Coolest Background Graphics?

Phetishboy

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Not sprites, but just background graphics, let's say games from 1980-1990. Mine for now:

Moon Patrol - Tan desert, green hills, blue-tinged, jagged edged mountains, and it's in 3-D!! Reminds me of an Astropop in the form of an arcade monitor.

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R-Type - Very H.R. Geiger/ Alien-like, organic fusing with futuristic industrial tech. Every board had something new, scary and extremely detailed to see.

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Honorable Mention:

Vs. Super Mario Bros - For some reason, I played this game so much as a kid that I almost felt like the world was real. Lots of empty space, but filled with Alice-in-Wonderland/ Wizard of Oz type floating shit you'd never see in the real world. The backgrounds in this game were light and airy and always make me happy when I see them.

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Gotta go with Mat Mania, which has a crowd that includes ZZ Top, Darth Vader, Superman, Popeye, and on the sideline is a guy flipping the wrestlers the bird.

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A bit OT, but I love the Space Invaders Deluxe field of view with the colored background and tinted monitor glass. Impossible to post a pic of it here, but just WAY cool to see in person.
 
I LOVE Satan's Hollow's background and the fact that it changes from day to night while you are playing is nothing short of awesome:

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Too many to list... but some kickass backgrounds include:

Strikers 1945 series:

Strikers 1945
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Strikers 1945 II
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Strikers 1945 III
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Guwange:

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19XX; The War Against Destiny

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What can I say...I've been on a shumup kick lately...
 
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