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=== [[Platform Game]] === |
=== [[Platform Game]] === |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by a [[PlayStation 3|Playstation 3 commercial]] featuring a "completionist" asking [[Large Ham|Kevin Butler]] about what to do when finished playing ''[[Little Big Planet]]''. As advertised, due to the absurdly vast stream of [[ |
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by a [[PlayStation 3|Playstation 3 commercial]] featuring a "completionist" asking [[Large Ham|Kevin Butler]] about what to do when finished playing ''[[Little Big Planet]]''. As advertised, due to the absurdly vast stream of [[Downloadable Content]], you are physically incapable of finishing the game. |
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* ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', for the most part, though it's notable as being the first game with a true storyline with an ending, even if viewing it doesn't end the game. There appears to be an ending when you manage to save Pauline from the titular ape, but when that's done the game just restarts at a higher difficulty level (and in the American arcade version, with extra levels) so that you can further increase your score until you run out of lives. At iteration 22 (which very very few people have reached), an overflow occurs which causes the time bonus, which is also a [[Timed Mission|death timer]], to start at a mere 400,<ref>that's its effective value; its displayed value is just all over the place</ref> which is far from enough to complete the level. This is the so-called "kill screen". |
* ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', for the most part, though it's notable as being the first game with a true storyline with an ending, even if viewing it doesn't end the game. There appears to be an ending when you manage to save Pauline from the titular ape, but when that's done the game just restarts at a higher difficulty level (and in the American arcade version, with extra levels) so that you can further increase your score until you run out of lives. At iteration 22 (which very very few people have reached), an overflow occurs which causes the time bonus, which is also a [[Timed Mission|death timer]], to start at a mere 400,<ref>that's its effective value; its displayed value is just all over the place</ref> which is far from enough to complete the level. This is the so-called "kill screen". |
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* ''[[Canabalt]]''. |
* ''[[Canabalt]]''. |
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