10 "Joke" Video Game Weapons That Are Hilariously Overpowered

Don't you just love when a game can summarise what it's intentions are in the title alone? Earth Defence Force is such a franchise, pitting players against all sorts of alien, biological and even supernatural threats and asking them to destroy each and every one of these invaders with extreme prejudice.

The entire franchise is played off as a campy b-movie and as such it never really takes itself too seriously. So when I say that there's a truly hilarious joke in a franchise which is this light hearted, you know it's good.

Say hello to the Air Tortoise a monstrous missile launcher that looks like you've plucked a NASA diarama model thanks to it's impractically sized ammo. If one of these jet fuelled giants hits an enemy then goodnight sweetheart I'll see you on the other side, as the damage is massive, usually being THE strongest weapon in the franchise.

However. First you've got to hit the target, which is insanely difficult thanks to the incredibly slow movement of the projectile, in fact many of the enemies can outrun the air tortoise making for a fantastically hilarious Benny Hill style scene that often ends in a big ass bang.