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[MaschinenZimmer]

Possessioner for PC-98.

A 1994 game called Possessioner by Queensoft for PC98. And yes it's an ero adventure game.

Thank you both. It looks great. The game seems to have a fantastic artstyle. I would probatly just play it for the visuals.

 

[Shion]

Time for some 8-bit love.

Vice: Project Doom - NES

 

[2+2=5]

Which were in turn influenced by Hollywood movies

This concept art here was originally painted by Syd Mead for the movie Blade Runner:

And of course, Snatchers interpretation of it:

Interpretation? I would call it straight ripoff lol.

 

[FStop7]

OK, so now I'm watching episodes of Cyber City OEDO 808 thanks to this thread. The art is gorgeous.

 

[Imbarkus]

Hell yeah original Flashback.

I also remember Rise of the Dragon, sort of a Snatcher wannabe (I loved Snatcher too but it's already been posted):

Also:

Amazing Spider-man vs The Kingpin for Sega CD, the first Spider-Man game to let you free-roam around all of Manhattan.

 

[lordmrw]

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Final-Fight-3-U043.png

Final Fight 3

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Rival-Turf-U052.png

Rival Turf

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/gallery/sonic-the-hedgehog-3/sonic_the_hedgehog_3_u_175.jpg

Sonic 3

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/gallery/aladdin/aladdin-u-013.png

Aladdin SNES

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/gallery/aero-blasters/aero_blasters_u-005.png

Aeroblasters

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/High-Seas-Havoc-U-001.jpg

High Seas Havoc

http://www.retrogameage.com/wp-cont..._Shot_Starring_Donald_Duck_REV_00_JUE_026.jpg

Quakshot

 

[Barkley's Justice]

This one always seemed mysterious to me:

Spoiler

It's from the Wet-Dry World in Super Mario 64.

This looks like Granada with the Alhambra in the background. Or maybe Greece?

 

[Tain]

Cyber City Oedo 808 is great.

 

[ichtyander]

Karnov's Revenge has a pretty sweet night cityscape stage:

 

[CHC]

Might be cheating (a la Snatcher) but it fits the bill.... Beneath a Steel Sky.

Also for anyone that's into this stuff I recommend checking out Noirlac, all stuff from old obscure Japanese PC games mainly.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Karnov's Revenge has a pretty sweet night cityscape stage:

That's one of my favourites posted so far.

 

[Alo81]

These 3 are my favorite from this thread. I blew them up to 2x size because I think they look even better at a larger size.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

cool thread

 

[Olly88]

 

[CrunchyFrog]

I'm not sure these count as 16-bit, but they look great:

Does anyone know what games these are from? I got them from GAF and I've tried to search for the original thread on here but haven't been able to track it down. I think it was like forgotten Japanese RPG's or something like that.

2nd one is from Cyber City Oedo 808: Attribute of the Beast, for PC-Engine

 

[CHC]

Woooooowww. What game again? Sorry

 

[Raydeen]

 

[Ashodin]

Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter!

yes that is a giant foot

 

[Poltergust]

This is 16-bit!? How?

 

[Olly88]

 

[Phreak47]

The beauty... the serenity that seems evident... belies the horror within.

I must climb a nearby hilltop. I need time.

 

[Phreak47]

This is 16-bit!? How?

Fucking Mode 7 man. Mode 7.

(Okay, not really sure.)

 

[maxcriden]

It's kind of small but I've always dug Casino Night's glitzy city backdrop.

Actually while i'm on the series, Stardust Speedway has a similar sort of background, well except a lot messier looking.

Always really dug the music and design of Casino Night.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Woooooowww. What game again? Sorry

I believe it's Freeman's stage from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

Topic says 16-bit, but you also mention 8-bit, so I can't believe I'm the first one to post this classic from Punch-Out. Great topic btw, love these photos! I'm definitely more a wilderness kind of guy though

I was looking for this!!!, thanks now i'm a happy man.

 

[Dennis]

Too.much.nostalgia.

 

[Lijik]

Cheating but I liked Sonic Advance 3's Route 99 a whole lot:

It had a Rocky Rodent vibe which was an actual 16-bit era game with rad cityscapes:

Wish I could find a larger screen of that night one

 

[Yamauchi]

Can I throw in an 8-bit villagescape?

Mark Ferrari's famous color cycling

 

[DoDonGouki]

Nice thread !

I always loved this here ( but its 8bit)

Sonic 1 Master System

 

[Brannon]

I've always wondered why 16-bit cities in games made by Japanese companies have so many buildings. I mean it was nice, but it seemed to be overkill

Then you realize what they see every day

I mean...

...Damn...

They were just drawing inspiration from real life

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Nothing beats the delicious pixelart nostalgia of the 8 and 16 bit days when gaming was an innocent hobby for introverts.

Especially love steets of rage, mega man, mike tyson punch out, and rampage.

 

[kinggroin]

Contra 3 and Vigilante respectively

 

[Deleted member 74300]

No Megaman 7?

 

[qq more]

Sprite based cityscapes are absolutely beautiful. They're one of my favorite gaming backgrounds.

 

[HellBlazer]

Can I throw in an 8-bit villagescape?

Mark Ferrari's famous color cycling

Holy shit, this is amazing. I just checked out that guy's website, his animation examples are brilliant: http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

Cycling the palette colors to create animations instead of creating different frames is pretty clever.

 

[bronk]

Shadowrun Snes

 

[Alo81]

Holy shit, this is amazing. I just checked out that guy's website, his animation examples are brilliant: http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

Cycling the palette colors to create animations instead of creating different frames is pretty clever.

I believe this is basically just effectively using transparencies.

 

[Hugo!]

Thanks for making this thread, glad I'm not the only one that likes this kind of thing.

 

[Dennis]

Can I throw in an 8-bit villagescape?

Mark Ferrari's famous color cycling

OH MY GOD

This is so good it should be its own thread.

 

[John Rabbit]

 

[Biker19]

It's kind of small but I've always dug Casino Night's glitzy city backdrop.

Actually while i'm on the series, Stardust Speedway has a similar sort of background, well except a lot messier looking.

I think that both of those cities are great.

 

[Alo81]

OH MY GOD

This is so good it should be its own thread.

There's actually an even better version of it on the site that I made a GIF out of a while ago.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

Can I throw in an 8-bit villagescape?

Mark Ferrari's famous color cycling

What game?

 

[legacyzero]

That is one BAD looking city.

 

[mr jones]

What game?

There's the rub...

 

[Coreda]

Might be breaking the rules, but Snatcher has gorgeous cityscapes.

Came to post this. Cyberpunk cityscapes > regular cityscapes.

What game?

It's not a game.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Funny thing about Casino Night, I consider it one of my favourite Zone themes in Sonic so I was looking forward to Lost Worlds homage to it, while it looked nice it didn't have anywhere near the same appeal as the real deal and the reason has to be that there was no cityscape, it just ain't right without it.

Holy shit, this is amazing. I just checked out that guy's website, his animation examples are brilliant: http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

Cycling the palette colors to create animations instead of creating different frames is pretty clever.

Just went through every one of these, so good.

 

[-PXG-]

I lose my shit every time I see old school SNK backgrounds. Sonic 2's Chemical Plant is one of personal faves.

Although not 16 bit, MM X4's first stage had my all time favorite city background.

X's music for that level is pure, video gamey goodness.

 

[HellBlazer]

What game?

It's not a game.

Um, yes it is. Those scenes are used in Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage, an attempt at adapting the card game into some kind of RTS. Unfortunately, 1) it's terrible, and 2) that amazing art has nothing in common with the actual art style during gameplay.

 

[Coreda]

Um, yes it is. Those scenes are used in Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage, an attempt at adapting the card game into some kind of RTS. Unfortunately, 1) it's terrible, and 2) that amazing art has nothing in common with the actual art style during gameplay.

Good to know, actually. Shame it doesn't state this on the page as I would have liked to have known this earlier.