Beautiful retro games

[Anonymous No.1130526]

ITT: Post what you believe to be the most beautiful game that falls under the /vr/ rules.

You can post more than one if it's too hard to choose or if you want to make the thread more active.

It'll be hard for anyone to beat my choice you know it to be true.

[Anonymous No.1130532]

Saga Frontier 2

[Anonymous No.1130534]

And my runner up would be either pic related or Metal Slug

[Anonymous No.1130540]

>>1130532
Been wanting to play this. is Saga Frontier 1 required playing?

[Anonymous No.1130548]

>>1130540
Completely unrelated as far as I know. SF1 is a pretty damn cool game, though.

Anyway, to answer OP, I think Metal Slug 3.

[Anonymous No.1130572]

bumping

[Anonymous No.1130642]

oddworld

[Anonymous No.1130820]

Rayforce and Metal Slug 3

Sadly, in the more than a decade since MS3 there has still not been a more visually impressive 2D game. People just sort of gave up on drawing high quality dot art. Fighting games hardly count because there's so much less to draw in them compared to a long singleplayer experience full of different areas and enemies.

[Anonymous No.1131051]

Arcade games in general still look gorgeous today.

[Anonymous No.1131096]

I find it a bit redundant to post good looking 2D screenshots given that they always look pretty most of the time.

[Anonymous No.1131115]

[Anonymous No.1133130]

>>1131115
Beautiful game, interesting characters, sadly-unchallenging last boss.

Absolutely loved the visuals though.

[Anonymous No.1135421]

>>1130526
good choice OP

[Anonymous No.1135513]

>>1133130
I agree with all the positives about LoM (the worldbuilding was quite fun, too), but the lack of challenge was always there from the beginning. It's almost like playing a beat-'em-up like The Simpsons/X-Men/TMNT/Final Fight/etc. where your life is fully replenished after each individual enemy you fight. That makes it pretty damn hard to die.

[Anonymous No.1135542]

Castlevania SotN or the original Rayman hands down

[Anonymous No.1135554]

Albion

[Anonymous No.1135562]

Muh NIgro ,

LB2 4 life

Still play on ggpo from time to time

[Anonymous No.1135618]

>>1130526

[Anonymous No.1135635]

I implore you to find a more attractive game on the 2600

Well maybe Solaris...

[Jordan Parks No.1135685]

>>1135635
That is actually really fucking impressive on the Atari. Somebody actually tried to make the pixels form objects and scenery,

[Anonymous No.1135705]

Can't be usin 3S as an example but when SF3 first came out the sprite animation was really something else.

[Anonymous No.1135739]

>>1135635
2 of the best looking AND most fun games on the VCS

>>1135685
lol

[script writer kibe No.1135978]

Kolibri and Knuckles Chaotix are jaw absolutely dropping

[Anonymous No.1138238]

>>1135554
this, this, omfg this!

[Anonymous No.1138263]

>>1135978
Sonic CD as well.

[Anonymous No.1138275]

The original PS1 Spyro games have aged surprisingly well for early 3D games.

[Anonymous No.1138319]

>>1138275

I think it's a fallacy to say early 3D has aged poorly. Says who? I can play lots of games on the N64 and PS1 and be totally engrossed in the visuals.

[script writer kibe No.1138340]

>>1138319
>I think it's a fallacy to say early 3D has aged poorly

I agree. One time on RetroForce Go!, Chad said he couldn't go back and play Ocarina Of Time because the visuals made his eyes bleed. As much as I love that man in a completely non-sexual, I seethed with anger when he said that

Real gamers are not hindered by visuals dammit!

[Anonymous No.1138363]

Those old Capcom spriters could really animate well.

[Anonymous No.1138448]

>>1135542
Contain your nostalgia. SotN is not a particularly good-looking game.

[Anonymous No.1138506]

Contra Hard Corps. Technically it's not impressive by today's standards, but it has such a cool art direction. If this was as good as graphics ever got I would be happy.

[Anonymous No.1138534]

>>1138275
Videogames don't age, you do.

[Anonymous No.1138547]

>>1130526
Majora's Mask

I win

[Anonymous No.1138552]

>>1138448
I think it looks pretty damn good for a 2d game, and I played it for the first time only a few years ago.

[Anonymous No.1138603]

>>1130534

Mah niggah. I imported that game and played it to death. I remember thinking that multiple characters/paths were the future of RPG's, and we were on the cusp of a new future of interactive stories.

Well, I can dream.

[Anonymous No.1138606]

Bases Loaded

[Anonymous No.1138659]

>>1130526
>It'll be hard for anyone to beat my choice

nah - the first one has superior backgrounds

[Anonymous No.1138679]

>>1138319
I agree with you partly. I don't think early 3D games have aged poorly at all. I still vividly remember my utter disgust when I say them in the magazines. Of course I was blown away once I saw them in motion, but they were ugly even back then. It has nothing to do with age.

[Anonymous No.1138682]

>>1135635
Cosmic Arc...bitch!

[Anonymous No.1138684]

I fucking love the way the first Sword of Mana looks

[Anonymous No.1138814]

>>1135542
>this
>or that
>hands down

you have to choose one if you want to put your hands down

[Anonymous No.1138828]

>>1138363
>cartoonishly emphasized motion
>bad

[Anonymous No.1139018]

>>1138828
>implying compliments are insults

what you talkin bout

[Anonymous No.1141862]

>>1138828
I wasn't being sarcastic or anything, I was genuinely complimenting their ability to do exaggerated, cartoonish animation well. If you read some of the interviews and such with those spriters, you can tell they really had a passion for their craft.

[Anonymous No.1142137]

True Love