[Lady Kestrel]

That was a good puzzle, Diego! Thanks for your efforts to keep us entertained.

[kate me]

Yup, thanx !

[Kurufinwe]

My turn, my turn, my turn!

Diego's work has prompted me to make a new file for this thread. This one is called Endings, and it's entirely devoted to, well, endings. The music can be from the final puzzle, the epilogue, the end credits, or anything of the sort --- but it always has something to do with the game's ending.

The selection of tunes ranges from somewhat devious to insultingly easy (mostly the latter), and from various eras and styles, so there should be a little bit of everything for everyone.

As usual, one guess at a time, and wait until I've confirmed it before posting your next guess --- until enough time has passed and I decide that it's first-come first-served for the remaining ones.

ENDINGS

Track list
1. 0:00
2. 0:33
3. 1:00
4. 1:28
5. 2:00
6. 2:29
7. 3:00
8. 3:32
9. 4:03
10. 4:33
11. 5:12
12. 5:34
13. 6:03
14. 6:33
15. 7:10
16. 7:40
17. 8:07
18. 8:42
19. 9:12
20. 9:45

[Oscar]

'Insultingly easy' eh? I barely recognised any of these. At the risk of being insulted, I'll have a go at

6

Spoiler:

The 7th Guest

[SpeedBo]

12 gives me a MYSTerious feeling

Spoiler:

Riven

[kate me]

I'm gonna go with an easy one...
13 is:

Spoiler:

Gabriel Knight

[Origami]

yaaay new one! Thanks user!

Is 5 from Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist???
Never heard of it but it sounded similair to one in Diego's list. =P
is the last one from one of TellTale's S&M games? I'd say its from season 2 because I played season 1 and it's not in there.

[Shany]

I'll guess an easy one:
10 is

Spoiler:

Portal 2. "Cara Mia"

[diego]

jumping on the bandwagon of easy guesses

14 is

Spoiler:

Tex Murphy: Overseer, i'd guess end credits?

Great stuff Kuru, and not an easy medley. I couldn't recognize most of it at first hearing although some of them are really at the tip of my tongue...

[DustCropper]

3 is

Spoiler:

Escape from Monkey Island (MI4)

Love the music from that game!

[Kurufinwe]

Originally Posted by Oscar

'Insultingly easy' eh? I barely recognised any of these.

Getting the difficulty right is hard. I always try to balance things: older games and newer games, traditional point 'n click and more original stuff, first person and third person, and also harder ones and easier ones. As I was listening to the file one last time yesterday, I started thinking it was really too easy, especially the second half --- but it was 2:30 AM, so I shouldn't have trusted my judgement then. Listening to it now, I think the difficulty is mostly OK; some are very obvious, some are harder, a couple might be unfair --- nothing out of the ordinary.

And speaking of very easy ones...

Spoiler:

The 7th Guest

That's right, of course. The main theme is used in about 90% of the soundtrack, so you really can't miss it.

Originally Posted by SpeedBo

12 gives me a MYSTerious feeling

Spoiler:

Riven

Right! The Riven soundtrack is weird. It doesn't have a single memorable tune that you can hum, but if you listen to anything from it, you know instantly what game it's from.

Originally Posted by kate me

I'm gonna go with an easy one...
13 is:

Spoiler:

Gabriel Knight

— This is a historical moment, isn't it? Three hundred years ago, the Ritter talisman was stolen by Tetelo. She used it to draw her family to power, while you family withered. She helped provoke the slave revolt in Haiti. She's probably the reason for a lot of the flavor and history of New Orleans -- good and bad. Now she's gone, and your family is restarting. It almost makes you wonder, doesn't it, if it wasn't supposed to happen this way? You know, good coming from evil?
— You think too much.

The Jane Jensen apologists can sometimes get on my nerves, but --- when you think about this wonderful scene, can you blame them?

Originally Posted by Origami

Is 5 from Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist???
Never heard of it but it sounded similair to one in Diego's list. =P

Not Freddy Pharkas. And one guess at a time for the moment, so I'm not commenting on your second one.

Originally Posted by Shany

10 is

Spoiler:

Portal 2. "Cara Mia"

Of course. I had decided I absolutely wanted that one, and #20, and the whole "endings" theme stemmed from there.
(and speaking of this soundtrack...)

Originally Posted by diego

14 is

Spoiler:

Tex Murphy: Overseer, i'd guess end credits?

That's right too. I miss Tex.

Originally Posted by DustCropper

3 is

Spoiler:

Escape from Monkey Island (MI4)

Love the music from that game!

That's right! A stupid final puzzle to conclude an altogether stupid game.




No hints yet, but here are a few stats, which might or might not prove helpful. Out of the 20 games used...

• 5 use a 1st-person perspective, and 3 more are 1st-person/3rd person hybrids.
• 11 are from the Classical era of adventure gaming, i.e. the period stretching from late 1990 (King's Quest V, Monkey Island) to late 1997 (Curse of MI, Riven).
• 4 were released in the last two years.
• about half a dozen could be considered hybrid-y, depending on your definitions.
• however, all but one received a proper review on this site, so they're all adventure-y enough. (The remaining one is just an older game that hasn't been reviewed yet, not a non-adventure or an extremely obscure game.)
• there are 2 DS games.
• there are 4 French games.

Good work, still 14 to go!

The updated track list:
1. 0:00
2. 0:33
3. 1:00 Escape from Monkey Island, Ultimate Monkey Kombat [DustCropper]
4. 1:28
5. 2:00
6. 2:29 The 7th Guest, Stauf defeated [Oscar]
7. 3:00
8. 3:32
9. 4:03
10. 4:33 Portal 2, Cara mia [Shany]
11. 5:12
12. 5:34 Riven, The fissure [SpeedBo]
13. 6:03 Gabriel Knight, Epilogue [kate me]
14. 6:33 Tex Murphy: Overseer, Trying to Try [diego]
15. 7:10
16. 7:40
17. 8:07
18. 8:42
19. 9:12
20. 9:45

[kate me]

(We think too much too , trying to guess your sounds! )

And still.......
-Reminds me of you, Grace!
-You know I said you changed? I was wrong!
(a little out of place but it wouldn't be Gabriel without it!)

Ok, let's see, I'll try one I'm not sure this time....
Is 18?

Spoiler:

THE DIG? It sound like that atmoshpere, but not quite sure...

[Panthera]

I know 20. is from

Spoiler:

Sam and Max: season 2, but which one? My gut reaction was Ice station Santa, but it might also be night of the raving dead..?

I recognize 2, I feel like I just heard it, but I can't remember from where!

I feel 15. sounds like a

Spoiler:

Kings quest

game, without having played one, so its not really an "official" guess.

[SpeedBo]

19 is from

Spoiler:

Return to Mysterious Island

Fun game.

[SweetDalilah]

Though I'm not sure 11. sounds to me like

Spoiler:

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

[Kurufinwe]

Several new guesses... most of them wrong. I guess it's time to start giving hints.

Originally Posted by kate me

Ok, let's see, I'll try one I'm not sure this time....
Is 18?

Spoiler:

THE DIG? It sound like that atmoshpere, but not quite sure...

That's correct.

Originally Posted by Panthera

I know 20. is from

Spoiler:

Sam and Max: season 2, but which one? My gut reaction was Ice station Santa, but it might also be night of the raving dead..?

Both you and Origami earlier are slightly wrong. This particular arrangement is not from Season 2.

Originally Posted by SpeedBo

19 is from

Spoiler:

Return to Mysterious Island

You're very warm, but that's too sad for RTMI's ending, isn't it?

Originally Posted by SweetDalilah

Though I'm not sure 11. sounds to me like

Spoiler:

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

I see where you're coming from, but that's wrong, unfortunately.


HINTS:

1. Defeating the bad guy just by... looking through a window?!?
2. This is an orchestral rendition of the piece; it doesn't sound nearly as good in-game.
4. Choose how to resolve an interesting time paradox.
5. You know you know this one. Just try to imagine a more upbeat version of the tune, and you'll recognise it instantly.
7. Long epilogue explaining what happened to each of the characters.
8. Don't let the style fool you. This is a surprising coda to an otherwise very fantasy-ish game (and soundtrack).
9. A final puzzle that turns the game upside-down --- in more ways than one.
11. Turn your computer off and go to sleep! Or something like that.
15. Panthera might have been somewhat on the right track.
16. (Tough one.) Third and final game in a series, somewhat disappointing.
19. See above.
20. See above.



The updated track list:
1. 0:00
2. 0:33
3. 1:00 Escape from Monkey Island, Ultimate Monkey Kombat [DustCropper]
4. 1:28
5. 2:00
6. 2:29 The 7th Guest, Stauf defeated [Oscar]
7. 3:00
8. 3:32
9. 4:03
10. 4:33 Portal 2, Cara mia [Shany]
11. 5:12
12. 5:34 Riven, The fissure [SpeedBo]
13. 6:03 Gabriel Knight, Epilogue [kate me]
14. 6:33 Tex Murphy: Overseer, Trying to Try [diego]
15. 7:10
16. 7:40
17. 8:07
18. 8:42 The Dig, Spacetime Six [kate me]
19. 9:12
20. 9:45

[Oscar]

I hope we are allowed 2nd guesses now

16 is

Spoiler:

Legend of Kyrandia 3 - Malcolm's Revenge

[Shany]

2 is

Spoiler:

Phoenix Wright
I don't know if it was used in all three games or not

[Origami]

Going by your hint 20 must be The City That Dares Not Sleep.

[kate me]

That's weird!
#8 sounds like

Spoiler:

a modern version/remix of the demons dance from the original Simon.

Right after the Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
But it's too tech-modernish from the version I played.
Is it a mix or an odd coincidence?!