If you pass level 50, it constantly presents random levels as levels 51+ until you run out of lives.
Bubble Trouble, a 1990s game for the Mac.
The four factions are locked in an unwinnable war, so your character keeps doing missions until he is killed. Note that this trope applies to most golden age arcade games because of the need for the game to be over in order for other people to play. If the gameplay gradually gets faster and faster to keep the player on their toes, that's Difficulty by Acceleration.Ĭompare certain Wide Open Sandbox games, where there are simply no winning conditions and the player can continue as long as he or she likes. If the game "loops," but does have an ending or some sort of closure, it's a case of Hard Mode Filler. If there are enemies to destroy, don't expect any boss fight, since there can only be a limited number of bosses, and these games never end.Ĭontrast Unwinnable, where the game is supposed to be winnable in the first place (but is not, either because of bugs or because the player made an irreversible mistake). Many have an unintentional Kill Screen, which are often a mark of honor to get to, but still ultimately result in death. Some of these are technically winnable, but when you win, you are then returned to the start, whereupon you continue playing. Once someone "beats" the game, they'll stop putting quarters into it, won't they? In arcade games, this is a fairly obvious design choice. This was actually the standard before completable games were developed and migrated from PCs to home consoles. The best you can hope for is a place on the High Scores screen. You just keep going and going until you are killed. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ī computer game that is impossible to "win". DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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