# 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:** 3
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/41 "2001-09-10T02:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny Angel \* > \*\*Turns out, your father was an evil god, and you have to kill your brother. > \*\* kindof a stretch, but Final Fantasy 9? ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/42 "2001-09-10T02:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Slot machine one: Star Fox Yes! It was on the secret path through the black hole, or the other dimension, or something like that. > [@](#): > > Witch under a rock: Banjo-Kazooie Yes! > [@](#): > > Rasin blobs: A Boy and his Blob…maybe. Maybe, but that’s not the one I’m thinking of. Here’s a hint: it’s the ending to a game that was the basis for a recent catch phrase that was all around the Internet… > [@](#): > > The world was modeled after the fantasy worlds of four people from Earth, and the butler was the villain. > Secret of Evermore. Yes! I’m not sure about the one where you’re on the side of evil all along, but are you thinking of Terranigma? I remember the elder turned out to be the villain, but he was the one who sent you on the quest in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/43 "2001-09-10T04:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny Angel \* > \*\* > > Turns out, your father was an evil god, and you have to kill your brother. > \*\* Could also be Crusader of Centy, although Final Fantasy 9 would apply. How about these: PSX- The world is saved from becoming a parking lot. The world is saved, but you lose the girl. (Unless you beat the Epilogue) Turns out your glorious leader is actually insane, and trys to blow up the sun. You of course, stop him and the war he started. A peasant ends a war and becomes king, but only after using and manipulating everyone around. PC- The cloaking device fails in hyperspace, destroying the traitor’s ship. You go through the portal into the unknown, looking for conquest. The mysterious figure is not who the mental patient thought he was. NES- After creating the legendary fifth sword from four other swords, you go to destroy the big computer in the floating tower. Dreamcast- After being rescued by your brother and stopping the crazy transvestite, you finally escape Antarctica. You get all the passengers to their destination. – That’s all I have for now. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/44 "2001-09-10T06:12:35Z")
_“Don’t be a tuna head.”_ Maniac Mansion? \*Having saved the world and your people, you are turned away from home, because you no longer fit in. \* Fallout (covered earlier) _Turns out, your father was an evil god, and you have to kill your brother._ Baldur’s Gate _You have to destroy your own mortality in order to die._ Planescape Torment Here’s one for ya. You are lost in deep space and place yourself in suspended animation. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/45 "2001-09-10T08:12:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mahaloth \* > You hit the motherload(if you brought a pick axe). \*\* Goldrush \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juniper200 \* > 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. My favorite game: \*\* Gabriel Knight \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Genseric \* > You are lost in deep space and place yourself in suspended animation. \*\* Space Quest II ? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/46 "2001-09-10T13:09:04Z")
**You get all the passengers to their destination.** Crazy Taxi? ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/47 "2001-09-10T13:12:51Z")
## After seeing the destroyed golem off, the princess goes off with the android and the treasure hunter to seek out more adventures. Wild Arms? Here’s another: After losing the symbiotes the girl goes off to raise her brother, the monk starts training a new class at the monastery, and the hero’s fate depends on actions earlier in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/48 "2001-09-10T16:39:09Z")
All the ones I knew are already covered. Oh, well–here’s one for the PC: The shell-shocked, extraordinarily stupid blonde walks slowly away from the house. ---
**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 10, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/49 "2001-09-10T17:22:21Z")
**Balance** , yours is Phantasmagoria. Well, some of mine were gotten, others weren’t. I’ll answer the ones that I think are too obscure, leave the one’s you should be able to get. PC He wanted the boy(you). **No one has gotten this??? This was the easiest one!. Keep Trying** Those four wizards? They were evil. The bad dude was actually the good guy. **This one is Zork: Nemesis.** The secret is that the world is a computer generated experiment run by a malfunctioning robot. **Come on, it’s a classic!.** The murderer was the cop. **The answer was Dagger of Amon Ra.** 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. **Someone had to play this game! Yeah, it’s a totaly mind-numbing when you realize what happened. Keep guessing** Playstation Everyone at Fishbell celebrates, each one representing different parts of the world. **I’m hesitant to answer this one, but I will. It’s Dragon Quest VII(Dragon Warrior VII).** Playstation 2 Your charachter doesn’t really exist. He was only part of someone else’s dream. **This one is part of a series.** ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/50 "2001-09-10T17:39:15Z")
Unfortunately, most of the ones I actually recognize have already been answered. However, I believe that “Another star brings a new hope for 40,000” is _Sid Meier’s Civilization_. So I’ll just confuse the issue by throwing out some more. As a warning; they’re all PC, and some of them are pretty old. You crash-land your orb in San Francisco. You defeat Lucian IV, and unite Eastrealm and Westrealm to fulfill your destiny. You lead humanity into a mass conciousness, becoming almost God-like in powers. You defeat the rogue AI and manage to save the Net. Having made your millions, you retire and become President of the United States. You are named Emperor, and therefore never have to hear the phrase “Plebs are needed!” again. Having saved Germany from the Apocalypse, your names are forever legend. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/51 "2001-09-10T17:40:48Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Chocobo You go through the portal into the unknown, looking for conquest._ Might & Magic VII? ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/52 "2001-09-10T18:23:38Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by tirial \* \*\*After seeing the destroyed golem off, the princess goes off with the android and the treasure hunter to seek out more adventures. > > Wild Arms?\*\* yep > [@](#): > > \*\* > Here’s another: > After losing the symbiotes the girl goes off to raise her brother, the monk starts training a new class at the monastery, and the hero’s fate depends on actions earlier in the game. \*\* Koudelka? ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/53 "2001-09-10T18:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Mahaloth_ > **He wanted the boy(you). No one has gotten this??? This was the easiest one!. Keep Trying** Didn’t see this the first time around. It’s an oldie but a goodie: _The 7th Guest_. [sub][sup]You’re right, that was pretty easy.[/sub][/sup] 🙂 **Saitou** : Ding! That is correct. It’s my favorite game as well; I really ought to start an appreciation thread one of these days… ---
**Author:** ![mordax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mordax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordax)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/54 "2001-09-10T19:33:03Z")
Hi guys. This is my first post at SD. 🙂 Here are some of my favorites: - All of your mortal friends die, and you go to your final punishment. - A mysterious group plots your downfall. - There’s fireworks…and a parade. 🙂 - The world is saved, but inhabited by dinosaurs. - You will yourself right out of existence. And, it’s an arcade game, but still worth it: - The President takes you out for a hamburger. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/55 "2001-09-10T19:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mordax \* > > - The world is saved, but inhabited by dinosaurs. Chrono Trigger (this game is such a mine for endings) **Mahaloth** is correct, of course–mine was Phantasmagoria, home of one of the dumbest protagonists in the history of gaming. Here’s another: By use of a clever bit of sabotage and a lot of frantic running away, you arrange for the main bad guy to off himself in a really nasty fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/56 "2001-09-10T20:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chocobo \* > \*\*You go through the portal into the unknown, looking for conquest. > \*\* Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal, Orc Campaign? ---
**Author:** ![Greyson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Greyson3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greyson3)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/57 "2001-09-10T20:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > After creating the legendary fifth sword from four other swords, you go to destroy the big computer in the floating tower. That would be Crystalis sir. Ho ho, I’ve got some. Except for the sixth one, they’re all from my favorite games, or the ones that haven’t been mentioned yet. PSX Two artists, a photographer, a talk show host, a model, and you… but what happened to the Snow Queen? A flower blooms on the ruins of a city encased in flesh, which is kind of gross once you think about it. SNES In the end you get the girl, but God takes away your memories. Stupid God. An unsuspecting hero with inexplicably wind-blown hair and his bratty girlfriend usher in a new age with pencils and backpacks and lunchboxes for all. Hooray. A reincarnated seagull gets some hot Scandinavian loving. The main characters both die, but then go back home to see their stupid baby boy. You destroy the aptly named boss of Drake Inc and live on in a happy, karma filled-life and plus a nifty pair of shades. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/58 "2001-09-10T20:49:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > \*\*You lead humanity into a mass conciousness, becoming almost God-like in powers. > \*\* Sid Meir’s Alpha Centauri? > [@](#): > > \*\* > You are named Emperor, and therefore never have to hear the phrase “Plebs are needed!” again.\*\* One of the Ceasar games (wild guess)? ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/59 "2001-09-10T21:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > An unsuspecting hero with inexplicably wind-blown hair and his bratty girlfriend usher in a new age with pencils and backpacks and lunchboxes for all. Hooray. Illusion of Gaia? > [@](#): > > The main characters both die, but then go back home to see their stupid baby boy. Lufia 2? Of course, this isn’t really a spoiler if you’ve played the beginning of Lufia 1… ---
**Author:** ![Greyson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Greyson3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greyson3)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-game-ending-thread-spoilers/79254/60 "2001-09-10T22:50:44Z")
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