Trooper Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Hi everyone! I'm just curious, since I don't own a 2600 myself, as to what game in your opinion(s) have the most impressive graphics and why? Cheers! Troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Solaris...nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 (and here's no 2000....) I still think 2600 Solaris has the most impressive graphics, great 3d effects, 3d spherical planet 3d scrolling, awesome huge multicolored planets in space, all the enemies are hued and gradieneted. Solaris looks like no other 2600 game I've ever seen, and to this day challeneges what I think about when I think of what a 2600 can do graphically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Yup. Solaris. No competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numan Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Surround, because who needs all that sprite garbage, just make a game by programming the background, nice and simple:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Me too (and here's no 2000....) What'll ya do when u post 2600...get it??hehe post a BIG Atari VCS picture..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Yup. Solaris. No competition. You don't know what you are talking about. Skeet Shoot, Space War, and Video Olympics have much better graphics than Solaris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 What about Gunslinger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Solaris no doubt. At points it looks as good as some of the early NES games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Solaris is definitley up there for best graphics. But there's GOT to be other contenders out there! What about BMX Airmaster? Or how about Skateboardin'? Commando? Radar Lock? Xenophobe? Off The Wall? Tapper? Crossbow? Crystal Castles? Escape from the Mindmaster? Ikari Warriors? Jungle Hunt? Pete Rose Baseball? Road Runner? Smurf Rescue? Surf's Up? Track & Field? Tunnel Runner? There are a lot of 2600 games with great graphics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 I also add my vote for "Solaris". It's a great game all around. One of the best 2600 titles out there. Now there are other 2600 games that have good graphics, but lest we forget, "Great eye candy doth not a great game make." Fortunately, "Solaris" still gets the vote as one of my top 2600 games because it delivers the goods on all fronts... not just graphics. Though I have to admit, Gregory DG, "Jungle Hunt," "Crystal Castles," and "Crossbow" rank up there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigferret Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Hands down, I have to go with Solaris. Some other contenders are Battlezone, California Games and Chopper Command. But Solaris is the king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailGator Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Demon Attack was probably the best looking 2600 game when it came out. The ones released later were more impressive, but I still remember saying "Wow, look at those colors!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Hi there! What about BMX Airmaster? Or how about Skateboardin'? Commando? Radar Lock? Xenophobe? Off The Wall? Tapper? Crossbow? Crystal Castles? Escape from the Mindmaster? Ikari Warriors? Jungle Hunt? Pete Rose Baseball? Road Runner? Smurf Rescue? Surf's Up? Track & Field? Tunnel Runner? Nope. Solaris. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 I'm just curious, since I don't own a 2600 myself, as to what game in your opinion(s) have the most impressive graphics and why? I think that "and why" is the key here. Seems like a lot of people are just jumping in and saying Solaris without giving consideration to any other game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 I'm just curious, since I don't own a 2600 myself, as to what game in your opinion(s) have the most impressive graphics and why? I think that "and why" is the key here. Seems like a lot of people are just jumping in and saying Solaris without giving consideration to any other game. That is why I jumped in with my sarcastic response. There are quite a few games for the 2600 that have really good graphics: Commando Ikari Warriors Kung Fu Master Xenophobe (Which is incredible to play, not just nice to look at) Tomcat F14 Pete Rose Baseball Secret Quest Basically the later releases by Atari, Activision or Absolute Entertainment which is also basically Activision will have better than average graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Definitely Solaris! Probably because Doug hat a lot of time to squeeze out the maximum out of the 2600 hardware. And I am not "just jumping in". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Hi there! There are quite a few games for the 2600 that have really good graphics: Commando Ikari Warriors Kung Fu Master Xenophobe (Which is incredible to play, not just nice to look at) Tomcat F14 Pete Rose Baseball Secret Quest Well, they're all games with good graphics, but seriously, none of these comes close to Solaris. They all look like 2600 games. Solaris doesn't. Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Best graphics and my experience with Solaris: Although a game with good graphics is impressive, I care more about gameplay and replayability, but I do love a game that also has great graphics on top of everything else. By the time Solaris came out, I think I already moved on to the Commodore 64 and the NES, but back when 2600 games were more important, I was impressed with the graphics of a few Activision games, Atari's E.T., and Imagic games such as Moonsweeper, Laser Gates, and Subterranea. I couldn't pick just one as the best. We eventually bought Solaris at Big Lots in the early 1990s, along with a handful of other games, and I thought Solaris looked like Atari's Star Raiders and Imagic's Moonsweeper smashed together, so I wasn't as impressed with it as I would have been if the game would have come out back in 1983. I'd rather forget about Solaris and play a game of Activision's Starmaster then play a game of Imagic's Moonsweeper. I'd like to see a thread where people vote on the game with the best graphics for each year. That might be fun. You'd have to make sure you had a correct list of games for each year though, since you can't trust the date on the cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 At the risk of seeming like a bandwagon jumper, I have to cast another vote for Solaris. I think that it is arguably the best game created for the 2600, and certainly has the most impressive graphics. (The argument for best overall game is between it and H.E.R.O.) Unlike cavelevel, I actually DID experience Solaris as a kid. It was a mixed blessing that I never got an NES when all of my friends did in junior high. I was stuck with my 2600. But that led me to Solaris. I spent countless hours from 1987-1989 or so playing this marvelous game, and I actually managed to convince myself that I wasn't missing out on THAT much by not having an NES. In retrospect, I still stand by that feeling. The game really IS that good. Sure... it's a similar concept to Star Raiders. But where Star Raiders faltered and was just a boring, overly-complicated dust gatherer, Solaris was exciting and engaging and never left the cartridge slot of my console for a 2 year period, except for brief battles against the dreaded Qotile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 the best graphics game..... I think ... solaris...is a good one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I'd like to see a thread where people vote on the game with the best graphics for each year. That might be fun. You'd have to make sure you had a correct list of games for each year though, since you can't trust the date on the cartridge. For it's time Superman was graphically innovative... I believe it was one of the first games to use multi-colored sprites and many of the sprites had multiple "frames" of animation. A vote for best graphics for each ROM size would be interesting too. It would sort of level the playing field. Demon Attack had some of the best graphics for a 4k game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 ...Solaris is the king. and kaboom comes right behind .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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