oliverclaude
General Morden's Aide
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Aim is and should always be to get very skillful in a very short time. Before save states & bios cheats, credit feeding & bugs left by programmers were the only possibilities to achieve mastery fast. Ending the game after one continue would certainly prolonged the inevitable 1 credit clear, which was only good for home players in order to get the most out of a $100+ game they purchased once a few months. Arcade players tho, just had to be quick, cause every repeat cost them their hard earned dough. Today, you practice via emulation and then get your scores right on the real thing.