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[ViewtifulJC]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who has this fetish

 

[CHC]

HELL yes, I was going right for this, beat me to the job!

 

[joedick]

This is such a random thread.

Thanks for a great topic, OP! Nice to get a fun alternative to discussions about poor sales numbers.

 

[Pirabear]

This is the best thread I didn't know I wanted.

 

[bjork]

I'm not sure if it still is, but Beneath a Steel Sky was free on GOG awhile back.

 

[batbeg]

I vaguely recall someone doing a similar thread years ago. It is as then still an awesome thread idea.

TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES/8-bit)

 

[MaschinenZimmer]

What game is that?

 

[Hollow]

That's just beautiful.

 

[Dennis]

Best thread.

 

[Nyoro SF]

I love this thread.

 

[Dennis]

This one is crazy.

 

[Neff]

Might be breaking the rules, but Snatcher has gorgeous cityscapes.

Yep, this one's the king.

Stole Blade Runner and Akira right out from under their noses, but who cares?

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Glad to see I'm not alone in loving these! Keep 'em coming guys, so many great ones so far

 

[v1oz]

I'm not sure these count as 16-bit, but they look great:

Does anyone know what games these are from? I got them from GAF and I've tried to search for the original thread on here but haven't been able to track it down. I think it was like forgotten Japanese RPG's or something like that.

that neon look reminds me of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon

 

[MrCunningham]

Yes! Especially love the anime influenced ones.

Which were in turn influenced by Hollywood movies

This concept art here was originally painted by Syd Mead for the movie Blade Runner:

And of course, Snatchers interpretation of it:

 

[v1oz]

 

[Treb]

Turtles in Time:

 

[patrickthehedgehog]

This one is crazy.

You can see Clark and Ralph wayyyy in the background. The position of the cars and characters changed with each round too.

 

[halfbeast]

 

[xkramz]

It's amazing how some of these city scapes depict NYC lower Manhattan high riseswith the empire state building, but no wtc

 

[djtiesto]

As a lover of cities, these screens are pure bliss.

I always wondered what was going on with the city of Thor in Tales of Phantasia:

You enter from above into what seems to be an long-abandoned ancient ruin, but then from inside you can see what looks like a lively, vibrant city full of life... which you don't actually visit. What was the deal here?

This is an AMAZING idea for a thread! And you posted the exact same city I was gonna post! I have no idea what was up with the whole Abyss of Thor part either, always wondering that!

Also love how much mileage artists got out of that Akira cityscape in the 16-bit era

Anyways.

Sly Spy:

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Son, let me tell you: if you set a level on a city rooftop at night, I will love that game to death.

 

[Tagyhag]

I know what you mean OP, I've always liked late 80's early 90's anime depictions of cities.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

There is definitely something just so cool abut 16-bit cityscapes.

Wow.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Neon Night Riders from the arcade always stuck with me

 

[Blizzard]

Son, let me tell you: if you set a level on a city rooftop at night, I will love that game to death.

Mirror's Edge has level like this but I can't post it since it's not 16-bit.

*edit* Thanks ToD_!

 

[ToD_]

I tried image searching this but did not find the source. Is it general pixel art not related to a game? (still cool, just wondering what it was from)

It's from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

 

[Santerestil]

So, now we are recycling threads from the Select Button forum, uh?

And always control if you can hotlink an image, so this was what Lettuce want posting:

 

[sixteen-bit]

Last Resort had some nice apocalyptic style ones

 

[Guevara]

Golgo 13. It sounds stupid now, but it was the coolest game ever when I was a kid.

 

[∀ Narayan]

What game is that?

Possessioner for PC-98.

 

[D.Lo]

Freaking awesome thread.

There's something about early 90s games in particular that clicks with me. I think it's that Japanese games started shifting from primarily western influenced themes (eg Rambo for Contra, Hollywood for Castlevania etc), and started on the '80's anime' look (eg Fist of the North Star). And it was before anime went all loli.

 

[Squall5042]

Wow, I thought I was one of the few who loved this stuff.

Thank you for making this thread!

 

[Useff]

I am experiencing feelings in this thread.

 

[Syph Medwes]

It's kind of small but I've always dug Casino Night's glitzy city backdrop.

Actually while i'm on the series, Stardust Speedway has a similar sort of background, well except a lot messier looking.

The second I glanced at your first image the theme immediately popped into my head.

 

[The Lamonster]

Fantastic thread. Some of these screens are amazing.

 

[Ultratech]

Fantastic thread. Some of these screens are amazing.

Agreed.

Stuff like this is why I enjoy sprite art so much.

It's pretty amazing what they were able to pull off.

 

[Atrophis]

So much hotness in here.

 

[Bert409]

 

[Iacobellis]

The second I glanced at your first image the theme immediately popped into my head.

Don't forget Casinopolis.

 

[PaineReign]

Aladdin SNES has a nice cityscape, I like it mostly because it has a different time period that the city is modeled after gives it a very different feel.

Best picture I could find, looks way better in motion (like 7 different layers of paralax).

Starts around the 7 minute mark

 

[Tain]

Depictions of cities at night are great everywhere. It's not just in games.

I seriously need to know what this is. I'm almost positive it's some ero game and I don't even care.

 

[De-mon]

From Rocket Knight & Sparkster

 

[Jazzem]

Love this stuff, always fuelled my imagination as a kid.

 

[MrCunningham]

From Rocket Knight & Sparkster

The background art in Rocket Knight just screams Contra III to me. I'm almost certain that it was the same artist(s) who worked on both games.

 

[spuit*11]

I seriously need to know what this is. I'm almost positive it's some ero game and I don't even care.

What game is that?

A 1994 game called Possessioner by Queensoft for PC98. And yes it's an ero adventure game.

 

[dark_prinny]

Last Resort had some nice apocalyptic style ones

So true. And a pretty badass OST if you ask me.

http://youtu.be/FQehnTeqpyA

 

[Yamauchi]

Could you guys let us know what games you are posting from?

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Man, I just LOVE cityscapes, especially at night. The most beautiful thing there is. This one isn't the best, but it hasn't been posted yet. It's from Street of Rage 2.

 

[cacildo]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who has this fetish

It is strange. I always liked it a lot on the SNes days, but i thought it was a detail only i cared about.

I even played a terrible doom clone in the 90´s just because it was set in a building at night

(what was the name of that terrible game?)