but see that's the thing! Legend of Zelda was a puzzle of a game too and i managed to beat that! Well more of a maze then a puzzle when you think about it but either way you explored the game and tried many things to find out if you missed anything or not. With simons quest if it weren't for the day/night cycle you can easily explore and not worry about dieing. It kind of prepped you for minecraft 20 years later LOL
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