Best/Worst Video Game Endings Ever

[toss]

Donkey Kong's fake ending and real ending were both pretty good.

I really like the music for the end of Mario 64. Kind of joyous and sad at the same time.

Portal's ending theme is just perfect.

[Bigmoney]

ghostbusters for nes

game sucks the whole way, ending is even worse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCO35b47wUQ

[Bostaevski]

Dwarf Fortress. Once you get past the fact that it's ascii graphics it is a remarkably complex game. You set up this elaborate fortress, get your economy going, etc all the while mining deeper and deeper into the mountain. You set up elaborate traps, drawbridges, retracting bridges, irrigation systems. You channel magma through the mountain and set up floodgates to flood key rooms when the goblins and trolls come to siege. Finally you reach the most precious veins of adamantine and begin mining it furiously creating all sorts of things from it - weapons, armor, goblets, tables, doors, thrones...

Then suddenly the game is over and you see this:

[xjimraketex]

Super COntra SNES....

kust like ghouls n ghosts... way to difficult game and a suckin end...

[brinks]

Best ending: Portal (from orange box)

That song is too good, but i doubt many people have actually played the game.

[slowsteps]

at risk of showing my true age:

there once was a game i played on an Apple II called "Karateka". if you made it all the way and rescued the princess, but then attacked her, she would double you over with a kick in the nutsack. best ending evar.

[VickreyAuction]

That's the game the "dancing ninja" gif is from.

[ QUOTE ]
At the successful conclusion of the game, the hero is reunited with Mariko as he frees her from her prison cell. He must then drop his fighting stance and run into her arms. The game concludes with a musical tribute and description of the player's success.

Amusingly, if the hero approaches Mariko in fighting stance, she kicks him in the head, killing him in one blow. There were apparently a significant number of players who never figured out how to avoid this fate.

[/ QUOTE ]

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[GBP04]

My favorite video game ending is from Link to the Past - I think the final montage is awesome

[loft123]

Crysis ending was so stupid...

[dknightx]

Best ending goes to Xenogears, hands down.