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The Nintendo Entertainment System and the FamilCom featured games so maddeningly difficult that the term "Nintendo Hard" persists to this day. Were there specific cultural, strategic, or other reasons that game designers chose to make NES/FC games so famously difficult?

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What was COD, how did it work, why did so many commercials specify "No COD," and why was it phased out?

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The Nintendo Entertainment System and the FamilCom featured games so maddeningly difficult that the term "Nintendo Hard" persists to this day. Were there specific cultural, strategic, or other reasons that game designers chose to make NES/FC games so famously difficult?	1420
What was COD, how did it work, why did so many commercials specify "No COD," and why was it phased out?	539