All 46 endings in the King of the Hill PC game
32It broke my brain to discover there were this many endings in the King of the Hill "Hootenanny" PC game. Now it can break your brain as well. We are probably the first people to see all 46 of the game's endings since it released in 2000, and clearly we were denied the King of the Hill dating simulator we deserved.
The game's ending logic is based on the NQ, or Neighborliness Quotient. The player builds their NQ by successfully playing and winning events throughout the course of the block party, with a penalty for bailing early or losing. NQ is also accrued by engaging in conversations with characters in the neighborhood.
The only way to figure out this completely invisible logic was to crack open the game's source files (available within the game files) and poke around in the innards. Eventually, I hacked in a keyboard shortcut to jump straight to the game's end state, as well as define precisely which endingID I wanted to play. Otherwise, the player's only recourse is to play the game repeatedly so that it tracks as each ending is played and skips the previously played ones. Still, considering the game also tracks "poor" and "good" NQ numbers, you're bound to see a lot of repeats. The game also allows the player to choose from a couple of genders, and some endings are specific to the player's choice.
If you want an intro to getting into the source files, dive on in: https://youtu.be/F0XU8hGfD78
Chapters are sorted by ending type, and labelled with ending IDs and descriptions from the source code.
"Poor" endings:
0:08 8: kahn and minh offer brown betty
0:31 10: 4 guys: paintball
0:54 21: hank: dolphin encounter
1:35 24: kahn: mocking hank
2:05 26: peggy warns bobby re: user
2:26 31: bobby: standup wrath
2:54 33: nancy: tv special
3:12 34: cotton: 20 nazis
3:40 35: bill: empathy
3:58 36: john redcorn: try harder
4:22 43: peggy musins
5:12 53: luanne: jr college
5:43 55: boomhauer: berating
5:59 62: peggy: haiku
6:30 69: cotton: offering a job (male)
"Good" endings, gender neutral:
7:07 7: hank: great santini
7:59 9: dale: massage nancy
8:24 14: dale: secret society
8:59 16: bobby magic fruit pie
9:27 19: dale: surplus store
9:55 20: luanne: makeover
10:20 28: hills: invited to dinner w/ hills
10:39 39: 4 guys: go golfin'
10:56 41: peggy: billy crystal
11:36 42: peggy brown betty
12:07 44: hank: landry plate
12:42 54: peggy: chuck mangione
13:30 56: hank: grass clippings
13:55 57: luanne: 6 malls
14:23 59: hank: lawnmower expo
14:59 63: hank: hardware store
15:33 64: 3 guys goin' fishin' (can't pay the rent)
16:00 67: bobby: camping
16:40 70: peggy: limerick
17:12 71: bill: haircut
17:50 72: dale: hunting
"Good" endings, gender female:
18:27 12: boomhauer: asking for a date (female)
18:43 46: bill: proposal (female)
19:15 66: hank: offering a job (female)
19:58 68: bobby: magic ass't (female)
20:35 51: 4 guys: drinkin' beer, female
"Good" endings, gender male:
21:11 13: boomhauer: cruisin' (male)
21:27 58: bill: best friend (male)
21:57 60: luanne: asking for a date (male)
22:39 65: hank: offering a job (male)
23:19 1: 4 guys: drinkin' beer, male