Here is one of mine:
(http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/201400-top-10-worst-mortal-kombat-clones/kasumi-620x.jpg)
Angus McGregor from Kasumi Ninja on the Atari Jaguar. What is not to love about a ginger Scotsman who shoots fire balls out of his dick?
That's actually a very hard question for me to answer. I guess it's a cute fella called Rick Dangerous. I loved the screaming when he fell.
Here's one of them, Dave from Maniac Mansion, Not as much the character (he has no special abilities) but his theme music is what makes him one of my favorites, Syd from the same game also has awesome music.
(http://ui16.gamefaqs.com/1679/gfs_49622_2_10.jpg)
Here is another of mine:
Eric from Back To Skool and Skooldaze
(http://matt.west.co.tt/images/skooldaze.gif)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Skooldaze.png)
(http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/wosfiles/loader/BackToSkool.gif)
A few of my favourite video game characters:
Bomberman
(http://www.diffusedion.co.uk/images/VGC/Bomberman.png)
Commander Keen
(http://www.diffusedion.co.uk/images/VGC/CommanderKeen.png)
Earthworm Jim
(http://www.diffusedion.co.uk/images/VGC/EWJ.jpg)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island)
(http://www.diffusedion.co.uk/images/VGC/Guybrush.jpg)
Kain (Legacy of Kain)
(http://www.diffusedion.co.uk/images/VGC/Kain.jpg)
(http://rlv.zcache.com/atari_crystal_castles_bentley_bear_poster-r0decc7c76c41499fb75832898e22f9b8_wi7_400.jpg)
Bentley Bear!!!
Quote from: "The Laird"(http://rlv.zcache.com/atari_crystal_castles_bentley_bear_poster-r0decc7c76c41499fb75832898e22f9b8_wi7_400.jpg)
Bentley Bear!!!
Add my vote to Bentley Bear!
(http://mygurumeditation.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/zool-1-article_image.jpg)
Ryu, all day long. The guy is a gaming god and when Evil Ryu? would decimate continents.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs25/f/2008/183/b/0/FINISHED_EVIL_RYU_by_ONELOUSYCAT.jpg)
Well, when it comes to favorite video game characters, I think it is hard not to have this guy present:
(http://www.flamingmayo.com/firstchurchofpacman/pac3dthumbsup.jpg)
Talk about missing the obvious!!!!
Quote from: "The Laird"Talk about missing the obvious!!!!
Yes, well...it happens! Glad I was able to correct the omission!
Yoshi. Yes he's nauseatingly cute, but he is my character of choice in MK games and I've always enjoyed his appearances in the Mario games and when he's starred in his very own games.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c6J1M8eAig0/TTIU2HMdyWI/AAAAAAAABSc/yJV_lzGNdWc/s1600/Mario%2BKart%2BYoshi.jpg)
Conker, in sweary mode, is magnificent. BFD still makes me giggle like a school kid.
(http://www.nexgam.de/media/cache/nexgam/img/articles/6052/logofolder/Conker-s-Bad-Fur-Day-logo__291x239.gif)
Agent 4125 of Impossible Mission fame, Bruce Lee in his romp on the c64 - if ever an 8 bit representation closely resembled a real person then this is it, Magic Knight, and the slick spy from Rolling Thunder are 2 cool characters...
(http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/rollingthunder/rthu0053.png)
Conrad, Flashback, and Lester, Another World, were so well animated and lead such awesome stories that for me it's impossible not to mention them.
Well my handle should announce who mY favourite game character is...a very misunder stood and stylish video game presence , and not reconized enough in the gaming world!!
(http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/grey-wolf.gif)
Not the direct game character but oli frey's interpretation of rockford always makes me smile.
(http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap107/rockford2.gif)
Got to love Dig Dug too!!!

(http://gamedayshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Dig_Dug_Wallpaper_by_netadptr0719-1.png)
You know, another character that we are missing here that is definitely one we love to hate, Donkey Kong!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8MkB9lrEMhU/Tyr4HV9CYwI/AAAAAAAANvk/VJBXkgBNqEM/s400/Donkey2.png)
You know who else we have forgotten?
(http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy199/thedutchghost/PitfallHarryFriends2.jpg)
Pitfall Harry!
Another "duh" moment!
Got to be Akuma
I am reviving this thread to add another one of my favorite video game characters...Mr. Do! Love the first two games (I've never tried the third one).
[align=center:l3rsuhlb](http://arcadeartlibrary.com/arcade_art/data/thumbnails/5/mrDo_sideart_2.gif)[/align:l3rsuhlb]
(http://i.imgur.com/Do7QMFI.jpg?1)
Oh, when it comes to giant robots in games (and also in cartoons), there's always good 'ol Mazinkaiser.

[align=center:36ynvx7e](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130220192106/mazinger/images/d/d5/Mazinkaiser.jpg)[/align:36ynvx7e]
How about the head kicking green guy from Barbarian? He was class!
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Nack the Weasel/Fang the Sniper, a particularly obscure Sonic character who's only made a few appearances.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090802065832/sonic/images/a/af/Knack_4.png)
Sonic and Tails are cool and all, but I just like this guy's style. Maybe it's because it's nice to fight a villian who's not Robotnik for once. Maybe it was because I like Triple Trouble a lot. I dunno.
(http://www.fightersgeneration.com/np3/char/eternal/larcen-et.jpg)
Or, there's Larcen Tyler, from Eternal Champions. The game, I admit, could have been better, but it had some great character designs. Take Larcen, who's basically a mix of a mobster, Street Fighter's Vega, and Batman.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Jazz-cover.jpg/256px-Jazz-cover.jpg)
And finally, Jazz Jackrabbit. Reasons involve a little bit of nostalgia, the fact that I just really like his game, that, and he's probably one of least hateable animal mascots of the 90's. He doesn't save the enviroment, he doesn't have about ten voice clips repeated again and again, and he isn't a shill for crappy candy. Zool can suck it.

EDIT - I realize this are some pretty obscure picks. It's mostly me not trying to pick something really obvious like Mario or Sonic, and mostly trying not to pick somebody else has picked. I'll throw in something a little more mainstream, just so I don't look like a TOTAL hipster.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110309014655/crashban/images/e/ef/Crash1d.png)
Ah, Crash Bandicoot. While he's hit a slump that seems to have no signs of recovering from, there's no denying he's full of personality. I'd say that out of all the games that have been advertised as 'interactive cartoons', the Crash games are some of the very few that really pull it off. He's charmingly goofy, in a way that's free from generic 'tude, and well...
Game Over: Crash Bandicoot 2 - Cortex Strikes Back (Death Animations) (//http)
He even makes dying entertaining.
(http://www.retrogt.com/img/blogImages/general/Dizzy.gif)
A hero of many classic 8-bit games - DIZZY!!!!
No introduction needed (I hope)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/nlocvb.jpg)
Quote from: "dougtitchmarsh"No introduction needed (I hope)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/nlocvb.jpg)
How the @!#?@! could we have left him out?!
Samus Aran no doubt!
(http://0-lag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Samus_Aran_Pinup___Metroid_by_JsunDmint.jpg)
Monty Mole:
(http://pics.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1246387730-00.jpg)
How about Dirk the Daring?
[align=center:b05680st](http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dragons-lair-hd-1.jpg)[/align:b05680st]
[align=center:3jf7y2ve]Super Joe from the Commando games:
(http://gamingbits.com/images/stories/general_bits/bc_superjoe0.jpg)[/align:3jf7y2ve]
I went to Florida Supercon last weekend and I bumped into these three...
[align=center:2bjz0mef](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Jso4vAthAWo/UdsbB7jR5dI/AAAAAAAAUDU/XexClw2pf60/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%252844%2529.JPG)[/align:2bjz0mef]
Are you sure you didn't walk onto the set of a gay porn film?Â
Quote from: "The Laird"Are you sure you didn't walk onto the set of a gay porn film? :24: Why? Because of the banana character behind them? No, that is not Super Condom! 
Quote from: "TrekMD"I went to Florida Supercon last weekend and I bumped into these three...
[align=center:kahh3czu](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Jso4vAthAWo/UdsbB7jR5dI/AAAAAAAAUDU/XexClw2pf60/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%252844%2529.JPG)[/align:kahh3czu]
People like that should be executed.
[align=center:3qtcvvv4]SUPER HORNIO BROS. Clip - The Cinema Snob (//http)[/align:3qtcvvv4]
LOL
Well, those guys were dressed up for Cosplay, like many others there! Some people did a great job with their costumes. For example, take a look at these:
[align=center:1vmbe7wp]She-Hulk and Baroness (GI Joe)
(http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8Sr7mi6KBe8/UdsX_khlUXI/AAAAAAAAT9U/VcmlvkdVyNk/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%25287%2529.JPG)
Harley Quinn
(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rg9ceWSWW6s/UdsZTqLfXbI/AAAAAAAAT_E/8pLWwn-If2g/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%252817%2529.JPG)
Joker
(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FAR18WNQOeE/UdsbHvlbGtI/AAAAAAAAUEM/BFF8LBo-6cg/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%252852%2529.JPG)[/align:1vmbe7wp]
[align=center:pt8pctl0]Along the same lines . . . . my friends Amy and Georgina at Revival this year!
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z280/mrkizza/600976_580880545266888_363069377_n_zpsf425f34f.jpg)[/align:pt8pctl0]
Very cool! This whole Cosplay things seems to be a pretty big deal. In fact, I left this one out. This guy does this at all conventions and he appears as many different superheroes. Here he is dressed up as Arrow.
[align=center:3sz87k0r](http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xnF5YqW-KQA/UdsbA7gvl9I/AAAAAAAAUDE/lKgQvgdy-fM/w542-h723-no/Florida+Supercon+2013+%252843%2529.JPG)[/align:3sz87k0r]
[align=center:26xpckuc](http://theboar.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rayman.jpg)[/align:26xpckuc]
How about these guys? They sure are plenty of fun!
[align=center:3o4o1e5d](http://distro-1.retrojunk.com/secure/e97ae5cb70345ec60241c7d185186c91dfd65376667cfbe040a8acd252e76b10e87558f95b36cd3a7c/image/d79_009d4a3d23.jpg)[/align:3o4o1e5d]
Well, between DuckTales for the NES and the new modernized version of the game recently released, I have to say this guy is another one of my favorite video game characters. Never mind that he is filthy rich!

[align=center:1215zi3d](http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/350/5/0/scrooge_mcduck___good_guys_collab_by_phantom_akiko-d5o6mzu.png)[/align:1215zi3d]
one of my faves
(http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/arcadesushi.com/files/2013/09/Nights.jpg)
[align=center:226vkfaq](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7604/572383-joe_musashi.jpg)
[size=140]Joe Musashi - Shinobi[/size][/align:226vkfaq]
Here's another character I like since I've enjoyed the games he appears in... Rick Dangerous!
(http://www.classic-retro-games.com/_shots/99/rick_dangerous.gif)
Good call, from the same creator:
(http://coolrom.com/screenshots/atarilynx/Switchblade%202.jpg)
Another favorite of mine, Donald Duck in Kingdom Hearts!
[align=center:2ns5eavu](http://youchew.net/wiki/images/c/c5/Donald-duck-kingdom-hearts-character-artwork1.jpg)[/align:2ns5eavu]
BONK! (AKA BC Kid)
(http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bonk_1276.jpg)
For this time of the year, how about him?
[align=center:11yfdw6z](http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/box/6/1/8/924618_60554_front.jpg)[/align:11yfdw6z]
He has to be a favorite, particularly this time of the year!
[align=center:2m1jfh62](http://a.images.blip.tv/Phreakindee-DazeBeforeChristmasSNESGameReview282.png)[/align:2m1jfh62]
[align=center:205rc6b5](http://www.gameongrafix.com/sc_images/products/frogger%20side%20art%20medallion.jpg)[/align:205rc6b5]
Quote from: "The Laird"[align=center:183pqkrj](http://www.gameongrafix.com/sc_images/products/frogger%20side%20art%20medallion.jpg)[/align:183pqkrj]
I can't believe this guy had been left out of the party!
[align=center:1fr5rxf8][size=240]Ryu Hayabusa[/size]
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/9/e/Ryu_Hayabusa_1_by_Hellstinger64.jpg)
[font=impact:1fr5rxf8][size=240]Ninja Gaiden[/size][/font:1fr5rxf8][/align:1fr5rxf8]
So, do these guys count?

[align=center:2j62ftqg](http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/TrekMD/RVG%20Images/TMNT_zps3da44032.png)[/align:2j62ftqg]
I don't see this guy anywhere and I'd think he is a much liked video game character...
[align=center:whjzdzy2](http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/80/0/bb/1/ffffff/e5e9b1386b04392adef76efccb6957f1/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/VIDEO_GAMES/2013/08/25-greatest-video-game-mascots/ntatn_mega_680893.jpg)[/align:whjzdzy2]
I'm going to throw out one who doesn't get mentioned much, my favourite character from my favourite fighting game. Lettuce, from Astra Super Stars! (http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sunsoftfighters/lettuce.jpg)
Another surprising omission!!!
(http://vectorlib.free.fr/MrDO/jpg/MrDO.jpg)
Quote from: "The Laird"Another surprising omission!!!
(http://vectorlib.free.fr/MrDO/jpg/MrDO.jpg)
Yes, indeed!
B.J. Blazkowicz from Wolfenstein 3D. Prisoner of war turned saboteur and Nazi exterminator.
(http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire3/d9922885d9486e16ce250e858295b35a1367953820_large.jpg)
Doomguy from Doom. Lone space marine and hell's worst nightmare.
(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/123441/2439213-doomguy.png)
Duke Nukem. Destroyer of alien bastards and chick magnet.
(http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/jameslileks_1287429533_duke-nukem.jpg)
Another incredible character that deserves a great mention. The beautiful Witch
[align=center:9pqrjkoc]Bayonetta[/align:9pqrjkoc]
[align=center:9pqrjkoc](http://game-insider.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bayonetta.jpg)[/align:9pqrjkoc]
And a classic 8-Bit hero of mine, the great...
[align=center:9pqrjkoc]Bounty Bob[/align:9pqrjkoc]
[align=center:9pqrjkoc](http://archive.kontek.net/miner2049er.classicgaming.gamespy.com/graphics/bounty_bob.jpg)[/align:9pqrjkoc]
Introducing . . .
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6BvxoH5azXM/S-wx3BYZSlI/AAAAAAAADIw/hyMOo-HA5Jw/s320/10286-evilotto_large.gif)
Evil Otto.
Quote from: "wyldephang"Introducing . . .
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6BvxoH5azXM/S-wx3BYZSlI/AAAAAAAADIw/hyMOo-HA5Jw/s320/10286-evilotto_large.gif)
Evil Otto.
Of course, one of the least threatening bad guys out there!
Link, from all the Legend of Zelda games.
(http://www.glitterberri.com/images/graphics/loz/link.png) (http://gamesites.nintendo.com.au/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3d/en_AU/images/whatsnew/link1.png)
(http://www.zeldalegends.net/gallery/categories/The_Wind_Waker/Official_Art/Link/media/normal_link3.jpg) (http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/images/link/link_070523b-l.jpg)
Except this one.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kzTzQFUK3PM/T0nWEeh4-rI/AAAAAAAAABs/qw4MeXqQPKw/s320/CDiLink.jpg)
Quote from: "wyldephang"Link, from all the Legend of Zelda games.
Except this one.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kzTzQFUK3PM/T0nWEeh4-rI/AAAAAAAAABs/qw4MeXqQPKw/s320/CDiLink.jpg)
You don't like Flu Link?
With two guns to fill you full of lead and a sword to split you in half, there is only one demon hunterthat fits the bill and that my friends is
[move:1etkzket][size=240]DANTE of the Devil May Cry series..[/size][/move:1etkzket]
[align=center:1etkzket](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120408141737/devilmaycry/images/c/cb/Devil_May_Cry_2_02_artwork.jpg)[/align:1etkzket]
I've noticed another omission...
[align=center:1l0a2y79](http://www.blackmoonproject.co.uk/pictures/screens/games/arcade_classics_mspacman_screen01.jpg)[/align:1l0a2y79]