SHADOW OF THE BEAST - Game Over Sequence

[retronostalgic]

Totally dreamy sequence...

[the1marauder2]

Best "You have failed horribly" screen ever. I never got tired of seeing it and hearing that haunting music.

[aciddayz]

"Fry's Turkish Delight....Full of eastern promise"

[iosnick]

sounds like a Cadburys Flake advert, amazing game tho

[akwalek]

@iosnick or the old frys turkish delight advert :)

[MOSTechnology]

I'm appreciating this more now than I did in 1989 for some reason. Quite a poignant little death sequence...

Back in the day I just wanted to press fire and start again as quickly as possible. I don't think I even noticed the skeleton lying there.

[WilliamQuasar]

The walking away silhouette could be the soul of the dead beast. In the end, death was the only way to release from their miserable existence.

[SergeantLuke]

Does this remind anyone else of the Game Over screen from Donkey Kong Country?

[MrBuch169169]

@SergeantLuke I just came from the Donkey Kong Country game over screen video :)

[PvtSkittles619]

I cried at the game over because my main character died and in my mind it just tells me that his mission for vengance is a failure and he lived like beast and died like a beast. Damn you cant get quality games like this anymore

[NomnomJawsnomnom]

the shadowy figure in the distance i presume to be the final boss of the game, since when you beat the game you get the same forest screen in reds, no skeleton, and the figure is gone.

[IggyHazard]

I love the color pallet they used.

[flystatic]

Loving that Korg M1 ;0)

[fistyeah21]

This is one game over screen that makes me actually THINK about death. I was gettin' all introspective n' stuff.

[anglojojo]

Life is a Mystery . . .

[EstigiaSDTK]

Although the entire game itself is a state of the art, when I saw this final sequence I could not believe it. The soundtrack and his atmosphere is beautiful !!!

[lawlawlowned]

These games weren't cared about for a reason....

[Musica8bits]

What do you mean by atmospheric?

[LuminarNightblade]

oh no charizard what happened =(

[MrBlue9020]

sad

[Rashlo]

Oh this was so annoying - die, wait 30 sec, watch this without possibility to skip, change disc, wait 30 sec, press button, change disc, wait 30 sec, die....

[TheExtremeCore]

ah the joy of the C64 cartridge version which u could skip this altho I never did because I enjoyed the music lol.

[Paynekillah]

Sure remember seeing this scene many times. lol

I could play all the way through SOTB, but would die at the end guy every time. >:^(

[comicshaun07]

This and Donkey Kong country's game over scene always made me feel like an asshole for killing them.

[Gamewitzer]

Hahaha, it just took me 17 years or so to notice the hooded figure in the background.

[gearsofwarplayer02]

@Gamewitzer where is it in thee middle rite lol cuz i dnt see it lol

[windego999]

@Gamewitzer At first I was scanning the whole screen looking for a hooded figure until I barely noticed where it was. Good eye you've got XD

[Spriggangirl]

Rest In Peace, Aarbron. :(

Still a great game, though. :)

[Lintflas]

I guess I died a thousand times in this game but the game over-sequence was sooo beautiful.

[bigmanpigman07]

lol, I aint seen that for years. brings back memories

[Triggerhappytel]

Man, I love the soundtrack and atmosphere of this game so much. It's still got one of the best art styles and presentations 20 years later. I wish Sony would do a HD version on PSN, with the complete soundtrack (and perhaps easier difficulty!).

[lawlawlowned]

@Triggerhappytel /slaptheshitoutofyou i think they should stick to games worth remaking that were more then fucking walking with an occasional jump and punching......

[KMcombine]

@lawlawlowned and nintendo makes another mario...

at least this game deserves a lot more that what mario has, eating mushrooms and stepping on toads is easymode.

[TyltyI]

@Triggerhappytel

Yes, but no HD please, I think we all like pixels, contrary to today's youth :)

[TheJinhai]

@TyltyI

thanks to blurry TV's, they looked much better in the day, i think the sound quality was better back then too, of course industry has scripts to dissolve my theory, but it's truth vs their scripts

[S0ryiu]

@TyltyI ...but you can do HD sprites and have them look good (noone's quite done it yet but that's becasue they hire rubbish artists to do it) Imagine a full remake of this game with the same gameplay and HD sprites drawn by the original artist?

[oneminutekid]

I never see this screen in my SotB versions, because I only have the U.S. and Japanese Sega Genesis versions of this game. :(

Anyway, the skeleton IS Aarbron's (the main character you play as) skeleton, correct? The skull shape and everything is the same as the in-game sprites... Just wondering. Also, where is the hooded figure in the background in the Game Over sequence?

I love horsie111's videoes of SotB. It shows me what the Amiga version looked and sounded like. Such a great game. :)

[getsallydavis]

Look dead center in between the trees as far as you can see & you will just barely make out the hooded figure. It's not really possible to see him well in this youtube video recording.

[docdoom187]

whoa...that's the grim reaper isn't it? man, this game was so dark and ancient!

[Jac2Mac]

So the Sega Genesis version of Shadow of the Beast simply says Game Over when you die?

[oneminutekid]

Yep, and by the way, I now have the Amiga version of this game, too. You see, I BOUGHT the Amiga emulator for $80 (comes with WinUAE, another emulator, and an Amiga OS emulator. It's wonderful! :D

[jordantrey7]

Yeah, this game is so difficult.

And the music is beautiful.

I loved Shadow of the beast, all of them.

[imagination43]

i saw that screen more then once lol damn that game was difficult

[mokershipping]

Jeez, I've just been transported back 16 odd years. Amazing!

[jtno2]

You couldn't do music like this on a IBM or Apple at that time.

[gerodinis]

You could make music like this an an IBM/compatible (PC's), but you'd have to pay some $15,000 to build such an able system to play it.

Amiga 1200 @ 14 MHz = Pentium @ 100 MHz

[ascoughc]

just like all the beast 1 soundtracks, the pan pipes sound good on all of them

[Starhawk73]

Great music, someone really needs to come out with a tribute CD with the more notable music from these old Psygnosis games!

[finnstertrax]

There is a shadow of the beast soundtrack which includes music from loads of othere amiga games on it too. I can't remember exactly the website i got it from but it was through a guy called Bjorn Lynne. Google him.

[BL1TZEN]

Its like the Turkish Delight adverts.. "full of eastern promise" :)

Awesome games..

[justin811j]

I saw this scene very often when I played this game. The music was magical and it brings back good memories.

[maestro4202]

I loved the hooded figure in the background..but u cant see him well on this.

[LisztianGR]

I for one am proud of finishing the game...ONCE! Ridiculously difficult, but what a game...

[GODPLAwER]

Hardest Game Ever ;)

[sunmax1]

nope :) , shadow of the beast 2 is hardest game ever!!

[petercab]

i don't get this game over screen i never played this game can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? lol

[MrSoprano0125]

Well Einstein! In common sense (I havn't played the game either) you died in the game! Doh!

[jtno2]

Thanks for uploading this! Psygnosis didn't know how to make good games but they sure made 'em look good! And they also nailed the creepy, moody atmosphere with great music.

[MrSoprano0125]

Never played it coz of the creepy intro! Too chicken shit to play!

BUT NOW I WANNA PLAY IT!!! DAMN!!! IF ONLY I HAD COURAGE!!!!! LOL!!!

[FloydFreak690]

LOL oh man...this screen used to always creep me out as a kid when I used to play this game...

[botty1981]

Fair play for adding this. One of the most chillin game over sequences to date.

Long live SOTB!!!