But the one I tried--Wing Commander IV--jolted me out of my seat it was so realistic.

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The top of it was practically glued to my forehead, even with the seat set as low as it could go.

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It had been engineered that Aladdin's golden lamp was placed under my seat so that I would go up on the stage at the end of the show and meet the stars, including Larry Grayson, and be presented with a prize.

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It was this very highway that launched my courtship to the man in the driver's seat.

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