Stealing stuff is easy; it's basically like buying things, but without having to touch other people's money germs.
Just ask all the thieving knaves who passed off Mr Biffo's recent viral Twitter pictures as their own. Not that he cares, of course. He's, like, super fly chill, guy. He stole the pictures in the first place after all.
All he did was have the profound genius flash of inspiration to put them together in comedic fashion; there was barely any creativity involved whosoever. Right, Metro and Digital Spy and assorted users of Reddit and Twitter? RIGHT?!
Still. People have been stealing other people's work for years. Just imagine how the creators of Pokemon, Mario and Sonic feel about this tawdry sextet of pilferage.
Just ask all the thieving knaves who passed off Mr Biffo's recent viral Twitter pictures as their own. Not that he cares, of course. He's, like, super fly chill, guy. He stole the pictures in the first place after all.
All he did was have the profound genius flash of inspiration to put them together in comedic fashion; there was barely any creativity involved whosoever. Right, Metro and Digital Spy and assorted users of Reddit and Twitter? RIGHT?!
Still. People have been stealing other people's work for years. Just imagine how the creators of Pokemon, Mario and Sonic feel about this tawdry sextet of pilferage.
6. DRUMMER!! POKEMON (Mega Drive/Genesis)
Apart from the inclusion of Pikachu's smiling, pretty mouth - oh, how we'd like to fill it with buttons and mince - there's nothing much to link Drummer!! Pokemon to the official Pokemon brand. It's just a comically basic rhythm action game, fronted by a capering CBeebies reject.
5. TITENIC (NES)
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Yes, that's right. It's a side-scrolling platform beat 'em up inspired by the smash hit move "Titenic". You know - the James Cameron movie that was full of the sort of axe-wielding and leaping around and being attacked by rats that lends itself to video games. Not to be confused with the James Cameron movie "Titanic", which was nothing of the sort, or Tit a' Nick - the prancing, 15th Century ninny.
4. SOMARI (NES)
How to make Sonic feel like more of a natural fit on the Nintendo Entertainment System? Turn him into Mario, y'big idiot! Other than that, this is a surprisingly swift and authentic port of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game - albeit with the inclusion of Sonic 2's spin dash, and some changes to the level layouts.
Look at Somario in that picture up there. Just look at him. We suspect he's flashing those fingers at an off-screen Sega executive. "Ha ha," he's saying. "I've infringed-a upon-a your intellectual-a property rights!"
Look at Somario in that picture up there. Just look at him. We suspect he's flashing those fingers at an off-screen Sega executive. "Ha ha," he's saying. "I've infringed-a upon-a your intellectual-a property rights!"
3. SUPER MARIO 4: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Mega Drive/Genesis)
Annnnnnnd - providing you can overlook the stripped-back animation and clunky controls - this is Super Mario on the Mega Drive/Genesis. Ish.
We think this might be the only game in which Mario legitimately goes into space. Super Mario Galaxy doesn't count, as we believe that series is meant to represent of the hallucinatory consequences of Mario inadvertently consuming the wrong sort of mushrooms.
We think this might be the only game in which Mario legitimately goes into space. Super Mario Galaxy doesn't count, as we believe that series is meant to represent of the hallucinatory consequences of Mario inadvertently consuming the wrong sort of mushrooms.
2. GRAND DAD 7 (NES)
A remix of a whole bunch of different game elements, the basic template of Grand Dad 7 (yes - that's actually what it's called) appears to be some NES Flintstones game.
However, in a bid to - presumably - capitalise on a certain Italian plumber's fanbase, they swapped out Fred Flintstone's head for Mario's. Apart from in the between-level story scenes. Which makes it very difficult to follow an already complex and emotionally rich plot.
However, in a bid to - presumably - capitalise on a certain Italian plumber's fanbase, they swapped out Fred Flintstone's head for Mario's. Apart from in the between-level story scenes. Which makes it very difficult to follow an already complex and emotionally rich plot.
1. AVATAR (Mega Drive/Genesis)
Jim Power: The Arcade Game was an unreleased Mega Drive game, that somehow got leaked onto the grubby floor of the Internet. Somewhere along the line, some boffin thought it would be possible to pass it off as game based upon the James Cameron movie Avatar. They were wrong. So very catastrophically wrong. Not to be confused with "Ava Tarp", the inventor of tarps.
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