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These actions, when completed successfully, reward extra score to the player, which is summed at the end of each level and evaluates the player's performance by giving them a ranking. This varies in rank from lowest to highest: "Chicken", "Hero", "Sexy Hero", "Ultra Sexy Hero", and "Super Ultra Sexy
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537:(G.N.) 84%
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340:Rising Zan
284:Rising Zan
262:Rising Zan
240:is a 1999
1281:MobyGames
1011:FuncoLand
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407:Reception
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270:western
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260:game,
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