Like aliens and other monsters, Nazis have long since been a staple villain for video games. Really, if you don't want players to feel too bad about slaughtering hordes of enemy soldiers, turning them all into Nazis is the best way to go. But even among the scores of faceless baddies in these games, there are still a few who stand out as being particularly villainous, even for a Nazi. Below, I've ranked five of the most evil Nazis in video games. Of course, like a raffle for who gets to bone Sarah Jessica Parker, there really are no winners here.

5. Master-D, a.k.a. Hitler (Bionic Commando)

Bionic Commando featured some inventive levels, some creative uses for a grapplin arm, and probably the first appearance of Hitler in a video game ever; at least in Japan anyway. If you played the NES game in English, then you might remember fighting the "Badds" who set out to control the world by resurrecting "Master D," who beared more than a passing resemblance to the German fascist. The original version of the game actually had you fighting a Nazi uprising who were trying to resurrect Adolph Hitler, but Nintendo of America requested all references to Nazism be removed; which also included countless swastikas in the backgrounds. In either version though, you still have to fight him in his armored carrier and make his head explode in one of the more gruesome deaths for the time.

4. Klaus Kerner (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis)

Besides being an excellent adventure game on its own, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis retained many of the same elements of the famed archaeologist's adventures: lost artifacts, bizarre religions, and of course Nazis getting in the way. Klaus Kerner is the main antagonist of the game, and he does a good job of being pretty much like every Nazi in the Indiana Jones movies. He tricks Indy into obtaining an artifact for him -- which he promptly steals -- kidnaps Indy's lady friend, and eventually dies when the paranormal power he was searching for all along kills him. Sounds pretty familiar doesn't it? Even if this guy wasn't a Nazi though, he'd still be a dick.

3. Jurgen Wulf (Bloodrayne)

It's safe to say that many of the main players in Nazi Germany wanted to put Hitler in control of the world, but none of those decided to accomplish this by literally summoning the original devil. That's why you might call Jurgen Wulf from Bloodrayne someone who thinks "out of the box" (of course, you could also call him "one psycho sonuvabitch" as well). Wulf is the leader of a group specifically set up to obtain occult artifacts that might help the Nazis come to power, dubbed the "Gegengheist Gruppe" or the "Counter-Ghost Group." Yes, he's pretty much the Egon Spengler in this Nazi send-off of the Ghostbusters. In the game, his ultimate goal is to collect the scattered remains of an ancient demonic ruler to bring him back to life. He eventually meets his end at the hands of a half-vampire woman who cuts off both his arms before finally decapitating him. Really, when you dedicate your life to piecing together the limbs of a demon, you should probably expect your death to have some poetic justice to it.

2. Wilhelm Strasse (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)

If video games are to be believed, then World War II was fought entirely on the battlefield of science; namely in a "who can create the most horrific killing machine" contest. In Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wilhelm Strasse was your typical evil Nazi scientist driven by his questionable experiments to create the ultimate supersoldier. He already looks like Death incarnate -- earning him the nickname "Deathshead" -- but Strasse basically earns his spot on this list for creating this guy:

It takes one seriously twisted mind to think the best way to further the Nazi agenda is by using legless zombie monsters. Bear in mind, this is also the strangest thing to show up in a game that features walking skeleton knights, Nazi wizards, and half-clad acrobatic guards with machine guns. Strasse is also the only person on this list who never actually dies in their game, so for all we know he'll show up in a sequel with an army of terrifying armless warriors with him.

1. Cyborg Hitler (Wolfenstein 3D)

Wolfenstein 3D set the bar for evil Nazis in video games, and this Cyborg Hitler was the worst of the bunch. What's scarier than a man who orchestrated a genocide, started a World War, and gripped most of Europe with fear? The answer is of course that same man with four goddamn chain guns and a suit of armor. Even in pixelated form, Hitler is terrifying and just begs to be killed with a hail of bullets. He's the final boss of the whole game though, so he doesn't go down easy; even in this video of the final battle, it takes nearly every bullet available to take him out. In the end though, he finally bids a painful "auf wiedersehen" and dissolves into a puddle of blood and bones. It's a pretty fitting end to the game really. If you're going to fight Nazis, why not go all the way to top? Other World War II games may be more dramatic and based on reality, but they've never had a pants-wetting enemy quite like Cyborg Hitler.