Game over

Template:Current-GCOTW Game over is the ending text of many video games. Used first in arcade games, it was later adopted widely and now is commonly associated with all video games.

The phrase was used at the end of games, whether the player has won the game or not. Most games of today use other ending texts such as "the end," or simply an ending cut-scene and credits, if the player is successful, with "Game Over" used to signify failure.

The phrase "Game Over" also has relevance outside of gaming. It is sometimes used to signify an abrupt end, similar to the one a player might meet in a video game. In the 1986 movie Aliens, Bill Paxton's character Hudson uses the phrase to indicate what he thinks is a hopeless situation: "...Game over, man! Game over!"