NoirVisage
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Best Title Screens of All Time (Of all time!!)
- Thread starter guek
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no, just..no.
Guwange is my favorite one. Here´s an still from the arcade version.
And here´s a Youtube link showing it in motion. I always let it loop at least once every time I begin playing on 360, the great attract music missing from the arcade version helps too.
And here´s a Youtube link showing it in motion. I always let it loop at least once every time I begin playing on 360, the great attract music missing from the arcade version helps too.
Secret of Mana
To Far Away Times
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After watching this, I think this is the next game that I'm going to play.
I absolutely loved Pikmin 2's title screen (and the game itself!). The sheer number of Easter eggs in the title screen alone showed how much Nintendo stepped up their production values with the game.One of my favs. So charming.
I can't find a good video of it, but the music and the opening camera flying down the tree trunk leading to a playable title screen is awesome. There are different seasons and you can scatter the pikmin and even get monsters to come in and eat them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98UDP7No9E
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE
-ingrained deep in my soul
EDIT: Damn at the Secret of Mana screen...gorgeous.
-ingrained deep in my soul
EDIT: Damn at the Secret of Mana screen...gorgeous.
ThaneKrios
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JaseMath
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Uh that's Secret of Mana dude.
thetrin
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Why would the box art from Secret of Mana be the title screen for Chrono Trigger?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Hail to the king, baby.
The music is incredible
This was playing in the background all night in many awesome sleepovers.
Yes.
Chet Rippo
Member
It think it's mostly because of the music though.
Fully animated rockband implemented...I spent almost as much time watching the title screen as I did playing the game on my Amiga. And when that keyboard kicked in...wooo!
Thrash guitar that sounded too good, even for the SID chip. Bonus points for the flashing epileptic border.
Bouncing ball follows the lyrics, and hitting the space bar triggered a "Ghostbusters!" voice sample. Elegant. Simple. A David Crane classic.
That Metroid Prime theme is great, but Metroid Prime 3 was probably one of the only games to make me just sit there entranced and listen to the startup title music/sequence several times.
The intro to FF3 (I think that was the one?) on the DS was also pretty cool, though that probably doesn't count.
The intro to FF3 (I think that was the one?) on the DS was also pretty cool, though that probably doesn't count.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
This is.
This is what popped straight into my mind reading the title. That and the theme music.
DarknessTear
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One of my favorites:
Chrono Cross!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7o32Mau8QE
Honorable mention to Uncharted games. I have a ritual when I first got each game where I sit at the title screen and let the music play until I've heard every song, and then I play the game.
Chrono Cross!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7o32Mau8QE
Honorable mention to Uncharted games. I have a ritual when I first got each game where I sit at the title screen and let the music play until I've heard every song, and then I play the game.
Can't find a pic of the title screen, but FFX-2's title screen, while not that great on its own, has some AWESOME music.
As much as love Metroid Prime, I like Prime 3's better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1y8bq_2X2g
Honorable mention:
Metroid Prime 1 & 2
Chrono Cross
FF6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1y8bq_2X2g
Honorable mention:
Metroid Prime 1 & 2
Chrono Cross
FF6
devilinanewdress
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lol
K
kittens
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Halo Reach.
Phoenix Fang
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Yeah the whole Prime series has really nicely stylized title sequences with great music. Prime 1 has the best sense of vague eeriness but 2 and 3 have very cool vibes as well.
Another great one that had me entranced when I played it.
The music and the cool early 3D were fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZFtqciZkw
The music and the cool early 3D were fantastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZFtqciZkw
GitarooMan
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Faxanadu's cool image and awesome music make it one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajqDrc0txo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajqDrc0txo
TheCongressman1
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Metrioid Prime, of course.
Also,
Also,
Always had a soft spot for
...but ...
This and Mario64 are awesome choices !
The best videogame title screen are the ones you can play
...but ...
One of my favs. So charming.
I can't find a good video of it, but the music and the opening camera flying down the tree trunk leading to a playable title screen is awesome. There are different seasons and you can scatter the pikmin and even get monsters to come in and eat them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98UDP7No9E
This and Mario64 are awesome choices !
The best videogame title screen are the ones you can play
petethepanda
Member
Never played the game, never had an 360 but man this looks awesome.
I hated the game, but this was the first title screen that came to mind. So fucking good.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
(Blue Version too)
Plus the Pokemon rotating on the title screen, blowing your mind when you're little seeing a preview of the 150+ creatures you're about to collect.
Awesome, parallax scrolling showing off the entire island as a peaceful tropical melody plays.
Very simple, but with a bit of nostalgia to it.
Love the way Sonic falls from the sky as the music builds up, and the Genesis-era 3D has a certain charm to it.
cj_iwakura
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GrotesqueBeauty
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You reminded me of the totally awesome Skate or Die 2 theme. Haven't thought about that one in a while.
Thrash guitar that sounded too good, even for the SID chip. Bonus points for the flashing epileptic border.
SKATE. OR. DIE. SKATE OR DIE. DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE.
Seven Force
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Dude, whatever your opinion about older title screens is, that's cool, but don't try and act all big about it. Tech does not equal superiority; many people would hold the Mega Man II or Super Metroid screens (alongside many others) as some of the greatest ever made, and they still understand the thread just as well as you do.
The only people that I'd argue don't get this thread are those just posting music. The OP asked for memorable screens, and while the music is certainly part of that, it isn't the whole experience.
iKeepPlaying
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MGS4
CC
Many SPD supervised games have very similar title screens - and almost all of them are awesome.
