An impressive list of CD-ROM game titles were bundled with the system.

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This CD, best considered a vital companion to Piano Starts Here and other well-known titles, offers a clue: God Is in the House was recorded in 1940 and '41 by Jerry Newman, a student at Columbia University who was obsessed with Tatum and would follow him around, recording whatever he could.

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The necessity of a cursor can't be blamed solely on exterior factors, either -- some titles (like Batman: Arkham City) offer the user a gamepad-incompatible list of applicable CD keys upon launch.

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