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TIL about Motörhead, a 1992 beat-em-up for the Amiga. You played as Lemmy as he rescued the other members of the band from rappers, rednecks and ravers. The game also included bottles of Jack Daniels as health and mini-games where you pick up groupies and trash hotel rooms.

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