# The video game ending thread- spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254 "2001-09-01T04:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/181 "2003-07-08T04:43:04Z")
hebes - It was in Metal Slug 2 as well…guess not a lot of people bothered to reach the end of that one. Diceman - Good ending: Either side with 80,000 points, continues don’t matter. Zombie ending: Either side with a last digit of 0 (and under 80,000 points). Continuing increases the score by 1, so it has to be no continues or a multiple of 10. The easiest way to get this is to jump in on the final boss, since you always start at 0. The reason this is one of my favorites? After seeing all kinds of terrible tragedies in video games that are completely unavoidable (and console games are several times worse), it was just so refreshing to have a game where, if you were good enough, _you could avert the tragedy_. It’s a great idea, and I’m actually surprised it isn’t more common. (Think more than few console RPG gamers might be with me on this? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/182 "2003-07-08T06:18:09Z")
_The Bad guy gets away, the alien is defeated, the bad guy is destroyed but blows up a big chunk of the earth before he goes, and the bad guy is killed after merging with the alien_ ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/183 "2003-07-08T11:54:26Z")
> [@](#): > > The world is saved, but you lose the girl. (Unless you beat the Epilogue) From way back - but I didn’t see anyone answer it. This is Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. However, it was not just for the PSX, as it priginally came out for the Sega CD. Great game, go play it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/184 "2003-07-08T21:28:16Z")
Random trivia while I wait to see if someone knows my ending: the voice actor who played Alex in Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is better known by the general public these days for doing what? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/185 "2003-07-09T00:53:28Z")
Your character comes down onto the map, smashes the last marker, and after about ten hours of gameplay, you’re given a good ol “Congratulations!” then credits. Then you really want to kill someone. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/186 "2003-07-09T01:08:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DKW \* > \*\*hebes - It was in Metal Slug 2 as well…guess not a lot of people bothered to reach the end of that one. > \*\* Never played it, so I can’t answer. Your character comes down onto the map, smashes the last marker, and after about ten hours of gameplay, you’re given a good ol “Congratulations!” then credits. Plok? Oh yeah, the one where evil scientist becomes alien could be: Kileak, the dna imperative, also. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/187 "2003-07-09T01:09:18Z")
Rampage. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/188 "2003-07-09T01:14:57Z")
They had markers? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/189 "2003-07-09T12:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertliguori \* > \*\*Rampage. \*\* You are correct, sir! Man, that ending _REALLY_ pissed me off! ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/190 "2003-07-09T19:41:35Z")
Your base belong to you! ---
**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/191 "2003-07-10T03:54:44Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/192 "2003-07-10T19:27:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hebesphenomegacorona \* > \*\*Never played it, so I can’t answer. > Oh yeah, the one where evil scientist becomes alien could be: > Kileak, the dna imperative, also. \*\* Nope. That was one of 4 main endings. And I never said “Scientist”. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/193 "2003-07-10T21:47:20Z")
Leaper: Ashley Angel, voice of Alex, is now in O-Town (or some other boy band). And people wonder why everyone likes John Truitt more…_cringes_ ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/194 "2003-07-11T02:25:45Z")
PC: -You save the world, and then walk away from the President. -You are led away by the cops, having saved the world, but are believed to be a phycopath. -You find the bad guy, but are saved by the loved one you set out to save. -A genocidal madman is killed, in Victory or Defeat. SNES: -You escape from a sinking ship, only to be browbeat by your rescuers. -You return home after beating up the divine. NES: -You save an alien race from extinction after collecting tetris blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Shellhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@Old\_Shellhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Shellhead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/195 "2003-07-11T03:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shmigheghi \* > \*\*Galaxy is encased in some sno-globe like thing, you and friends go in front of court to testify why the galaxy shouldn’t be shut down. You give them chocolate and something else and save the earth. \*\* Don’t think I’ve seen anyone else give the answer, but it’s Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon. Oh, Raymond. Heh. Great game! ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Shellhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@Old\_Shellhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Shellhead)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/196 "2003-07-11T03:42:37Z")
A couple more modern Interactive Fiction ones, don’t know how many people have knowledge of them: -You were really hallucinating in the desert the entire time. -It wasn’t telepathy – she’s been dead this entire time. -The story continues, projected into a child’s dreams. -You go to the teddy bear picnic! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/197 "2003-07-11T03:47:45Z")
An Arcade one. You ascend the tower, kill the evil demon, and then have a choice: Take the magic orb and gain his power, or destory the orb and go home emptyhanded. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/198 "2003-07-11T05:10:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kushiel \* > \*\*Leaper: Ashley Angel, voice of Alex, is now in O-Town (or some other boy band). And people wonder why everyone likes John Truitt more…_cringes_ \*\* Absolutely correct! And on your first post too! Now if only someone would try to guess at my ending above… ---
**Author:** ![Iacob\_Matthew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Iacob\_Matthew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iacob_Matthew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/199 "2003-07-11T22:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\* > > SNES: > > -You return home after beating up the divine. > > NES: > > -You save an alien race from extinction after collecting tetris blocks. \*\* The first one could be Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, the first Breath of Fire, or Secret of Mana II. I can think of a handful of others, but they’re obscure and not all that great. The second’s probably Startropics II, but my memory could be off. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/200 "2003-07-11T22:29:08Z")
Yes, it is either startropics or startropics 2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254.md?page=11)