10 Incredibly Cheap Video Game Moves (That You Totally Used All The Time)

10. Psychic Type (Pokémon Red/Blue)

The first generation of Pokémon, whilst vehemently espoused as the series' only true canon by nostalgia-riddled 30-somethings, is absolutely swarming with bugs - and we're not talking Weedles and Caterpies.

Eldritch glitch pOck3t mOnster5 roam the east coast of Cinnabar Island, and nefarious trainers belonging to the 'Dr. Frankenstein' class are able to create hideous chimeric Pokémon, half Charizard, half Magikarp (Charikarp, if you will). But even without sticking a screwdriver in the cartridge slot, there are major programming oversights which make Pokémon more like Brokémon.

The Psychic type, for example, plum takes the piss. Though theoretically weak to both Bug and Ghost, not a single move in the former category is powerful enough to make a dent, and the only examples in the entire game of the latter are all part-Poison - itself a wet flannel in the face of Gen. 1's range of temple-rubbers.

A varied, balanced team is recommended, but it's entirely unnecessary when you can just raze through every single gym and the Elite 4 with the power of yours - or your Pokémon's - mind alone.