Do any 8 bit or 16 bit game graphics still impress you?

[sggg]

I'd like to add to my earlier comments that I look at games as art. They are living breathing interactive digital art. So, each console is just a different medium. What people do with the medium is create art and what is a masterpiece in 1986 is still a masterpiece in 2002 for me.

I still love to look closely at the simple sprites used in SMS games, for example, and marvel at how such wonderful beautiful things were created with limited numbers of pixels and colours.

[Jeremy]

I look at the transitional colors used in games like Outrun and stare in amazement. It's astonishing to see what the developers where able to crank out with such limited hardware at their disposal. Their hard work has payed off in spades because now, YEARS later, their work is still be discussed, and even more amazingly, it's still being praised.

[Shin Johnpv]

Super Mario World 2 Yoshis Island

[Gooch]

Originally posted by opa-opa
I still think 8 and 16 bit games look better than any 3D game these days.

C'mon now!

[OmegaFlareX]

I remember playing Mega Man 2 last week and still being impressed with the graphics (minus the slightly jerky background scrolling common in all NES Mega Mans).

Castlevania IV on SNES never ceases to amaze me what the SNES is capable of, both visually and aurally. The prologue music (you know, the gravestone scene) is an absolute masterpiece of SPC programming.

[Jeremy]

Gooch, opa-opa= troll.

[Tyler_Durden]

Originally posted by opa-opa
I still think 8 and 16 bit games look better than any 3D game these days.

You're a fucking idiot.

[Jeremy]

Notice how opa-opa never actually backs things up after he says them? It's like he waits for people to point out specific holes in his logic before explaining himself.

[Click_Stick]

MS3... MotW, anyone?

[rezo]

A solid looking will always remain so. That said, the intro to FFVI is still gorgeous, and will most likely always remain so. The walking through the snow part is amazing.

this is true. If a game looks good, it will always look good. You need only sharpen up on whether or not you're praising the relative technical brilliance of the artists, or the art itself. I can love the look in Calvin & Hobbes as easily as I can in a piece that is hyper realistic and took years to make, just as I can love the Downtown Nekketsu look in favor of many modern 2D games with more colors/ animation/characters, etc.