They were purposefully designed that deadly to squeeze more potential gaming time out of the slim books. Just like vidya games back then were nintendo hard to make up for how short they were.
They were purposefully designed that deadly to squeeze more potential gaming time out of the slim books. Just like vidya games back then were [nintendo hard](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NintendoHard) to make up for how short they were.
I remember this.
I have been trying to remember what they were called, I had a few of them whenI was a kid. Not sure if I ever got through one of them without dying in some bullshit/ridiculous way.