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One of the more curious decisions by game publishers early in the industry was to secure licenses to R-rated movies on systems whose players were often too young to see them. The Nintendo Entertainment System, despite Nintendo's hard-line stance against violence, was home to titles like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Platoon, Predator, and Rambo throughout the late 1980s. Yet this trend goes back even further to the Atari 2600, where games like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween took a stab at mainstream success on a console primarily enjoyed by children.
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