We've all been there you're playing a game that you've never played before and something seems familiar
But that can't be right you just started playing
Until you realize that you have played this game before because the new one is just a cheap knockoff
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That's also free starting us off today at number five is Miss pacman what you thought miss pac-man was officially licensed well
Technically it was but not by Namco at first
Midway Pacman's original North American publisher was pacing around the room waiting for name could have finished their sequel when a few young
entrepreneurs were beginning to realize that
Arcade owners didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on new arcade cabinets to keep people coming back to their arcades
anyway
These young modders started the company called general computer corporation nice
Distinct name guys these young fellas saw a market for plug-in ships to existing arcade games that
Converted the old games into slightly altered new ones for a fraction of the cost of a new arcade machine
They started developing a mod for pac-man called crazy Auto
Which basically just looks like pac-man finally evolved from cell stage in Spore and got some freaky new legs you
Get put those back in gross. Anyway. GCC was so proud of their mod
They tried to sell it to Midway
And this is the important part Midway actually signed the deal behind
Namco's back releasing it with a few tweaks as Miss pac-man which became one of the most popular arcade games ending up being better than
Super pac-man the sequel Namco had been developing that Midway. Just couldn't wait for in the long run
We think Midway made the right call, but here's a twist when Midway tried making their own altered pac-man game, baby pac-man
GCC tried to sue Midway for the idea of a pac-man family and what became of GCC
Well, they make printers now yeah
That's how that went
Imagine suing the company that should have been suing you
For ripping off their product for ripping off your rip off by making a sequel to the product you ripped off
What is this inception level ripoff circle?
I suppose making printers is less confusing than meddling with beloved
trademarked characters for a living but a complete 180 from video games
They essentially created miss pac-man and now they're making label makers
Maybe they'll make a big comeback someday, but I doubt it heading up to number four we have we ripoff consoles
Yes, that's plural for a very good reason after Nintendo released the money printing machine
We know today as the Wii the console that got kids and grandparents alike off the couch and playing games together many companies that
Manufacture cheap electronics started to take notice the thought process was simple
I'm sure hey if they can make a best selling white box with some sticks you swing around that looked like tiny TV remotes we
Can - and boy did they ever?
Look at all these wee clones the V are
you kidding me the zone the reactor the week we
When does it end oh and don't forget?
Everyone's favorite the V - can you imagine if this happened to the Gamecube we'd see companies
scrambling to make game consoles in traditional shapes
Imagine the game pyramid or the games sphere okay to be fair that last one already exists in Drake and Josh
Dan Schneider you've got some real foresight into bad ripoffs of the future
Maybe open up a fortune telling business soon and tell us when we're gonna start seeing switch ripoffs
Huh call us while we're on the subject of the Wii our number three spot goes to
Doula doobie star or as we like to call it super deullyeo galaxy. Oh it can't be that similar right okay?
Take a look at the hub world mm-hmm now. The stage select okay the health bar
Yep, and that planet gravity mechanic comes into play
Hmm yeah, you get the point to be honest. This is one of the most shameless ripoffs of the game
We've ever seen of a great game - it hurts of course mimicry is the highest form of flattery?
But this game doesn't have the most flattering aspects first of all it's pretty linear
Very open world and don't even get me started on the character designs
They look like they were modeled on a very very low budget and take a look at this kamek ripoff woah
Actually better not, but that's the stuff of nightmares right there geez moving on to number 2 on our list drum roll, please pong
Yep, the game hailed as the first video game actually isn't even close to that pong was actually a cheap knockoff of table
tennis a game developed over six long years by a single programmer and designer Ralph Baer who has been exploring the
possibility of games being displayed on a monitor or television since 1951 he was a true pioneer releasing table tennis in
1972
unfortunately Atari with their giant team of programmers and designers at their disposal
Released pong the very same year as an improvement over our good man. Ralph's hard work
It must have been one of the biggest slaps in the face to him seeing a giant company
Make the game that took him six years in a few months and better to and have it go on to sell
Infinitely better than table tennis ever would if it wasn't for Ralph Baer however Atari might not have ever made pong
Which truly marked the beginning of a booming industry of video games?
Atari would also be later credited for almost single-handedly destroying the North American video game market with the great video game crash of
1983 just 11 years after stealing pong they get their Instant Karma well
Maybe less instant than you'd think kind of like if instant coffee took over a decade to brew
So Magnavox the company responsible for publishing table tennis
Actually sued Atari over pong and won the lawsuit
They didn't ask Atari for anything other than a one-time
licensing fee though Atari paid the fee
And then they made more Bank off of Magna boxes product than anybody was expecting missed
Opportunity for Magna Fox truly to earn a percentage of all profits. They wouldn't have crashed and burned so badly well to be fair
They're still around making TVs and other electronics, but do you own any Magnavox products?
I don't think so before we get to number 1 we want to quickly rapid fire through two honorable mentions
these are ripoffs that are just as bad as the ones on this list but don't have quite the
Backstory as some of the other numbers on
List the first honorable mention is final combat which is a Team Fortress two ripoff just look at this trailer
This is meet the heavy. This isn't even funny. This is just a plain old ripoff
we envy their lack of shame and
number two on our honorable mentions is the notorious legend of Titan an overwatch ripoff
This is not overwatch gameplay believe it or not no
This is actually gameplay from legend of Titan which let's be clear is the real overwatch clone leave paladin's alone
We're serious and finally number one on our list today is going to be
Angry Birds, yep who knew the iconically angry faces of mobile gaming were one of the industry's biggest ripoffs
I don't know a lot about you
But I remember my days of online flash games like it was yesterday
night roam addicting games
New grounds and cool math when the teacher wasn't looking those were the days and obviously the team over at Rovio thought, so too
Because they're massive smash hit mobile game Angry Birds is actually just a huge ripoff of a free flash game called crush the castle
Obviously the similarities are very apparent on the surface you launch projectiles
Or big cartoon birds at buildings that aren't the most structurally sound in order to get to the enemies inside walls
But if you actually play crush the castle you'll see just how shameless these birds are bear with us a little bit here
We're getting somewhere. What are the different birds you can throw in Angry Birds?
Well a standard bird a big bird a small bird that splits into three birds when you tap or click a bomb
bird anyway
What are the projectiles and crush the castle Oh a rock a big rock a small rock that splits into three smaller rocks a bomb
surely Angry Birds was a
Revolutionary enough idea to sell well over three billion games make a second fortune in merchandise and toys alone and to get a feature-length
officially licensed movie
We don't think so these things even surpass minions in their maths
Popularity a feat nobody thought would be possible from a simple reskin of a flash game
For its massive success despite its ripoff status it gets the top spot on our list no question about it
There you have it folks are listed the top 5 worst video game ripoffs of all time
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