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** Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', pinning a Koopa shell against a wall and continually jumping on it would [eventually] make you ''lose points'', a nod to the classic InfiniteOneUp.
*** Speaking of such, the OneUpSampo was included in both ''NewSuperMarioBros.'' games, to the point that one of the Hint Movies in ''[[NewSuperMarioBrosWii New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' shows Mario executing the technique (the World 2-3 Infinite 1-Ups video, to be exact).

** Also in ''SuperPaperMario'', pinning a Koopa shell against a wall and continually jumping on it would [eventually] make you ''lose points'', a nod to the classic OneUpSampo.

* Lara Croft's breasts in TombRaider are actually an example. One of the programmers accidentally put an extra 0 in the size value and the other programmers liked it so they left it in.

* The Salvage Corvette from ''{{Homeworld]]'' was only supposed to work on enemy ships that had been heavily damaged, but thanks to a programming error it ended up capable of capturing ''any'' ship. It didn't hurt gameplay balance in single-player and the multiplayer community loved it, so it was left in, though it was fixed in ''Cataclysm'' and [=HW2=] went with a different mechanic altogether.

* A couple of bugs in ''{{The King of Fighters}}'' made their way into canon. One of them is Leona's respect for Chang (she salutes him starting with ''[=KOF98=]''; it cued some nice WildMassGuessing back in the day, OrSoIHeard). Another one is Kim's midair super in ''[=KOF94=]''; it was definitely a bug that affected other characters with midair command moves in ''[=KOF94=]'' and ''[=KOF95=]'', but Kim's ability to do the Ho-o-kyaku in midair has been an intentional ability in many later games.

* In ''TheLegendOfZelda Link's Awakening'', what may have earlier in development been a glitch caused by pressing both buttons at once allowed you to fire a bomb attached to an arrow. While not necessary at any point in the main quest, Bomb Arrows became an actual game mechanic in ''TwilightPrincess''.
** You must not have gone to the Water Temple or something - there are huge stalactites in several rooms. You need to shoot the Bomb Arrows at them so they fall down, enabling you to use them as platforms. A regular arrow won't cut it, and Link would have to have one hell of a throwing arm to manage it with just bombs.

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** It's not the only one either. They seem to have intentionally included every interface bug that ever became an element of strategy in the pro circuit, including a few parts of the dodgy unit AI.

** There's also the "RocketJump". Point the rocket launcher straight down, jump, and fire immediately after the start. The player will take an assload of damage, but (s)he'll also be flung much farther than otherwise possible by jumping. When exactly this ascended is unclear, but by QuakeII, there's a secret spot which can be only got to by rocket jumping. When you land, the text appears: "You crazy rocket jumpers!"

See also GoodBadBugs, AscendedMeme, AscendedFanon, ThrowItIn.

** There's also the "RocketJump". Point the rocket launcher straight down, jump, and fire immediately after the start. The player will take an assload of damage, but (s)he'll also be flung much farther than otherwise possible by jumping. When exactly this ascended is unclear (it may have originated in ''{{Doom}}'', where you couldn't jump at all), but by QuakeII, there's a secret spot which can be only got to by rocket jumping. When you land, the text appears: "You crazy rocket jumpers!"

** In the generation I games and Emerald, many people use the item duplication glitch for easy training (duplicate Rare Candy which automatically raises level), infinite Master Balls, TMs, cool hold items, etc. (though Rare Candy id the most popular)
** In Pokemon Red and Blue, the Mew Glitch can get you the powerful, otherwise unobtainable [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mew.]]

** The Combine gunships in ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' had an AI glitch during testing which caused them to avoid rockets fired from the laser guided rocket launchers, forcing playtesters to guide missiles in all manner of odd paths in order to confuse the AI and hit the vehicle. This proved to be so popular that it was left in as a feature.

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** Some of the puzzles in ''{{Portal}}'' were inspired by techniques used by playtesters to work around the developers' intended solutions.

* Wavedashing in ''SuperSmashBros. Melee''. It's became such a essential part of high level {{tournament play}} that most Tourney players argued (and some still do) that it wasn't a glitch but was a intentional part of the game put in just to foster the meta and keep the scrubs out. Masahiro Sakurai subsequently retaliated against the competitive scene by removing it for ''Brawl'', furthering the debate on its (accidental or not) nature.
**It isn't a glitch, Sakurai admitted it in an interview. It was just supposed to provide an animation for air dodging into the ground, but competitive players found a proper use for it.

* ''Game/{{Quake}}'' had the Strafe-jumping, which was a bug at the time, but became so popular that it was later the trademark of its multiplayer component. ''QuakeIIIArena'' featured it as... well... a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment feature]], which was part of its success, along with many other stuff. Now, ''QuakeLive'' even has a tutorial with many courses which rely on this.
** There's also the "[[RocketJump Rocket Jumping]]". Point the rocket launcher straight down, jump, and fire immediately after the start. The player will take an assload of damage, but (s)he'll also be flung much farther than otherwise possible by jumping. When exactly this ascended is unclear (it may have originated in ''{{Doom}}'', where you couldn't jump at all), but by QuakeII, there's a secret spot which can be only got to by rocket jumping. When you land, the text appears: "You crazy rocket jumpers!"
*** The ExpansionPack ''QuakeII: The Reckoning'' mocked it in one of their levels. In it, you would see an Invulnerability which vanished after certain distance. A message would show up later saying "No prize for you, rocketman." The expansion is also infamous for having increased the Rocket Jump damage and distance very much...
** One stock map in ''Doom'' requires you to rocket jump on the horizontal axis by firing a rocket at a wall and using it to clear a larger gap than regularly possible in order to access a bonus stage. However, rocket jumping as we know it originated with RiseOfTheTriad-- though ''Game/{{Quake}}'' made it popular.
*** ''{{Marathon}}'' actually had grenade jumping similar to "modern" rocket jumping, about the same time as ''Doom''. It became an ascended glitch, too, with secret areas requiring it. However, it did not have true rocket jumping -- a point-blank rocket explosion would kill you instantly.

* A very interesting pseudo-example in ''BaldursGate'': Whenever a key character in the first game was for ''any'' reason missing from a scene (usually because of a glitch), they'd be replaced by a normally hidden character called "Biff the Understudy". In ''Baldur's Gate II'', Biff became an actual character with his own subplot.

* In ''TheLegendOfZelda Link's Awakening'', what may have earlier in development been a glitch caused by pressing both buttons at once allowed you to fire a bomb like an arrow. While not necessary at any point in the main quest, it was required to get several heart pieces and seashells. Bomb arrows are an actual game mechanic in ''TwilightPrincess''.