8 Video Games With The BEST Game Overs

It might seem a bit cheeky to put an entire game on as a single entry for this list, but trust me, as anyone who's played this ridiculously beautiful title will tell you, the love and care put into each and every moment of Dragon's Lair is worth cherishing.

Designed as an arcade title with such a penchant for pennies that it might as well have had a hoover attached to your wallet, Dragon's Lair places traps and insta-kills around every corner, which you'd only figure out through trial and error. With minuscule time windows in which to act on, and with only vague hints as to what options are even available to you, you're likely going to be seeing each and every one of these deaths before the short experience is through.

Luckily then all the game over screens are so well done that you don't feel short-changed, even if you will literally be short of change come the close of the narrative. From being eaten alive by spiders, dragged to a watery grave or simply being squished, poor old Dirk can die in so many ways that it boggles the mind.