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An [['''Unwinnable Joke Game]]''' is a game that has a clear win condition, but this condition cannot be reached, and this is intentional on the part of the designer. These are almost always meant as a joke.
 
Compare [[Unwinnable By Mistake]], where the game cannot be won because of a design flaw, [[Unwinnable by Design]] which is a serious game that is designed so that certain circumstances will render it unwinnable, as well as [[Endless Game]] and [[Wide Open Sandbox]], which don't have a win condition in the first place.
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* [http://rpgmaker.net/games/3339/ Zephyr Skies: The Winter Sage] starts out as a typical rpg, but then it glitches and turns into playing tetris/matching up pictures. It may actually be winnable in terms of getting perfect score, but the results don't change and the game repeats in an infinite loop.
* Most [[Remar Games]] have a highest difficulty level called "Reallyjoel's Dad" that is completely impossible. Examples include ''[[Hero Core]]'', ''[[Iji]]'', and ''[[Hyper Princess Pitch]]''.
* The creators of ''[[The Room: The Game]]'' released what appeared to be the equivalent for ''The Hunger Games''... on April 1st1. It becomes a test to see how many times a player can take one of Clove's throwing knives to the head before giving up.
* An in-universe example appears in the [[Britcom]] ''[[Mr Don And Mr George]]''. The two titular characters are shown playing a board game, which George is winning by declaring a series of increasingly bizarre moves. It is then revealed that Don never gets ''any'' moves, and the game is called "George, You're Simply the Best."
* Every single [[Luna Game]].
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