12 Video Game Villains Who Lost To Complete Idiots

4. The Ghosts (Pac-Man)

There's a classic saying which states that there's strength in numbers. Whoever said that had obviously not played Pac-Man which stars the most clueless team-up in history €“ the Ghosts. Granted, like a yellow, rounder version of Popeye, Pac-Man needs a power-up to defeat his adversaries but if the ghosts actually played intelligently, it wouldn't even be a contest. Pac-Man is a simple creature really; basically a yellow hockey puck with a mouth. In later games, he would somehow develop arms, legs and eyes and go all '3D action-adventure' on us, but in the early days, the Ghosts had the upper hand. In fact, the Ghosts also have the programmers on their side €“ desperate to punish kids and empty their wallets in the various arcades of the world. Each Ghost has a different 'personality' programmed into the game; the red Ghost will chase Pac-Man around the maze, whilst the blue and pink Ghosts will position themselves ahead of Pac-Man to catch him head on. The orange Ghost is supposed to act randomly but tends to chase Pac-Man down too. Still, they fail time and time again to defeat the all-devouring Pac-Man as he works towards that high score, even with their creator's help. A truly useless team-up.