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Message: [QUOTE="MasterEn, post: 175409, member: 3287"] this mainly had to due with the fact that video rental stores over here in america would let people rent games. this isn't something that you could do over in japan. you would have to either buy the game or borrow it from a friend. over here, you would pay 5 bucks and have a game or movie to play/watch for 5-7 days depending on the store. a lot of games could be beaten in that amount of time. most people won't buy a game after they have beaten it; and most would rather pay $5 instead of $20 - $60 to purchase it. so, how would one circumvent such a thing? it's simple. either make the game longer, or harder; so more time is required to beat it. you can beat castlevania 1 in about 20 minutes. it would take a few weeks to get skilled enough to do that in a single run. 5 days wouldn't be enough time to rent it and do that without spending a few straight hours playing it. i've played and beat castlevania 1. it took several days with breaks and save states to keep my progress while i cooled down from the anger and rage the enemies kept inflecting on me. i did it, and nowadays i try to do it in one go. usually doesn't go well, but i mostly play until i've had enough. ninja gaiden 1 could probably be beaten in a half hour or so, but going by what i've heard about it, it would take months or years to get good enough to do that. i wouldn't be surprised iif it had that level of difficulty just because of video rental stores. [/QUOTE]

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