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    8-BIT
    Frogger-Starpath (Atari2600)
    Mayhem in Monsterland (Commodore64)
    Pac-Man (arcade)

    16-BIT
    Final Fantasy 6/Yoshi's Island (Super Nintendo)
    Dragon's Lair (Commodore Amiga)

    32-BIT: Final Fantasy 9/Pac-Man World (Playstation)

    64-BIT: The Legend of Zelda: Masks of Majora (N64)

    128-BIT: Ico (PS2)

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    Some games just look good. It doesn't matter that much what era they come from. A few games that still look good to me, and probably always will, are:

    Demon Attack
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Colony Wars
    Castlevania SOTN
    Radian Silvergun

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    Devil May Cry is pretty pretty.

    DOAVB is good looking too, but in a different tingly way.

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    Astal for the Saturn is the most beautiful game ever made.



    No Sega Saturn collection is complete without it. The 2D capabilities of the machine are what make Astal so gorgeous to look at.
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    I think Mario 3 looked way good fro the NES.

    My vote for best looking SNES game it Yoshi's island.

    PSX.....thats tough. Guilty Gear and Castlevania always will llok good due to the marvel of sprites (which it seems everyone but the people on this forum have forgotten about).

    On the DC my vote it for Virtual On, that and Project Justice, they both look fantastic.

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    Steel Battalion is by fasr the best looking suX-box game out (and incedentally the only reason I own it).

    MGS2 has my vote for the PS2, next up is GItaroo Man. It's one of those games where the graphics will always look good.
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    Panzer Dragoon for Xbox or FFX for PS2.

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    Splinter Cell for XBOX

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    Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
    Ikaruga
    Samurai Shodown series
    Guilty Gear X
    Super Mario 3 / World / Yoshi's Island
    Metal Slug series

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    2-D: Guilty Gear XX, Princess Crown

    3-D: Metroid Prime, Panzer Dragoon Orta

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    Pitfall 3D (PSX). Gorgeous game.

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    In addition to Metal Slug, Ikaruga, VO:OT, and Castlevania SOTN:

    Soul Calibur (DC) - still holds it's own against newer "128 bit" games
    Rayman (PSX) - very pretty, one of the prettiest 2d games I've seen
    Ridge Racer 64 - one of the finest on the N64
    Summer/Winter/California Games (2600) - I didn't know a 2600 game could look so good
    Gunstar Heros - excellence on the Genny
    Guardian Heros - ditto on the Saturn
    Axelay - ditto for SNES

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    @captain wrong

    rayman is not a psx game, it's a pc game converted to psx, and it looks WAY better on pc

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    Yeah, I know that. I'm just talking about how good the PSX version looked on a console that was notorious for not being 2d friendly!

    I haven't seen the PC version (or the Jag version for that matter) but what they got on the PSX was pretty impressive on it's own.

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    My pick overall for most beautiful would be Ico. Might not be strictly the best graphically (I've still think Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is the best PS2 game I own graphically), but it's got beauty in spades.
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    hmmm... here is my list:
    Tempest (arcade)
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    Panzer Dragoon series including Orta
    Chrono Trigger
    Lunar
    Radiant Silvergun
    Ikaruga
    Michief Makers
    Donkey Kong Country
    Garou, Mark of the Wolves
    Metal Slug series
    The Last Blade series
    Samurai Shodown series

    ....and a ton of others

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    gcn-metroid prime.
    snes-chrono trigger, super mario world.

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    Luigi's Mansion is a visually stunning game. Every texture is absolutely perfect. In fact, I'm drooling just thinking about it.
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    @ capt wrong: Rayman Jag version may be the best-looking game on that system! Some others IMO:

    Dragon: Bruce Lee Story
    Val D'Isere Skiing/Snowboarding
    Super BurnOut
    Pitfall: Mayan Adventure
    Dino Dudes (cool level design)
    Attack/Mutant Penguins (ditto)

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    Quote Originally Posted by brandver3
    I think Mario 3 looked way good fro the NES.


    Agree. I was comparing Mario 3 vs. Mario 1 this morning, and the most dramatic difference is the color. Mario 3 is vibrant, but the Mario 1 is kinda of "washed out." i.e. Mario looked like he washed his shirt too many times and now it's red-orange instead of bright red. Why would Mario 1 have a washed out appearance?
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