12 Video Games Created By Accident

Virtua Fighter may have been the first 3D fighting game, but Tekken was responsible for rocking the genre to its core. Because of its tight and diverse combat mechanics, Tekken was the first game to give Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat a run for their money.

But since it's on this list, you know Tekken was envisioned as a different kettle of fish. Now, when one says "a game was created by accident", they usually mean it started one way, but ended up as something else.

But Tekken is different, since it was never intended to be a game to begin with! Originally, Tekken's beta was created by Namco to test 3D character models and texture mapping.

After Namco hired Virtua Fighter designer, Seiichi Ishii, they thought they could turn the project into a fighting game called Rave Wars, rivalling the soon-to-be released Virtua Fighter 2.

To ensure the game stood out over its competitor, the roster was filled with extremely distinctive combatants, including Jack the android, King a luchador wrestler, and whatever the hell Yoshimitsu is.

Weeks before release, the title was changed from "Rave Wars" to "Tekken", and the rest was history.