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character origins and insightful
commentary moto plays games smarter for
this list we’re looking at mistakes that
developers made in their game which
ended up never getting removed this
could be because they never thought the
glitch would amount to anything
or because fans loved the exploits so
much they decided to leave them in
number 10 Lara Croft’s
marketing strategy tomb raider use the
direction keys to go into the music room
the modern Tomb Raider reboots have
taken a more realistic approach to an
often off-the-wall franchise mainly in
terms of Lara herself rather than the
supernatural storylines the famous
bizarrely proportioned body she had in
the original games was actually the
result of a programmer error only
righted by the 2013 installments it
happened when a programmer accidentally
inputted a 150% brest increased in
Lara’s character model rather than the
intended 50% increase and for whatever
reason just decided to leave it in
whether this was really an innocent
mistake or an attempt to sell a female
protagonist to the largely male
demographic of the 1990s we may never
know
number 9 wall jumping super mario
brothers it’s hard to believe that one
of the most useful and iconic
platforming mechanics in gaming actually
originated from a glitch but it’s the
truth when the first Super Mario
Brothers came out players soon learn how
to exploit the game by having Mario
perform a mid-air jump if he lands
exactly on the right part of a wall
provided they had frame-by-frame
accuracy to know where to push the
button this was tricky stuff to pull off
but the glitch persisted so much that
Nintendo finally implemented it for real
in Super Mario 64 eleven years later
[Music]
number eight
skiing star siege tribes at its height
the tribe series was dubbed the world’s
fastest shooter entirely because of the
existence of a bug which allowed players
to ski across the map while going down a
steep hill players found that spamming
the jump button would allow them to gain
an incredible amount of speed enough to
propel them long distances they began
scripting exploits to spam the jump
command hundreds of times a second and
it was next to impossible to play the
game without employing these techniques
the scheme was such a core part of the
game that the developers included it in
Tribes Ascend
number seven combos Street Fighter 2 the
world warrior developers of Street
Fighter 2 notice that if a player
executed a certain string of button
pushes quickly and accurately enough
they would obliterate their opponent
with a flurry of unblockable hits
leaving the other player at their mercy
thinking that nobody would work it out
or be good enough to use these methods
competitively they decided to leave this
glitch in however players quickly
discovered it and combos and video games
were born today hundreds of games employ
combos outside of the fighting genre and
mastering them is a necessity for anyone
who has a hope of playing competitively
oh boy did me even didn’t even get to
punish you for number 6 hammer dens
the Paladin class may not necessarily be
the most powerful class in Diablo – but
gamers worked out that a glitch in the
game led to the basic blessed hammer
ability becoming immensely overpowered
the skill concentration will mistakenly
increase the physical attack damage of
blessed hammer by a huge amount which
essentially meant that the players were
untouchable as the hammer circled around
them and destroyed everything in its
path this build was nicknamed hammer den
and though Blizzard greatly reduced its
effectiveness it became a mainstay of
number-5 wavedashing super smash
brothers melee
[Music]
it’s considered an advanced move to pull
off but is something every smash
brothers player has to learn to have a
chance at winning a wave – is a simple
sliding motion that happens by jumping
and then immediately dodging toward the
ground it’s good for carrying out more
complex offensive moves without changing
direction or sacrificing speed and
allows characters a better chance at
evading attacks the importance of this
moving the Smash Brothers series makes
it surprising that wavedashing was
considered so inconsequential by the
developers that it just wasn’t removed
when melee came out number 4 rocket
jumping quake its software perfected the
FPS formula of doom with the equally
influential 90 shooter quake while dune
was the first to use explosives as
propulsion in quake players use the
mechanic to its full extent this bug saw
players able to launch themself huge
distances by shooting a rocket at the
ground and jumping at just the right
moment it’s used not just to gain an
advantage in combat but also to reach
hidden usually inaccessible parts of the
map be warned trying to perfect this
will lead to many deaths at your own
hands but once you figure it out
number three new copy Gandhi
Civilization series the vodka Vash
meditation Manhattan sauna in Tucker
patina virgin button here Mahatma Gandhi
was the father of peaceful protests when
trying to free India from control of the
British Empire he never once resorted to
violence this is why his habit of
dropping nukes left right and center in
civilization is such a huge glitch he
originally had the lowest aggression
rating of all the world leaders but this
rating automatically dropped by two if
the player adopted democracy rather than
make him even less aggressive this meant
that his rating looped to the highest
possible score of 255 meaning he wanted
[Music]
number two police say I Grand Theft Auto [Music]
[Music] in 1995 a small-time game studio DMA
in 1995 a small-time game studio DMA design we’re developing a cops and
design we’re developing a cops and robbers title called race and chase it’s
robbers title called race and chase it’s 2d top-down game player revolved around
2d top-down game player revolved around racing and crashing cars but an error in
racing and crashing cars but an error in the AI for the police cars led to them
the AI for the police cars led to them being aggressive psychotic madmen the
being aggressive psychotic madmen the police would pursue the player to the
police would pursue the player to the ends of the earth
ends of the earth running over pedestrians crushing cars
running over pedestrians crushing cars into other cars and even killing the
into other cars and even killing the player in the process however this
player in the process however this glitch served to make the game way more
glitch served to make the game way more fun as before this point it had been
fun as before this point it had been testing poorly after this it was
testing poorly after this it was reworked into what eventually became the
reworked into what eventually became the first brand Theft Auto with DMA design
first brand Theft Auto with DMA design evolving into Rockstar North
number one creepers minecraft the most recognizable things to come out of
recognizable things to come out of Minecraft are of course the tall green
Minecraft are of course the tall green creepers these mournful monsters spawn
creepers these mournful monsters spawn in the darkness and attack the player if
in the darkness and attack the player if they get too close
they get too close running up and detonating themselves but
running up and detonating themselves but their creation was actually the result
their creation was actually the result of a coding error on creator not just
of a coding error on creator not just part he admitted that while trying to
part he admitted that while trying to input the code to create a pig he got
input the code to create a pig he got the dimensions confused and made the
the dimensions confused and made the creature tall instead of long he liked
creature tall instead of long he liked it so much that he turned it green and
it so much that he turned it green and added the suicidal tendencies ever since
added the suicidal tendencies ever since then creepers have become one of the
then creepers have become one of the most enduring enemies in all of gaming
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to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
bugs that became features in gaming for
more gaming videos check out our new
spinoff channel mojo place for in-depth
reviews thoughtful video essays detailed
character origins and insightful
commentary moto plays games smarter for
this list we’re looking at mistakes that
developers made in their game which
ended up never getting removed this
could be because they never thought the
glitch would amount to anything
or because fans loved the exploits so
much they decided to leave them in
number 10 Lara Croft’s
marketing strategy tomb raider use the
direction keys to go into the music room
the modern Tomb Raider reboots have
taken a more realistic approach to an
often off-the-wall franchise mainly in
terms of Lara herself rather than the
supernatural storylines the famous
bizarrely proportioned body she had in
the original games was actually the
result of a programmer error only
righted by the 2013 installments it
happened when a programmer accidentally
inputted a 150% brest increased in
Lara’s character model rather than the
intended 50% increase and for whatever
reason just decided to leave it in
whether this was really an innocent
mistake or an attempt to sell a female
protagonist to the largely male
demographic of the 1990s we may never
know
number 9 wall jumping super mario
brothers it’s hard to believe that one
of the most useful and iconic
platforming mechanics in gaming actually
originated from a glitch but it’s the
truth when the first Super Mario
Brothers came out players soon learn how
to exploit the game by having Mario
perform a mid-air jump if he lands
exactly on the right part of a wall
provided they had frame-by-frame
accuracy to know where to push the
button this was tricky stuff to pull off
but the glitch persisted so much that
Nintendo finally implemented it for real
in Super Mario 64 eleven years later
[Music]
number eight
skiing star siege tribes at its height
the tribe series was dubbed the world’s
fastest shooter entirely because of the
existence of a bug which allowed players
to ski across the map while going down a
steep hill players found that spamming
the jump button would allow them to gain
an incredible amount of speed enough to
propel them long distances they began
scripting exploits to spam the jump
command hundreds of times a second and
it was next to impossible to play the
game without employing these techniques
the scheme was such a core part of the
game that the developers included it in
Tribes Ascend
number seven combos Street Fighter 2 the
world warrior developers of Street
Fighter 2 notice that if a player
executed a certain string of button
pushes quickly and accurately enough
they would obliterate their opponent
with a flurry of unblockable hits
leaving the other player at their mercy
thinking that nobody would work it out
or be good enough to use these methods
competitively they decided to leave this
glitch in however players quickly
discovered it and combos and video games
were born today hundreds of games employ
combos outside of the fighting genre and
mastering them is a necessity for anyone
who has a hope of playing competitively
oh boy did me even didn’t even get to
punish you for number 6 hammer dens
the Paladin class may not necessarily be
the most powerful class in Diablo – but
gamers worked out that a glitch in the
game led to the basic blessed hammer
ability becoming immensely overpowered
the skill concentration will mistakenly
increase the physical attack damage of
blessed hammer by a huge amount which
essentially meant that the players were
untouchable as the hammer circled around
them and destroyed everything in its
path this build was nicknamed hammer den
and though Blizzard greatly reduced its
effectiveness it became a mainstay of
number-5 wavedashing super smash
brothers melee
[Music]
it’s considered an advanced move to pull
off but is something every smash
brothers player has to learn to have a
chance at winning a wave – is a simple
sliding motion that happens by jumping
and then immediately dodging toward the
ground it’s good for carrying out more
complex offensive moves without changing
direction or sacrificing speed and
allows characters a better chance at
evading attacks the importance of this
moving the Smash Brothers series makes
it surprising that wavedashing was
considered so inconsequential by the
developers that it just wasn’t removed
when melee came out number 4 rocket
jumping quake its software perfected the
FPS formula of doom with the equally
influential 90 shooter quake while dune
was the first to use explosives as
propulsion in quake players use the
mechanic to its full extent this bug saw
players able to launch themself huge
distances by shooting a rocket at the
ground and jumping at just the right
moment it’s used not just to gain an
advantage in combat but also to reach
hidden usually inaccessible parts of the
map be warned trying to perfect this
will lead to many deaths at your own
hands but once you figure it out
number three new copy Gandhi
Civilization series the vodka Vash
meditation Manhattan sauna in Tucker
patina virgin button here Mahatma Gandhi
was the father of peaceful protests when
trying to free India from control of the
British Empire he never once resorted to
violence this is why his habit of
dropping nukes left right and center in
civilization is such a huge glitch he
originally had the lowest aggression
rating of all the world leaders but this
rating automatically dropped by two if
the player adopted democracy rather than
make him even less aggressive this meant
that his rating looped to the highest
possible score of 255 meaning he wanted
[Music]
number two police say I Grand Theft Auto [Music]
[Music] in 1995 a small-time game studio DMA
in 1995 a small-time game studio DMA design we’re developing a cops and
design we’re developing a cops and robbers title called race and chase it’s
robbers title called race and chase it’s 2d top-down game player revolved around
2d top-down game player revolved around racing and crashing cars but an error in
racing and crashing cars but an error in the AI for the police cars led to them
the AI for the police cars led to them being aggressive psychotic madmen the
being aggressive psychotic madmen the police would pursue the player to the
police would pursue the player to the ends of the earth
ends of the earth running over pedestrians crushing cars
running over pedestrians crushing cars into other cars and even killing the
into other cars and even killing the player in the process however this
player in the process however this glitch served to make the game way more
glitch served to make the game way more fun as before this point it had been
fun as before this point it had been testing poorly after this it was
testing poorly after this it was reworked into what eventually became the
reworked into what eventually became the first brand Theft Auto with DMA design
first brand Theft Auto with DMA design evolving into Rockstar North
number one creepers minecraft the most recognizable things to come out of
recognizable things to come out of Minecraft are of course the tall green
Minecraft are of course the tall green creepers these mournful monsters spawn
creepers these mournful monsters spawn in the darkness and attack the player if
in the darkness and attack the player if they get too close
they get too close running up and detonating themselves but
running up and detonating themselves but their creation was actually the result
their creation was actually the result of a coding error on creator not just
of a coding error on creator not just part he admitted that while trying to
part he admitted that while trying to input the code to create a pig he got
input the code to create a pig he got the dimensions confused and made the
the dimensions confused and made the creature tall instead of long he liked
creature tall instead of long he liked it so much that he turned it green and
it so much that he turned it green and added the suicidal tendencies ever since
added the suicidal tendencies ever since then creepers have become one of the
then creepers have become one of the most enduring enemies in all of gaming
do you agree with our picks check out these other great clips from WatchMojo
these other great clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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