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they say imitation is the sincerest form
of flattery but how much flattery to
these game developers feel welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
most known video games for this list
we’re looking at the games that were
well known for having every
up-and-coming developer and their mom
try to cash in on the originals
popularity for the record we’re not
saying that every game that was spawned
from these originals were bad as there
were quite a few good gems to emerge
every once in a while
nevertheless these were the originals so
enjoy
[Music]
number 10 flappy bird you can’t download
the original anymore so someone’s bound
to make a clone am i right
in early 2014 its creator removed the
game from mobile app stores due to
feeling guilty about the addictive
nature of the game or some assets that
he stole depending on who you ask
players enjoyed the super simple yet
difficult game play which tapped into
the just one more game mentality at its
peak of popularity the game was being
cloned about 60 times a day it got so
bad that both Google and Apple started
rejecting games with the word flappy in
the title for new players looking to try
the addictive experience you’ll have to
resort to less mobile methods such as
buying amazon firetv or make your way to
the flappy bird arcade game or then
again you could just play one of the
clones they’re just as good
what-what-what-what number 9 super
metroid how do you do a follow up to one
of the most critically acclaimed games
of all time well an eight-year hiatus
would be an interesting move Super
Metroid was extremely influential to
developers even though fans would not
get another set of games in the series
until 2002 so in the meantime it was
hard not to find games that were
inspired by it
alongside Castlevania Symphony of the
night
Super Metroid spawned the sub genre
known as Metroidvania games that weaved
together action exploration and plenty
of room to experiment for a gripping
experience this style of game has seen a
modern resurgence with developers adding
their own unique take on the genre so
when you hear Metroidvania you’re likely
to get something pretty good number 8
Medal of Honor this game has the honour
of starting the long trend of world war
two shooters it’s tight level design
gameplay and realistic graphics made it
the game to beat one of the most notable
games inspired by the series was Call of
Duty created by Infinity Ward a team
made up of developers who had previously
worked on Medal of Honor allied assault
they later started a trend of modern-day
military shooters that were highly
successful with call of duty 4 modern
warfare
so wouldn’t you know it the Medal of
Honor series rebooted in 2010 to take
place in the modern day setting so who’s
copying who now number seven bejeweled
though this has been the puzzle game to
match since its released
bejeweled popularized the tile-matching
puzzle genre and continue to be the most
dominant series for quite a while but
some people speculate that its dominance
is the result of it coming out before
the competition could either way it’s
hard to argue against the fact that it’s
one of the most polished and quality
games of the genre other games like
Puzzle Quest challenge of warlords and
candy crush saga have since innovated on
the genre by adding more basic gameplay
namely paywalls still there is something
to be appreciated in bejeweled zen-like
simplicity number six Mortal Kombat
[Music]
with all the blood and body parts flying
around
Mortal Kombat was certain to make a
splash on the industry the digitized
pilots made it a very controversial and
wouldn’t you know it popular game
unfortunately all that guts and gore is
where most imitators put their focus
once he got past the pixelated blood at
the core of Mortal Kombat was a fairly
decent fighting game many of its
imitators failed to deliver on gameplay
and were critically panned as a result
John no mushy some even failed to see
release like tattoo assassins and thrill
kill Mortal Kombat had its fair share of
clones but none of them could perform a
fatality on the long lasting franchise
dub Doodle win number five space
invaders this is the influential arcade
classic that showed that games could
give other media a run for their money
it’s designer clearly faced technical
limitations which brought in innovative
new ideas for example destroying enemy
aliens lighten the load on the given
hardware’s processor this inadvertently
sped up the game and its music to create
a thrilling difficulty curve
II its popularity led to some direct
clones and eventually would pave the way
for what we now know as the shoot-’em-up
genre also thanks in part to games like
Galaxian which built upon the
foundations of the genre still you can
clone a game but it’s not easy to clone
its legacy and no one’s done that with
space invaders number for grand theft
auto 3 many games that came after this
one have driven away with its blueprint
for modern game design an open world to
explore a main storyline a few thousand
things to do on the side and a bit of
driving however I guess that last point
depends on whether or not your character
is a normal person or superhero that’s
good right it’s collapsing faster than
anticipated Grand Theft Auto 3 success
has led to quite a few imitators
eventually games from different genres
were able to take on parts of the
formula and successfully make it their
own the series continues to be some of
the highest selling video games of all
time so when it comes to financial
returns the criminal shenanigans of
Grand Theft Auto seem to still be on top
number three minecraft when the game
starts getting popular sometimes you’ve
got to build on your own version it was
definitely not hard to find similarly
styled survival in building games
however minecraft gameplay is not the
only thing that inspired developers as
it also popularized an alternative
funding model for video games
you see minecraft was purchasable
through its alpha and beta stages to
help further fund its development this
proved to be very successful encouraging
other indie developers to give that a
shot
minecraft is still vastly more popular
than its competition though showing it
has a sturdy foundation that is yet to
be toppled number two Super Mario Kart
[Music]
this was the party to be at before Mario
Party Super Mario Kart is credited with
creating the cart racing sub-genre and
many other kart racers have tried to
emulate the game to varying degrees of
success but it wasn’t just throwing
franchise mascots into go-karts that
made this game successful it was the
simple yet deep gameplay that feels
rewarding to players of any skill level
which naturally explains the abundance
of copycats that you can now find
once you understand on a technical level
how they made such an exciting racing
game it’s no wonder that Mario Kart
holds the pole position among kart
racers
[Music]
[Applause]
before we unveil our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
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number one doom it’s all in the name
similar games after the release of this
doozy were all referred to as doom
clones it established many of the genres
conventions such as a variety of weapons
to choose from network multiplayer and
chicos but of course the big one is the
first-person perspective and the
shooting come on anyway some of these
clones did successfully create
franchises of their own which in turn
led to the decline of the phrase doom
clone and the rise of the term
first-person shooter
in all fairness it software also
licensed their engine to other
developers so the label was a bit unjust
by 1998 though these games were
regularly known as they are today as
first-person shooters but many FPS games
later many fans would find it hard to
shake off the adrenaline-fueled magic of
this original classic do you agree with
our list what do you think is the most
cloned video game out there for more
trend-setting top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
[Music]
they say imitation is the sincerest form
of flattery but how much flattery to
these game developers feel welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
most known video games for this list
we’re looking at the games that were
well known for having every
up-and-coming developer and their mom
try to cash in on the originals
popularity for the record we’re not
saying that every game that was spawned
from these originals were bad as there
were quite a few good gems to emerge
every once in a while
nevertheless these were the originals so
enjoy
[Music]
number 10 flappy bird you can’t download
the original anymore so someone’s bound
to make a clone am i right
in early 2014 its creator removed the
game from mobile app stores due to
feeling guilty about the addictive
nature of the game or some assets that
he stole depending on who you ask
players enjoyed the super simple yet
difficult game play which tapped into
the just one more game mentality at its
peak of popularity the game was being
cloned about 60 times a day it got so
bad that both Google and Apple started
rejecting games with the word flappy in
the title for new players looking to try
the addictive experience you’ll have to
resort to less mobile methods such as
buying amazon firetv or make your way to
the flappy bird arcade game or then
again you could just play one of the
clones they’re just as good
what-what-what-what number 9 super
metroid how do you do a follow up to one
of the most critically acclaimed games
of all time well an eight-year hiatus
would be an interesting move Super
Metroid was extremely influential to
developers even though fans would not
get another set of games in the series
until 2002 so in the meantime it was
hard not to find games that were
inspired by it
alongside Castlevania Symphony of the
night
Super Metroid spawned the sub genre
known as Metroidvania games that weaved
together action exploration and plenty
of room to experiment for a gripping
experience this style of game has seen a
modern resurgence with developers adding
their own unique take on the genre so
when you hear Metroidvania you’re likely
to get something pretty good number 8
Medal of Honor this game has the honour
of starting the long trend of world war
two shooters it’s tight level design
gameplay and realistic graphics made it
the game to beat one of the most notable
games inspired by the series was Call of
Duty created by Infinity Ward a team
made up of developers who had previously
worked on Medal of Honor allied assault
they later started a trend of modern-day
military shooters that were highly
successful with call of duty 4 modern
warfare
so wouldn’t you know it the Medal of
Honor series rebooted in 2010 to take
place in the modern day setting so who’s
copying who now number seven bejeweled
though this has been the puzzle game to
match since its released
bejeweled popularized the tile-matching
puzzle genre and continue to be the most
dominant series for quite a while but
some people speculate that its dominance
is the result of it coming out before
the competition could either way it’s
hard to argue against the fact that it’s
one of the most polished and quality
games of the genre other games like
Puzzle Quest challenge of warlords and
candy crush saga have since innovated on
the genre by adding more basic gameplay
namely paywalls still there is something
to be appreciated in bejeweled zen-like
simplicity number six Mortal Kombat
[Music]
with all the blood and body parts flying
around
Mortal Kombat was certain to make a
splash on the industry the digitized
pilots made it a very controversial and
wouldn’t you know it popular game
unfortunately all that guts and gore is
where most imitators put their focus
once he got past the pixelated blood at
the core of Mortal Kombat was a fairly
decent fighting game many of its
imitators failed to deliver on gameplay
and were critically panned as a result
John no mushy some even failed to see
release like tattoo assassins and thrill
kill Mortal Kombat had its fair share of
clones but none of them could perform a
fatality on the long lasting franchise
dub Doodle win number five space
invaders this is the influential arcade
classic that showed that games could
give other media a run for their money
it’s designer clearly faced technical
limitations which brought in innovative
new ideas for example destroying enemy
aliens lighten the load on the given
hardware’s processor this inadvertently
sped up the game and its music to create
a thrilling difficulty curve
II its popularity led to some direct
clones and eventually would pave the way
for what we now know as the shoot-’em-up
genre also thanks in part to games like
Galaxian which built upon the
foundations of the genre still you can
clone a game but it’s not easy to clone
its legacy and no one’s done that with
space invaders number for grand theft
auto 3 many games that came after this
one have driven away with its blueprint
for modern game design an open world to
explore a main storyline a few thousand
things to do on the side and a bit of
driving however I guess that last point
depends on whether or not your character
is a normal person or superhero that’s
good right it’s collapsing faster than
anticipated Grand Theft Auto 3 success
has led to quite a few imitators
eventually games from different genres
were able to take on parts of the
formula and successfully make it their
own the series continues to be some of
the highest selling video games of all
time so when it comes to financial
returns the criminal shenanigans of
Grand Theft Auto seem to still be on top
number three minecraft when the game
starts getting popular sometimes you’ve
got to build on your own version it was
definitely not hard to find similarly
styled survival in building games
however minecraft gameplay is not the
only thing that inspired developers as
it also popularized an alternative
funding model for video games
you see minecraft was purchasable
through its alpha and beta stages to
help further fund its development this
proved to be very successful encouraging
other indie developers to give that a
shot
minecraft is still vastly more popular
than its competition though showing it
has a sturdy foundation that is yet to
be toppled number two Super Mario Kart
[Music]
this was the party to be at before Mario
Party Super Mario Kart is credited with
creating the cart racing sub-genre and
many other kart racers have tried to
emulate the game to varying degrees of
success but it wasn’t just throwing
franchise mascots into go-karts that
made this game successful it was the
simple yet deep gameplay that feels
rewarding to players of any skill level
which naturally explains the abundance
of copycats that you can now find
once you understand on a technical level
how they made such an exciting racing
game it’s no wonder that Mario Kart
holds the pole position among kart
racers
[Music]
[Applause]
before we unveil our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
number one doom it’s all in the name
similar games after the release of this
doozy were all referred to as doom
clones it established many of the genres
conventions such as a variety of weapons
to choose from network multiplayer and
chicos but of course the big one is the
first-person perspective and the
shooting come on anyway some of these
clones did successfully create
franchises of their own which in turn
led to the decline of the phrase doom
clone and the rise of the term
first-person shooter
in all fairness it software also
licensed their engine to other
developers so the label was a bit unjust
by 1998 though these games were
regularly known as they are today as
first-person shooters but many FPS games
later many fans would find it hard to
shake off the adrenaline-fueled magic of
this original classic do you agree with
our list what do you think is the most
cloned video game out there for more
trend-setting top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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