History Main / LevelGoal

* ''VideoGame/{{Asterix}}'' for the UsefulNotes/{{NES}} and UsefulNotes/GameBoy marks the end of a level with a board loaded with a boulder for Asterix to jump on and catapult himself out of the level.

* ''VideoGame/BluesJourney'' for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo has a bell tree for you to jump on at the end of each level.

** The 3D games replaced the signpost with a goal ring. ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' uses both, considering the levels alternate between UsefulNotes/MegaDrive-style platforming-focused areas and ''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Unleashed]]''-style 3D running stages.

The way to mark a definitive end to a videogame level without a BossBattle. Are often locked at first, or simply inactive until you do something. They can assume the form of doorways, portals, switches, or just unrelated items floating in mid-air as markers.

* In ''VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', each of the class test areas has a big gold star that you had to reach at the end of the test. ''[[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' has those shields at the end of class challenges. ''[[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' made use of that, too.

* ''Asterix'' for the UsefulNotes/{{NES}} and UsefulNotes/GameBoy marks the end of a level with a board loaded with a boulder for Asterix to jump on and catapult himself out of the level.

* ''Blue's Journey'' for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo has a bell tree for you to jump on at the end of each level.

* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1'' and ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2'', the exit gates had to be opened on each level, and [[SoundCodedForYourConvenience you could tell by the sound made]] when you stepped on the appropriate PressurePlate.

** ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' has a door with flashing star icons above it, as shown at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NG2Jem3vhA this video]] (about 6:56).
** ''VideoGame/WarioLand3'' has 4 chests in each level - gray, red, green, and blue - and you have to open a chest after finding its key to get the treasure inside. You can also clear a level by passing through an exit door in the location of a chest you've already opened.

* In ''Atomic Robo-Kid'', the level exits take the form of small portholes.

* On ''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''Lollipop'' and ''Billy Bob'' have doors at the at the end of each level. The third level of the former subverts it though by having three doors at various points in the level, all of which reset the game. ''Critical Bypass'' also has you enter some weird structure at the end of each level.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels The Lost Levels]]'' both have the flagpole and castle, which the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' sub-series and the ''[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand 3D]]'' [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld duology]] brought back.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has the "Bug Stop", basically, he lands on it to finish the scene (because he's acting in a movie).

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

-->'''Sage''': What is your end goal?\\

* On ''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''Lollipop'' and ''Billy Bob'' have doors at the at the end of each level. The third level of the former subverts it though by having three doors at various points in the level, [[ObviousBeta all of which reset the game]]. ''Critical Bypass'' also has you enter some weird structure at the end of each level.

* ''VideoGame/FoxNForests'': At the end of each level, Patty the Partridge can be seen sitting on a see-saw while singing a song (which replaces the level music when you get close). You have to jump on the see-saw and launch her into the air to complete the level.

* Both ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' had you flip switches at the end of a level; the end-level switches for ''Wolfenstein'' were located in elevators, but there wasn't much explanation for why ''Doom'''s switches took you to the next level.