Which game first had multiple endings?

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:11 pm

Was it Hideo Kojima's Penguin Adventure? Or was there an earlier title?
That bad ending was sure a sombre experience

Post by **Menegrothx** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:37 pm

Probably some Sierra adventure game had multiple endings before that one. Lucas Arts' Maniac Mansion had multiple endings and cutscenes, but it was released in 1987, a year after.

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:37 am

Metroid is the first thing that comes to mind, and it was released a few months before Penguin Adventure.

Post by **feamatar** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:45 am

first thing coming to my mind was Sid Meier's Pirates, but that one is from 1987.
There must be some game on the Apple 2 from around 1981 or 82 to have multiple endings, imho.

Post by **ZeroAX** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:31 am

Probably some text adventure?

Post by **Luke** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:09 am

Oregon Trail?

https://www.youtube.com/user/3DSStrider · Post by **3DSStrider** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:19 pm

Magnavox Oddysey. In one ending, player 1 wins. In the other, player 2 wins.

Post by **MrPopo** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:54 pm

You have to define "multiple ending". I don't think Metroid really has multiple endings. It's more bonus content on the base ending. By contrast, Chrono Trigger has multiple endings starting with the first playthrough. If you crash the Epoch you have a different ending scene than you do when the Epoch is intact. And then you have all the NG+ endings available.

Wizardry IV (1986) has multiple endings. To quote from CRPG Addict:

Apparently, there are several possible endings: one "good," three "evil," and one "grandmaster." The "good" ending occurs after you wander into a pool that changes your alignment; you can then pass a challenge from the various dukes of the kingdom to become their (benevolent) overlord. The three "evil" endings have you challenging the god Kadorto for the Amulet and becoming a god yourself (each of a different type depending on--of all things--the sword you choose in the altar room I described in the last post; I would have become a "greedy and opulent God").

The "grandmaster" ending, as best I can tell, involves having the right artifacts when you challenge Kadorto and ultimately revealing him to be a fraud and the Amulet to be a thing of pure chaos crafted as a cosmic joke. You determine to send it back to its makers and then wander off down a path, footloose and fancy-free. Isn't that nice.

Post by **Menegrothx** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:58 pm

Doesn't Ultima IV (1985) also have a bad ending option in Stygian Abyss?

Post by **J T** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:22 pm

I always heard it was Maniac Mansion, but perhaps that's not correct.

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