dash - When I first heard that it was on the same machine that produced the visual nightmare known as Victory Run, I didnt expect much....but WOW, on par with the Genny and SNES versions.

Sapphire: Excellent lighting and great detail.

Lords of Thunder: I simply love the look. Lots of on screen enemies that are pretty well animated and lush colors.

[ManekiNeko]

2600:

Solaris
Midnight Magic
Pitfall II

Coleco:

Antarctic Adventure
Tarzan
Moon Patrol

NES:

Super Mario Bros. 3
Kirby's Adventure
Final Fantasy

Genesis:
Gunstar Heroes
Alien Soldier
Landstalker

Super NES:
Mortal Kombat II
Rockman and Bass
TMNT: Tournament Fighters

Saturn:
Radiant Silvergun
Guardian Heroes
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

JR

[VinnyT]

GENESIS:
Beyond Oasis
Out of This World
WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade game

Atari 2600:
Superman("Thats a phone booth!)
Venture
Garfield( I know it never came out)

[jonjandran]

Genesis :
Toy Story
Vectorman 2
GunStar Heroes

[RetroYoungen]

Neo Geo Pocket Color:
Match of the Millenium
Biomotor Unitron
Cardfighters Clash

Genesis:
Comix Zone
Vectorman (series)
Rocket Knight Adventures

[Balloon Fight]

Gunstar Heroes
Rocket Knight Adventures
Wave Race
Soul Caliber
Final Fantasy III
GGX (DC)

[The Unknown Gamer]

ATARI 7800

1. TOWER TOPPLER
2. ALIEN BRIGADE
3. F-18 HORNET

For what is generally considered a crappy system these are 3 outstanding titles.

[ApolloBoy]

Atari 2600:
Superman("Thats a phone booth!)
Venture
Garfield( I know it never came out)

What's up with your choices?

1: Superman??!! Why?
2: no comment
3: At least the graphics are pretty good.

Have you even played the Games series (California, Summer, Winter), Pressure Cooker, and Solaris? Those games have the best graphics of any 2600 game IMO.

[Retsudo]

Snes- MK2, SF2, Gradius 3, Desert Strike.

PS1- Tekken 2,3, Ace Combat 2,3, Doom, Final Doom,Resident Evil.

Saturn- Galactic Attack, Virtua fighter 2, Darius Gaiden, All those 2d fighters from Capcom :evil:

[suppafly]

Hmm let me think about some memorable moments:

Ninja Gaiden II (NES)...in the scene before chapter 3, where youre watching the tower of lahja in a cut scene

Gunstar Heroes (GENESIS)...Theres a boss , not far from the end, its a running boss made up of green balls..and hes runnign around something that looks like a nuclear reactor....the rotation in that part of the game amazed me.

[VinnyT]

Atari 2600:
Superman("Thats a phone booth!)
Venture
Garfield( I know it never came out)

What's up with your choices?

1: Superman??!! Why?
2: no comment
3: At least the graphics are pretty good.

Have you even played the Games series (California, Summer, Winter), Pressure Cooker, and Solaris? Those games have the best graphics of any 2600 game IMO.

Venture was a joke.

[StrychNiNE]

Saturn
1.) Princess Crown
2.) Keio Yuugekitai
3.) Soukyugurentai

[ApolloBoy]

Atari 2600:
Superman("Thats a phone booth!)
Venture
Garfield( I know it never came out)

What's up with your choices?

1: Superman??!! Why?
2: no comment
3: At least the graphics are pretty good.

Have you even played the Games series (California, Summer, Winter), Pressure Cooker, and Solaris? Those games have the best graphics of any 2600 game IMO.

Venture was a joke.

Yeah, but why the other choices?

[hu6800]

OK I GOT TWO....


BMX XXX for the gamecube and xbox

Thats the closest any game has come in terms with real bike riding.
they only misnamed a few tricks.
Special effects? You see the SCORES CUT SCENES?


DOWNLOAD 2 for the PCEngine CDRom sys.
play all the way through the game and notice the wierd extra's
in the backgrounds and what not.
it still gets to me when i play this game.

[dreamcaster]

Nintendo 64:
1. Lylat Wars (StarFox 64) - An absolute visual treat (even to this day) and it left me jaw dropped when I first saw it. Amazing stuff.

2. Perfect Dark - Amazing. Period.

3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - A truly atmospheric game, mainly in thanks to it's wonderful, sweeping visuals.

Sega Dreamcast:
1. Soul Calibur - Still looks like a current generation game - and even more amazing considering that it was a launch title.

2. Shenmue - Again - it looks like it's running on an Xbox.

3. Dead or Alive 2 - Fast. Clean. Detailed. Slick. Exactly how a fighter should look.

Super NES:
1. Donkey Kong Country - Without a doubt, the finest looking game on the console.

2. Stunt Race FX - The BEST 3D graphics on the SNES.

3. Axelay - Excellent. Very detailed and smoothly scrolling.

Sony PlayStation:
1. Gran Turismo - Pushes the boundaries of that 32-bit machine to the edge.

2. R-Type Delta - The laser effects are absolutely stunning and the environments are fantastic. I was so surprised how well R-Type transferring into this quasi-3D blaster.

3. Final Fantasy VIII - The rendered backdrops are amazing from the word go, and every FMV is absolutely breathtaking.

[Evil E]

Dreamcast

- Rez
- Soul Calibur
- Dead or Alive 2

All have stunning graphics and minimal loading times... the way it should be. ;)

I agree!! Dreamcast without a doubt!! It is better graphically in certain areas than PS2--about the same amount of power as well.

[inkor]

Genesis :
Toy Story
Vectorman 2
GunStar Heroes
i agree with you

[BetaWolf47]

Lots of old threads!

NES:
Kirby's Adventure
Fire 'n Ice
Super Mario Bros. 3

Dreamcast:
Soul Calibur
Resident Evil 3

Neo-Geo:
Sengoku 3
King of Fighters '96 and on

Saturn:
Astal

[TheDomesticInstitution]

i agree with you

Are you a bot/spammer?

[NoahsMyBro]

@Inkor -
Inkor - your posts are certainly suspicious. If you have worthy conversational material to contribute I don't want to discourage you, but if you've got nothing to say other than "I agree" to multiple posts you'll likely find yourself rejected by our community in short order.

[Steve W]

Since this thread has been unnecessarily bumped, I might as well justify exhuming this corpse by throwing in a few picks of my own.

Atari 2600
Escape From The Mindmaster (Starpath Supercharger) - It's 3D maze is pretty impressive.
Pitfall II - I was surprised when I saw the waterfall and the undulating underground lake. Didn't know the 2600 could pull that off.
Battlezone - The enemy shot physics are really accurate as they fly past you when you're moving.

Atari 7800
Midnight Mutants - A giant Al Lewis graphic, screen sized bosses, and lots of good locations.
Alien Brigade - Nice backgrounds with lots of variety.
Tower Toppler - Great 3D effect as the towers smoothly scroll.

Atari Lynx
Blue Lightning - Amazing scrolling for its time.
Todd's Adventures in Slime World - I love how the environment is always pulsating and animated.
S.T.U.N. Runner - The Lynx easily throws the 3D graphics around as you fly through tunnels shooting drones.

Intellivision
Thunder Castle - Full size animated intro screens with large mazes that have animated sections (especially the 'devil' section).
Hover Force - You scroll over an island city with buildings and parks with a variety of terrain, well done graphics.
Diner - Great pseudo-3D levels with smoothly running animated elevators and sliding floors, and more levels than I could ever manage to reach.

[BetaWolf47]

That was a bit quick on the ban-hammer. If you look at his posting history, he definitely wasn't a bot. Quite the premature ban.

[theadeptgamer]

NES

Mega Man 1-6
Super Mario Bros. 3
Kirby's Adventure

SNES

Donkey Kong Country 1-3 (of course)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Killer Instinct

Genesis

Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master
Gunstar Heroes
Vectorman 1 and 2

Saturn

Radiant Silvergun
Nights into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon Saga

Playstation

Metal Gear Solid
Rayman
Ridge Racer 4

N64

Donkey Kong 64
Perfect Dark
Zelda: Majora's Mask

[Richter Belmount]

definitely the vectrex , white colored lines are awesome

[DOAsaturn]

I figure I'll chime in with my Jaguar top 3...

1) Rayman
2) Alien vs. Predator
3) Atari Karts

[Auto-Fox]

Sega Genesis:
- Ranger X.
- Viewpoint.
- Gley Lancer.
- Lightening Force (Thunder Force IV).

[Rob2600]

Some of the best graphics:

NES:

Batman: Return of the Joker
Castlevania III
Contra
Crisis Force
Kirby's Adventure
Mega Man 2
Punch-Out!!
TMNT II: The Arcade Game
Track & Field II - this is borderline Genesis quality


SNES:

Chrono Trigger
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
F-Zero
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Mortal Kombat II
Pilotwings
Street Fighter II: Turbo
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Story


N64:

All Star Baseball 2001
Conker's Bad Fur Day
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mortal Kombat 4
NFL Quarterback Club '99
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Resident Evil 2
Star Fox 64
Star Wars Episode One: Battle for Naboo
Wave Race 64
World Driver Championship

[M15fit]

all of the below looked excellent to me at 1st glance


Colecovision

Donkey Kong Junior
Donkey kong
Lady bug
Smurfs - terrible game, but looks great

Atari 2600

Pitfall
Pitfall 2

Intellivision

Burgertime - can anyone name an inty game that looks as arcade perfect as this?

Saturn

Exhumed/Powerslave - I was amazed at this on release, after the horrible doom port
Radiant silvergun
Samurai Showdown 4
Virtual On
Fighters Megamix
Dead or alive
Tusk
Wachenroder

Dreamcast

Blue Submarine No 6 - Graphically amazing, good game as well
Tokyo Bus Guide - Looked amazing on release, a living city
shenmue 1 and 2 - ambitious project, still looks amazing

[IOnEI Falcon]

Gamecube:
Starfox Adventures or Resident Evil 4

SNES:
Donkey Kong Country 1-3

Nintendo 64:
Perfect Dark

[tom]

Magnavox Odyssey

1: Interplanetary Voyage
2: Invasion
3: Wipeout
4: Brain Wave
5: Prehistoric Safari
6: Haunted House
7: Simon Says


Atari VCS

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/VCSX-MAN.jpg

[Icarus Moonsight]

definitely the vectrex , white colored lines are awesome

Then they go and ruin your day with overlays... But most do not know how right you are.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

NES:
Super Mario 3 (looks like a Genesis game)
Ninja Gaiden (love the scene where the castle appears in the distance)

Gameboy:
Metroid 2 (I didn't think Gameboy had the stuff to pull this game off)

Genesis:
Ghouls and Ghosts (bosses)

SNES:
Yoshi's Island (the scenary in this game should be in an art museum)

Saturn:
Nights

Dreamcast:
Toy Commander (really feels like you're in a house. Every object has physics and can be interacted with)
Crazy Taxi (omg, so much detail)

[Oldskool]

Genesis / Sega CD

Streets of Rage 2
Soul Star
Batman & Robin

[j_factor]

Playstation:

R.C. de Go!
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Rollcage Stage II

Game Boy Color:

Shantae
Dragon's Lair
Cannon Fodder

[Brianvgplayer]

NES:
Batman: Return of the Joker
Kirby's Adventure
Gun Nac

Genesis:
Alien Soldier
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Contra: Hard Corps

Sega CD:
Sonic CD
Soul Star
Battlecorps

Atari 2600:
Solaris
Radar Lock
California Games

GB b/w:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Batman: The Animated Series
Wario Land 2

GBC:
Toki Tori
Shantae
Cannon Fodder

SNES:
Yoshi's Island
Chrono Trigger
Super Metroid

Saturn:
Vampire Savior
Batsugun
Virtua Fighter 2

SMS:
Space Harrier 3D
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Phantasy Star

[j1e]

SNES:

Adventures of Batman & Robin

[joemoe]

Sega CD
1. Flink
2. Popful Mail
3. Lunar 2

[jammajup]

I like Shenmue 2 and Soul Calibur graphics on DC

[kafa111]

dreamcast
shenmue, skies of arcadia, pso, and sonic adventure 2
everything
everything
everything
everything
:D

[Guntz]

N64:

Conker's Bad Fur Day
Resident Evil 2
Perfect Dark

[mike_the_red]

Nintendo Gamecube :

1) Resident Evil (0, REmake, whatever)

No contest, really... Definitely the clear winner.

2) Metroid Prime 2

3) Zelda : Twilight Princess (Does dual release on 2 systems count?)

[Snesguy666]

Wii-
Conduit 2
Monster hunter Tri
FAST

[Colorado Rockies]

SNES:
1. DKC Trilogy
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Terranigma

Runner Up:
Final Fantasy III

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Atari Jaguar:

1. Alien vs. Predator
2. DOOM
3. well this is a hard console...

[Baloo]

Saturn:

1. NiGHTS into Dreams...
2. Burning Rangers
3. Sonic R

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Sega CD:
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Snatcher
Urusei Yatsura

Saturn:
Keio Yuugekitai/Flying Squadron 2
Astal
Clockwork Knight 1/2

NES:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Castlevania III

Gamecube:
Resident Evil Remake and 0
Star Wars: Rogue Leader
Twilight Princess