It’s only natural that every developer wants their game to become popular. You certainly have to be careful what you wish for, though; not all popularity comes via word-of-mouth, and in the gaming world, a title destined for the scrap heap might go viral for the worst reasons.

Fans gathered to discuss the unlikely champions of gaming history in a May 17 Reddit thread. Sometimes unintended success is a good thing, like in the case of GoldenEye 007 and its famous split-screen multiplayer which was added at the last minute without the consent of Rare or Nintendo according to a 2018 Vice interview with programmer Steve Ellis. It’s almost unbelievable a game mode that forever changed the first-person shooter genre barely made it into the game, much less without the permission of the publisher.