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The reanimated devil takes control of the boy's body, leaving the boy trapped in the devil's decaying body. He chases the devil to the house of Dr. Simon, a physics scientist hiding from the media. The devil has stolen the scientist's time machine called the "Time Belt" and uses it to travel back in
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in Japan. Nintendo did not promote the game on television, as they had with their previous adventure games. The game was never given a North
American release, due to its mature and religious themes conflicting with Nintendo of America's strict censorship policies at the time. It also portrays
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A portrait drawn by the owner of the museum using artistic techniques developed in all different parts of the world. It was not displayed in the museum because it was never completed; it hangs on the wall of the museum owner's home. The depiction of the devil closely resembles that of the
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player must solve these correctly in order to progress. Unlike in previous
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was sold across two separate Disk Cards released on the same day, and completion of the first disk is required to activate the second. Many members of the
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750:Nazi German concentration camps
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