4. Madden ‘06
Michael King is a large, scary man who, in 2006, was a linebacker for the New York Jets. But Electronic Arts took it upon themselves, for Madden ’06, to cut the poor guy down to size. In what they claimed was a spreadsheet error, King was portrayed in the game as being seven inches tall.
Source: Electronic Arts
However, just because he was tiny, it didn’t change the game play at all. King still hit like a freight train and if he caught the ball he’d run with it. It would just look like the football was running away from the opposing team down the field. In fact we’re pretty sure the Rams are trying to blame a seven-inch Michael King for their current season. It’s not their fault a tiny little linebacker only they can see just steals the ball and runs away with it.
3. Mortal Kombat: Deception
Mortal Kombat has always thrived on one crucial idea: being able to messily rip your opponent apart after you win a match in a wide variety of ways. Mortal Kombat: Deception decided to add Hara-Kiri to the mix, which is where you rip yourself apart before your opponent could get the pleasure, thus at least letting you get a "screw you" in to the computer who cheated or the guy on the couch next to you who just randomly mashed buttons.
But, if you happen to do a Hara-Kiri at the same time your opponent is doing a Fatality, you still lose…but they perform the Fatality on themselves. No, seriously, take a look:
We like the severed head sitting on the other person’s head like a jaunty little hat. It adds something.
2. Link’s Awakening
Sure, most times glitches are minor stuff. But every now and again, they actually add something to a game. Like, say, an extra level.
Yes, you just saw an elf hump his way into an acid trip behind a doghouse. What you’re seeing is the “Doghouse Dungeon,” which is every single room from every single dungeon scrambled into one entire level of crazy. Treasure chests may contain anything from the game, like, as you might have noticed, music. Bosses show up for no reason. Link can walk through walls. This is the closest a Nintendo character will ever get to a drug trip. Well, okay, except Mario, but he’s on shrooms anyway.
1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
No sooner did players boot up this game than they found out something odd about the aircraft. In addition to being completely pilotable, Rockstar set them up to spawn at random times and trajectories. It added to the realism. Not to mention the comedy potential.
But lest you think this is solely an airborne phenomenon:
Yep, you just saw a plane take out a guy on an ATV. It’s like a Chuck Norris movie, only with better direction.
And these aren’t exactly isolated incidents. The planes will sometimes spawn in a crash trajectory, meaning a plane could crash into an intersection and take you out for no reason. The developers figured this out fairly quickly but decided to leave it in, because it was too funny not to, thus showing the taste and class Rockstar Games is known for.
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