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.

If I were to ask you to name all the 2D platformer heroes from the 16-bit era, I suspect you would come up with names like Mario, Sonic, Bubsy and, depending on how adventurous you were in the 1990s, maybe even Sparkster and Capt'n Havoc. In fact, you could probably name dozens of these characters before even coming close to the mascot hero we're going to talk about today -- Wild Woody. With a name guaranteed to make you picture an erection, this pencil protagonist was developed, published and then quickly forgotten about by Sega. But we're not going to forget about this 16-bit oddity, so 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 Wild Woody on the Sega 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.