While I feel this list missed out on some bigger names (Uncharted copying Tome Raider, Saints Row copying GTA, Neutopia copying Zelda), the list does compile some games I would not have thought of myself.

As goes with all creative works, there's nothing new under the sun. At least that's what they say.

Video games are no different. How many times have you played a game and asked "haven't I done this somewhere before?" And the chances are you probably have. A lot of great ideas are recycled again and again for countless reasons (mostly due to marketing, of course).

While some of these games parallel their respective host title, several actually managed to break away, finding their own success and developing an individual following, sometimes even overshadowing their doppelgangers.

And others-well-others sucked. Big time.

Of course, it's likely most of these similarities are coincidental, but in a few they definitely are not. Still, here's my list of the best of the best when it comes to video game clones.

PacoDG via bingegamer.net »