12 Ridiculous Video Game Ideas That Should Never Have Worked

8. Worms

Team 17's turn-based strategy game is nothing short of genius. It takes the already familiar strategy formula and then turns it on its head, as the units you're waging war both with and against are not mere mortals...they are worms, worms that are armed to the teeth with an array of delightfully demented weaponry. Still, it's an idea so daft it could easily have been forgotten as a meek attempt to latch onto the same audience who fell for Lemmings several years before, but its cutting sense of humour and hugely entertaining combat quickly made it a popular franchise that continues to thrive to this day. To me, what really makes these games work is the hilarious weapons Team 17 have included over the years, from the Holy Hand Grenade, to the Banana Bomb, the Sheep, and my own personal favourite, the Old Woman, an elderly lady who explodes and causes massive damage.