Gallery: Five Gory Game Deaths

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    __*Frogger* (1981)__ When the hapless amphibian gets squished by a car, it's reduced to a blob of purple pulp and a yellow skull and crossbones. *Beeyew!*
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    __*Dragon's Lair* (1983)__ This simplistic game's main draw was the hero's cartoony deaths. Like when he glares at you accusingly before rapidly decomposing.
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    __*Mortal Kombat* (1992)__ Removing the head and spine really hammers a defeat home. This game's fatality moves were the ultimate coups de grâce.
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    __*Gears of War* (2006)__ Epic Games harnessed cutting-edge tech to render hi-res chain-saw bisections, with blood and gristle flying everywhere. *Bravissimo!*
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    __*Bulletstorm* (2011)__ Epic ups the ante. Gory kill moves include the Meat Fountain, the Surgeon, the Splatterpunk, the French Revolution, the Assplosion ...
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