Death Scenes and Game Over Screens

Dastardly · 11 September 2003, 00:09

What are your most memorable death scenes? Which ones really stick in your mind to this day for their brilliance?

Mine would have to be

Lemmings - Never had losing a game been so much fun before! Endless amusement at all the different ways those little critters could die.

Prince of Persia - Falling from great heights to a crumpled mess on the floor, being impaled on razor sharp spikes and being chopped in half accompanied by one of gamings all time sickest sound effects. *SCHLLOK*

Speedball 2 - The little screen that pops up of the player with his helmet bashed in and blood running from his mouth, and then the medical droids enter and drag his mangled body off the pitch. Brutal!

Also, what are your most memorable game over screens?

Mine

Speedball 2 - The lone player stands defeated and sums up exactly what your feeling

See Djays avatar.

Shadow of the Beast 2 - A beautifully drawn pic of your man in the throes of death with a brilliantly apt guitar piece.

What are yours?

IFW · 11 September 2003, 00:20

Although shame about the gameplay the most varied death scenes you can find are in the ReadySoft games, like any Dragon's Lair or Space Ace.
And of course Another World.

hal · 11 September 2003, 00:46

hmmm

hunter- a simple 3d grave with a tombstone (saw that one too often)
and elvira-mistress of the dark you get to see your head boiled in a pot if a certain old lady got to you

Enverex · 11 September 2003, 00:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Dastardly
Speedball 2 - The little screen that pops up of the player with his helmet bashed in and blood running from his mouth, and then the medical droids enter and drag his mangled body off the pitch. Brutal!

Ice-Cream................... Ice-Cream...............

yadster · 11 September 2003, 01:07

Barbarian and the web of death move (or whatever it was called). Great fun slicing your opponents head clean off then seeing it get kicked off screen by that green thing.

7-Zark-7 · 11 September 2003, 02:20

Abandoned Places 2 was quite a memorable celebration of getting your butt kicked-lost count of the number of times my coverdisc demo from The One,loaded up that gothic pic & great guitar solo.

GhostsnGoblins & Ghouls'n'Ghosts had nice touches with the crumple into a skeleton after being stripped to your undies.

And who can forget Boot Hill in Cannon Fodder seeing the gravestones whilst sending off your next group of rookies into battle.

Fred the Fop · 11 September 2003, 03:50

When the silly little green elf in "Elf" gets smashed by the troll with the club.

manicx · 11 September 2003, 08:57

I remember of two end Scenes:

-Flood. Pure class to me! Had a nervous laugh for about 15 minutes

-OnEscape: MAGIC! I though the end scene in Another World was cool till I saw this. This was fantastic, computer art in every respect. Got to finish that game again and see if I can actually put that on a video tape/AVI file.

Figi · 11 September 2003, 13:44

Mortal Kombat II. Especially the Babality moves. ;-D

One of the best death scenes I remember is in Pinball Illusions, Extreme Sports table. While rock-climbing or skydiving, when you loose the ball, you get a nice "now that's a deep fall"-animation on the scoreboard, along with a loooong "Aaaaaaah"-scream and a splutty "splargh!"-sound when hitting the virtual ground. :-D

Ah, and speaking of Pinball games... who remembers the Slamtilt-Table "Night of the Demon", which has a mode where you must reload and shoot a werewolf using both flipper keys - when the wolf get's you, which he does eventually, he grabs your face and pulls it off the head, leaving nothing but bloody slime. Nice one. :-D

th4t1guy · 11 September 2003, 18:25

Ork - Your body gets shot off into space. The music for this was very simple, yet very good as well.

Dizzy · 11 September 2003, 18:59

Golden Axe

The part in the arcadehall with the baddies from the gaming zapping in, and chase the boy...

Djay · 11 September 2003, 22:07

The die screen on Shadow of the beast 2 is cool....
The little white dot on the endscreen of Xenon 2 is funny...
The endtheme to Dynablasters is nice...
The endtheme to Psychotic (Budbrain) is great... does that count???

Djay · 11 September 2003, 22:17

Anyone remember the odd scene in Nightbreed : Interactive Movie, where you are sitting in a padded cell laughing like a nutter... man that bit gives me the creeps...?

Dastardly · 11 September 2003, 23:48

Moonstone ewww

Shatterhand · 12 September 2003, 05:52

There's an MSX game that had a game over screen that always made me feel sick.

The game is Shark Hunter, in this game you are a eskimo, and you have to hunt sharks so they won't eat your fish. You die when you are eat by a shark.

Though the sprites are small and all, seeing the little eskmo being eat by a shark was already horrible (The animation lasts for like 6-7 seconds, it shows the eskimo waving his arms trying to escape, while the shark eats him, and some blood is spreaded around). But then it shows the eskimo's wife leaving the igloo and going to bury her husband, with a FUCKING SAD tune.

It's one of the most horrible scenes I ever saw in a video-game. It's not violent, it's MORBID.

Fred the Fop · 12 September 2003, 08:09

Quote:

Originally posted by Shatterhand
There's an MSX game that had a game over screen that always made me feel sick.

The game is Shark Hunter, in this game you are a eskimo, and you have to hunt sharks so they won't eat your fish. You die when you are eat by a shark.

Though the sprites are small and all, seeing the little eskmo being eat by a shark was already horrible (The animation lasts for like 6-7 seconds, it shows the eskimo waving his arms trying to escape, while the shark eats him, and some blood is spreaded around). But then it shows the eskimo's wife leaving the igloo and going to bury her husband, with a FUCKING SAD tune.

It's one of the most horrible scenes I ever saw in a video-game. It's not violent, it's MORBID.

I MUST play and lose at this game ASAP

Drake1009 · 12 September 2003, 09:50

Sounds like a great little game that shark thingie.

As for nightbreed, he doesn't look like he's laughing.

Flashback had a darn annoying death scene for me, the one when I run into one of those force field thingies and get disintegrated or something.

Mr Creosote · 12 September 2003, 11:00

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Impossible Mission yet. This scream always gave me the creeps!

7-Zark-7 · 12 September 2003, 15:58

Rainbow Island's "Good" Game Complete sequence where you collect all the diamonds,(as much as you can on the Amiga version anyway),was a neat sequence.

Are we going to keep Amiga specific Darstadly?

haynor666 · 12 September 2003, 20:02

For me most ipressive were always Psygnosis games - Ork, Shadow of the Beast serie.

11 September 2003, 00:09	#1
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Death Scenes and Game Over Screens What are your most memorable death scenes? Which ones really stick in your mind to this day for their brilliance? Mine would have to be Lemmings - Never had losing a game been so much fun before! Endless amusement at all the different ways those little critters could die. Prince of Persia - Falling from great heights to a crumpled mess on the floor, being impaled on razor sharp spikes and being chopped in half accompanied by one of gamings all time sickest sound effects. SCHLLOK Speedball 2 - The little screen that pops up of the player with his helmet bashed in and blood running from his mouth, and then the medical droids enter and drag his mangled body off the pitch. Brutal! Also, what are your most memorable game over screens? Mine Speedball 2 - The lone player stands defeated and sums up exactly what your feeling See Djays avatar. Shadow of the Beast 2 - A beautifully drawn pic of your man in the throes of death with a brilliantly apt guitar piece. What are yours?

11 September 2003, 22:17	#13
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	Anyone remember the odd scene in Nightbreed : Interactive Movie, where you are sitting in a padded cell laughing like a nutter... man that bit gives me the creeps...? Attached Thumbnails

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11 September 2003, 00:20	#2
IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 52 Posts: 1,838	Although shame about the gameplay the most varied death scenes you can find are in the ReadySoft games, like any Dragon's Lair or Space Ace. And of course Another World.

11 September 2003, 00:46	#3
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	hmmm hunter- a simple 3d grave with a tombstone (saw that one too often) and elvira-mistress of the dark you get to see your head boiled in a pot if a certain old lady got to you

11 September 2003, 01:07	#5
yadster Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Yorkshire UK Age: 54 Posts: 160	Barbarian and the web of death move (or whatever it was called). Great fun slicing your opponents head clean off then seeing it get kicked off screen by that green thing.

11 September 2003, 02:20	#6
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Abandoned Places 2 was quite a memorable celebration of getting your butt kicked-lost count of the number of times my coverdisc demo from The One,loaded up that gothic pic & great guitar solo. GhostsnGoblins & Ghouls'n'Ghosts had nice touches with the crumple into a skeleton after being stripped to your undies. And who can forget Boot Hill in Cannon Fodder seeing the gravestones whilst sending off your next group of rookies into battle.

11 September 2003, 03:50	#7
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	When the silly little green elf in "Elf" gets smashed by the troll with the club.

11 September 2003, 08:57	#8
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	I remember of two end Scenes: -Flood. Pure class to me! Had a nervous laugh for about 15 minutes -OnEscape: MAGIC! I though the end scene in Another World was cool till I saw this. This was fantastic, computer art in every respect. Got to finish that game again and see if I can actually put that on a video tape/AVI file.

11 September 2003, 13:44	#9
Figi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 133	Mortal Kombat II. Especially the Babality moves. ;-D One of the best death scenes I remember is in Pinball Illusions, Extreme Sports table. While rock-climbing or skydiving, when you loose the ball, you get a nice "now that's a deep fall"-animation on the scoreboard, along with a loooong "Aaaaaaah"-scream and a splutty "splargh!"-sound when hitting the virtual ground. :-D Ah, and speaking of Pinball games... who remembers the Slamtilt-Table "Night of the Demon", which has a mode where you must reload and shoot a werewolf using both flipper keys - when the wolf get's you, which he does eventually, he grabs your face and pulls it off the head, leaving nothing but bloody slime. Nice one. :-D

11 September 2003, 18:25	#10
th4t1guy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO, USA Posts: 683	Ork - Your body gets shot off into space. The music for this was very simple, yet very good as well.

11 September 2003, 18:59	#11
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	Golden Axe The part in the arcadehall with the baddies from the gaming zapping in, and chase the boy...

11 September 2003, 22:07	#12
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	The die screen on Shadow of the beast 2 is cool.... The little white dot on the endscreen of Xenon 2 is funny... The endtheme to Dynablasters is nice... The endtheme to Psychotic (Budbrain) is great... does that count???

11 September 2003, 23:48	#14
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	Moonstone ewww

12 September 2003, 05:52	#15
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	There's an MSX game that had a game over screen that always made me feel sick. The game is Shark Hunter, in this game you are a eskimo, and you have to hunt sharks so they won't eat your fish. You die when you are eat by a shark. Though the sprites are small and all, seeing the little eskmo being eat by a shark was already horrible (The animation lasts for like 6-7 seconds, it shows the eskimo waving his arms trying to escape, while the shark eats him, and some blood is spreaded around). But then it shows the eskimo's wife leaving the igloo and going to bury her husband, with a FUCKING SAD tune. It's one of the most horrible scenes I ever saw in a video-game. It's not violent, it's MORBID.

12 September 2003, 09:50	#17
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Sounds like a great little game that shark thingie. As for nightbreed, he doesn't look like he's laughing. Flashback had a darn annoying death scene for me, the one when I run into one of those force field thingies and get disintegrated or something.

12 September 2003, 11:00	#18
Mr Creosote Evil Mastermind Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Home Posts: 740	I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Impossible Mission yet. This scream always gave me the creeps!

12 September 2003, 15:58	#19
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Rainbow Island's "Good" Game Complete sequence where you collect all the diamonds,(as much as you can on the Amiga version anyway),was a neat sequence. Are we going to keep Amiga specific Darstadly?

12 September 2003, 20:02	#20
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,748	For me most ipressive were always Psygnosis games - Ork, Shadow of the Beast serie.

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