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Second generation video games with an end?

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    DTEAM
    last edited by DTEAM 25 Jan 2021, 13:36

    Hi,

    Quick challenge or question for you this morning. I would like to find and compile which games from the 2nd generation systems (Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision, etc.) have an end or ending. For example, I consider Venture on ColecoVision with an end.

    Same question for the LCD platforms and pocket arcades. For example, Zelda on Game and Watch has an end.


    Updated list:

    ColecoVision
    Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress
    Boulder Dash
    Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
    Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (but restart in loop with different challenges )
    Venture

    Atari 2600
    Adventure
    Enduro
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    Pitfall!
    Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
    Raiders of Lost ark
    Riddle of the Sphinx
    Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (but restart in loop with different challenges )
    Star Raiders
    Superman
    SwordQuest : Airworld (never released )
    SwordQuest : Earthworld
    SwordQuest : Fireworld
    SwordQuest : Waterworld
    Venture

    Game & Watch
    Zelda

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      retropieuser555 @DTEAM
      last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 13:46

      @dteam I don't know that era very well but I know for the Colecovision Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle which I was recommended by an older colleague. That definitely has an end.

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        Thorr69 @DTEAM
        last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 13:54

        @dteam Adventure for 2600 has an end.
        Raiders of the Lost ark for 2600 definitely has an end

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          DTEAM
          last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 13:55

          E.T. has an end? I know It wins the worst video game in the world, but is there an end?

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            Thorr69 @DTEAM
            last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 13:56

            @dteam said in Second generation video games with an end?:

            E.T. has an end? I know It wins the worst video game in the world, but is there an end?

            I was about to add ET to my reply. It does have an end.

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              DTEAM @DTEAM
              last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 14:13

              @dteam
              I forgot Pitfall 2 on Atari 2600

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                retropieuser555 @DTEAM
                last edited by 25 Jan 2021, 15:10

                @dteam There's a fix of the ET game out there, I've not played it but apparently it sorts the horrible hitbox detection that ruins the game.

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                  quicksilver @retropieuser555
                  last edited by 27 Jan 2021, 18:38

                  @retropieuser555 is that the one with the "special" ending I heard about?

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                    retropieuser555 @quicksilver
                    last edited by 27 Jan 2021, 20:21

                    @quicksilver errrm I don't think so, I've got it downloaded but not played it. Here's the project which outlines the corrections and adjustments they made

                    http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/

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                      rkoster @DTEAM
                      last edited by 27 Jan 2021, 22:02

                      @dteam

                      On 2600 lots do:

                      The original Pitfall! also ends, when you get every treasure.
                      Enduro is a racing game that has an ending.
                      Riddle of the Sphinx is an adventure game.
                      Superman can be beaten.
                      I haven't played them, but the SwordQuest games are all adventures, right?
                      You can beat Star Raiders as well.

                      Github/helper scripts * Creativision/Arcadia/Astrocade guide * Amiga guide * Atari 8bit guide

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                        DTEAM @rkoster
                        last edited by 27 Jan 2021, 22:32

                        @rkoster
                        Nice list !

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                          Clyde @rkoster
                          last edited by 27 Jan 2021, 22:36

                          @rkoster said in Second generation video games with an end?:

                          The original Pitfall! also ends, when you get every treasure.

                          I didn't know that. Thanks for another peace of useless information in my nerdmind!

                          Superman can be beaten.

                          At first I read "eaten". Time to go to bed.

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                            quicksilver @retropieuser555
                            last edited by 28 Jan 2021, 00:23

                            @retropieuser555 maybe it was a different smurf game then. I remember reading about weird things developers hide in video games and one of them was an ending involving a nude smurfette or something weird like that.

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                              DTEAM @quicksilver
                              last edited by DTEAM 28 Jan 2021, 13:09

                              I found Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress (ColecoVision)
                              and Boulder Dash (ColecoVision)

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                                retropieuser555 @quicksilver
                                last edited by 28 Jan 2021, 13:53

                                @quicksilver ohhh sorry I thought you meant E.T. game. I had no idea but I just googled and yes apparently there is some bizarre glitch in the game:-

                                https://kotaku.com/kotakus-old-school-easter-egg-hunt-5208983

                                That is seriously weird. Wonder how someone found it ha!

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                                  Zering @retropieuser555
                                  last edited by 28 Jan 2021, 14:01

                                  Do old computer games like the original Ultima and Wizardry count?

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                                    DTEAM @Zering
                                    last edited by DTEAM 28 Jan 2021, 14:55

                                    @zering
                                    Why not. Must be like 2 generation systems games.

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                                      rkoster @DTEAM
                                      last edited by 28 Jan 2021, 22:53

                                      @dteam If you start including computer platforms, you will have THOUSANDS on your list. Every single adventure game, RPG game, etc. I would stick to consoles :)

                                      It was an innovation when Adventure had an ending on the 2600. But by then, computer games had had the sort of endings you are looking for since Colossal Cave Adventure in 1975.

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                                        DTEAM @rkoster
                                        last edited by DTEAM 28 Jan 2021, 23:07

                                        @rkoster
                                        Good point, I agree with you, we will stay with consoles. That was the first idea behind that survey/challenge.

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