[lochlan]

Pay-to-continue is a concession to the reality that an arcade is designed to generate money. The balanced and high-intensity gameplay gets you interested, the continue feature just takes your money. The solution is to never continue! Try for a 1 credit clear.

[0xabe]

How many times will you play and not continue? Might as well continue.

[eru]

And that's why I play Nethack on a public server, instead of locally. Removes these temptations.