Great Hierophant Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 While all Atari games end, mostly when the player loses his last life, Adventure and Haunted House, when you win at the level of difficulty play a little ditty and flash the screen. Pitfall II has Harry jump up and down when he collects the last of the three treasures. What other Atari games have endings like these? Pitfall, River Raid I and II, Hero, Solaris, Secret Quest, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Swordquests? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Here's some from Activision besides the ones you already mentioned: Chopper Command, Kaboom!, Laser Blast, Keystone Kapers, Decathlon, Beamrider, Pressure Cooker, Seaquest, Plaque Attack, Crackpots, Robot Tank, Private Eye, Space Shuttle, Starmaster, Oink!, Stampede, Spider Fighter, Dolphin, Megamania, Ghostbusters, Fishing Derby, Tennis, Cosmic Commuter, Double Dragon, Kung-Fu Master, and all timed type games. Not all have "special" graphics or music at the endings, but they all stop at a certain point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 While all Atari games end, mostly when the player loses his last life, Adventure and Haunted House, when you win at the level of difficulty play a little ditty and flash the screen. Pitfall II has Harry jump up and down when he collects the last of the three treasures. What other Atari games have endings like these? Pitfall, River Raid II, Hero, Solaris, Secret Quest, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Swordquests? Pitfall! has nothing special when it ends, just collect the last treasure before the time expires, score 114,000, and the games freezes. H.E.R.O. just freezes and displays "!!!!!!" as the score to signify one million. For River Raid II, when you reach 999,999, the score stops. So you cannot earn any more extra lives, but you can continue to play until you lose your remaining lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 montezuma's revenge it's one... does river raid have an end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 montezuma's revenge it's one... Are you serious? What happens? Escape from the MindMaster Dragonstomper Fathom Porky's Tunnel Runner (crashes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 California games plays catchy little tunes after each event and your player usually poses or something goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Okay, here are some games that have actual endings, and not just the score stopping Thrust Solaris Marble Craze (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Don't forget double dragon and kung fu master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 The only one I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned is E.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 ROTLA Solaris Secret Quest Gyruss (kinda. I consider seeing Earth to be an ending). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Some other games with endings (other than the score running out): Checkers Othello Dragster Grand Prix All the sports games Maze Craze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I wouldn't count sports, board game or racing titles 'cos it's pretty much a given that they end -- that's sort of the point of those games. Maze Craze doesn't really have an "ending" -- you just find the exit. Moreover, in single player mode you just keep going, random maze after random maze. I think by "having an end" he means having accomplished the ultimate goal of the game -- which of course requires the game to have an ultimate goal beyond a high score or best time. I notice no one mentioned the Swordquest games. But that's an understandable oversight. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Ghost Manor: Boy and girl, reunited, hold hands in the graveyard as the sun rises. Awww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireTiger Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Jungle Hunt, although you can stage up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 smurf rescue and bobby go home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Mines of Minos has a definite ending point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Escape from the Mindmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Pitfall II Cousin Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Pitfall II Cousin Vinnie Whoops, I thought the first guy said Pitfall/ CV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 montezuma's revenge it's one... does river raid have an end? River Raid ends at 1,000,000 with the classic "!!!!!!" score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Air Lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Mines of Minos has a definite ending point. Oh? Does it have an ending screen of some type? Never got that far into it... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Ghost Manor: Boy and girl, reunited, hold hands in the graveyard as the sun rises. Awww. Ghost Manor has to have the best ending of any 2600 game. One of my favorite games as well. I think Tomarc the Barbarian has an ending as well. Does Xenophobe have a conclusive ending? It would be a shame if it doesn't since it does have in between stage progress animations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemsted Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Fast Food ends when you hit a million and the score turns to what to me looks like the Mt. Fuji symbol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiccanvideogamer Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I remember the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark was the Ark being raised on the pedestal much like at the beginning of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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