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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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. 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.
