One of the best parts of a video game is the ending, but who has the time to go back and play through every game? Let me introduce you to Game Over: The Early Years, the weekly show where we dive into classic games and spoil both their stories and endings. From the biggest hits to obscure classics, we're taking a look at some of the best and most memorable conclusions in video game history.

It's sim week here at Defunct Games. From T-Minus 30 to Hell Architect to City Game Studio, we're spending this week looking at a bunch of recently-released management simulators. To help celebrate the theme, I wanted to take a look at one of my favorite God games of all time. I'm of course talking about ActRaiser, a first-generation Super NES game that mixed side-scrolling action with SimCity-style community building. Not only is it a phenomenal mash-up that still holds up to this day, but it also has one of the most satisfying 16-bit endings you'll ever see. Turn back now if you don't want to know what happens next, because today we're going to spoil the stories and endings for both ActRaiser and ActRaiser 2. This is Game Over: The Early Years!


Still want more endings? Then I recommend you discover 23 Endings: The Early Years, the holiday series that ran during the 2017 holiday season. We cover Ninja Gaiden, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Bros. 2, Ghostbusters, Golden Axe, Metroid, Double Dragon, Flashback, Final Fight and many more!

And while you're just clicking on stuff at random, I suggest you head over to the Defunct Games YouTube page and subscribe to the channel. We're posting new episodes of Game Over: The Early Years every Monday, along with brand new game reviews throughout the week.