Favorite backgrounds in 2-D Fighters?

[The Lamonster]

Man, you picked like the worst representation of that stage. Haha.

haha I know. I was in a big hurry last night and didn't have time to fix it.

 

[Bleepey]

The SFA2 stage that takes place in a bathroom... can't find any good pics online.

 

[Kuran]

Fighting on a tv set. OOOOOOOOOOO YEA!

Eff yeah... this one!

Also, King of Fighters 97 is very nostalgic with me, and has great presentation and design. Love the ladies that hold the round cards.

 

[DrFunk]

I love how the bathroom stall swings open when someone does a super

 

[Fersis]

Eff yeah... this one!

Also, King of Fighters 97 is very nostalgic with me, and has great presentation and design. Love the ladies that hold the round cards.

KOF 97 has a superb presentation.

2D 4 lyfe!
Pixels rules!! Vertex drool!!
* Hugs The Take Out Bandit *

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

You don't have a Dreamcast?

A what?

KOF 97 has a superb presentation.

2D 4 lyfe!
Pixels rules!! Vertex drool!!
* Hugs The Take Out Bandit *

Hot!

Post some KoF12/13 backgrounds! That stage with the helicopter flyby is awesome!

 

[Dali]

A what?

2D fan poseur confirmed.

Post some KoF12/13 backgrounds!

 

[Fernando Rocker]

Mortal Kombat used to be beautiful (in it's own way)... I like pre-rendered Mortal Kombat a lot more than the 3D ones.

I'm not even slightly hyped for the new MK. They need to take back the same kind of feeling as the first ones.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

2D fan poseur confirmed.

I have a Saturn thank you very much.

In time, as you did with the beauty of KoF, you'll realize I was right all along.

 

[54-46!]

I gotta co-sign on the Street Fighter Alpha 2 and the Darkstalkers 3 stages, those are all amazing visuals. Capcom definitely hit a mark during the mid/late nineties. The stages from Street Fighter III: New Generation are all works of art. My favourites:

Alex's Stage:

Ryu's Stage:

Sean's Stage:

I'd love to see these stages in 3S Online Edition.

 

[Shig]

Never noticed that "Mega Man in New York" graffiti before, hahaha! Looks like Victor's "dad" in the other one. Man, I love all the cameos in old Capcom backgrounds.

It's a dog of a game, but SVC Chaos had a few splendid backgrounds- this forest one is stunning:

Speaking of forest, here's a great one from Guilty Gear:

And I love the feeling of pandemonium in this KOF94 one. Probably helps that the city in the back looks like it's on fire.

 

[Dali]

I have a Saturn thank you very much.

In time, as you did with the beauty of KoF, you'll realize I was right all along.

Wait, what? I was always excited for the HD KoF's, I was just never much of a KoF player. KoF XIII reminded me of the the solid, responsive feeling and fun game play experience I get when I play 3rd Strike moreso than any modern fighter I'd played, so I had to goosh.

 

[Terareflection]

Any good source for all of the sprite rip backdrops showing up in this thread? I'm trying to find a particular Capcom vs. SNK stage to contribute, but no luck so far.

SNK wikia on the KOF side of things.

 

[Dali]

Never noticed that "Mega Man in New York" graffiti before, hahaha! Looks like Victor's "dad" in the other one. Man, I love all the cameos in old Capcom backgrounds.

Haha, me neither. American Mega Man is a kid with a handgun. Anyone else notice these American stages are mostly run-down shit holes? Damn, how you really feel about us, Japan?

 

[ElzarTheBam]

One of my very favorite fighting games when was a kid

anyone remember this game at all?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

 

[sixteen-bit]

One of my very favorite fighting games when was a kid

anyone remember this game at all?

Too many dimensions

The only N64 fighter I played was Flying Dragon unfortunately

 

[Bleepey]

Mortal Kombat used to be beautiful (in it's own way)... I like pre-rendered Mortal Kombat a lot more than the 3D ones.

I'm not even slightly hyped for the new MK. They need to take back the same kind of feeling as the first ones.

Dude they brought back so many stages that i can't believe you'd be any more wrong.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Just wanted to say thanks again for all the awesome references posted. Polycount has been linking people to this thread and its thank to your contributions, please keep them coming!

 

[Dali]

That's awesome. For a second I thought the tree and Firebird were photoshopped in.

 

[itwasTuesday]

aomori from capcom vs snk2. Love the stage and the music. Tried to find a good screen cap of it, most were tiny or a mugen remake.

 

[jett]

I wonder what was going on through the artists's mind when he animated the pig and the guy in the red shirt.

 

[sixteen-bit]

So much beautiful art in this thread.

 

[Treefingers]

Thread of the year.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

I wonder what was going on through the artists's mind when he animated the pig and the guy in the red shirt.

Well OBVIOUSLY the pig is eating the apples and the guy in red is trying to rape the pig so it will change his mind.

 

[Ellis Kim]

God, they don't make 2D backgrounds like they used to

 

[-PXG-]

It makes me sad that we don't see cool shit like this any more in today's games.

 

[oracrest]

Sweet Jesus!

3D still just doesn't compare.

 

[yencid]

this thread deserves a fucking medal or something. GOOD LORD! <3

 

[Kuran]

I'm sorry but the Guilty Gear ones are so ugly to me. Can't really describe why...

Could someone post some backgrounds from Golden Axe: The Duel?


Waku Waku 7:

World Heroes Perfect:

 

[Desi]

Not a very good game, but I always liked this background.

don't know why you did not post the one with the fan in the background. The street level was one of my favorites too.

 

[Octorockin']

Most of these backgrounds are jaw-dropping awesome. Some of those gifs are just relaxing to look at.

 

[Cranzor]

These pictures make me wish I liked fighting games. These are gorgeous and the atmosphere they provide are fantastic.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

I'm sorry but the Guilty Gear ones are so ugly to me. Can't really describe why...

I dont know man, this one is as good as it gets

Just to add to the pretty:

 

[ProtoCents]

Any urban background at night can't go wrong. Even Karnov's Revenge couldn't mess it up.

 

[Kuran]

I dont know man, this one is as good as it gets

http://www.polycount.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/brawl-guiltygear.jpg

That one is indeed nicer.

 

[N4Us]

Few others from SvC:

 

[TheFightingFish]

Anyone else love some good old low-res action? Here are a few NGPC ones that I liked, I really enjoyed the look of fighters on that system, the sprites did a really good job of capturing the style of their larger resolutions counterparts.

 

[Amagon]

I'm sooo pissed they never release a port of Rage of the Dragons to any other system besides the Neo Geo. Such a cool game.

Few others from SvC:

Holy shit! My eyes can't stop looking at this stage lol!

 

[robot]

Africa Stage in Capcom VS SNK 2: Dune buggys flying over your characters are aweeeesome! Wish I could find a decent picture.

Also, I think every KoF12 stage was amazing. So much detail, probably why there are only like 6 of em.

 

[Santerestil]

The only problem with this stage it's too clearly CG "rotoscoped" in pixelart, a la Donkey Kong Country. I was never a fan of this type of style, because it's too... how can I say it... "uncanny valled".

And only I see the errors in tiling in these SvC gifs (the big rotating whells in the other background are jarring...)?

 

[Azure J]

Please come back big production 2D pixel art games. We love and miss you.

- Azure

On another funny note:

Aside from Megaman in NYC, cannot unsee Brook from One Piece on the wall under the fire escape. :lol

 

[luka]

Please come back big production 2D pixel art games. We love and miss you.

- Azure

;(

 

[ScOULaris]

I'm glad this thread has been able to remind people of the potential of great pixel art as demonstrated by the master 2D artists of Capcom and SNK at their peak in the late 90's.

I still hope, from the bottom of my heart, that I will see a resurgence of this type of 2D art in games during my lifetime. I'm realistically doubtful, but also passionately hopeful.

One thing that always confused me, however, is how much of a step back Third Strike's backgrounds were from the first two Street Fighter III entries.

The KOF series wins in terms of sheer spectacle (day/night cycles, crowds of people going apeshit... etc.), while I think the Last Blade games had some of the most atmospheric backgrounds.

 

[SAB CA]

SNK Provided a graphic gallery for KoF XII that includes the background art, here:
http://kofaniv.snkplaymore.co.jp/english/info/15th_anniv/2d_dot/gallery/backgroud/index.php

I'd paste a few here, but I can't seem to extract the images from the source...

And the XIII stages are posted at the bottom of this page, Huge 2,500 pixel wide images.

http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_XIII

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Someone post Stage of SNK from CvS1 please, I can't find it!

 

[Galamauth]

the background in THIS

 

[Emperor Bohe]

I'd love to see these stages in 3S Online Edition.

yeah, that's definitely something I've been wishing for. All SF3 stages in 3S online edition

 

[Red UFO]

Street Fighter 2. E.Honda's Stage.

 

[eso76]

And I love the feeling of pandemonium in this KOF94 one. Probably helps that the city in the back looks like it's on fire.

helps that the city in the back is straight from Akira. Scanned from this frame in fact.

i instantly noticed when the game came out because i was remaking the exact same Akira frame pixel by pixel on Amiga 1200 for a 2D beat em up (never released, but i had 3 backgrounds i'd like to show you, shame they are on an amiga floppy which i doubt can still be read).

maybe not 'secret that blows your mind' material, but still interesting.

off topic, the same image was obviously an inspiration for Last Resort too