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280 games like Alien Gate · 1979 – 2011

  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 82Form.55World.25Curated.73Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, PlayStation, Raiden II +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

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  • Why 82Form.57World.25Curated.73Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Xenon

    1988

    The Bitmap Brothers · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    Shoot 'em upShooterPixel artHigh scoreBoss fight

    Xenon is a 1988 vertical scrolling shooter computer game, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Melbourne House which was then owned by Mastertronic. Xenon was followed in 1989 by Xenon 2: Megablast. The player assumes the role

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  • Why 78Form.55World.25Curated.65Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    The Assembly Line · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +6

    ShooterShoot 'em upPixel artHigh scoreBoss fight

    No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. Th

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  • Why 75Form.27World.25Curated.77Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    CAVE · Arcade, Nintendo DS, PS3 +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku-tachi is a vertical bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Cave and released in 2003.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 73Form.31World.25Curated.70Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w

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  • SNK console exclusiveWhy 69Form.25World.25Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Visco Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot en

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  • Why 69Form.30World.25Curated.63Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Namco · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +13

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a y

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 68Form.41World.40Curated.50Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

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  • NEC exclusiveWhy 66Form.59World.04Curated.42Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A horizontal shoot 'em up that casts you as a baby dragon out to free a princess from the clutches of an evil....well, you get the idea. Gameplay is traditional, with power-up weapons that include multi-way shot and 'miniature' mode and a s

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  • Why 64Form.40World.25Curated.47Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with a land-based vehicle. Players need to take down enemies while avoiding pits and the walls of the course, though they are also capable of leaping over obstacles.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 63Form.39World.25Curated.47Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightScience fictionTank

    Vapor Trail is a shoot-'em-up that features 2 players controlling the jet fighters simultaneously for battle across numerous levels.

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 61Form.36World.40Curated.42Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, PS3 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    On a planet 6000 light-years from earth, there were creatures called Exes, which resemble large insects, that were used for industrial purposes. However, these creatures one day took to revolting against their creators. Two battle machines

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 61Form.45World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tecmo · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Humans and aliens are living in harmony in the future, until a tabloid journalist stirs up hatred towards aliens. They respond by invading the planet, and it's down to the protagonist to clear up a situation scarily similar to reality in th

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 61Form.40World.25Curated.42Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Namco Tales Studio · Sega Genesis, Sharp X68000

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Granada is a free-roaming scrolling shooter. You control the titular maneuver cepter Granada as you make your way through each stage, destroying the enemy's weapons. You have a map that tells you where your targets are on the stage, and onc

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 61Form.37World.25Curated.44Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w

    1 list

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 61Form.43World.25Curated.41Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 60Form.50World.41Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    HAL Laboratory · SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Hyper Zone plays like a cross between a racing game and shooter. The object of the game is to navigate each level while shooting enemies and earning points, until finally an encounter with a boss ends each level. After enough points are acq

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  • Why 59Form.30World.00Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Apple II, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS

    ShooterShoot 'em upPixel artHigh scoreBoss fight

    Catacomb is a 2-D top-down third-person shooter created by John Carmack. It was originally created for the Apple II, and later ported to the PC. It should not be confused with The Catacomb, which is the second game in the series (originally

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 59Form.50World.25Curated.33Lists.00Action · Shoot 'em up

    Loaded

    1996

    Gremlin Interactive · PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    ActionShoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreScience fiction

    Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby. Loaded is a mission based game, where you have to complete various

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  • Why 58Form.31World.00Curated.50Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Agony

    1992

    Art & Magic · Amiga

    Shoot 'em upShooterPixel artBoss fightGhosts

    This horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up features six long levels, all with detailed and mellow background graphics, aiming for a less hectic feel than contemporaries such as Project X. As a magician's apprentice, you have been turned into

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 58Form.46World.37Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 57Form.35World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    "Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game withi

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 56Form.32World.25Curated.41Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.35World.37Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Atlus · Arcade, SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upBoss fightActionScience fiction

    The player is set in control of The Garland TFF-01, a sub-standard space fighter ship that is only armed with a semi-auto or rapid fire laser gun known as the Beam Vulcan and the Tranquilander. Some enemy units can be captured and used in p

    60 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.26World.25Curated.40Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Cybattler is a up-scrolling shoot 'em up game where you take control of the mecha CYX-0017 BLANCHE that can shoot and slash with its plasma sword in all direction in a space themed environment. As you make progress you have to fight of vari

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 51Form.29World.25Curated.36Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    CAVE · Arcade, PS4, Xbox One

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Dangun Feveron is a vertical scrolling shooter game developed by Cave and published by Nihon System Inc. in 1998. The gameplay is typical of manic shooters, with numerous swarms of enemies onscreen at any given time, and bosses that shoot i

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 50Form.33World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Namco Limited · Arcade, NES, Switch +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    The gameplay is very much like that of the original Xevious except this time it is a little more difficult. Several new enemies have also been introduced (including a silver Galaxian flagship, a rare silver Galaga "scorpion" ship, two jet p

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 50Form.49World.25Curated.19Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / IsometricScience

    Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for un

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.46World.25Curated.21Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Battle Wings, known in Japan either as B-Wing (ビー・ウィング) or B-Wings (ビー・ウィングズ), is a vertically scrolling shooter first released as an arcade game by Data East in 1984. The game was ported by Data East to the Family Computer in 1986, and was

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.27World.25Curated.33Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Adventure Planning Service · Switch, Windows

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightAction

    Crimzon Clover: World Ignition is a fast-paced, top-down bullet-hell shooter where players command one of three unique ships through relentless waves of enemy fire. The game expands on the original with multiple play modes: Boost (adaptive

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 48Form.34World.00Curated.32Lists.00Action · Shoot 'em up

    Thin Chen Enterprise · NES

    ActionShoot 'em upBoss fightHelicopterVertical scrolling

    Searing gunfire inflicts heavy damage on both sides as you slice into a murderous squadron of enemy fighter jets. As the commander of a fast and powerful helicopter, you must face an intense struggle against a pair of patrolling choppers be

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.35World.44Curated.21Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreBoss fightScience fiction

    Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy. Moving vertically or horizontally,

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 47Form.53World.25Curated.12Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 47Form.35World.53Curated.19Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +5

    ShooterShoot 'em upPixel artActionScience fiction

    Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 46Form.35World.25Curated.23Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Abadox

    1988

    Winning Entertainment Group · NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract

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  • Why 46Form.36World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    MS-DOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterPixel artHigh scoreAction

    Overkill is a vertical scrolling shooter that was released by Epic Games and Precision Software Publishing in 1992. The game was designed and developed by Tech-Noir Productions and Ste Cork. Overkill was Epic's first vertical shooter. The g

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.22World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Power Strike II is a top-down vertical shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile. It was published by Sega in 1993, only released in Europe and Brazil. This game moves from the setting of previous games to a steampunk version of the 193

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  • Why 45Form.40World.25Curated.18Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Hades Nebula is a futuristic vertical scrolling shooter set in the year 2124. As humanity searches for new habitable planets due to dwindling energy reserves, players pilot a small spacecraft on a mission to thwart the villainous Emperor Ha

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  • Why 45Form.49World.25Curated.12Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterPixel artActionScience fiction

    Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to play JETSTRIKE - the number one flight action game from Rasputin. Amazing new 24-bit graphics; A simplified control system (so anyone can play); A huge, specially composed CD soundtrack; Nearly 200 mis

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.26World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shoot 'em up

    Shin'en Multimedia · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upHigh scoreBoss fightScience fictionSpaceship

    Nanostray is a vertical scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo DS. Similar to many games in the genre, the user takes control of a futuristic spacecraft against a seemingly endless horde of enemies. A sequel to the game was released

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 45Form.33World.41Curated.20Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arcade, Atari 2600

    Shoot 'em upShooterBoss fightActionScience fiction

    In this shoot 'em up the player has to fight off four assault waves consisting of different enemy types until he reaches a huge UFO. After destroying the protective plates guarding the UFO's pilot in his cockpit the player can kill the pilo

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  • Why 45Form.32World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, Zilog Z80

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Radar Scope is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and published by Nintendo. The player assumes the role of the Sonic Spaceport starship and must wipe out formations of an enemy race known as the Gamma Raiders befor

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  • Why 45Form.35World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterPixel artHigh scoreAction

    A top-down, vertical-scrolling shooter from the late 80s.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.22World.00Curated.33Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Hudson Soft · NES

    ShooterShoot 'em upHigh scoreActionBird view / Isometric

    Adventures of Dino Riki is an overhead shooter created by Hudson Soft, similar to games like 1943: The Battle of Midway, where the object is to dodge on-screen enemies. Dino Riki can jump or shoot weapons (rocks, axes, boomerangs, and torch

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 43Form.17World.25Curated.30Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ShooterShoot 'em upBoss fightActionScience fiction

    Batsugun is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by the now-defunct Japanese game developer Toaplan. The title translates to "exceptional" or "extraordinary". It was the final game created before Toaplan's dissolution, an

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  • Why 43Form.25World.25Curated.25Lists.00Action · Shooter

    Dinamic Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ActionShooterPixel artBoss fightScience fiction

    Queen Gremla rules over five confederations of planets thanks to a powerful army of Terminators led by Arkos, her most faithful servant, until the queen's contempt caused her to go over to the enemy army led by McKiller. The game is divide

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 43Form.49World.71Curated.00Lists.00Action · Shoot 'em up

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionArcade

    Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

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  • Why 43Form.37World.25Curated.17Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterHigh scoreActionScience fiction

    Juno First is a shoot 'em up originally developed and published by Konami Corporation for Arcades. The game was later published by Mylstar Electronics (US arcades), Datasoft Inc. (Atari 8-bit, PC Booter, and Commodore 64), and Sony Computer

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