Game Over is a traditional message in video games which usually signals the game has ended with a negative outcome. Notably used first in pinball machines and, later, arcade games, it has since been adopted widely and is now commonly associated with video games in general; however, many other phrases have been substituted for it depending on the game, like "Mission/Challenge Failed" for mission type games, "You Are Dead/You Have Died/You Died" for survival horror games, and "Your adventure has ended" for some adventure games.

History

Origin

The phrase was originally used in early devices such as electromechanical pinball machines, which would light up the phrase with a lamp (lightbulb). The limited space available on electromechanical pinball machine displays prompted the shortened sentence structure, conveying the basic message ("Your game is over") with minimal extra characters. This abbreviated indication of the end of play became ubiquitous enough during the pinball era to be carried over into arcade games. Early video arcade games such as Space Invaders have the phrase "Game Over" simply superimposed on the screen, while more recent games usually have a separate Game Over screen.

Some arcade games additionally used the "Game Over" not only to indicate the end of the game, but also to signify that the game was not currently being played; a flashing "Game Over" would appear during the attract mode of the game to indicate that it was not in use.

Modern usage

The usage of "Game Over" varies. Most games of today have dropped the usage of "Game Over" for a successful completion of the game, and instead use other ending texts such as "The End" or "Congratulations", or an outro and credits sequence. "Game Over" is then only used to signify failure, though some series continue to use the phrase for all endings, like the Soul Calibur, King of Fighters and Street Fighter series.

The screen shows the scene in video games such as Dracula (Jonathan Harker's dead body), Metal Slug series (Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug 5 only) (Soldier's hat next to "Game Over"), (Either a Pig Cop replacing a historic, landmark, or several Pig Cops gathered around Duke' severed head) & Batman Returns on Sega CD (Penguin's head in the "Game Over" screen). In Shadow The Hedgehog, every time the player loses all their lives, the word "BLACKOUT" appears. In Little King's Story, if the player allows their character to lose all of their health, a funeral scene is shown with the king's courtiers and several citizens in funeral garb. The words "LIFE OVER" drop down onto the screen. However in the Samurai Shodown series, except for Samurai Shodown 64 and , if the character loses the battle, he/she is shown in the "Continue" screen with 9 to 0. If the player does nothing, the character will faint and "Game Over" appears.

Common methods of getting a Game Over can include running out of lives or letting a time limit run out, although Game Overs can also be triggered by failing certain objectives. A Game Over in RPGs occurs when all characters in a party are killed or are otherwise unable to battle, or when the leader is killed in games such as Shining Force. Most games, particularly arcade games, give the option to Continue. Arcade games require the player to insert more credits before a timer runs out in order to continue playing from where they last died. In console games, players either have a limited amount of credits (most prominently in ports of arcade titles), or have to earn Continues by filling certain conditions like collecting a particular rare icon, or collecting so many items in a bonus stage. If the player is unable to continue, the game ends, and the player will have to start from the beginning. In Sonic CD, the player can get a game over by not pausing and staying still for 3 minutes.

Genres such as RPGs, first person shooters and survival horror games do not have a life system. If a player dies or fails an objective, the game is over. Most games will feature a screen in which the player can retry from a checkpoint, beginning of a level, or a safe house, or quit and return to the main menu. In games such as Resident Evil earlier titles in the Final Fantasy series and , the player will instantly be taken to the main menu, and will have to continue from the last place they saved their game, either using memory saving or entering a password.

On the game show Minute to Win It, "Game Over" refers to the contestant losing all three lives by failing challenges.

On the game "Happy Pill" 1 and 2, "Oops, too much of a good thing..." appears when you lose a live. Lose three lives and then "Game Over" appears.

Sayings in "Game Over"

In Art of Fighting 3, if the timer goes to 0, the character tries to get up but thuds down, the announcer says "Game Over" (the announcer dosen't say "Game Over" in the first two Art of Fighting games).

In Street Fighter series, if you let the timer reach 0, the announcer says "Game Over".

In Crash Bandicoot 2, Cortex's head appears and says "Game Over".

In Super Mario 64, Mario will say "Game Over" if the player runs out of lives.

In the later King of Fighters games and every Tekken game, if the player dosen't press Start, the announcer says "Game Over".

In Capcom vs SNK & Capcom vs SNK PRO, every time the player decides not to continue or decides to beat "Arcade Mode", the announcer says "Game Over".

In all the Super Smash Bros. games, "Game Over" is said when "Classic" mode or "Adventure" mode is lost.

See also

Continue

1-up

Multiple endings

References

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Name	Steve Rushton
Background	solo_singer
Born	October 30, 1987Chertsey, England
Instrument	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar drums
Genre	Pop, Pop-Punk
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
Years active	2003–present
Label	Hollywood Records
Associated acts	Son of Dork
Url	Official Website

Steven John Rushton (born 30 October 1987, Chertsey, England and was introduced to music by his stepfather, an Elvis impersonator, when he used to bring Rushton up on stage with him to perform.

Mr. Cheerful (2003-2004)

From early school years and up to college, Rushton was the writer, guitarist and singer for the band Mr. Cheerful. The band was heavily influenced by artists such as Elvis and Green Day. Their biggest brush with fame was their participation in the UK final for the 2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Rushton was unable to continue with Mr. Cheerful when he was scouted for Son Of Dork.

Son Of Dork (2005 - 2008)

Rushton took part in the auditions for James Bourne's new band, after Bourne's previous band split in 2005. Originally entering to be a guitarist, he was asked to be the bassist, an offer he initially refused. Their first single Ticket Outta Loserville charted at number 3 in the charts, whilst the band were met with mixed reviews. Shortly after releasing Welcome to Loserville, they released another single Eddie's Song which charted at number 10 and was featured on the soundtrack to Alien Autopsy. The band headed out on two major tours; The Get Happy Tour and The Sic Tour, one of which they headlined.

Rushton decided to leave Son of Dork in 2008 after a long hiatus in the band stating, "I didn't pick up a guitar to leave it hanging on a wall gathering dust for two years".

Solo Career (2008-present)

After leaving Son of Dork, Rushton embarked on a solo career and was quickly signed on by record group Hollywood Records. His first major boost of his career was with Disney Channel's original series The Suite Life on Deck to which he sang the opening theme, "Livin' the Suite Life" Shortly after, he released his first single "Emergency" which was included in the soundtrack for the Disney movie, Race to Witch Mountain. As his popularity grew, he got a place in the soundtrack of as well as a cameo role as a band member. His next single "Ready to Rock" was realised to coincide with Disney film G-Force. Shortly after the release of his second single, Rushton went on tour at Disneyland singing old and new songs, including a cover of the Lady Gaga song "Poker Face". He also sings "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" on the sound track for the new Santa Buddies movie. He contributed to the Wizards of Waverly Place soundtrack which features songs inspired by the TV hit.

Personal life

Rushton is a fan of American rock band, Green Day, and has stated that that Billie Joe Armstrong was one of the key musicians which inspired him to pursue a music career.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official website

Official Myspace

Official Facebook

Official Flickr

Category:1987 births Category:People from Chertsey Category:People from Frimley Category:Pop punk musicians Category:Hollywood Records artists Category:English rock singers Category:English male singers Category:English bass guitarists Category:Living people Category:English television actors Category:Son of Dork members

Name	Lil' Flip
Landscape	no
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Wesley Eric Weston, Jr.
Alias	Flip, Flip Gates
Born	March 03, 1981
Origin	Cloverland, Houston, Texas, United States
Genre	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1998–present
Label	Suckafree (President) (2000-2004) Loud(2002) Columbia (2002-2004) Warner Bros. Records (2004) Clover G (CEO) (2006-present) Asylum(2007-2008) Hi-Powered (2009) Real Talk Ent. (2008-2009) E1 Music (2009-2010)
Associated acts	Gudda Gudda, Chamillionare, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, Lil' Scrappy
Url

Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. (born March 3, 1981), Lil' Flip calls it the "album-before-the-album" Ahead of My Time was released on July 6, 2010 through Lil' Flip's label, Clover G Records.

Ahead of My Time was released on July 6, 2010 through Lil' Flip's label, Clover G Records.

Discography

Studio albums

2002: Undaground Legend

2004: U Gotta Feel Me

2007: I Need Mine

2009: Respect Me

2009: Underground Legend 2

2011: TBA

References

External links

Official website

Clover G's Official YouTube channel

Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:African American rappers Category:American shooting survivors Category:Rappers from Houston, Texas Category:Screwed Up Click members Category:Warner Bros. Records artists

Name	Harsh Reality
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Genre	Progressive rock
Years active	1968–1969
Label	Philips Records
Current members	Mark GriffithsDave JenkinsAlan GreedRoger SwallowSteve Miller

Harsh Reality are a little-known, proto-prog band born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire out of the remnants of the Freightliner Blues Band (formerly the Revolution) in the early 1960s. The band consisted of Mark Griffiths and Dave Jenkins on guitars, Alan Greed on lead vocals and organ, Roger Swallow on drums, and Steve Miller on bass and backing vocals. They released a single for Philips Records in 1968 ("Tobacco Ash Sunday" / "How Do You Feel") before releasing their only album, Heaven and Hell, also on Philips in 1969. A final single followed soon after, before the band split in 1969.

Their Heaven and Hell LP is now a highly-sought rarity, going for hundreds of pounds between eager collectors. For this reason, Harsh Reality is somewhat famous/infamous in collecting circles.

Though technically proto-prog, their work represented a marriage between the sounds of Procol Harum and early Deep Purple.

Following the band's demise, Roger Swallow played with Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Matthews Southern Comfort, Plainsong, Albion Country Band, and Al Stewart; before moving to California and establishing himself as an electronic musician, songwriter and entrepreneur. Alan Greed went on to work with Ray Russell on the Rock Workshop albums, and as a session singer. Greed later fronted the jazz/progressive]] outfit, The Running Man. A self-titled album was released in the UK on the Neon record label in 1972.

Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows. The rest of the band also went into session work.

The song "Tobacco Ash Sunday" was covered by Paul Weller for AOL Sessions.

Discography

"Tobacco Ash Sunday" b/w "How Do You Feel"

Heaven And Hell (Philips (S)BL 7891) 1969 [CD reissue: Progressive Line PL533 - Australia, 2002]

References

Category:English rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1968 Category:1960s music groups Category:British progressive rock groups Category:People from Stevenage

Caption	Vega during the Repo Tour in 2009.
Birth name	Alexa Ellesse Vega
Birth date	August 27, 1988
Birth place	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress/Singer
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Sean Covel (October 10, 2010 - present)
Website	MySpace

Alexa Ellesse Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids trilogy and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The Rockits.

Early life

Vega was born in Miami, Florida to a Colombian father and an American mother, Gina Rue, who works as a model. She has three sisters, actress Makenzie Vega (born February 10, 1994, starred in Saw and Sin City), Krizia Vega (born July 1, 1990), and Greylin James (born September 22, 2000), as well as two brothers, Jet James (born October 4, 2005) and Cruz Hudson (born April 24, 2009). She has one half-sister named Margaux Vega (born December 25, 1981). She lived in Florida until she was fourteen years old, and then moved with her family to California.

Career

Acting

Vega made her first movie appearance in Little Giants, starring as the six-year-old daughter of Ed O'Neill. In 1996, Vega starred as young Jo Harding in Twister. She guest-starred in numerous television shows and films, including ER, Follow the Stars Home, Ghost Whisperer, and The Bernie Mac Show.really She became know worldwide in 2001 for her role as Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids. The first Spy Kids movie was a huge success, and subsequently two sequels, and were filmed. During the shooting of the three films, she performed most of her own stunts.

In 2003, she was named one of that year's hottest teen celebrities in Vanity Fair. In 2004, Vega finished filming two films: Sleepover and State's is to help Evidence, and in the following year starred in a made-for-television drama entitled Odd Girl Out as a victim of cyber-bullying. She also filmed for another made-for-TV movie, Walkout. In June 2006, she finished filming Remember the Daze, which came out to limited theaters in April 2007. She also finished filming Repo! the Genetic Opera, which was released in 2008. Vega has also been confirmed as the lead role in Helix, written and directed by Aram Rappaport, which began filming in Chicago in March 2008. Vega was originally cast in Robert Rodriguez's Shorts, however, due to her being in Australia for the filming of Broken Hill, she had to be recast. She was replaced by Kat Dennings.

In 2009, she played Ruby Gallagher on the ABC Family television sitcom Ruby & The Rockits, which also starred Patrick & David Cassidy. The series was not renewed for a second season.

Vega made her Broadway debut in Hairspray in 2007.

Music

She recorded three songs for the soundtracks while playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids films. She released her debut single, "Isle of Dreams", to coincide with the release of . She also released "Game Over", for . Another song, "Heart Drive" featuring Bobby Edner, was also recorded for Spy Kids 3. She also has recorded songs for the movie Repo! The Genetic Opera, released in 2008.

Vega is signed with Hollywood Records and working on her debut album with some songs from her show. In the songs she sings on Ruby & The Rockits she plays the piano. On June 30, 2009, her new comeback single "Lost In Your Own Life" was released to radio.

Vega sang the song "Christmas is the Time to Say 'I Love You'" in the ABC Family film Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe. The track appears on the compilation album Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christmas, which was released on November 3, 2009 by Walt Disney Records. The music video for the song premiered during the ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas programming block in 2009.

Personal life

Currently married to Sean Covel

Filmography

Discography

Singles

Soundtrack

2002:

2003:

2008: Repo! The Genetic Opera

2009: Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christmas

Music videos

{|class="wikitable" |- !Year!!Title!!Album!!Director!!Source |- |2002||"Isle of Dreams"|| ||Robert Rodriguez||Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams |- |2009||"You are Where I Live"||Ruby & The Rockits||Ted Wass||ABC Family/ABCFamily.com |- |2009||"Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You"|| Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas||||/ABC Family Channel |}

References

External links

Category:1988 births Category:Actors from Florida Category:American child actors Category:American Christians Category:American film actors Category:American people of Colombian descent Category:American television actors Category:Hispanic and Latino American actors Category:Hispanic and Latino American people Category:Hollywood Records artists Category:Living people Category:People from Miami, Florida