Limits to 'infinity' play games?

[thrax]

Some Intellivision games have known endings. Games like Utopia and Snafu have turns that run out. Sports games finish when the innings/periods/laps/etc. run out. Other games have a goal to complete such as Star Strike, AD&D, Treasure of Tarmin. You make the goal, get the win screen or you die.

 

 

 

What about games that just keep going. Are there any endings? Do any games have a mathematical limit? I'm talking games that go on and on like Space Armada, Astrosmash, Night Stalker, Deadly Disks, Shark Shark, Lock N Chase, Donkey Kong, etc. Do they stop at a particular number due to a limitations by design or other limitation?

[Cebus Capucinis]

All games end.....when you die!

 

Seriously, though, I'm sure almost all the 'neverending' games have to reach a point where the score is taking up too much space and the game starts acting screwy to the point of non-playability. This may be 10000 billion points, and nobody's gotten there, sure, but at some point in time the game should screw up.

[cparsley]

Actually on INTV games, that not the case, as they planned for it actually. Especially on Lock 'n Chase and BurgerTime, a flip at about 300,000 points resets the scoreboard to 0, but increments the flipper board by 1.

 

Also Tarmin is actually a never-ending game if you choose to play it so, as long as you do not claim the treasure from the Minotaur kill, the game will play forever, once completing level 256, you'll be back on level 1 again.