Rubbish video game endings

Thu, Jun 12, 2008

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Rubbish video game endings

From Den of Geek:

It’s the mid-80s. I’ve spent many a tense hour in front of my ZX Spectrum, repeatedly playing Stop the Express. Using all the skill and dexterity I can muster from my youthful fingers, I navigate my blonde, spiky-haired character across the top of a moving train, ducking under some overhead power lines and avoiding some oddly coiffeured red men. Then, I manage to get inside the train itself, where I jump up and grab hold of some ring things to avoid more red men and some odd bog-eyed creatures.

Suddenly, I’ve done it. I’ve made it to the end. I’m elated. I wonder, with fists clenched with excitement, what visual treat will I be given for completing it? Some words. Three of them, to be exact: “Congraturation! You Sucsess!” I sit for a moment, my mouth slack with shock and disappointment. Three words, and two of them weren’t even spelled correctly. Then the game starts again from the beginning, and I reach for the reset button….”

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