We're gonna need a video game death montage

by David Hinkle on Mar 26th 2011 2:10AM

Even Rocky had a montage -- and now it's video games' turn!

Here's a test: see if you can guess every single game featured in this montage of video game deaths from Boing Boing, posted just past the break. If you get 'em all right, we promise to love you forever. That's a good enough prize, right?

More like the best prize ever.

Also: best MIDI remix ever?

Source: Boing Boing

Tags: ds, mac, microsoft, mobile, nintendo, Pac-Man, pc, playstation, ps3, psp, sony, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (78)

That was one of the most amazing montages ive ever seen. And yes, that MIDI mix was great.

@ChuckBartowskiX

I made

@ChuckBartowskiX

Gah, posting this from a phone is difficult.

@ChuckBartowskiX

I actually made a death montage of my own (all halo related), since I'm too bad at the game to make a montage of good stuff.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=LLzQ0T3MH5E

Where was the continue count down screen from the Ninja Gaiden arcade game?

If anyone is wondering the MIDI remix is of Tears for Fears - Mad World.

@DSight
it's more like a cover of a cover. the original tears for fears song sounds almost nothing like this.

@DSight

The remix featured here sounds much closer to Gary Jules "Mad World" remix of the Tears for Fears original. This song (re)gained popularity through the motion picture Donny Darko. Therefore, most people associate Mad World with that movie, and that particular remix/sound.

Tears for Fears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOdfzmzwtVA&feature=fvst

Gary Jules (Donny Darko)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvPkLG-tvzM&feature=fvst

@DSight

So that's why it sucked.

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Someone had to say it.

@Dlord
This is the only thing I will ever associate with that song. Cause' it's EPIC. Get it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzn9jbwuobc

@Cutty17 That was an awesome trailer, I played that way too many times waiting for Gears...that and the Halo 3 Ghost of Cortana trailer were my favorites. This also reminds me that Adam Lambert did one hell of a performance of Mad World on AI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfR0JGWX62E&feature=related

What was the original song, reminded me of mad world gears ads

@(Unverified) Thats exactly what I thought! :)
Lol

@(Unverified)

That's because its a MIDI remix of THE song from those Gears of War ads, lads.

Always fade out in a montage...

If you fade out it seems like more time has passed in a montage...

I'm very disappointed! Where's the Megaman spike death?

@Garst
I was looking for Mega Man's death too

@Nolan North i think most of the montage are from the arcade games, not consoles.

@melao
Yea, I noticed, though there are a few console games in there.

I'll admit that I could not guess all those deaths to save my life.

@Miranda Lawson

i thought you were supposed to be perfect...

A great montage but it was missing one game. One game alone.....

This game has caused me the most in game deaths I have ever experienced and caused me at a young age to understand curse words.

I speak of Battletoads for the Nes. More specifically the third level. I swear I have never had as many deaths in a game, never have I see a character of mine die so many times.

@Stevetrop Man of Mystery

And I thought Mega Man was a solid pick. I couldn't agree more. F'ing Battletoads.

Mad World Remix was pretty great.

arrangement*

Forget South Park, the original Montage song's from Team America, which is like one of the best puppet movies ever.

Actually, the song was used in South Park first.

@Epoque Okay, after further research... I'll admit, I was wrong about which one used the song first. I do, however, stand by the statement that Team America's one of the best puppet movies ever made.

@MrBanballow Well, anything that we want to know, from just a beginner to a pro, you want a montage.

@Make it so

You sure do like talking to yourself

Props to whoever created this. Nice work!

@Make it so

'Joystiq Comments and Me' (4th Edition), Chapter 1

Step 1: locate this button: [ - ]

I'm so disappointed in myself after failing this challenge.
Also, AFTERBURNER is addicting as hell.

@Schlecht
That it was and that it is. Shame Climax didn't quite bring back the feel you had when you were 7 playing it.

So no one has a Phoenix Down? Damn, I forgot to buy one at the shop. All I have are all these antidotes and high potions.

:/

what is protoman doing with antidotes and hi-potions

@FuriousMailman

He probably meant E-tanks. Protoman, are you feeling alright? Do you have Roboenza again?

NARC, Pac-man, Joust, Defender, Asteroids, Tron, Missile Command, Space Invaders, Zaxxon, Galaga, Battle Zone, Galaxian, Pole Position, Paper Boy, Phoenix, Star Wars, California Rush, Alien, Hang On, Gauntlet, Space Harrier, 3D Pac Man, Golden Axe, Mortal Kombat, 1943: The Battle of Midway, Choplifter, Street Fighter, Double Dragon, Gyruss, 1942 are all I have so far for this one

@Shameful Sinner
Good eye! in addition to those you listed- i spotted (in no particular order):

Afterburner, Magician Lord, Kung Fu, Outrun, Battlezone, Gradius, Strider, Shinobi, Ghosts N Goblins, Wonder Boy, Robocop, Bad Dudes, Rolling Thunder, Cabal, and i think Mercs.

@laser beams
Man, so many arcade memories with Double Dragon, Rolling Thunder, Bad Dudes, Robocop, and Shinobi, only to be later disappointed with the NES versions.

Robocop wasn't actually that bad on the NES though. The one arcade game version that paled in comparison to its NES counterpart IMO was Contra.

I was hoping they were going to add Pit Fighter, Root Beer Tapper, Elevator Action, Frogger, Q*Bert, R Type, and Punch-Out among other arcade games.

This is a great bit to go alongside the 500+ fatalities video.

@Shameful Sinner

Old school arcade guy (35 years old, ugh) here for the assist!

-Empire City 1931 (the guy holding the lady getting shot and the green haired guy on the ground)
-Discs of Tron (not regular Tron)
-Stryder (sideways explosion - arcade version)
-Arknoid (paddle breaking apart)
-Renegade (dude getting beatin' with a stick)
-Black Tiger (guy exploding into blue smoke and bones)
-Adventure Island (kid running into snail - arcade version)
-Rygar (guy in red w/shield dying to dinosaur)
-Athena (purple haired girl w/floating heart at the end)

Still not a complete list, but getting much closer. We older gamers are still good for something eh? :)

Oh I thought I had robocop in there Haha all well, I think between the two of us we might have all of them listed

@Shameful Sinner Actually, that's not Adventure Island, that's WonderBoy (the original Sega game that inspired Adventure Island). And there's a death for games 1 and 3. 3D Pacman is also Pac-Mania. Good to see guys who remember all those games!

Oh, Gladiator and Carrier Airwing are also there.

@2:06 Sgt Doakes? Is that you? You died... YOU WERE DEAD! I WATCHED YOU DIE!

The title picture is Operation Wolf.......oldskool

@Pervo

that game was awesome in the arcade. thanks for placing it for me.

@ferret Yeh, I had that game back on the Amiga was awesome fun :)

Great montage! But I was hoping to see some Space Ace or Dragons Lair deaths. Those were awesome!

@FiXxXeRJL
I agree. I wanted at least one Dragon's Lair death in there. For 50 cents a play back in the day, at least dying in that game gave you a great animated death to watch.

1up

wow such a mad world XD

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