Longfellow
Fractally long
Since: Apr, 2009
#3: Oct 27th 2010 at 8:35:05 PM
Kirby games always look so cheery. The bright colors help.
Metal Storm with its great NES parallax.
It Just Bugs Me
DYRE
Since: Apr, 2010
RocketDude
Since: May, 2009
Total posts: 5

As with game music
, game art is shaped by its technical limits, and therein lies the beauty. NES artists had to milk every color and sprite dry.
Here's a start. Castlevania III, with a style best described as NES gothic, lets its colors drip down the screen for an effect both gritty and lush.