I Think We Can Cut Rampage, Even Though It's the Name of the Gonera

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I think we can cut rampage, even though it was probably my favorite arcade game as a kid. I do to say one thing about a rampage before we cut it. It is the first time i have seen digital naked people in a video game. Casylvania transforms into what would later be a much better format for the genre. And at the exact same time, they built what is, i think, the foundational game design of, you know, just go from left to right.

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