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It looked more or less like this with the top and bottom of the edges glowing that Abes Oddysee portal orange colour. Along the lines/edges of the tare, little zaps like the original would zip up and down at random intervals. Added onto that with a small view of where the escapee's were going would be cool too.
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Interesting. It could work, sans the orange orbs. I always thought they were stark and out of place, designed out of pure hardware limitations and for simplicity's sake rather than any aesthetic purpose. That's why the Big Face doesn't pop out of a similar portal at the end of the game. Similarly, whenever Abe travels via portal in a cutscene, it's represented by his spirt—a flock of birds parting or converging—as opposed to a physical portal.
I might be in the minority on this, but I prefer the New 'n' Tasty portal, as it's more akin to mudokon spirituality and their mystic ancestry. At the end of the day, it's a gameplay mechanic, and it doesn't bother me too much either way.