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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

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Dragons Layer

Mario was originally known as jump man. RCA tried to sue them and they were like now this is this long gone that ship is sailed Oh, okay, cuz I for some reason it didn't ring a bell because I'd never really stopped to wonder why in the world Was called Donkey Kong. Mm-hmm such a weird name, but apparently They were looking for an English word that meant stubborn like a donkey and then just combine that with King Kong Yep, and Mario. Yeah one word not even hyphenated We should mention dragons layer briefly It's a game that came out in 1983. The gameplay was terrible that you basically just push buttons at key moments to advance the

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