At first, the level is played normally like the Empire State Building. You will be Kong, and you will climb to the top of the Empire State Building to fight the incoming planes. After bringing down enough planes, the floodlights will light up the building and make Kong more visible to the airplanes. The Alternate Ending is then triggered by the arrival of Captain Englehorn and Jack in the Venture's Seaplane. You will switch to Jack piloting the seaplane and destroy the spotlights with infinite ammunition, and then destroy the planes and the emergency spotlights.