Aaaand You're Dead: 10 Great Video Game 'Game Over' Screens

Game over screens in video games run from the uninspired to the sublime. Here's what we'v got as our best.

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We like talking about our gaming accomplishments, but let’s be real—we spend most of our time dying whenever we pick up a controller. And every time we die, we endure a ‘Game Over’ screen.

It lets us know, in no uncertain terms, that we lost, we suck, and we need to try again. Not all ‘Game Over’ screens are made with the same love and care. There’s a difference between a game that merely informs us, “Try again,” and a game that performs it for us, in the most memorable way possible. We’re looking back at 10 of the most memorable ‘Game Over’ screens in video games. If you’re going to lose, you might as well do it with style.

Ganon Lives

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Burning Fuse

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Pun-tastic!

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Battered Ken

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Give Up, Street Rat!

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Bruised and Battered

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SNAAAAAAAKE!!

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You Are Dead

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Breaking the Bat

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Head Impalement

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