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5 unusual facts about Game over


Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov

Regarding the end of game 2 and 44.Kf1 in particular, chess journalist Mig Greengard in the Game Over film states, "It turns out, that the position in, here at the end is actually a draw, and that, one of Deep Blue's final moves was a terrible error, because Deep Blue has two choices here. It can move its king here or move its king over here. It picked the wrong place to step."

In this game Kasparov accused IBM of cheating, a claim repeated in the documentary Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine.

Game over

For instance, upon the death of the player character Little King's Story shows the message "LIFE OVER" and Catherine displays the message "LOVE IS OVER".

"Game over" is also sometimes used as a phrase to concede defeat, as for example in the movie Aliens where one of the protagonists, Private William Hudson (Bill Paxton), shouts, "Game over, man!" after the dropship meant to rescue him and his expedition is destroyed.

Some game over variations use literary references such as Abandon All Hope in Devil May Cry 4, and Dante's Inferno which uses a quote from the book of the same name every time the player dies.


Gunpei Yokoi

According to David Sheff's book Game Over, Yokoi never actually intended for the console to be released in its present form.

Jingkang Incident

In Bandit Kings of Ancient China, a video game by Koei, failure to win the game before 1127 will result in the Jurchen occupying the entire China on the game map in January 1127 as the game over.

Mario Segale

This story was first published in David Sheff's 1993 book Game Over (however, because of a spelling error in the aforementioned book, for years it was thought his last name was spelled Segali), and later appeared in Steven L. Kent's The Ultimate History of Video Games in 2001.

Virtual Boy

According to David Sheff's book Game Over, Yokoi never actually intended for the console to be released in its ultimate form.


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1918 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

In a season cut short by the Spanish flu pandemic, coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner led the Panthers in a schedule played all in one month, including a convincing victory in a highly publicized game over defending national champion and unscored-upon Georgia Tech.

1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with an 84-72 victory in the final game over Seattle, coached by John Castellani.

1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 68-62 victory in the final game over Villanova, coached by Jack Kraft.

2010 NCRHA Division I Collegiate Roller Hockey National Championships

Lindenwood University, coached by Ron Beilsten, won its eighth national title (and first since 2008) with a 5–1 victory in the national championship game over Arizona State University, coached by Nick Boyarsky.

A.S. Tefana

In 2010 AS Tefana won the Tahitian Championship for the second time in their history, finishing third in the initial league table but won the Championship Play-Off comfortably, finishing nine points ahead of their closest rivals.In the 2010–11 OFC Champions League, Tefana only won one game, over New Zealand's powerhouse Waitakere United.

Alge Crumpler

In the Titans' Divisional Playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens, Crumpler fumbled after a reception from Kerry Collins on the Ravens' 5-yard line, which helped the Ravens ultimately win the game over the top-seeded Titans.

Boulevard Shopping Feira de Santana

With approximately 193 / 194 stores, has nine anchor stores ( Hyper Bompreço, C & A, Le Biscuit, Lojas Americanas, Centauro, Lojas Renner, Lojas Riachuelo, Marisa and Orient Cinemas ) and 4 mega-stores ( Game-Over, Sleek, Atlantic Books and Leader ).

Coaches All-America Game

Lubbock won the bid to host the game over newer stadiums in larger cities, including Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee and San Diego Stadium in San Diego, after the AFCA was convinced that Lubbock's advantages as a college town without competing entertainment would fill the stands with existing college football fans from West Texas.

Dabrye

Successive Dabrye projects included 2004's 'Game Over' single, which featured MC work by Jay Dee and Phat Kat – the single was a precursor to the second Dabrye full-length Two/Three, which includes other notable underground figures like MF DOOM, Beans, Vast Aire, and Big Tone, and features art by France's WK Interact.

Glen Bowyer

He won a Rising Star nomination, averaged 16 disposals a game over the course of the season as well as taking 120 marks, and was heralded as the club's most courageous player.

History of the Tennessee Titans

Tennessee then won their first round playoff game over the Buffalo Bills on a designed play, known as "Home Run Throwback" in the Titans playbook, that is commonly referred to as the "Music City Miracle": Tight-end Frank Wycheck made a lateral pass to Kevin Dyson on a kickoff return with 16 seconds left in the game and the Titans trailing by one point; Dyson returned the pass 75 yards for a touchdown to win the game.

John O'Shea

O'Shea was scheduled to face Spain on 11 June 2013, in The Bronx, New York City at Yankee Stadium but was ruled out of the game over the sudden death of his uncle Jimmy O'Leary in Waterford, Ireland.

Lobotomy Software

PowerSlave received enough success to help Lobotomy secure a contract to port the game over to the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation.

Pokémon Red and Blue

Papers published by the Columbia Business School indicate both American and Japanese children prefer the actual gameplay of a game over special audio or visual effects.

Satu Hassi

According to James Hansen the use of Arctic oil and e.g. Canadian oil sand means “game over” .

Trio The Punch – Never Forget Me...

The game also contains a peculiar "game over" screen, which consists of an image of Michelangelo's sculpture, the Dying Slave.

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

Both versions have a time limit that expires if the player takes too long, whereupon the Wolverine comic character Elsie-Dee automatically finds Wolverine and kills him, wasting one of his five lives (Genesis version) or giving you a Game Over (Super NES version).