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[dragonzdogma]

...I mean, I know "best look" can be subjective - but IYO
what ended up being the most technology advanced NES game that wowed everyone you knew ?

Spoiler

YES the powerglove does count I guess

I can't remember the name but there was this ninja game that played like resident evil on the nes, that game always blows my mind every time I see it.

runner up Mega man 2
those huge sprites were awesome no?
like the huge dragon and dog that spit fire - I was so jelly my brother's didn't let me play it

 

[Sapiens]

time lord

 

[PSqueak]

I think Super Mario Bros 3 has graphics that have aged like fine wine.

 

[jacob armitage]

Kirby's Adventure i'd say.

 

[Team Filler]

I seem to remember being pretty impressed with Battletoad's graphics.

 

[Vee_One]

Kirby, not even close

 

[Barrel Cannon]

It's a fairly subjective thing. I'd go with battletoads or batman: return of the joker personally. TMNT3 is also a good contender

 

[dragonzdogma]

I think Super Mario Bros 3 has graphics that have aged like fine wine.

OMG!
how could I forget- especially GIANT world - that was yeah- that's amazing.

time lord

never heard of this- I'll check it out
milton bradley made games ?

 

[rjc571]

Kirby's Adventure or Mr. Gimmick

 

[hydrophilic attack]

the megaman games

best music too

 

[Berordn]

Kirby's Adventure always struck me as the most impressive of the set, at least the most detailed of the titles at the time.

Though it helps that it was a bit of a straggler on the system.

 

[Gaspard]

Gimmick!

 

[Aokage]

Hmm... Moon Crystal, Gimmick! and Metal Slader Glory come to mind.

Edit: When four people post Gimmick! simultaneously I'm calling it case closed :3

 

[JaseMath]

Sword Master

No, seriously. It's Sword Master.

 

[low-G]

I always thought Battletoads was the best. Cool effects, tons of visual variety.

 

[thesurfshop19]

Am I crazy for thinking of Batman? It's so stylish!

 

[Team Filler]

It's a fairly subjective thing. I'd go with battletoads or batman: return of the joker personally. TMNT3 is also a good contender

Oh yeah, Batman: Return of the Joker looked great, almost like it was a genesis game.

 

[SeanTSC]

Dammit, I came here for Screenshots and Gifs. Please deliver.

 

[L.O.R.D]

BATMAN: RETURN OF THE JOKER (NES)

 

[Nights Owl]

Sword Master

No, seriously. It's Sword Master.

I love that game. That parallax scrolling blew my mind. Has a pretty good OST too if memory serves correctly.

 

[Host Samurai]

Monster Party or Festers Quest

 

[dragonzdogma]

Am I crazy for thinking of Batman? It's so stylish!

Naw, dude that's jus the nostalgia talking to you- the game was to dark and the character models were to thin and small to impress .

Don't get me wrong I love that game

EDIT: unless you are referring to this -WOW!
never heard of this game

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[Just_myles]

What was the Best looking NES game anyway...

The best looking as I recall.... hm... I want to say SMB3 tbh.. it did a little bit of everything at the time. Anyway...

Naw, dude that's jus the nostalgia talking to you- the game was to dark and the character models were to thin and small to impress .

Don't get me wrong I love that game

Soundtrack was fiyahh!

 

[Sectorseven]

Kick Master

 

[DrFunk]

Low-G Man

don't @ me

 

[Got]

I think Ducktales art style nails the look, so that looks best in my mind.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Shatterhand and Vice had some pretty sweet paralax. I remember liking those.

edit:

 

[Firemind]

Batman

Even the death animation looks amazing.

 

[RedStep]

Kirby's Adventure and Super Mario Bros. 3 for my money.

 

[Phediuk]

Batman: Return of the Joker
Little Samson
Moon Crystal
Gimmick
Kirby's Adventure
Crisis Force
Recca

All come to mind.

 

[Dunan]

This won't win the contest, but Bases Loaded still looks pretty good after 30 years:

View from behind the pitcher, numbers on the uniforms, that bullpen car!

All the neighborhood kids played this and Baseball Stars and dreamed of a game with the graphics of the former combined with the team management options of the latter.

And not until much later did I discover that the players were not made up: the original Japanese Bases Loaded had a Nippon Pro Baseball license and all the stats and jersey numbers are correct. (So that's why there were so many low-numbered pitchers; in Japan that's a thing.)

I like MLB The Show as much as the next guy, but I'd pay for a game like this one if it had full customization.

 

[Magnus]

Nothing's aged as finely as the Mega Man games, imo

 

[Unison]

BATMAN: RETURN OF THE JOKER (NES)

Came to post that...

Astyanax, Punch-Out!!, Kirby's Adventure, Prince of Persia, Recca '92, and Moon Crystal come to mind as well.

 

[Like the hat?]

Sword Master

No, seriously. It's Sword Master.

Never saw this before. Wouldn't look out of place on tg16

 

[sixteen-bit]

Gimmick

 

[Malreyn]

Batman: Return of Joker looked amazing for how limited the NES was compared to the Genesis, but for some reason, the Genesis one looked a bit "off" despite being the more powerful console...(probably the framerate?)

Comparison video of NES vs Genesis versions

 

[BiggNife]

Gimmick!

Gimmick came immediately to mind. It's pretty crazy what they pulled off with just a NES.

 

[Teppic]

Kirby's Adventure.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

It's gotta be Return of the Joker.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Kirby's Adventure is the Yoshi Island of the NES graphics wise.

It looks like a GBColor game

 

[DaiHard]

Does anyone know the game OP is referring too?

 

[dragonzdogma]

Batman: Return of Joker looked amazing for how limited the NES was compared to the Genesis, but for some reason, the Genesis one looked a bit "off" despite being the more powerful console...(probably the framerate?)

Comparison video of NES vs Genesis versions

Wait a minute- I thought the nes was 8 bit as in 8 colors- if you count all the shades of blue ,red and yellow( brown) in that screen shot up there that's more than 8 colors.

How?

 

[Phediuk]

Wait a minute- I thought the nes was 8 bit as in 8 colors

lol, what?

that's a new one.

"8-bit" has nothing at all to do with color palette.

 

[Unison]

Wait a minute- I thought the nes was 8 bit as in 8 colors- if you count all the shades of blue ,red and yellow( brown) in that screen shot up there that's more than 8 colors.

How?

The NES could by default display 25 colors and all 64 colors if you were using programming tricks.

Cool link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_console_palettes

 

[hokahey]

Punch-Out.

 

[lazygecko]

Does anyone know the game OP is referring too?

Closest thing I can think of is one of the Last Ninja games that got a NES port.

 

[dacuk]

Does anyone know the game OP is referring too?

Came to ask the same question.

 

[VARIA]

BATMAN: RETURN OF THE JOKER (NES)

Hands down.

GIF from the last time this thread came up:

 

[Phediuk]

Closest thing I can think of is one of the Last Ninja games that got a NES port.

That would be Last Ninja 2, titled simply "The Last Ninja" on the NES, which is a butchery of a port that's both uglier than the C64 version and replaces the exquisite music with generic crap.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Closest thing I can think of is one of the Last Ninja games that got a NES port.

Nailed it!
that's my beauty right there