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[HellBlazer]

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

Um, yeah I guess I linked directly to the site hosting the animated versions. Here's his gallery of 8-bit art with some short descriptions: http://markferrari.com/art/8bit-game-art/

 

[ichtyander]

Some more Sega Genesis/Megadrive goodness:

Outrun 2019:

Pusleman:

Phantom 2040:

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

What's this from? :O

 

[Vorg]

What's this from? :O

I wonder if the people posting the pics but not the games get some kind of kick out of seeing a huge number of posts asking the same question.

 

[DoDonGouki]

What's this from? :O

I believe it's from Waku Waku 7 (NeoGeo).

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I like how the best examples posted in this "16-bit Cityscapes" thread are examples that are not from 16-bit games.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I like how the best examples posted in this "16-bit Cityscapes" thread are examples that are not from 16-bit games.

The Neo Geo games are the best examples, and that is a 16-bit system.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

I like this thread

 

[amnesiac]

The best

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Thread needs more Turtles in Time (SNES).

 

[Miguel81]

Aladdin SNES
I remember being so impressed with the parallax background of Agrabah

Rad Racer II(freakin' loved this stage as a kid)

 

[mktrOOp]

 

[Voliko]

Shin Megami Tensei II - Super Famicom

I always thought it was a little strange since the game is set in a post-apocalyptic world.

 

[Pyccko]

This thread is magnificent. Bookmarking this for the ages.

 

[Conezays]

Thread dedicated to 16-bit cityscapes?!

 

[gingerbeardman]

Future Wars (Amiga/ST)

F-Zero (SNES)

Came in here to post those two - bravo!

 

[Olly88]

Power Blade

Fievel Goes West

Action in New York

 

[Fularu]

I'm really surprised at the lack of Strider so far.

 

[Andrax]

I miss 16 bit... so much character in such "crappy" graphics. I love it.

Spoiler

Streets Of Rage--Intro Music

 

[Miguel81]

I miss 16 bit... so much character in such "crappy" graphics. I love it.

Spoiler

Streets Of Rage--Intro Music

GTFO, 16-bit is timeless

 

[Fularu]

GTFO, 16-bit is timeless

I'm prety sure he was beeing sarcastic

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Cyber City Oedo 808 is great.

So I've heard.

Spoiler

A-Train IV

.

 

[Al13n]

My god, this is just cyberpunk (except for the last one) p*rn.. Thanks for posting this!!!

 

[Andrax]

I'm prety sure he was beeing sarcastic

Yeah sorry, haha. I was highlighting a point of view of many! Especially "kids these days" doubt my little brother would like this thread.

Like I said, I love it

 

[Miguel81]

Yeah sorry, haha. I was highlighting a point of view of many! Especially "kids these days" doubt my little brother would like this thread.

Like I said, I love it

True, they would think it's too primitive.

 

[Poltergust]

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.

Um, are you telling me that these are possible on an NES?

 

[Al13n]

Um, are you telling me that these are possible on an NES?

If NES supported a higher resolution, I think it might be possible. Isn't the "BIT" part about how many colors are being used in this case?

 

[Jules Coast]

I love this fucking thread. Can someone make a collage/wallpaper of the best ones?

 

[zero shift]

Why put in this much work for a light hentai game?

 

[Poltergust]

If NES supported a higher resolution, I think it might be possible. Isn't the "BIT" part about how many colors are being used in this case?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. NES games are too pixelated to support these kinds of graphics.

Although, just imagine if the graphics processors of today were available 30 years ago. You probably would have seen these kinds of things in an NES.

 

[NotSelf]

 

[HellBlazer]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. NES games are too pixelated to support these kinds of graphics.

Right, these scenes are 640x480, while the NES's standard resolution is 256x240, so quite a difference (5 times the number of pixels). The NES's limited 54-color palette probably would also pose problems when trying to render these kind of scenes, even at lower resolution.

 

[Olly88]

Darkwing Duck

Super Hang-On

Terminator

TMNT

 

[Fularu]

Um, are you telling me that these are possible on an NES?

8 bit colors means 2^8 = 256 colors displayed on screen. The NES can't ever hope to achieve such a result. (and I doubt the trick used here would even be possible on it).

For reference, the NES color palette only contains 54 useable colors.

 

[Fjordson]

Can I throw in an 8-bit villagescape?

Mark Ferrari's famous color cycling

Oh wow. I wish this were an RPG.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

This thread is incredible. Two quick Master System game shots.

Assault City

Superman

 

[Yamauchi]

OH MY GOD

This is so good it should be its own thread.

I kinda figured there was already a thread dedicated to it, which is why I dropped it in here. I knew people who appreciated retro art would love his stuff.

Thanks HellBlazer for pointing people to http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/ -- That's what introduced me to his work.

Yeah, Mark Ferrari's stuff is in games. And, as already mentioned, most of the games are shite. Had he worked on some badass RPGs or point-and-click adventures, they would have no doubt been some of the most beautiful 8/16-bit games ever created.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

It's a modern game, and I'm not sure if this artwork was going to be featured in the game itself, but Blood Alloy's website banner had a cool example of this. Here's a (sadly tiny) look at it:

I don't know what the game's status is since the Kickstarter failed, but it looked interesting.

 

[666]

Cool thread bro. Cool thread.

 

[Heart of Black]

Zombie Nation (NES)

King of Monsters (Neo Geo)

Combatribes (Arcade/SNES)

Megaman X

 

[Godslay]

Really makes sense now that Fox is in Denver.

 

[Fjordson]

Hope these aren't a repost:

Apologies if old.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

not from a game but the promos from danger were amazing this thread reminded me of them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGSnhYsZLw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZkJm05XbI

 

[ScHlAuChi]

Nice thread, here are my contributions, that i just ripped:

Metal Masters (Amiga - double the original size and looped)


Warau Salesman (Mega CD)

 

[Tain]

nsfw but people in this thread would probably like this tumblr: http://rekall.tumblr.com/

Why put in this much work for a light hentai game?

what are hentai games if not all about aesthetics? lol

 

[Fjordson]

nsfw but people in this thread would probably like this tumblr: http://rekall.tumblr.com/



what are hentai games if not all about aesthetics? lol

This is great.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

This is an awesome thread.

 

[AmyS]

Does neo geo count as 16 bit?

Of course it does.

Neo-Geo is absolutely 16-Bit.

Just because Neo-Geo had games that far surpassed the 16-Bit home consoles, does not mean Neo Geo was anything more than a 16-bit system. The CPU configuration was the same as the Megadrive / Genesis, a 68000 and Z80, but clocked faster. The real difference was because of Neo Geo's array of powerful custom chips for graphics & audio, just like most 16-bit arcade platforms of day.


BTW, Last Resort was awesome, one of my favorite shmups for the system. It gets overlooked a lot because of Pulstar.

 

[MidgarBlowedUp]

Would honestly pay money to have these large enough, and to still look good, inside some kind of high quality digital photo frame that I could hang on a wall. I can't imagine seeing some of these on a Sony BVM monitor in person.

 

[AmyS]

Air Buster