Favorite backgrounds in Turbo games?

[OldTurboBastard]

So what are some of your favorite backgrounds in turbo games?

A few that stand out for me are....

1) the first level in psychosis..original and colorful, with some decent parallax
2) Aldynes - there is a coridor type level (can't remember which one and i'm at work )  with tons of hsync parallax with what looks like overlapping junk at the top and bottom of screen, only it scrolls up and down as your ship moves up and down to make a killer depth effect
3) Shapeshifter - the forest levels with the 2 additional layers of trees are quite impressive
4) Rtype 1st level - The two white giant "arms" always looked killer to me

what else?

[_joshuaTurbo]

Beyond Shadowgate instantly comes to mind.  Later in the game when you finally find the sword in the mucky mud.  Your old pooch friend comes and saves you, while in the background a massive Dinosaur looking creature is lurking about watching you.... going from tree to tree.....

If there ever was a background image that still haunts me to this day....thats it!!  I remember getting the sword and moving out of that area as fast as I could.... And if you remember Eric at his fastest..........

Also loved the backgrounds in Air Zonk, Dracula X, and Shape Shifter too!

[OldTurboBastard]

Beyond Shadowgate instantly comes to mind.  Later in the game when you finally find the sword in the mucky mud.  Your old pooch friend comes and saves you, while in the background a massive Dinosaur looking creature is lurking about watching you.... going from tree to tree.....

If there ever was a background image that still haunts me to this day....thats it!!  I remember getting the sword and moving out of that area as fast as I could.... And if you remember Eric at his fastest..........

Also loved the backgrounds in Air Zonk, Dracula X, and Shape Shifter too!

I've actually never played Beyond Shadowgate - you've inspired me to check it out

[Necromancer]

I agree that the backgrounds in Air Zonk (and Super Air Zonk), Beyond Shadowgate, and Shape Shifter are very well done.  I'd add Deep Blue, Godzilla, Terraforming, and Hawaiian Island Girls (ha-ha) to the list of games with over-achieving backgrounds.

[awack]

Lords of thunder


Rondo




Beyond shadowgate


There many others such as the last boss fights in legend of xanadu 2, 1st level of magical chase (US).

[Keranu]

I agree with a lot of games mentioned in here, especially Beyond Shadowgate, Shapeshifter, and Legend of Xanadu II (especially that last boss!!!). Can't forget Gate of Thunder though, that game has some of the most impressive background details in any horizontal shooter, especially level three.

[nat]

This is actually really tough. One of the reasons I love the Turbo above all other consoles is it's fantastic use of color and the background art. This list could be pages long and still not complete. So this is what springs to mind right off the bat:

Psychosis/Paranoia - Stage 3 ("Lego" level), 4 ("Tomb" level), and 5 (final level)
Gate of Thunder - Stage 5 (Crown)
Castlevania/Dracula X - All
Beyond Shadowgate - All
Terraforming - All, but Stage 3 (or was it 4?) with the "Mode 7" effects tops them all.
Rayxanber II - Stage 3 (giant mechanical spider level)
Psychic Storm - Many of the levels. Been a while since I played through this so I don't remember specifics.
Star Parodia/Fantasy Star Soldier - The ice level and underwater level are best.
Final Soldier - Stage 7
Space Harrier - All. My favorites are the "tunnel" levels as well as 3, 7, and 10.
Fantasy Zone - Many of the levels. Mainly the ones that extensively use very pastel-like colors. Stage 2 is beautiful. There's another stage later in the game that takes place exclusively in the clouds that looks great, too.
Salamander - Stage 3 (fire tunnel level)
Parodius - Pretty much the whole game, though some portions are better than others.

I could go on and on and on.

[malducci]

 What!? No love for Rayxanber III? Some of the BGs look great (and the last boss too).

[Joe Redifer]

I need some Game Genie codes for Rayxanber 2.

[nat]

 What!? No love for Rayxanber III? Some of the BGs look great (and the last boss too).

I would have had Ray 3 on the list, but I don't own it, and have never played it so I can't really claim it's backgrounds to be my "favorites".

[sunteam_paul]

Most of Gate and Winds are beautiful, but also the forest level on Ai Cho Aniki, not least because of the depth the scrolling gives it.

[runinruder]

Some of my personal favorites...

Deep Blue - Stage 3
Final Soldier - Stage 6
The Legendary Axe - Stage 4C
Salamander - Stage 3
Sinistron/Violent Soldier - Stage 2
Soldier Blade - Stage 2
Victory Run - Stage 7
Beyond Shadowgate - hall with monster statues
Efera & Jiliora - the dark tones in general
Psychic Storm - the stage with the huge bones
Anearth Fantasy Stories - just beautiful in general
Shape Shifter - the forest
Star Parodier - Stage 4

Some other games with generally impressive backgrounds...

Aero Blasters
Air Zonk
Dead Moon
Genji Tsushin Agedama
Ai Choaniki
Blood Gear
Legend of Xanadu (sidescrolling stages)
Legend of Xanadu II
Lords of Thunder
Spriggan

[Tatsujin]

Winds and gate indeed showing up with some of the nicest and detailed BGs in the whole 16-bit console era.

Rayxanber III is very special as well, I really dunno how the designers created this unbelievable detailed and nice colored sprites and BGs. From a quality point of view, it looks like a straight port of an (inexistent) IREM arcade game.

Ai chôaniki is fabulous as well, and shows the strength of the PCE color palette.

[malducci]

I need some Game Genie codes for Rayxanber 2.

 You want a patch instead?

[Joe Redifer]

Sure!