10 Most Memorable Video Game Bosses Of All Time

10. Dr. Wily (Mega Man)

Is there a more classic example of an evil villain in pop culture than the mad scientist? What makes this evil archetype so compelling is that, regardless of how much chaos and destruction they're ultimately responsible for, their main objective is to create something.

They have an unending thirst for knowledge and a desire to invent. These aren't universally evil ideas, but ones that always seem to find their way into someone's plan of world domination.

The unfortunate thing about Dr. Wily is that he started out trying to do good for mankind, until he felt like the world was ignoring those contributions. So he did what any good, nefarious genius would do in that scenario: Turn all of his robots evil and use them to dominate the world.

But hey, at least the guy knows how to do the whole mad scientist thing with some flair. He controls his army of unique and increasingly skilled robots from a skull-shaped castle, gets around using flying cars that he built from scratch, and styles his hair to look like the wings of a majestic bird with a massive bald spot.

Dr. Wily's legacy is pretty fantastic, even if it is about 99 percent evil.