The 80s and early nineties had a culture of play till you die and start again. The benefit to this was you also had cheats and hidden shortcuts. Those secrets were sold through magazines and the word of mouth helped garner even more hype for the game. We humans love to be given a challenge especially when we have the inside scoop on winning. So if you lost you just found a cheat or shortcut to get back to where you were. It was part of the fun.
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