Metal Storm also deserves a lot of credit for making the ability to reverse gravity a major part of its gameplay an idea that wasn’t even really popularized again until almost two decades later with the release of the indie hit VVVVVV. Of course, similar styles would become the standard in most shooters just a few years later. At times, it’s almost a little too frenetic as it’s a bit disorienting to see that kind of animation so consistently in an NES game. This title employs a host of graphical tricks in almost every scene to give levels the appearance of constantly scrolling backgrounds. Metal Storm is another game that feels like it came from the future. Even if it looks primitive now, Crystalis went all out with graphical features that have become mainstays in the many titles it inspired. Despite boasting one of the larger worlds of any NES game, Crystalis also featured plenty of highly detailed towns, NPCs, and enemies that all brought it more in line with modern RPGs than its console contemporaries.īut what really puts Crystalis on this list is the game’s amazing elemental and magic effects. Plenty has been written about how the gameplay of Crystalis was well ahead of its time, but that mechanically ambitious title was no slouch in the graphics department either. So whenever you’re tempted to write off NES graphics as “simple,” show a little respect to the 15 best-looking NES games ever. A few NES games even came close to looking like their 16-bit counterparts. Still, while many early NES games barely looked better than Atari 2600 titles, some developers learned the ins and outs of the hardware in ways that allowed them to produce some truly impressive results. While the NES is still beloved for the massive steps forward it took from earlier consoles, and for introducing the world to the likes of Super Mario Bros., Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda, it’s also known for a large library that varied widely in terms of visual quality. There are reasons why you might not think of the NES when you think of the absolute best graphics gaming has ever offered. Granted, back in the ‘80s, we were happy if a game just kind of looked like its box art. That’s a far cry from gaming’s early days when the humble NES was showing that console games didn’t need arcade-level hardware to stun us with some truly visually impressive games.
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Nowadays, gamers tend to complain if the newest title doesn’t at least maintain a solid 60 FPS in full 4K.
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