Famous game glitches, ranked by how much they changed gaming

A tier list by abafa · filed under Gaming · published 26 September 2026

My opinion: famous game glitches and exploits, ranked by how much they changed gaming. Rocket jumping and Space Invaders' speed-up changed whole genres; the Minus World and Pac-Man's level 256 are legends but changed less. Sources and explanations in my Bugs That Shaped Gaming videos.

S tier

  1. Rocket jumping
  2. Space Invaders speeding up

A tier

  1. Strafe jumping
  2. Wavedashing
  3. Tribes skiing

B tier

  1. Backwards long jump (speedruns)
  2. Corrupted Blood plague
  3. MissingNo.

C tier

  1. Minus World
  2. Pac-Man level 256

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