What is the worst way to die in a video game? With the literally hundreds of thousands of games created, from the coin operated arcades to the pending Nintendo 3DS, there have to be millions of different death scenarios. With the current trend toward desensitization, and more violence needed for the shock factor, most of the top billing methods for video gaming death have to come from recent games, right? Wrong.

Apparently, the connoisseurs of gaming death at UGO feel that there are some meaty classics that earn points for their creativity, back in the day. Right out of the barrel on the list are a couple of good old classics. Soul Calibur, a 1999 release for Dreamcast, details falling off the raft in the fight with the double-bladed pirate, since it is a cheesy death. EverQuest, the 1999 MMORPG for Windows, featured a glitch that allowed enemies to hack at your character while he or she was teleporting, allowing the avatar to arrive at his or her destination quite deceased.

Of course, you can’t compile a list of sucky ways to die without pointing out that Frogger being run over by a bus was pretty raw or that Dig Dug being buried alive on the job was suffocating and awful.

So what was number one? No spoiler here. You’ll have to check out the complete list and learn for yourself. But, here’s a hint: eight of the top ten saw their original releases at least a decade ago.

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Tags: Sega Dreamcast, Windows Games

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