Where famous games got their ideas, ranked by how unexpected

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

My opinion: where five famous games got their ideas, ranked by how unexpected the origin is. Explained in my video "Where 5 Famous Games Got Their Ideas" on YouTube (Abafaboy). Rank it yourself!

S tier

  1. Tennis for Two: a lab open day
  2. Pong: a practice project, too many quarters

A tier

  1. Pokémon: bug collecting + the link cable

B tier

  1. Zelda: getting lost as a kid
  2. Pac-Man: a pizza (partly true)

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