A History of Classic Video Game Deaths: How Many of These Do You Know?

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BoingBoing Video’s ‘Game Deaths’ is a pretty self-explanatory title for compiling some of the greatest 8/16 bit deaths in video game history. While most of them are arguably some of the arcade’s greatest ever, don’t expect to see Mario in there; the assembly here seems largely (but not all) Sega-based. Actually, it’s really (relatively, of course) old sh*t, like Master System-era: Out Run, Hang-On, Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy, and a bunch more, all done to an 8-bit version of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World.” 

Major props go to Paula Beschizza of BoingBoing for putting this together. How many can you count in there? We’ve listed the ones we were able to spot…but after the video: Continue reading “A History of Classic Video Game Deaths: How Many of These Do You Know?” »