10 Tech Bugs That Became Real Features

Wing Commander's farewell started as a bug

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Gmail's "undo" feature came about as a way to deal with a five-second delay

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The original Space Invaders game slowly sped up, but not by design

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A bug in Ultima Online soon led to a way to reward players

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A bug in indie game Minecraft now has a player raising money for charity

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It's not quite a bug, but text messages were originally never meant to be turned into a business

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The ability to customize your awful MySpace profiles started as a bug

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Crazy Taxi let you jump your car by mistake, then made it official in the sequel

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Lara Croft's bustiness happened by accident

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Some combo systems in fighting games came about accidentally

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