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In 16 interviews with those who had played with the original NES, players almost unanimously noted that NES games were harder--maybe the hardest of the games they had played. While certainly the inability to save (necessitated by the NES's formal and forensic materiality) was an area of note, more important was the inability to consult the internet. Game knowledge was, then, cultivated through experimentation and garnered via social networks of gamers. (Well, at least before the Game Genie and the advent of glossy, well-written game guides.)

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