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* Many games from the infamous ''[[Action 52]]'' do this, eg Thrusters starts blinking on and off in the second level, Atmos Quake has an invisible death barrier at Level 5, and Star Evil displays a blank gray screen on Level 4. In other version of this cartridge, some of these levels won't crash.
* ''[[Bubble Bobble]] Revolution'' had a later level that was unbeatable because the boss failed to spawn.
* ''Bioshock 2'''s DLC Minerva's Den has a mini-game called Spitfire. If you get the highest score, you get a "kill screen" that show all the sprites, some large numbers, {{spoiler|a large R}} and {{spoiler|a golf club}}.
* ''Short's Fuse'' by Firebird seems to die slowly over two or three screens: the last levels on the [[ZX Spectrum]] version are degraded versions of earlier levels - one oddly has some of the scenery replaced by a frame from the explosion animation. The last screen is unwinnable.
== Parodies, references, and Lampshade Hangings ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* The page quote comes from Episode 5 of ''[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People|Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People]]'', where one puzzle involves ''deliberately'' triggering the Kill Screen in "Gel-arshie's Pro Fruit-Boarder". The reward is Gel-arshie himself as a party member.▼
* The back cover of ''[[Scott Pilgrim|Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe]]'' has a picture of 8-bit Scott opening a door to Subspace, which apparently looks like a Kill Screen.
** In the Tie-In Videogame, Subspace actually IS a Kill Screen. Made it on purpose though.
* In an episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', the [[Hollywood Nerd]] must get the secret codes to a Cold War satellite by getting the Kill Screen in ''[[Missile Command]]''.▼
=== [[Fan Works]] ===
* The webcomic ''2P Start'' referenced the ''Pac-Man'' kill screen in [http://www.2pstart.com/2009/08/05/the-end-of-the-end/ one comic.]▼
* The high-brow gaming magazine ''[http://www.killscreenmagazine.com/ Kill Screen]'' is named after this.▼
* In ''[[White Devil of the Moon]]'', Nanoha, playing on the Sailor V arcade game the Sailor Senshi use to train, manages to get 999,999 points on her first try, resulting in the game suddenly ending and her getting extra prizes.
=== [[Film]] ===
* The [[Walt Disney|Disney]] [[Vanity Plate]] at the beginning of 2012's ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' barely starts before it glitches, and the right half of the screen turns into a Kill Screen referencing, among other things, the ''Pac-Man'' kill screen.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
▲* In an episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', the [[Hollywood Nerd]] must get the secret codes to a Cold War satellite by getting the Kill Screen in ''[[Missile Command]]''.
* ''[[NCIS]]'' had an episode built around the Kill Screen as a theme.
* On an episode of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Henchman 21 despairs at having seen everything life has to offer. He lists "the Donkey Kong kill screen" alongside "[[Blade Runner|attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion]]".▼
=== Periodicals ===
▲* The high-brow gaming magazine ''[http://www.killscreenmagazine.com/ Kill Screen]'' is named after this.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
▲* The page quote comes from Episode 5 of ''[[Strong Bad's
* ''[[Pac-Man 256]]'' is a "endless running"-style Pac-Man game made by [[Namco]] themselves, with the premise directly based on the game's kill screen.
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
▲* The webcomic ''2P Start'' referenced the ''Pac-Man'' kill screen in [http://www.2pstart.com/2009/08/05/the-end-of-the-end/ one comic.]
* Parodied in ''Filibuster Cartoons'' [http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index.php/2012/06/06/endless-jubilees/ here]{{Dead link}}.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
▲* On an episode of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Henchman 21 despairs at having seen everything life has to offer. He lists "the Donkey Kong kill screen" alongside "[[Blade Runner|attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion]]".
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