15 Arcade Kill Screens

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If you know of any other arcade kill screens or kill scores then please post a comment. I put some levels on here that aren't exactly kill screens, but are very hard, glitched, and interesting levels, so if you know any like that then post a comment as well. My descriptions of the kill screens are very simplistic, check out donhodges.com/ for some detailed info on some of the kill screens.
0:00 Black Widow
0:10 Bosconian
0:23 Burger Time
0:41 Dig Dug
0:51 Donkey Kong
1:09 Donkey Kong Jr
1:31 Fix It Felix Jr
1:59 Galaga Easy
2:16 Galaga Hard
2:38 Jr Pac-Man
3:09 Kick
3:20 Mario Bros
3:35 Ms. Pac-Man
4:04 Pac-Man
4:27 Pac-Man Plus

Пікірлер: 143

@gbadspcps2 6 ай бұрын

There is something so serene about the empty Galaga soft lock where you just fly through space quietly after so much destruction.

@philive1681 5 ай бұрын

Yea. I also imagine someone seeing that in an arcade and not knowing what is happening.

@robbiewalker2831 2 ай бұрын

@@philive1681 3:22: It was at that moment, that while cleaning the pipes in the Basement of Castle Toadstool, Mario heard Peach’s cries for help; the whole game was just a distraction as Bowser sent his minions to be rid of him, but Mario took it upon himself to save the princess.

@genevievesweeney2293 2 ай бұрын

@@philive1681 1:41 Disney Wreck It Ralph Movie

@ciberkid22 2 ай бұрын

Kind of the good ending for Galaga with the very last of the aliens being destroyed

@ExtremeWreck 20 күн бұрын

I guess in a way, that ending is like, "You have killed billions of innocent aliens trying to fight the ones who were firing at you & thus you are banished into empty space as a punishment."

@Danyplaysboblox Ай бұрын

Fun fact: while it is indeed impossible to beat level 256 in Pac-Man, if you somehow managed to beat level 256, it’ll return you in level 1, and the code of the fruit will restart, causing the game to revert back to normal

@josesebastian5986 10 күн бұрын

Depending of mame version, Press F1 or turn on and then OFF the "rack test" dip switch. Game restart on level 1 with cherrie fruit bonus. But sifficult don0t restart and gosth continues non edible. This works too on an arcade board using the "rack test" dip switch,

@beardalaxy 6 күн бұрын

Bro's comment had a kill screen in it @@josesebastian5986

@blackthelolqmf 3 күн бұрын

now im wondering how da hell do you beat level 256

@Danyplaysboblox 3 күн бұрын

@@blackthelolqmf idk, I saw it on yt once, but never again

@josesebastian5986 3 күн бұрын

@@blackthelolqmf In the garbage area, a number of dots reappears when Pacman dies, 9 dots I believe. Even with 7 lives is not possible beat the 256 level. The game counts the dots eaten by Pacman and this count must reach 244 to beat any level. You can try in Mame with infinite lives cheat.

@lajenehuen260 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for explaining exactly what part of the game is glitching out.

@user-ui9qy6cw5y 13 күн бұрын

fix it felix jr is the only one here that has an actual end screen

@adrianpop3927 6 күн бұрын

Hmmm... actually, I wonder what would happen if it was a Disney version... It would probably be cut

@beardalaxy 6 күн бұрын

@@adrianpop3927got news for you, this IS a Disney game. Fix It Felix didn't exist until wreck it Ralph did.

@Butterscotch_96 5 күн бұрын

@@beardalaxymy dumb ass growing up thought it was a real game before the movie. Still one of my favorite movies.

@kahlzun 4 күн бұрын

@@beardalaxyI was wondering, the graphics looked too good

@SonicEXEProductions 5 күн бұрын

Pac-Man’s level 256 was so popular that it got its own game by the same guys who made crossy road

@lmnk 5 күн бұрын

3:08 - This actually made me chill... first there are dismembered parts just lying here and there, and, in the end, your character becomes one, and you cannot control him anymore, all combined with music suddenly disappearing... I can only imagine what a creepypasta fuel this was back in the day.

@1rz2rz3rz 5 ай бұрын

I dunno why, these messed up sprites/letters makes me nervous and feels anxiety...

@user-ur6uw6vn9t 5 ай бұрын

Me too when objects clip into one another (especially the camera thus exposing the inside of a model) in 3d games... your not alone.

@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson 14 күн бұрын

I had a nightmare once where everything started to slow down and everyone’s speech started getting garbled. Like the world was glitching out

@unnamedscribble-auttp 12 күн бұрын

4:00 especially this

@30-50FeralHogs 10 күн бұрын

Fr, I think it's called verzephobia, unless actual verzephobia is different. I feel the same way with stuff like the farlands, or as you mentioned, texture/sprite glitches

@baxter22071990 4 ай бұрын

Nice to know about the non pacman/donkey kong/ galaga ones, Supposedly frogger and lemmings have ks too but theres not much info out there ☹️

@philive1681 4 ай бұрын

I came across people saying Frogger had one and people saying it did not. Seems like maybe if it does have one then it can be kind of random to trigger? If anyone has any info then I'd love to hear it. Lemmings for which console? I'll probably do another video for other consoles if they have enough kill screens, or just a video of all the other ones I know of.

@tcmc.a.8166 14 күн бұрын

4:30 @@philive1681

@MystMagus 12 күн бұрын

Duck Hunt has one also.

@hhhh82user Ай бұрын

i think donkey kong's killscreen (or atleast 25m) can be passed, using a glitch where jumping off the side will cause the level to finish (for a reference, see the tas of the arcade game)

@atrain818 12 күн бұрын

Iirc that is only possible on the very 1st rom. The 4 stack pcb that came in the red cabinet.

@hhhh82user 12 күн бұрын

@@atrain818 oh, didnt know that

@atrain818 12 күн бұрын

@hhhh82user they are pretty rare to find and worth sum $$$. But if I had to take a guess. I would say that someone has dumped the ROM and it is available to play in MAME.

@jwstorm 24 күн бұрын

Time Pilot '84 crashes whenever you reach stage 57.

@mrdoognoog 14 күн бұрын

I'm curious on what the "mix of a normal and challenging stage" galaga level looks like. Does it just display the text and then have a normal level? Or vice versa?

@thiscateatspancakes2451 11 күн бұрын

I REALLY loved the fact you used arcade text and game thumbnails instead of voice, plus clear gameplay, just like the simple times!!!! Congrats! Awesome video

@jwgodard 8 күн бұрын

Don't even know if Kick is a real game

@Randomalistic 2 ай бұрын

Great video!! Love that the information is easy to understand and the footage is high quality :]

@user-ff3uh7td3s 6 ай бұрын

これは貴重な映像ですね

@PrivateOGITH 18 күн бұрын

Thats no Game Deaths' Thats MORE Like a Game Glitch...

@sa3270 Ай бұрын

There are some hacks of Pac-Man that have been modified to show only one fruit in the inaccessible area on the middle right side of the screen, like for Galaga hardware, where the screen area is a little smaller. So I wonder if those versions have any glitches on level 256, or other levels?

@solohayunaverdad 17 күн бұрын

Interesting , i love galaga and pacman , my favorite videogames , excelent video dude.

@genevievesweeney2293 2 ай бұрын

1:38 That’s From The Movie Wreck It Ralph

@user-kg2cl1mm6u 2 ай бұрын

Captain Obvious!!!

@brianjl7477 19 күн бұрын

In case you didn't know, Disney actually had the game made - it's a full arcade game (well, 39 levels) and plays as shown in the movie. They used to have it at Walt Disney World in various locations. They might even have one or two still in the resort arcades.

@borntoclimb7116 3 күн бұрын

I like these scenes, dont know why

@unnam3d__ 4 күн бұрын

i wonder why most arcade games just die at level 256 edit: just realized that im stupid and it's the 8-bit integer limit

@AndroidKitKat4.4Offical 16 күн бұрын

All 256 Killscreens Bosconian: 0:10 Dig Dug: 0:41 Galaga Easy: 1:59 Galaga Medium: No Footage Galaga Hard: 2:16 Galaga Hardest: No Footage Kick: 3:09 (And the moment you've been waiting for..) Pac-Man: 4:04 Pac-Man Plus: 4:27

@Pinkcircleguy 7 күн бұрын

it must be kinda infuriating for the arcade owners whenever someone somehow gets to a kill screen and you are forced to reset the arcade. But it's a pretty low chance of it so im guessing it's not that bad

@beardalaxy 6 күн бұрын

Easiest might be pacman since there is a path you can take to never get caught, so if you memorize that path you can make it to the kill screen without too much skill.

@TomatoSaucey95 6 күн бұрын

hey thats a cool video man

@gud_ken 12 сағат бұрын

pacman added the death screen as an easter egg to the mobile game

@segahatty 23 күн бұрын

Why tf is Fix It Felix Jr. included

@WellSwolen69 19 күн бұрын

I don't think that's a real game?

@segahatty 19 күн бұрын

@@WellSwolen69 yeah

@SonicMaster519 17 күн бұрын

@@WellSwolen69It is! I have a mini arcade machine of it stored somewhere.

@elijahvincent985 16 күн бұрын

Actually, it was an actual-released arcade made exclusively to promote "Wreck-It-Ralph." It recycled abandoned Donkey Kong Cabinets and housed a PC-based architecture controlling the game.

@Aviatrix-fg7si 4 күн бұрын

There's actually a full sized arcade machine in the museum of play! (I think that's what its called) I haven't been there in years so I don't know if it's still there I also had a small mini-arcade version.

@minsukim2433 5 күн бұрын

good video!

@delcat5810 3 күн бұрын

4:00 rap god

@DeterminedBlade 6 күн бұрын

The nicelanders: ladies and gentlemen…. Penelope.

@SonicEXEProductions 5 күн бұрын

What platform is fix it felix jr on cuz I wanna play that game

@scottl.1568 20 күн бұрын

Fuckin' good old days 🫡

@RR_sans_phase_5 2 ай бұрын

Par 2 when

@thelimestick-ewow-yp1nc 4 күн бұрын

Galaga's kill screen is the coolest ngl

@NotNightbHere Күн бұрын

Why do they like the number 256 so much

@AgressiveBanana 16 сағат бұрын

can you still beat donkey kong using the ladder bug?

@RhythicManRhythm 7 күн бұрын

Interesting!

@zakigaming984 3 күн бұрын

This game is REAL?!?!? ‏‪1:35‬‏

@thematrixhatesuttp101 Күн бұрын

yep

@mickkelley3776 13 күн бұрын

Technically the Jr. Pacman "softlock" isn't a true softlock, as you are still able to die. It would only be a true softlock if getting a game over put you back into the glitched level. It's much like the classic sonic games in that, even though the scenario would normally be a softlock, there's still something in play that lets you continue playing without needing to turn off the game. In Sonic, that's the time limit (unless you're playing Sonic 2 in Origins, where it can very rarely softlock you in Sky Chase, but those situations are few and far between as far as classic Sonic goes). In Jr. Pacman, it's the ghosts killing you - albeit you'd need to game over to keep playing, and even then you'd have to start over from level 1 to escape the "softlock".

@luisreyes1963 2 ай бұрын

Nothing is forever...😕

@PacFoxWaylan 5 ай бұрын

1:10 level 22*

@fg87sonic 7 күн бұрын

The old school games are the best

@Retroman8000 8 күн бұрын

Black widow I saw that screen once good day at the arcade in 1984

@djsac2513 5 күн бұрын

Where the hell do i find the fix it felix game bro

@L3DAnimations Күн бұрын

1:49 I don't remember this in the movie

@katiekolodziejski7539 18 күн бұрын

These levels would be impossible to complete under normal circumstances.

@cometmilkshake 12 күн бұрын

An installment about console games could be cool. I know about NES Tetris and that Wabbit for the Atari 2600 eventually becomes so fast that it is actually impossible to gain any more points

@VXA1PSTART 18 күн бұрын

I didn't know fix it Felix was a real game wtf

@philive1681 18 күн бұрын

Yeah, they even released some arcade cabinets of it in certain locations.

@TearonQ 7 күн бұрын

i feel like i want to know in detail why exactly these killscreens happen like how retro game mechanics does it or something ;w;

@jwgodard Ай бұрын

In Fix-It-Felix Jr. Level 39 end, 0s, 1s, and 2s scrambled in different colors are called a homage.

@VXA1PSTART 18 күн бұрын

Bro I didn't know the game even was real

@jwgodard 8 күн бұрын

@@VXA1PSTARTyes it is 😠

@hamptergaming4396 6 ай бұрын

Can you do Chrono Trigger vs Earthbound?

@philive1681 6 ай бұрын

Ok, that's one that I had been thinking about. I look into it.

@arthursnyder6935 5 ай бұрын

@@philive1681there's even a Jakk's Pacific plug n play that comes with a special version of Pac-Man dedicated to letting the average player experience the famous kill screen

@rancecheng2723 7 күн бұрын

Most of the killscreens are at Level 256?

@jedecilos322 6 күн бұрын

256 is one higher than an 8-bit binary can display so it overflows back to zero

@rancecheng2723 6 күн бұрын

@mariodykstra6555 2 ай бұрын

What about Space Invaders, Galaxian, Frogger, Qbert, and Tetris? Do they have Kill Screens?

@Danyplaysboblox Ай бұрын

while Tetris does have a kill screen, people are mostly focusing on about the NES version, so I’m unsure about the arcade one

@THENAMEISQUICKMAN 10 күн бұрын

As far as I can find, none of the official arcade releases of Tetris have kill screens.

@gummerhype5255 16 күн бұрын

wheck it ralph 3: kill screen (scene) poor ralph, he got a kill screen 1:52 felix: ralph, NOOOOOOO...!

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

1:53: Game Over

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

2:11: Errored

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

4:01: Errored Again

@Hydra-Official849 12 күн бұрын

1:47 Ralph Dies the Extreme Way to the Darkness

@DefineofHeroesX 2 ай бұрын

Dragon Warrior Vs Earthbound

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

2:56: Stage X

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

4:11

@user-wh9kj5ph8b Ай бұрын

Normal pac man a bug in level 256

@alpzepta 17 күн бұрын

Oh they did it so the winners have to put more coin into the machine

@hayley1595 5 күн бұрын

Fix it Felix is real..?!?!

@AntipaladinPedigri 7 күн бұрын

Wait, Fix it Felix actually existed? I thought it was made up for the movie!

@beardalaxy 6 күн бұрын

It was. They made cabinets afterward! 😊

@AntipaladinPedigri 6 күн бұрын

@@beardalaxy" It was" as in "made up"? And "afterward" as in "after the movie? ;)

@TristenTimberwolf Ай бұрын

I guess 256 is the magic kill screen number

@AryzenI 20 күн бұрын

256 is one higher than an 8 digit binary can display, so it rolls back to 0

@randomname.4032 6 күн бұрын

1:32 so it really exists

@Alizamk1 16 күн бұрын

was it really that hard to program an end screen

@truepixel__5927 13 күн бұрын

These kill screens merely existed because the developers never intended for someone to make it this far into their game. Most of these games, if not all, were made back in the 80's, so it's likely they assumed no one would be good enough to get it pretty far, especially because you'd have to be playing for hours straight just to hit one of these kill screens.

@ikagura 8 күн бұрын

They underestimated gamers with these hehe @@truepixel__5927

@mchenrynick 7 күн бұрын

Also keep in mind that there was VERY LIMITED memory back then. The first Atari 2600 games ran on only 2K of RAM.

@genevievesweeney2293 16 күн бұрын

1:49 Where’s Vanellope

@thewestatlanticrailway 13 күн бұрын

Because they're different games smart alec.

@ikagura 8 күн бұрын

She wouldn't go Turbo.

@zbigniewkocik8207 Ай бұрын

2:11 Galaga.Exe Has Stopped Working

@ls190v2 19 күн бұрын

You just overloaded the game's poor brain.

@Trafficallity 12 күн бұрын

4:04 "the level is unbeatable" " kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMd3m5OAstq7c3U.html " also the cool glitchy pac man is at 4:04 thats pretty cool

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

0:21: Life Lost

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

0:47

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

1:05: Time Over????

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

1:26: Another Time Over????

@robbiezampini-is3en 19 күн бұрын

4:25

@Alexverse672 10 күн бұрын

what?

@that1vrguyy 13 күн бұрын

FIX IT FEILIX JR. IS A REAL GAME?????????????????????????????

@pslugworth 17 күн бұрын

Hey, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up at 0:51 if anyone's interested...

@SonicMaster519 17 күн бұрын

Potential Donkey Kong kill screen at 0:51 if you want to see it.

@sarcasticguy4311 19 күн бұрын

Now we just get kill screens all the time due to shitty programming.

@Phavonic 19 күн бұрын

I remember Double Dragon arcade always crashing on the woodland level. The screen refused to scroll after you cleared all the baddies. Waste of 30p!

@rubykaylaandogie3334 13 күн бұрын

Every Namco game just stops at 256

@arbi9506 12 күн бұрын

wow the killscreen in Felix is real weak. just a bunch of numbers? movie's good but they should've atleast tried to make it more authentic to an actual bug. get creative with it!

@radiantansel202 11 күн бұрын

Guess nerds would never be happy apparently