apropos an ongoing convo, a thread of the best looking NES/Famicom games

1) Super Mario Bros 3

2) Little Samson

3)Gimmick!

4)VICE: Project Doom/GUNDEC

5) Ninja Gaiden 3

6) Metal Storm

7) Castlevania III

8) Chip n Dale 2

9) Mega Man 6

10) RECCA

11) Crisis Force

(this one might be a bit controversial but i find it very visually cohesive and pleasing to the eye)

12) Sword Master

13) Metal Slader Glory

14) Gun Nac

15) Mighty Final Fight

16) Mitsume ga Tooru

17) Shadow of the Ninja

18) Tiny Toon Adventures

19) Super Dodge Ball

20) Sugoro Quest

21) Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!

22) Marble Madness

23) Super C

24) TMNT III: The Manhattan Project

25) Dynamite Batman

26) Blaster Master

27) Codename Viper

28) TMNT: Tournament Fighters

29) Gremlins 2

30) Over Horizon

31) Moon Crystal

(note: has gorgeously animated sprites, needs to be seen in motion to be appreciated)

32) Totally Rad/Magic John

33) Kid Dracula

34) Shatterhand

35) Lagrange Point

36) Micro Mages

37) Adventure Island 4

38) Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

39) Hebereke/Ufouria

40) Kirby's Adventure

41) Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Grafitti

42) Gradius II

(seriously this game is just as impressive as Recca to me, check it out)

43) Joe & Mac

(tho a demake i would just give it a play to see this stage's faux parallax in motion, it's so groovy)

44) Joy Mech Fight

45) Dodge Danpei 2

46) Journey to Silius

47) Power Blazer

48) Darkwing Duck

49) The Little Mermaid

50) Little Nemo the Dream Master

(peak NES vibes imho)

51) Kick Master

(very visually underrated imho)

52) Matendouji

53) Isolated Warrior

(i think this game utilizes the NES color palette to incredibly atmospheric ends)

54) Zen: The Intergalactic Ninja

(konami flexin so hard in this late release lol)

55) The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!

56) Willow

(probably the best art direction in an 8bit game?)

57) Bucky O'Hare

58) Wai Wai World 2

(hugely charming konami mashup at the height of their 8bit reign)

59) Kyatto Ninden Teyandee

(gonna cap off the list here before it gets too unwieldy lol)

60) Golgo 13: The Mafat Conspiracy

(a game of staggering ambition)