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Classic Game Endings Online

Posted by Zonk on from the our-princess-is-in-another-castle dept.

Game Revolutions has a project running to collect together some of the finest game endings from the 16- and 8-bit eras. Some of the examples they have for viewing via Flash include Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Flashback, Secret of Mana, and Starfox.

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  1. Finally! by sevenoverzero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe I can see the ending of Zelda II...

    1. Re:Finally! by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe I can see the ending of a game!

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  2. I'm Sorry, But the Princess is in Another Castle. by Stavr0 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Much funnier would be a list of the worst/unintentionally funny game endings.

    (A winner is you.)

  3. Corrected Firefox Link by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the correct link for Starfox.

    Personally, I wish that they didn't restrict themselves to consoles. There were a lot of Commodore, Amiga, and early PC games that had great endings.

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    1. Re:Corrected Firefox Link by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yes, I remember getting whacked on that ending the first time.

      For those who don't know, if you walked up to the princess (I believe that she was a princess anyway), you would have been in an attack stance and she killed you in one kick. You had to run into her arms. The real kicker (pun intended): there was no "save game" feature and it could have taken hours to get to the ending. Play for hours, walk up, receive kick, die, start all over again. Desire to beat the sh!t out of the programmers at Broderbund ensues.

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    2. Re:Corrected Firefox Link by nickos · · Score: 2, Informative

      I remember a cool game on the Amiga called Flood. The objective of the game was to escape hundreds of levels of flooding underground caverns and get to the surface. The ending saw the player (a little green monster) climp out of a manhole on to a busy street, and as he's jumping for joy he gets run over by a truck.

      Classic.

  4. Chrono Trigger by Eightyford · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chrono Trigger should take up half of the article.

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  5. Still trying to finish a couple games by gasmonso · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been using MAME to play some old games. After 15 years, I still can't finish Rolling Thunder! What an awesome game that was. I did however finish Ikari Warriors. Damn, I'm old :(

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  6. Video Game Museum by Erioll · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not flash, but http://www.vgmuseum.com/ has been around a LONG time and has an extensive archive of endings.

  7. SMB 2? by fishybell · · Score: 2

    Where's my "it was all a dream" from mario brothers 2?

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  8. Why don't you... by Eightyford · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why don't you just find out for yourself? link

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  9. My favorite game ending by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I beat Infocom's game Enchanter by (somewhat accidently) exploiting a couple of game bugs. So I didn't have full points at the end. This wasn't ever supposed to happen of course, but there was still a cool ending where the circle of Enchanters expressed vague disappointment in my deeds, saying that "something was missing."

  10. Great! by WMD_88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe now I can finally figure out how Tetris ends!

    1. Re:Great! by spune · · Score: 5, Informative

      On the Gameboy version, winning Game B, level 9, 5 high results in a ending sequence. First, a bunch of dancers and musicians perform for you, then you watch a shuttle launch.

      In Game A, attaining certain high scores is rewarded with smaller spacecraft launches, started with a puny probe and going up in size to some moderately impressing rockets.

  11. Yeti chow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
    Eaten by the yeti in SkiFree.

    Not a console game, but it is "16-bit".

  12. The Best Ever game ending is missing by DrSkwid · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Duke Nukem 3D

    http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/duke-nukem-3d/sc reenshots/gameShotId,5640/

    Sadly the best bit isn't there, where Duke rips off the head of the Overlord and shits down his neck !!

    Ending to end all endings.

    Time ticks away until I can play it again :

    http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/index.php?p=jfduke3d

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  13. NESVideos by slavemowgli · · Score: 2, Informative

    Many game endings can also be seen in the tool-assisted game movies on http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/ . In fact, you get more than just the endings there - you also get to see the entire games, played perfectly (or at least nearly so).

    (And for the record, no, I'm not affiliated with that site in any way or shape at all - I'm just a fan who enjoys those movies.)

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  14. Re:Flashback by grumbel · · Score: 2, Informative

    Would recomment you download a walkthrough for Another World, once you know what to do game its not very difficult and not really long either, can be played through in 30-40min.

  15. Flashback engine remake by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/reminiscence/

    The only bad thing i have with this is that i can't roll as easily as i used to. It's as if the down key would get stuck :( bummer.

  16. Warning: virus at that vgmuseum site. by Eric+Coleman · · Score: 3, Informative

    The vgmuseum.com site tried to isntall "Downloader-RK" on my computer via its popup advertisements.

  17. Re:I'm Sorry, But the Princess is in Another Castl by default+luser · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Mission Complete"

    "You are the greatest player"

    "Password: TGL"

    From The Guardian Legend, an excellent top-down platformer plus vertical shooter. I spent months playing that game, gave up, then picked it up again and finally beat it. Too bad the ending sucked, the game is great.

    Then there's the ending from Wizards & Warriors. FUN, FUN game, but after you beat the final boss...you save yet another maiden, and that's it. Yay, you get to put in your high score, which will be reset when you turn off the NES! I'm so excited!

    Ikari Warriors also had a cheesy ending.

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  18. Re:Ninja gaiden by bckrispi · · Score: 2, Informative
    You did it the hard way :)

    It's tremendously easier if you use the Spiral Attack available (much) earlier in the level. He'll die in about 2-3 hits.

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  19. Re:Cinematics? by bluemeep · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Hey, wait a minute, I thought we hated cinematics in video games? I guess since these are ending movies, they're okay? Or since they're nostalgic, they're okay?

    Well, the earlier rant was about having gameplay actually interrupted by the little beggars. A cool ending cinema is a big different from having the game pause every five minutes for some random tidbit of motion capture. Ever line yourself up for a tough platform jump only to have the game shove an FMV under your nose right before you take off, sending you into the pit as soon as it finishes? That's the difference.

  20. Eye of the Beholder by tangent3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone remembers the ending from Eye of the Beholder?
    2 pages of text, then get thrown out to C:\>
    I simply sat there amazed.

    Fortunately, the ending from Eye of the Beholder II was great and more than made up for it.