10 Iconic Video Game Characters Created By Fans

10. Ms. Pac-Man - Ms. Pac-Man

As much as Ms. Pac-Man might seem like a natural expansion of the Pac-Man brand, her game arriving just two years after the original, that actually isn't the case at all.

What would become Ms. Pac-Man started out life as an unofficial mod for Pac-Man called Crazy Otto, which was developed by General Computer Corporation, a small company of hobbyists who specialised in creating unlicensed custom mod kits for arcade games.

Crazy Otto featured cutscenes with Crazy Otto's female counterpart, and though Atari initially sued GCC for violating their copyrights, they ultimately ended up hiring the company to develop games for them.

This led to GCC repurposing Crazy Otto into a Pac-Man sequel initially entitled Super Pac-Man, but the prospect of Pac-Man having his own female equivalent stuck, and so Ms. Pac-Man was born, hair bow and all.