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On arcades, you'd get fucked by asshole difficulty. At home, you'd get fucked by asshole difficulty and purposeful lack of information. Took me a while to put 2 and 2 together and realize how "predatory games" have been around for a very long time. Can't sell the game twice, but you can sell information.