NES Games with a Definite Ending

[Richie]

I've been trying to find more NES games that have a definite ending. Basically, an ending sequence or some other indicator that you've beaten the game. Here's a list of what I can think of off the top of my head. Obviously, I haven't beaten, or even played, every game for the NES so please let me know if I've missed any, or if I've made any mistakes.


Abadox
Adventure Island
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Adventures of Bayou Billy, The
Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo 2
Adventures of Lolo 3
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The
Alfred Chicken
Alien 3
Arkanoid
Astyanax
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Athena
Back to the Future
Bad Dudes
Batman
Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman Returns
Battletoads
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Bionic Commando
Blaster Master
Bomberman
Bomberman II
Bonk's Adventure
Boy and His Blob, A
Breakthru
Bubble Bobble
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout, The
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The
Cabal
Casino Kid
Casino Kid II
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Clash at Demonhead
Contra
Contra Force
Cool World
Cowboy Kid
Crystalis
Double Dragon 1
Double Dragon 2
Double Dragon 3
Dragon Warrior 1
Dragon Warrior 2
Dragon Warrior 3
Dragon Warrior 4
DuckTales
Dudes with Attitude
Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus
8 Eyes
Faxanadu
Felix the Cat
Final Fantasy
Gradius
Guardian Legend
Home Alone
Karnov
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of the Ghost Lion
Legend of Zelda, The
Life Force
Little Mermaid, The
Little Nemo: the Dream Master
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2
Metroid
1942
1943
Ninja Gaiden 1
Ninja Gaiden 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Rainbow Islands
Robocop
Rush'n Attack
Star Tropics
Strider
Super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Pitfall
Super Spy Hunter
Superman
Swamp Thing
Sword Master
Tagin' Dragon
3-D WorldRunner
Toki
Whomp 'Em
Willow
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II

[Collector_Gaming]

star tropics 2 does

[123►Genei-Jin]

A few common ones:
Double Dragon 1, 2 & 3
Ninja Gaiden/Ryukenden 1, 2, & 3
Super C[ontra]

[FoxNtd]

Here's one I bet most don't know about. Gyruss has a whole cutscene at the end with an epilogue, but only in the FDS version.

[wiggyx]

I've been trying to find more NES games that have a definite ending. Basically, an ending sequence or some other indicator that you've beaten the game. Here's a list of what I can think of off the top of my head. Obviously, I haven't beaten, or even played, every game for the NES so please let me know if I've missed any, or if I've made any mistakes.


Abadox
Adventure Island
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Adventures of Bayou Billy, The
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, The
Athena
Bionic Commando
Blaster Master
Bonk
Boy and His Blob
Breakthru
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Contra
Contra Force
Crystalis
Double Dragon 1
Double Dragon 2
Double Dragon 3
Dragon Warrior 1
Dragon Warrior 2
Dragon Warrior 3
Dragon Warrior 4
Ducktales
Final Fantasy
Gradius
Guardian Legend
Home Alone
Karnov
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda, The
Life Force
Little Nemo
Lolo 1
Lolo 2
Lolo3
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mega Man 5
Mega Man 6
Metal Gear
Metal Gear 2
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden 1
Ninja Gaiden 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Rainbow Islands
Rush'n Attack
Star Tropics
Strider
Super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Spy Hunter
Toki
Whomp 'Em
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II

I added as many as I could think of while taking a dump.

It's gonna take a while to complete a list. There's prolly more that have endings than don't.

[o.pwuaioc]

It's gonna take a while to complete a list. There's prolly more that have endings than don't.

Definitely so. It would be way easier to create a list of games that go on forever rather than a list of games that end. We'll end up with hundreds of games on this list.

[123►Genei-Jin]

I almost forgot to add Astyanax, definitely needs to go on that list.

I'm not an RPG player but I'm guessing most if not all RPGs have an ending.

[Ro-J]

VGmuseum has a large listing of NES game endings, with screen shots, you can cross reference your list with theirs here.

[Aussie2B]

Huh? Most NES games have endings. I don't get the point of this list. I agree with the others who say you're better off compiling a list of NES games that DON'T have endings.

[Scissors]

You may find this guide to NES game endings useful:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/916386-nes/faqs/26831

[sloan]

Some that haven't been mentioned:

Faxanadu
Legend of the Ghost Lion
Robocop
Felix the Cat

[treismac]

There's prolly more that have endings than don't.

That was my thinking as well.