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Posted by Crayfish on June 21st, 2001 06:11 PM:
The great fighting game backgrounds.

To me they are:

Cammy -SSF2T: gives you a real sence of distance like few other BG have been able to since, even after 7 years you cant help but admire its beauty.

Mai Shiranu -FF2 : The river raft level. This blew me away when I first saw it. You ride downriver on a log raft, behind you there are sunken giant japanese statues and waterfall's feeding the river. The re-coloured FF Special version doesnt look as good.

The Underwater Atlantis level- Cyberbots: the rock shelf you are fighting on initially, brakes off and sinks and you end up on the sea bed with Atlantis behind you.

The KOF99 raining level: that rain effect looks beautifull.

The sand storm pyramid level in KOF 2000, more beautifull hand drawn effects. *(The backgrounds in this game look to me to be the work of the ex Irem artist who designed "Undercover Cops" which I rate as some of the best game artwork ever, anyone?)

Anakaris -Vampire Saviour : the linescrolling sand floor looks incredible.

The ring atop a castle in the clouds- mutant fighter(Data East 1991): most of you won't remember this but it looks nice anyway.

Tung fu Rue -FF Special: like Cammy's, a beautifull panorama over a chinese landscape although not the same quality of artwork.

The acid canal -Mortal Kombat 2. they acheived a really gloomy nightmarish look on this that they never really succeded again.

Ravange -Warzerd/Red Earth -Eygiptian
Gi Gi -Warzerd/Red Earth -Inca :I have only seen pics in magazines of this rare Capcom CPS3 fighter but it looks beautifull.

The Tree Bridge stage -Karate Champ : The mother of all vs fighting games has its own classic level, the combatants fight on a fallen tree that spans a ravine acting like a bridge, they should redo this level in a future game.

Tung Fu Rue -Fatal Fury 1 : Although this looks crap now, it was the first level to feature changing weather effects and it looked amazing at the time. In the first round you can just see storm clouds on the horizon then by the third round its pouring. This is the direct ancestor of the KOF99 rain level.

Flaming death match -World Heroes 1 : The first really intimidating background. Surrounded by four walls of flame, keep away from
the corners!!

Anyone else?
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Posted by colguile on June 21st, 2001 06:18 PM:

Ryu's stage EX+a - You want distance?!?!?!

Skullos stage EX2+ - Simply amazing!

Garuda's stage EX2- So much in one background?

Kairi's stage EX2+ - HUGE! Great artwork!

Bison's stage EX2+ - Best stage in street fighter in my opinion!
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Posted by strider hiryu 002000 on June 21st, 2001 06:20 PM:

even though i hate them the clown stage from mvc2 was impresive the snow stage from cvs and the alley stage in cvs (only japanise version has it with the music) and the raft stage in soul edge li long was nice. double team in mvc1 was damn cool too if that counts?

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Posted by Crayfish on June 26th, 2001 08:50 PM:
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Posted by Creepy Thin Man on June 26th, 2001 08:56 PM:

Morrigan's stage in CvS looks like something right out of Castlevania SotN.
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Posted by Ranchan on June 26th, 2001 11:51 PM:
Straight from the Anime.

Although I'm sure there are plenty more backgrounds that are really graphically superior, I love the Australia background you could unlock in SFZ2 (or if you played with Sagat and got up to Ryu). It came straight from the animated movie of Street Fighter, with everything from the flowing grass to the lightning.

Plus I think it grew on me cause I saw it 47892375895 times while trying to beat the Shin Gouki mode. (Doh)

Posted by DA GAME on June 27th, 2001 12:08 AM:

My favorites are the Boss teams background from KOF96.If you beat one of them,the little boat moves & you see different scenery in the background.Akuma's from 3rd strike looks good as well.It fits his personality along with the music.Gato's stage from MOTW is a good one also.

Posted by G&D on June 27th, 2001 12:36 AM:

may from guilty gear X riding on the airplanes with the clouds and everything looks so dope
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Posted by BabiG on June 27th, 2001 12:52 AM:

Well for Capcom games, I think overall SFA2 and Marvel Super Heroes had the best backgrounds of the older games...and of the newer ones too maybe. MvC2 gets an honorable mention cause the 3d thing is neat. Oddly enough I really don't notice the backgrounds for sf3 and Cvs much, so hard to say...

SFA2 has a real good look to it. I can't get real specific, but the whole style of art appealed to me, more then the sfa3 style.

I liked MSH's backgrounds cause they were very active...stuff is always moving and scrolling, was very cool. The versus series backgrounds that came after seemed like a big step backwords (I'm guessing because of memory constraints). I liked the Train level specifically...

Also gotta mention Spirals level in Xmen COTA (Multi level!), kof '99 (haven't seen 2000) and the Garou backgrounds...

Posted by Middlekick on June 27th, 2001 12:58 AM:

Nice choices Crayfish, ffs tung's stage has a wicked intro and and awesome music too. Here are my picks:

Kof94:
Mexico-so many chars in one background plus music and and intro to die for

Italy-Awesome music, and great colour, gotta love that reflective water.

Korea-Awesome

Those were my favs, but ALL of the bgs in kof 94 rocked.

Samurai showdown:

Haohmaru/Ukyo-cool floor texture.

Earthquake-rocking music

X-men:

Cyclops-Omg, the best background ever. 3 stages with lush artwork and killer effects, that morphing...WOW

Omega red-The sheer creativity and thought that went into this stage is amazing.

Iceman-The colour and kinda funky tropical music. wicked.

Colossus-The sentinels in the bg=rawk!!

Magneto-2nd best stage in cota.

A1:
Charlie-very busy, easily the best stage in A1.

A2:

Secret Sagat stage-we all know this one.

Gen-cool floor textures and lighting effects.

Rose-excellent

sf3:ng
Ryu/ken-wicked music and awesome artwork. I like the 1st Ryu stage best.

Ibuki-cool intro and day->night effects

Msf/Xsf:
Manhattan stage-The best stage in those games imo

ff3:
Hon fu-the only stage that makes me say "wow!!", the rest are only average imo

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Posted by Crayfish on June 27th, 2001 01:21 AM:

Middle Kick:

Oh how could I have fergot X-men Cyclops hologram room,with that stingray swimming along the floor, truly a classic. Yeah and I love both FF Special and FF Tung stages.
Haven't had much exposure to KOF94 or SF3 but I'll try to check them out.

BTW were you in Goodge.st London on saturday? I'm sure I heard your name, check out my report on the "GYL teaches darkest secret of ST" thread over in Strat & Tac if you were.

Crayfish.
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Posted by Psycho Gorath on June 27th, 2001 01:28 AM:

tekken 2 - anna stage (taj mahal)
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Posted by Crayfish on June 27th, 2001 03:00 PM:

Although its drawn in the chunky ADK style I think World Heroes Jet, Ryofu stage deserves a mention because its so dramatic, crashing down a fuedal era chinese riverscape with massive burning warships, if this was redone by really skilled artists it would look awsome.

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Posted by Bezerka on June 27th, 2001 04:08 PM:

Ryu's stage in Third Strike is good and Guile's from SF2.
But the best stage ever has got to be Akuma's cave from Zero 2
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Posted by Mader on June 27th, 2001 04:16 PM:

Sfa3 :Guile stage
CvS : M.bison stage
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Posted by Ki-StyLe on June 27th, 2001 04:39 PM:

Chun-Li stage from third strike, Guile stage in sf2, and ryu stage in A3.
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Posted by Vermilion-GA on June 27th, 2001 04:42 PM:

I'm surprised/disappointed that nobody has mentioned Ryu's stage from SF2. That one was purely classic, and the music kicks ass to this day.

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Posted by RoTeNdO on June 27th, 2001 04:44 PM:

Did we forget the stages from Puzzle Fighter? C'mon now gents/ladies!!

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Posted by Strider Trunks on June 27th, 2001 04:46 PM:

i love the pink colored stage in MvC2. Ya know the one with SonSon's fruit in the background. Also i like Chun-Li's stage in SFA3 since the people are moving in unison but doing the same moves all the time heehee
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Posted by Ray on June 27th, 2001 05:27 PM:

I liked both of bison's stages from A3 and Ryu's too.

Ryu's stage in CvS is cool too.
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Posted by Ray on June 27th, 2001 05:28 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Vermilion-GA
I'm surprised/disappointed that nobody has mentioned Ryu's stage from SF2. That one was purely classic, and the music kicks ass to this day.

-Pat

So true Ryu's classic SF2 music is still the best to date!

I listen to it all the time when I train in CvS.
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Posted by astroboy on June 27th, 2001 07:47 PM:

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Originally posted by Middlekick

X-men:

Cyclops-Omg, the best background ever. 3 stages with lush artwork and killer effects, that morphing...WOW

Colossus-The sentinels in the bg=rawk!!

I had forgotten about these stages. The trodding sentinels in Colossus' stage (below the street) are an amazing addition.

One of my fave stages:

Virtua Fighter 2- Underwater final battle against Dural. Cool dramatic music, slow-motion (it's underwater!), and wavy effects. Fallen Greek columns in the background lend an epic sense.

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Posted by Crayfish on June 27th, 2001 08:00 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Vermilion-GA
I'm surprised/disappointed that nobody has mentioned Ryu's stage from SF2. That one was purely classic, and the music kicks ass to this day.

-Pat

Yeah the World Warrior one I should have had in, fergot how good it looked at the time, it had those breakable boards at either end. What is that big metal circle that you can see part of?
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Posted by jonconnor on June 28th, 2001 04:45 AM:

I always dug the background on MvC where it turns from dusk to dawn as you fight...it's a beautiful plateau, like something out of the Grand Canyon.

The secret Australia stage in SFA2 is INCREDIBLE to play on. It's straight out of the movie, and I LOVE fighting on that stage.

I loved Orchid's stage on the arcade KI...just the bleak vastness of it, and it looked cool when you played it high.

Finally, the bridge stage in MK2, with the flaming guy fighting in the background. I convinced my friends back in the day that the flaming guy was a hidden character called Diabo and you had to do all this ridiculous shit to challenge him (plus he had the illest Fatality). You should've seen those poor, ignorant motherfuckers trying to get to him.
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Posted by Buktooth88 on June 28th, 2001 07:10 AM:

I can't believe nobody mentioned Ken's SF2 stage with the wanking guy in the background.

Well, my vote goes for all the ever-changing backgrounds in X-Men:COTA. I think they were:

Spiral (although the constant floor breaking becomes quite annoying after a while)
Colussus (floor takes a lot longer to break)
Cyclops
Wolverine
Iceman
Magneto
Omega Red

basically, I think all of the stages featured changing backgrounds of some sort except Sentinel, Psylocke, Silver Samurai, and Juggernaut. If I had to pick a favorite I guess it would be Cyclops' stage.

Posted by Mummy-B on June 28th, 2001 07:39 AM:

Nakoruru, Morrigan, and Gouki's stages in CvS. They are damn tight.
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Posted by Drahktar on June 28th, 2001 08:07 AM:

The 4th stage in Last Blade 2, (the burning building) is the single best background in a fighter ever.
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Posted by STRIDER KLOWN on June 28th, 2001 08:48 AM:

marvel 2 has nice backrounds

Posted by Mr Creed on June 28th, 2001 08:50 AM:

Hmmm...my all time fav background would probably be Cammys from SSF2.
Hugos 3S background is pretty cool too. The toys and stuff that bounce off the floor in the background when Hugo slams his opponent into the ground emphasizes his power. You can FEEL the impact.
Dudleys London based background in NG was way cool. I love the rain effect
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Posted by S-Hyo_Imawano on June 28th, 2001 01:26 PM:

Charlies/Nash's stage in SFA1. The atmosphere was a nice night-life and the crowds really got you going. The remixed music on the home versions suited it PERFECTLY.
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Posted by DA GAME on June 28th, 2001 07:20 PM:

I had completely forgotten about the Marvel Super Heroes & X-men backgrounds.I liked Magneto's stage from both games& the fitted him well especially in MSH.Wolverine's & Omega Red's stages were pretty cool as well.Why did Capcom fix something that wasn't broken with all that creativity that was shown with backgrounds for both games?That same creativity would've worked for 3rd Strike's backgrounds.

Posted by AKUMA2000 on June 28th, 2001 07:34 PM:

SF2:
Ken (his music was the best in the whole game...imo)

SFA2:
Akuma
Ken
Sagat & Ryu's grass stage (SF2:animated movie)

SFA3:
Ryu
Adon
Gen
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