7 Iconic Video Games That Were Created By Accident
5. Counter-Strike Came About Because Half-Life's Multiplayer Was Boring
Counter-Strike is the series that fired team-based first-person shooters to a new level of prevalence, but there's no way developer Valve could have foreseen it springing up from the seeds it sowed with another game.
Technically speaking, Counter-Strike was created very intentionally by a pair of programmers named Minh Le and Jess Cliffe, though it would never have come about if Half-Life's multiplayer wasn't so dull.
In a bid to spice up Half-Life deathmatches, the duo created an early version of Counter-Strike as a mod for the game, and when it ended up being phenomenally popular, Valve did the sensible thing and bought the rights to it, as well as hiring Le and Cliffe to work on a full version of the tactical shooter.
Valve never set out to create Counter-Strike, but to date it has spawned several sequels and a number of spinoffs, and was credited as the sole reason Half-Life remained popular more than five years on from its release.
It's strange to think the series might never have happened if Half-Life's multiplayer was up to scratch.