/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9184065
I'm not the type of person who ranks every /vr/ game as superior to modern games, but ms sprite work and design have yet to be surpassed.

I dunno about best but I'm partial to Super Castlevania IV. CV in general has great spritework but IV is like watching at beautiful paintings every time I play it.
Also love the Darkstalkers games. CPS2 games in general are beautiful.

>CV IV
>pretty

lol

Top Banana, no contest.

>>9184065
Batman (NES)
Galaga
Symphony of the Night
Battle Garegga
Mario Bros. (arcade)
Street Fighter 2 - World Warrior

And Streets of Rage 2

Metal Storm (NES) looks incredible.

Street Fighter Alpha 3
More consistence, incredible anime style, colors, volume and animations.

>>9184065
Guilty Gear XX # Reload.

Seiken Densetsu 3.

>>9184112
Try hards at Irem always making things so detailed. Not gonna see that on an indie game in 2022.

>>9184218
The style of this game is so ishikawa

>>9184218
Or anywhere else ever again, for that matter. Wonder how much knowledge was lost after 3D took over entirely in the mid 00s

>>9184269
i don't think humanity forgot how to draw. skills specific to pixel art like dithering and sub-pixel animation are still known about among pixel artists. i can see knowledge pertaining to working around hardware limitations being lost though

bump

>>9184162
i prefer sf3

>>9184162
God damn I wish that was me.

Probably not the best, but Earthworm Jim is animated in a very soulful, cartoony style.

>>9185813
It's certainly an interesting move.

>>9185878
The dev of Crash Bandicoot told me in a youtube video that they made the first cartoony video game ever made, therefore Earthworm Jim doesn't exist so I'm sorry but it doesn't count.

>>9184218
There's some pretty good looking modern indie games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tPOlC4f2eA

>>9184065
>best
no clue
Beyond Oasis is a top tier, at least with the bosses. Wish I liked the game more than I did, because by god did they try to make it look cool.

Super Tempo has a fantastic look to it. Too bad the game isnt as good as to match its stellar visuals.

>>9184065
Street Fighter III, hands down

Even if you don't play SF or video games at all it's easy to appreciate and admire the animation in it

You posted it op. I don't think it can be topped to be honest.

I feel like it's really hard to surpass Metal Slug, it almost seems like cheating.

>>9184065
there's probably better but what i played of yoshi's island was very pretty
i've seen the final boss, pretty impressive and not just the actual rock
sotn has some great backgrounds as well, love the waterfall zone

>>9186098
idk if this explanation makes sense but this game looks like what a modern indie game developer thinks retro games look like

>>9186489
>retro style indie games were inspired by retro games
big revelation there, genius

>>9184108
Soul

Breath of Fire 4. 3 ain't no slouch either

>>9184065
No other 2D game looks as good as SOTN, even though it has quite a few reused enemies from previous games, the spritework in general is still unparallaled, especially Alucard's fluid animations. It's a timeless visual masterpiece on every level.

>>9186384
>rotoscoped
meh

>>9187926
Do you know how animation works?

>>9186384
I think SF3 looks ugly as sin. Everything is constantly floaty and wobbly. Fucking barf.

Some arcade game I guess.

>>9187940
I think capcom vs snk looks better but SF3 still looks great

>>9184065

>>9184065
Gabriel Knight

>>9187996
pedo gb2/a/

Don't call it "sprite work" if you're going to include any and all pixel art because it makes you sound like a dumbo who doesn't know what a sprite is, just call it "pixel art" like the Japanese do with their dots.

Make smart and efficient usage of different sprite sizes on SNES as well as optimized spacing of all the sprites in the ROM = good sprite work, but that has nothing to do with how good it looks.

>>9187926
Draw and animate something from the ground up.

>>9187956
Better screenshot.

>>9187940
I agree.

>>9187940
yep, it's one of those cases of going too far "because they could". Technical advancement making things worse because the devs get carried away with pushing "what can be done" to the max without ever stopping to wonder if it looks good.

>>9188052
>Unless you can do better yourself don't criticize others
I'm not even that anon, but don't be a faggot.

>>9187996
I don't think she's even in the game. I tried.

>>9186526
Can't wait to get to these. I started with the first game and I'm working my way up

>>9184218
>>9184065
Same devs
Look it up
Metal Slug guys worked at Irem, went indie, worked and Irem again, then went indie again.

>>9186489
Little Samson kinda feels that way to me.

>>9186489
>idk if this explanation makes sense but this game looks like what a modern indie game developer thinks retro games look like

Nah, an actual retro indie game would have more colours also flashy bright dynamic lights to clash with the pixel art

>>9187996
what console?

>>9188052
That's how it's usually done, yes.

>>9184218
Wow. Only now I saw the blood during those punches.

>>9186098
This is, without a doubt, the best game with the worst soundtrack I played in my life.
And also the first game I had to play with the sound of my TV off.

>>9186489
Now that you talk about it, even the fucking OST feels like that. Was this game made by time travelers?

>>9186052
Looks extra generic

Not exactly the best, but I enjoyed the sprite work in this game.

>>9184218
>That boss's main attack is literally a giant cock

>>9184082
Top Banana and Letrouve were based

>>9184065
Metal Slug games immediately come to mind.

>>9189054
Why is the color palette so dark? Had to mess with shaders on retroarch to see details properly.

>>9184072
I hate super castlevania 4 is so goddamned boring

For me, Ultima 1.
What can I say, peak soul

>>9185757
look at dat ass

>>9189054
Is that a massive dick?

>>9189054
That's a penis.