From Space Invaders to World Of Warcraft, we salute the most commonly copied videogames in history… By 1980, many players were beginning to suffer from shooter fatigue.
A few examples include Bally MidwaysMs.
Ironically, even the most uninspiredPac-Manclones were infinitely superior to the infamously half-arsed official conversion for the Atari 2600.
Tetris
Alexey Pajitnovs hideously addictive organisation game is quite possibly the most ported and cloned game of all time.
Some of them, including Taitos obscure yet jollyCleopatra Fortune,are quite fun and worth playing.
Defender
Programmer Eugene Jarvis has much to answer for.
I think you might probably guess how experience points are earned.
Kung-Fu Master
Walk along a little bit.
Kick someone in the face.
Walk along a little bit more.
Kick someone else in the face.
One of the most blatantKung-Fu Masterclones came from Data East itself.
Just look what they did to poor old Donkey Kong:
