Ransom Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 What is the most visually beautiful Atari 2600 game? Which visual display really shows off what can be done with the system by an artistic programmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 What is the most visually beautiful Atari 2600 game? Which visual display really shows off what can be done with the system by an artistic programmer? Medieval Mayhem has a beautiful animated dragon and victory march animation so that's up there for me. A-VCS-tec Challenge has some nice graphics too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 How about some of those amazing demos, like The Core? That was cool. Activision games are very pleasing to the eye. Medieval Mayhem is hard to beat though. That dragon is just to well animated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) For me, Space Shuttle Robot Tank California Games Solaris Tomcat Double Dragon was a cool achievement too. UPDATED: After reading this thread, I'll add SMURF in there too. I'd never really wanted to play it but is it ever impessive graphically on both the 2600 and Colecovision. Edited March 23, 2008 by DracIsBack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Tunnel Runner death sequence is cool. He-Man victory screen always blew me away. Atlantis had great sound and explosions of those tiny ships. While Strawberry Shortcake is a ridiculously poor excuse for a 'game', the characters look great. Here's an old thread with some more stuff like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Smurf..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 California Games has exceptional visuals and should be on the list. I also have a great admiration for Activision games that use the sunset effects - I'll throw Enduro out there for one. However, I think simple games can be beautiful in their own way, so I personally, for example, find Adventure, Kaboom!, and Activision Tennis beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnukem Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have always really found Pitfall to be pleasing to the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasholzer Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 of course, there is the 'sexy Blondine': Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Pitfall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Lady Bug by Champ Games and Smurf Rescue by Coleco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I like the graphics on Nukey's pacman hack Hack'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Medieval Mayhem has a beautiful animated dragon and victory march animation so that's up there for me. Medieval Mayhem is hard to beat though. That dragon is just to well animated. Thanks! espire8 did a great job in creating the dragon graphics and animation sequences, plus he came up with the idea for the marching knight. If he hadn't then trophies would have been used as follows: Round Winner Game Winner Here's a quicktime video(3.2 MB, 1:17 minutes) for those who haven't seen the dragon & knight in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 BMX Airmaster has, in my opinion, NES quality graphics. Beautiful, especially the boardwalk level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I love the graphics in H.E.R.O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espire8 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Medieval Mayhem has a beautiful animated dragon and victory march animation so that's up there for me. Medieval Mayhem is hard to beat though. That dragon is just to well animated. Wow! Thanks guys! That really made my day because MM was released over a year ago and I never read any player appreication for it like this before! I'm even still concerned if much of anybody know about the eastereggs --not much reports about it's discovery. However, the game's looks in no way can surpass it's perfectly balanced gameplay -that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 there is something about comic ark that i always found wonderful, turmoil too. the modern demos/etc are of course very impressive. oystron i also find very appealing. I still find stargate to be amazing looking on the 2600, crystal castles too. Of course, Solaris as well. I also think tapper does an sweet job on the 2600, love the look of krull as well, especially the spider web part. There are many others I certainly agree with lady bug and medieval mayhem and avcstec, impressive all. boulder dash looks pretty sweet too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 E.T. Yep. I was blow away by the intro screen, and the rest of the characters were larger than most characters in 2600 games. Yeh, still impressed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Originals: - Pressure Cooker - Keystone Kapers - E.T. Homebrews: - Toyshop Trouble - Ladybug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Ice Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've always liked the look of Demon Attack, especially those little baby demons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 The Surf's Up title screen is kinda cool, though they kinda did butcher Surfin' USA with that wrong few notes. And Pete Rose's Baseball's title screen is graphically impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 If you include the use of the Starpath Supercharger, "The Official Frogger" is easily the best title IMHO. I know I am cheating since it is not stock hardware but it produces the best GFX I've ever seen on a 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Homebrews:- Toyshop Trouble Thanks. It was hard getting all 26 frames of animation for the elf, but Nathan Strum really did a great job with his character animation and his toy designs. If I do a sequel to TT, I may go back and add some more toys, since I couldn't use all of Nathan's great toys in my first game. As for 'original era' games with beautiful graphics, Dark Chambers and Centipede both have gorgeous title screens. Airlock's is pretty good by 2600 standards, too (too bad the rest of the game isn't). Grand Prix has gorgeous looking cars, and Dolphin manages some very nice looking sprites. Spitfire Attack and Space Chase both have a pretty good initial 'wow' factor, though the wow factor of the latter wears off after a few seconds. According to Rob Fulup, his Demon Attack was the first game where a professional artist was hired to do the graphics. Boy did it show. Those demons look great compared with the usual programmer-designed graphics of other games. On the other hand, what games have better looking ducks than Adventure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 E.T. Yep. I was blow away by the intro screen, and the rest of the characters were larger than most characters in 2600 games. Yeh, still impressed by it. Yep got to agree with you on that. I still remember the day I rented it from my local video store for I spent a good ten minutes just sitting and watching the intro screen thinking how incredible it looked on the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 How about some of those amazing demos, like The Core? That was cool. Activision games are very pleasing to the eye. Medieval Mayhem is hard to beat though. That dragon is just to well animated. "The Core?" Hmmm I have not seen any demos for the VCS that are not games. Could you tell me where I may find "The Core" and other non-game VCS demos, please. Sounds really cool! I like tech demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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