From 'Paper Mario' to 'Majora's Mask,' here are the best 'game over' screens.
A "Game Over" screen represents the most infuriating moment a video-game player must face: his or her ultimate and final defeat. Reaching a Game Over screen not only means losing progress, but it’s also a reminder that you, the player, were not capable of surpassing an obstacle with your current skills. A game over screen taunts you to try again, rubbing your failure right in your face.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY 8. Ninja Gaiden The original Ninja Gaiden was developed to be played on arcade machines. That meant every time a player put a coin in the machine, they got more lives. And if you lost all your lives, you were taken to a Game Over screen that also gave you the chance to continue playing if you put more coins in the machine. There’s a reason retro games are really tough, and that’s because developers wanted players to spend more money to beat their games.
6. Metal Gear Solid “SNAAAAKE!” While the Metal Gear Solid franchise has one of the most memorable Game Over screens, the radio communication that shows up every time Snake dies is also the perfect narrative tool to reflect the weight of dying. In all the franchise’s games, players have access to a radio they can use to communicate with allies spread around the world. These allies follow Snake’s missions and react with different messages if the player keeps calling them.
3. Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie was the first Rare game to feature a particularly wacky Game Over screen, which leads it to deserve a higher honor than Conker’s Bad Fur Day. The family-friendly platformer follows the adventures of a bear trying to rescue his sister, Tooty, from an evil witch, Gruntilda. The witch kidnapped Banjo’s sister because she wants to be pretty. She sticks the girl inside a machine that’ll transfer everything that makes Tooty cute into the witch.
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