Best graphics on Sega Genesis?

[TheRedEye]

The Adventures of Batman & Robin. Some of the later stages are pretty impressive looking, the Mad Hatter boss stage stands out in particular.

This would be my suggestion as well, in terms of being technically impressive. If you're asking for most visually appealing, I might have to go with Ristar or Dynamite Headdy.

[ShinobiMan]

I'm going to have to say Sonic 3 & Knuckles just because of how huge that game really is... the graphics play a huge part. Take a look at the first level in the Knuckles portion of the game (The one with the mushrooms).

[Therealqtip]

i know vectorman has good graphics

[HappehLemons]

are you asking about which game pushed the genesis graphics capabilities the most, or the most visually appealing game?

even today, this needs to be clarified, pushing the capabilities on a system does not mean the style is pleasing to look at. art style should praised or condemned rather than the technical prowess of the programmers

Yeh, I'm not looking for something that pushes the limit, just something that looks good.

[Garry Silljo]

Yeh, I'm not looking for something that pushes the limit, just something that looks good.

Xperts is total shit, but it has decent graphics.

[kupomogli]

Light Crusader, Mega Man the Wily Wars, Crusader of Centy, and Shinobi 3 have good graphics.

[thom_m]

Alien Soldier. And say whatever you want, but I love the look of Heavy Nova.

[Sabz5150]

Thunderforce 4 AKA Lightening Force

Gotta +1 this. But if you count the 32X... Kolibri.

[sleazeroxx86]

I agree with alot of these options. Personally I like the Vectorman, Ecco, and Sonic & Knuckles choices.

[Zebbe]

Streets of Rage II & III
Toejam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Shining Force II
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
Super Fantasy Zone
Quackshot
Gleylancer
Monster World IV
Musha Aleste
Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen

+ most mentioned above

[4ever2600]

I don't believe anyone mentioned Virtua Racing. I was the only Sega cart that used a special DSP chip to push a ton of polygons. Plus AM programming. Great game, pushed the Genny to it's limit I would have to say... DSP chip was to compete with SNES Star Fox and Doom FX Chip. Sadly, only game to use it was VR... Even Virtua Fighters didn't use the chip but had close graphics... Hope this helps...

Also, Definately Zero Tolerance (Doom Clone) Also Duke Nukem and Bloodshot (both Doom Clones that were only Euro / Austrailian released).

All three of these games were first person perspective games.

[fahlim003]

Streets of Rage II & III
Toejam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Shining Force II
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
Super Fantasy Zone
Quackshot
Gleylancer
Monster World IV
Musha Aleste
Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen

+ most mentioned above

Sunset Fighters (Makyo Toitsusen) has good animation but 1/2 the backgrounds are very dull and aren't anything to write home about. Great game though, especially with a Sega Tap.

Alien Solider and GunStar also both look terrific. Plenty of good mentions here. I would've added Ristar too.

[c0ldb33r]

I don't believe anyone mentioned Virtua Racing.

Sadly, only game to use it was VR... Even Virtua Fighters didn't use the chip but had close graphics...

I was going to say Virtua Raching.

But, I have clarify something with Virtua Fighter. VF for the Genesis didn't use the chip and doesn't look anything like the original or VR. The 32X version was close to the arcade, but that's not a genesis game.

[hush]

There have been alot of games thrown up here and most have my vote its interesting to see some of the choices made im still a novice to the collecting aspect of gaming and am learning alot from reading these types of threads
but i will add that even though i did not like ecco it was a visually fgreat looking game and i was also a big fan of the early sonic stuff

[The 1 2 P]

Dragon Ball Z(Japanese import)
Double Dragon

[j_factor]

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

[suppafly]

Panorama cotton has the best 3d effects on a genesis game

For 2d games it is hard to beat Lightening Force

[Blitzwing256]

flashback and out of this world both impressed me.

[swlovinist]

TMNT Hyperstone Heist

2nd Red Zone. It has a ton of awsome programming tricks and must be played to be seen.

[tomaitheous]

Yeh, I'm not looking for something that pushes the limit, just something that looks good.

This is what I was going to ask too. Games that just look good color/hue/graphics/design wise?

Gaiares <- the graphics were impressive BITD and still hold up. Really beautiful looking game.

TF4 <- while some really contrast-y colors here and there, overall the graphics are awesome.

Gunstar Heroes <- just an overall amazing job with such limitations.

Sonic series <- all of them. They look fantastic. Games are tweaked for Genesis master palette and subpalettes.

I consider those games to show off the Genesis. There are other games that are nice and/or clean, average to above average, but I don't consider them impressive.

I definitely don't consider Vectorman to have impressive color/graphics. Very limited/monotone-ish palette range overall per area. Streets of Rage (any of them) are awesome games, but not impressive graphically. Contra HC has poor use of shades if viewed RGB or unfiltered. Valis III (one of my fav Genesis carts) has above average/great graphics and would almost make the list.

So, I'll make a runners up list:

Valis III
PSIV
Eliminate Down
Shinobi 3
TF3 (which I like better then TF4)
Ristar (not impressive, but nice)
Phelios (going from memory on that one)

Damn, it's hard to make as list. While there aren't many overly 'impressive' per se, the majority of games are above average compared to what the system is setup for color and subpalettes wise. That makes it difficult to separate them.

Oh and just looking at the pics of Pier Solar, I'd put that onto the impressive list.