Since real, modern RPGs seem to have increasing version numbers, I am proposing negative versions of RPG games. A negative version of a game, will be the RPGs played by PCs inside of another RPG game. The obvious way to describe this is if your group is playing d20 Modern, then the PCs could actually be playing Pathfinder RPG in that game. It is a game within a game. So, 'Pathfinder RPG -1.0' would be the RPG in this d20 game. Ok, so what? We can keep going, for example 'Call of Cthulhu RPG version -2.0' can be the RPG game the Pathfinder PCs are playing, in the d20 Modern game being played by real people.
Now for the hard part, are they real people playing the game? Maybe *we* are just PCs in a game being played by alien ants in a Command and Conquer game, being played in the WarHammer 40K universe 40,000 years from now.
D&D 4e + Tunnels & Trolls -1.0 = The World of Synnibarr
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I believe there was a series of strips from PVP Online where the characters had come up with a similar set up. A group of gamer playing as a group of gamers.
It was a very interesting idea, though one of them came up with a repetitive experience loop by having his character play the game in the game and so on and so on to infinity.
I'm digging through the archives looking for it but no luck it seems.
EDIT: Found it! BAM! The Comic!
I wish my group had used point buy.