# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Greyson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Greyson3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greyson3)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/21 "2001-09-09T01:53:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Your photo album is shown. Earthbound. I love that game. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/22 "2001-09-09T04:43:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\* > The girlfriend croaks. The villain turns into an Alien who you have to beat. And the rest is essentially silence. \*\* This is Conker’s Day Out, actually. Brilliant up until the end. As for the fireworks… well, it seems like almost every damn Nintendo game ends in fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/23 "2001-09-09T05:10:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SqrlCub \* > \*\*In Metroid (NES) Samus Aran (sp?) is really a girl. \*\* SqrlCub you beat me to it! Thats the only game ending ever that had my jaw on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/24 "2001-09-09T06:24:19Z")
Here, I have some more to solve, one game per line. These are from both console and PC games. * * * You saved our kingdom, so now let’s have some cake! The witch is trapped under a rock. The princess turns to you and says, “Thank you for the important thing!” Your brother falls endlessly as some evil guy looks in a magic mirror and laughs at him. You see a rabbit’s head on a stick. The salesman warps around while congratulating you, and then he leaves. You ride off into the woods. Purple raisin-like blobs dance for you. Your dream ends, and you wake up. (Actually, I can think of at least 3 games for this one.) You ride away on a snowmobile with someone else, and who the person with you is depends on actions earlier in the game. After getting past the slot machine, you’re left drifting through space… forever… The villain still lives, in the body of one of the two characters you thought had escaped! Everyone in the virtual reality machine is saved from the giant bald heads. The upside-down castle is destroyed, and the world is safe for another hundred years. The penguin is never really the ultimate enemy. As the dark side of the world fades from existence, so do you… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/25 "2001-09-09T20:01:42Z")
**He finally smiles.** Final Fantasy VIII Here are some tougher ones. I will divide them into their platform. PC He wanted the boy(you). Those four wizards? They were evil. The bad dude was actually the good guy. You hit the motherload(if you brought a pick axe). The secret is that the world is a computer generated experiment run by a malfunctioning robot. The murderer was the cop. NES Zande is not the main villain. SNES The villain is not actualy the bad one. Your party actually is(what a mind-frell this was). The whole game, you were actually fighting good, not evil. Playstation Schala is freed and the entire game has been a sidequest. Everyone at Fishbell celebrates, each one representing different parts of the world. Playstation 2 Your charachter doesn’t really exist. He was only part of someone else’s dream. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/26 "2001-09-09T20:03:52Z")
**You see a rabbit’s head on a stick.** DOOM ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/27 "2001-09-09T20:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > \*\*NES > > Zande is not the main villain.\*\* Final Fantasy III. (Just replace the name, and you’ve got half the Final Fantasies… ^\_\_^) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/28 "2001-09-09T20:51:57Z")
Quoth **Ranchoth** : > [@](#): > > “The head (The second one) is tossed into the devoid, but the Legion had to be sacrificed.” Myth, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/29 "2001-09-09T21:02:05Z")
**Greyson3** , correct; the other four of mine are still up for grabs. Three of them are PSX games, if it helps. **You saved our kingdom, so now let’s have some cake!** Super Mario 64? **Your dream ends, and you wake up.** Is one of them Super Mario Bros. 2? **You ride away on a snowmobile with someone else, and who the person with you is depends on actions earlier in the game.** Metal Gear Solid. **The upside-down castle is destroyed, and the world is safe for another hundred years.** Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. **Schala is freed and the entire game has been a sidequest.** Chrono Cross? ---
**Author:** ![teppei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/30 "2001-09-09T21:04:27Z")
the upside down castle one: castlevania:symphony of the night. the one about schala: the ‘real’ ending to Chrono Cross how about these: it turns out that Earthlings were the masterminds behind the evil supercomputer, and your party dies destroying them. your air balloon drops everyone in your party off in their hometowns, and you wind up in a bed of roses with your best friend who had sacrificed her life so that you could live. The scientist character is teaching his class about what you did to save the 3 planets and the star of your solar system. After seeing the destroyed golem off, the princess goes off with the android and the treasure hunter to seek out more adventures. your girlfriend is brought back to life after seeing a dragon fly across the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/31 "2001-09-09T21:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > You see a rabbit’s head on a stick. > DOOM Yes! > [@](#): > > You saved our kingdom, so now let’s have some cake! > Super Mario 64? Yes! > [@](#): > > Your dream ends, and you wake up. > Is one of them Super Mario Bros. 2? Yes! Some other possible answers are Little Nemo and Adventures of Tom Sawyer, both for the NES, and Zelda: Link’s Awakening might count for this as well, even though it was someone else’s dream. > [@](#): > > You ride away on a snowmobile with someone else, and who the person with you is depends on actions earlier in the game. > Metal Gear Solid. Yes! > [@](#): > > The upside-down castle is destroyed, and the world is safe for another hundred years. > Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Yes! ## Here are some more to solve: The world was modeled after the fantasy worlds of four people from Earth, and the butler was the villain. You sail off on a boat to explore the world. The goddess chooses to become mortal. ---
**Author:** ![teppei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/32 "2001-09-09T22:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*The goddess chooses to become mortal. \*\* I want to say Lunar, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/33 "2001-09-09T22:25:42Z")
You could be, but you’re not, because Lunar is the correct answer! ---
**Author:** ![shmigheghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@shmigheghi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shmigheghi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/34 "2001-09-09T23:03:40Z")
Slot machine one: Star Fox The waking up and its a dream one can also be some SNES Mickey game…I forget which one. I think it’s Mickey’s Ulitmate Puzzle…something with ultimate in the title. Witch under a rock: Banjo-Kazooie Rasin blobs: A Boy and his Blob…maybe. Candid home video: I think its an alternate ending to Chrono Cross. Now for some of my own: You get out of the tunnel just in time before the door closes and didn’t get engulfed by the flames from the exploding final boss guy. Your comrades are waiting for you. You get on a ship for Hong Kong. Castle falls back to the ground…stars reunited…everyone happy again. Congratulation! Bad guy gives daughter back to rightful parents. (Names of bad guy/daugter would make it far too easy…) ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/35 "2001-09-09T23:15:00Z")
Here’s another one: “Don’t be a tuna head.” ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/36 "2001-09-09T23:24:56Z")
A man and a woman lean against the railing and watch the flames. The identity of the man depends on choices made in the game’s last sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/37 "2001-09-09T23:41:38Z")
**shmigheghi** , could be. I have to confess that I’ve never finished it even though I actually own the darn game. Not the one I was looking for, though. The PSX ones are all RPGs, though, if that helps at all. \*\*it turns out that Earthlings were the masterminds behind the evil supercomputer, and your party dies destroying them. \*\* Phantasy Star II? \*\*your air balloon drops everyone in your party off in their hometowns, and you wind up in a bed of roses with your best friend who had sacrificed her life so that you could live. \*\* Dragon Warrior IV. **The world was modeled after the fantasy worlds of four people from Earth, and the butler was the villain.** Secret of Evermore. **You get on a ship for Hong Kong.** I’ll guess Shenmue? \*\*Castle falls back to the ground…stars reunited…everyone happy again. \*\* Paper Mario. Wonderful game. Gee, can anyone tell what genre I’ve played way too much of? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teppei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/38 "2001-09-10T01:40:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mind gamer \* > > **it turns out that Earthlings were the masterminds behind the evil supercomputer, and your party dies destroying them. > Phantasy Star II?** yep ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/39 "2001-09-10T02:05:32Z")
Gosh, I’m not getting many of these. Here’s some I know: You make it through the hatch and onto the surface of the legendary lost planet. Having saved the world and your people, you are turned away from home, because you no longer fit in. Turns out, your father was an evil god, and you have to kill your brother. You have to destroy your own mortality in order to die. ---
**Author:** ![serack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@serack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serack)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/40 "2001-09-10T02:22:33Z")
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