One of the best parts of a video game is the ending, but who has the time to go back and play through every game? Let me introduce you to Game Over: The Early Years, the weekly show where we dive into classic games and spoil both their stories and endings. From the biggest hits to obscure classics, we're taking a look at some of the best and most memorable conclusions in video game history.

Long before gamers tossed a coin to their Witchers, there was the Crossed Swords franchise. This short-lived series from the early 1990s was one of the Neo Geo's more ambitious games, offering an epic third-person adventure filled with all the fantasy-based monsters and magic you saw in role-playing games. Sadly, neither of these games will be featured in SNK's upcoming Neo Geo MVSX, a mini arcade cabinet that comes with 50 of the system's most popular games. To right that wrong, I say it's time to take a look back at these two classic 24-bit adventures a quarter century later. Turn back now if you don't want to know what happens next, because today we're going to spoil the story and ending for Crossed Swords 1 and 2 on the Neo Geo-CD. This is Game Over: The Early Years!


Still want more endings? Then I recommend you discover 23 Endings: The Early Years, the holiday series that ran during the 2017 holiday season. We cover Ninja Gaiden, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Bros. 2, Ghostbusters, Golden Axe, Metroid, Double Dragon, Flashback, Final Fight and many more!

And while you're just clicking on stuff at random, I suggest you head over to the Defunct Games YouTube page and subscribe to the channel. We're posting new episodes of Game Over: The Early Years every Monday, along with brand new game reviews throughout the week.