The most startling "Game Over" screens

[Anapan]

There were some pretty gruesome death scenes in BrainDead 13 (of course, that was the entire point of the game, so it's to be expected)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTTI2qyT4Y

[Evildeadmanwalking77]

Ok, this is not an "official" game over screen but I always found this hilarious from the AVGN's take on F13th for NES game over screen :

[REPO Man]

X-Files game death/game over scenes. Played the PS1 version back in the day. Most seen GO scene for me was Agent Wilmore falling dead on the ground.

[pakopako]

Has there ever been a death scene that captured the "life flashing before your eyes" phenomenon?

Only titles I can think of are Eternal Darkness, where, similar to Prince of Persia: Sands of Time you get flashes of upcoming and previous events. Also, Breath of Fire II where the final boss goes over the trials and tribulations of your current party members.

[garrett123]

does anybody know any startling game over screens that are just out of the ordinary like really happy? like you died what is that bunny doing there?

[markeconrad]

The Zelda II gameover scared me as a kid. http://youtu.be/l2VnS8mwW-g

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Earthbound had the most relaxing Gameover music ever...

[weaponepsilon]

Has there ever been a death scene that captured the "life flashing before your eyes" penomenon?

I think it would be cool if when you died in a final battle, you saw a quick stream of images from earlier points of your playthrough just before you died and the game over screen hit.

That's brilliant - why haven't I seen this in a game yet. The tech is certainly there.

I'm not sure, but I think an MGS game did that.

Yeah, that was MGS4. When you die, it shows random story and gameplay images.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eRGOszdOOk GO-1:06 Snake? SNNNAAAKKKKKKEE!!!!!

[pakopako]

The Zelda II gameover scared me as a kid.

I didn't think that was scary, but it was nearly seizure-inducing. (Like the intro to A Link to the Past.)

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Earthbound had the most relaxing Gameover music ever...

I actually loved the Legend of Zelda game over music -- if you let it go on, it turns into something real nice and upbeat.