Polls (not really) from hell - Worst Backgrounds

[Kitsunexus]

It wouldn't be a golf game without lengthy rendering sessions!

Wicked 13: Devil's Course for the SNES. Represent, yo.

[runinruder]

They probably don't belong on a "worst" list, but Super Air Zonk's backgrounds were among the most disappointing I've experienced. 

[Tatsujin]

really? may I ask the reason for?

[runinruder]

Air Zonk had impressive backgrounds.  By contrast, Super's came off as flat and not very colorful.

[Tatsujin]

oh sorry..i thought you talking about air zonk since the beginning, since i wasn't enough aware of the US pendant names.

so what you're saying is, that PC Denjin (air zonk) had impressive BGs, while its sequel CD Denjin (Super Air zonk) disappointed you in that matter. now i can agree with you

although CD Denjin has also its very nice and colorful BGs here and there (e.g. beach level).

[Necromancer]

Super Air Zonk's biggest disappointment - dearth of parallax, yet it had been done so well on the HuCard.

[sunteam_paul]

Super Air Zonk's biggest disappointment - dearth of parallax, yet it had been done so well on the HuCard.

Yes I agree. I was expecting graphical whizziness of the like found in Gate and Winds but I was saddened when it was not so.

[klausien]

First post! 

Kaizou Ningen Shubibinman has the worst backgrounds of any PCE game I've ever played. Worse than the NES on a bad day, bad.

[Tatsujin]

if you don't like the shubibinman BGs, so then try energy once

[malducci]

 I don't think there's anything worse than Pac Land. Not even Energy

[nat]

 I don't think there's anything worse than Pac Land. Not even Energy

I used to agree 100%.

While Pac-Land has super-simple and plain backgrounds, they are perfect emulations of the arcade game. I realized with time that it was a stylistic choice. They could've done much better, even back then, but they went that cartoony route because that's the feel they wanted for the game.

[Keranu]

I actually really like the simple MS-Paint, "3D" if you will, backgrounds of Pac-Land.

[Tatsujin]

 I don't think there's anything worse than Pac Land. Not even Energy

I used to agree 100%.

While Pac-Land has super-simple and plain backgrounds, they are perfect emulations of the arcade game. I realized with time that it was a stylistic choice. They could've done much better, even back then, but they went that cartoony route because that's the feel they wanted for the game.

right there! why they should take the charme of the arcade original by improving the grafx? the only thing i missed was the parallax.

[nat]

 I don't think there's anything worse than Pac Land. Not even Energy

I used to agree 100%.

While Pac-Land has super-simple and plain backgrounds, they are perfect emulations of the arcade game. I realized with time that it was a stylistic choice. They could've done much better, even back then, but they went that cartoony route because that's the feel they wanted for the game.

right there! why they should take the charme of the arcade original by improving the grafx? the only thing i missed was the parallax.

There was some parallax on the starry night time levels.

[ccovell]

Everyone's entitled to an opinion, so I'll totally disagree with the Camp California comment.

I've made a page with lots of screenshots from the game, and a commentary that speaks for itself:

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/campcalifornia/index.html