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249 games like Karous · 1983 – 2022

  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 92Form.81World.46Curated.85Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 90Form.80World.36Curated.82Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 86Form.51World.54Curated.82Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Asmik Ace Entertainment · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fictionHelicopter

    Gameplay involves being the pilot of an Apache Helicopter, and shooting enemies down in the style of a vertical scrolling shooter. Large red gunships can be shot down to gain power-ups for the helicopter in order to upgrade the guns and hav

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 84Form.65World.54Curated.68Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Epics Inc · PlayStation, PS2, PS3 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the

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  • Why 82Form.61World.55Curated.63Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +3

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience 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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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 82Form.62World.25Curated.70Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    MOSS · Windows, Xbox One

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A quarter-century after the arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre, the series now comes to the Xbox One in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future, where the tide of battle holds constant

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 81Form.58World.39Curated.67Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Tecmo · Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionShared screen

    Strato Fighter, otherwise known as Raiga: Strato Fighter, is a 1991 video arcade game developed by Tecmo. It is a horizontal side-scrolling space shooter in which two players may play simultaneously. The game sets players in the year 2135 o

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 80Form.71World.46Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Pyramid · PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

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  • Why 80Form.71World.36Curated.53Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Warashi · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 80Form.50World.25Curated.72Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, SNES +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionStg

    Syvalion is an arcade shooter video game released by Taito in 1988 and designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble. The player controls a golden metal dragon which flies around, breathing fire at its enemies while collecting power-u

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 79Form.70World.25Curated.57Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Often paired

    Taito · Android, Arcade, Sega Saturn +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupVertical scrollingScience fiction

    RayForce (released in western Arcades as "Gunlock") is a top-down shooter. There are seven levels to play, ranging from battles in the atmosphere of planets to battling over mountain ranges, each with their own standard huge bosses at the e

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  • Why 79Form.47World.25Curated.72Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Toaplan · Arcade, FM Towns, Linux +2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Gameplay is similar to the previous Truxton. Truxton II has six huge areas, each with a boss at the end; the game "loops" these six areas forever. Lives are given out at 70000 points, then every 200000 points after; players start with three

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 73Form.67World.60Curated.39Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aicom · Arcade, FM Towns, Neo Geo +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are availa

    67 rating8 lists

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  • Why 67Form.53World.25Curated.43Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NMK · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionScience

    Tenseiryuu: Saint Dragon is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989. It was converted to several home computer platforms by Storm Entertainment in 1990.

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 67Form.95World.36Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupVertical scrollingScience fiction

    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 65Form.84World.52Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Grobda

    1984

    Namco · Arcade, NEC PC-6000 Series, Switch +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The player must take control of Grobda, a tank trapped in an arena filled with numerous indestructible obstacles and several enemy tanks. When an enemy tank is killed, it will cause an explosion, and any other enemies that happen to be in t

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 63Form.84World.36Curated.14Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Compile · MSX, TurboGrafx-16

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupVertical scrollingScience fiction

    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 62Form.67World.25Curated.27Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Athena · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Strike Gunner S.T.G is an Action game, developed by Athena and published by Tecmo, which was released in 1991. A vertically scrolling shooter.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 58Form.60World.25Curated.25Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience 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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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 57Form.80World.72Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 56Form.78World.69Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In the game, the player pilots a starship called the Final Star, while shooting various enemies and destroying enemy structures for points. Unlike later vertical scrolling shooters, like Toaplan's Twin Cobra, the Final Star had only two le

    57 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.71World.25Curated.14Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Hudson Soft · Arcade, Nintendo 64

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupVertical scrollingScience fiction

    Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth is a 1998 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Hudson Soft (Electro Brain for the North American release) for the Nintendo 64. It serves as a direct sequel to Soldier Blade and is part of the Star

    63 rating1 list

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 53Form.67World.00Curated.18Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Eighting · Arcade, FM Towns, PS4 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupShared screenAction

    Sorcer Striker, released in Japan as Mahou Daisakusen is a 1993 medieval-themed scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing (now known as Eighting) , and later ported to the X68000 and FM-Towns computers and the EZweb m

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 53Form.85World.30Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience 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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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 52Form.84World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 50Form.78World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.

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  • Why 50Form.78World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Netherworld is a shoot 'em up video game published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by Jukka Tapanimäki for the Commodore 64, and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 49Form.71World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aleste

    1988

    MSX, Master System, PS4 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha

    74 rating6 lists

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  • Why 49Form.76World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple

    70 rating9 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 49Form.59World.00Curated.16Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SNK · PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooter

    10 great SNK heroes and heroines have left their worlds to answer Dr. Brown Sugar's "call for peace". Now, head to the skies to save the world from the threat of "THE DAMNED", an evil organization which plots to use a time machine for its m

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 49Form.54World.25Curated.14Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Trigon

    1990

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Lightning Fighters, released in Japan as Trigon, is a 1990 scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. It is commonly compared to Raiden, though the two games were released very close to each other, and they were both meant to compete with the

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 48Form.36World.64Curated.18Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSega naomiSide view

    A futuristic sci-fi shooter in which you play a test pilot strapped to the brand new RAIN combat simulator which allows you to remotely control fighters as they immerse themselves in the midst of enemy territory. The game is a side-scrolli

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 48Form.74World.27Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Tose Co. · Arcade, MSX, NES +4

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionArcade

    Exerion is a vertical shoot 'em up released by Jaleco in 1983 and licensed to Taito for distribution in the United States. Screenshot from arcade version Exerion is a shoot 'em up game featuring parallax effects and inertia simulation, som

    63 rating7 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 48Form.81World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupBird view / IsometricArcade

    USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 48Form.70World.34Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tokai Communications · SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fiction

    A vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up by Vic Tokai for the Super Nintendo. It is known as Kidou Soukou Dion in Japan.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 48Form.56World.00Curated.18Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Codemasters · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +4

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupBird view / IsometricAction

    MiG-29: Soviet Fighter is a shoot 'em up game developed by Codemasters in 1989 and released for several contemporary home computers. An unlicensed version was also released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Camerica.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 48Form.61World.67Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Capcom · Arcade, NES, Windows +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    This was Capcom's first arcade game. The player controls a spaceship with a single objective: destroy incoming enemies. The vessel has two different weapons: a primary weapon with infinite ammunition and a limited supply of bombs. By pickin

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.61World.56Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are bullets as your only defense, but if you shoot the flashing red pieces on the terrain, chances are that a green ship w

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 47Form.79World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    SNK · Arcade, PS4

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingBird view / IsometricArcade

    Chopper I is a 1988 arcade hall video game, developed by SNK. The objective of this top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players; both players, each occupyin

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 47Form.80World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterVertical scrollingAction

    Gyra has usurped the throne, and his minions are pillaging and plundering throughout the countryside. The kingdom is doomed unless someone can stop this madness and restore order to the land. You are the ELEMENTAL MASTER, and you're the onl

    60 rating1 list

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 47Form.58World.69Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionAction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.77World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupArcadeAction

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.54World.25Curated.11Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupVertical scrollingScience 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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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 46Form.60World.54Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    G-Artists · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / IsometricThird person

    In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the

    50 rating3 lists

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  • Why 46Form.78World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupBird view / IsometricArcade

    Pocky & Rocky Reshrined follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they take on the Nopino Goblins! A third sequel in the series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is currently being d

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.68World.30Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upVertical scrollingScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series. The player pilots the starship "Caesar", t

    55 rating2 lists

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 46Form.57World.25Curated.09Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Affect · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionSide view

    XDR horizontal shoot 'em-up released exclusively in Japan. The game is notable for being one of the poorest received Mega Drive games ever released, and was frequently voted the system's worst Japanese-developed game by readers of Beep! Meg

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  • Why 45Form.67World.28Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Freeverse · macOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against

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