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  1. Atari Systems

    1. Atari General

      A general discussion for Atari-related topics that aren't covered by a specific Atari console or computer forum.

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    2. Atari 2600

      The Atari 2600 is the system that started it all for Atari, and is by far the most popular classic gaming console. This forum covers all 2600 systems produced by Atari, as well as 2600-compatible consoles produced by third-parties.

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    3. Atari 5200

      The Atari 5200 was Atari's second cartridge-based game console. Based on the Atari 8-bit computer line and labeled the "SuperSystem", the 5200 was Atari's answer to growing competition in a market they were losing control over.

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    4. Atari 7800

      The Atari 7800 ProSystem is a contemporary of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System. Based on extensive feedback from Atari customers, the 7800 features a streamlined design, backward compatibility with the 2600, a powerful graphics processor, and simplified controllers.

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    5. Atari Lynx

      Lynx was Atari's first portable game system, and world's first color handheld. It was designed by Epyx and the engineers who created the Amiga. Ahead of its time, the Lynx sported a backlit color screen, stereo sound (in model 2) and an impressive range of games. Check out our rarity guide or explore many games listed on Atari Gamer.

       

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    6. Atari Jaguar

      Atari's last game console, the Atari Jaguar represented a huge leap in technology from previous offerings. Featuring a 64-bit architecture, the Jaguar had great potential, but its power was difficult to tap. Even then, many great games were released and the Jaguar has an avid fan base today.

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    7. Atari VCS

      Discussion forum for the new Atari VCS console.

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    8. Dedicated Systems

      Before Atari produced the famous 2600, they created many standalone consoles such as Pong, Speedway, and Stunt Cycle. Recently, Atari has been creating new dedicated consoles, such as the Atari Flashback.

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    9. Atari 8-Bit Computers

      Atari's original 8-bit computer line, featuring the Atari 400, 800, XL, and XE series of computers. Powerful and well-engineered, the Atari 8-bit computers are still popular with fans today!

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    10. Atari ST/TT/Falcon Computers

      Atari's next generation computer line, the Atari ST computers were based on the Motorola 68000 series chips, the same as the Macintosh at the time. The ST would also be followed by the TT and Falcon.

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    11. Atari Portfolio

      The Atari Portfolio is a palmtop, IBM PC-compatible portable computer released by Atari in 1989, the world's first palmtop computer!

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  2. Classic Consoles

    1. Classic Console Discussion

      Discussion of classic gaming consoles outside the Atari realm.

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    2. ColecoVision / Adam

      Coleco launched the ColecoVision in 1982, with the console quickly becoming popular due to its library of arcade ports. The ColecoVision has a large homebrew following today.

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    3. Intellivision / Aquarius

      This forum is for discussion of the Mattel Intellivision, Atari's primary competitor against the 2600, as well as the Mattel Aquarius computer. Intellivision systems include the original Intellivision, Intellivision II, INTV III, and the Sears Super Video Arcade.

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    4. Bally Arcade/Astrocade

      Discussion forum for the Bally Arcade/Astrocade console.

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    5. Odyssey 2 / Videopac

      Discussion revolving around the Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000/G7400

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    6. Vectrex

      Discuss the world's only vector-based video game console here!

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    7. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom

      Discuss Nintendo's first cartridge-based system, the NES, here!

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    8. Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom

      Discuss Nintendo's second cartridge based system here!

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    9. Sega Genesis

      Sega's popular fourth-generation 16-bit system, would ultimately compete head-to-head with the Super Nintendo.

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    10. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

      Discussion forum for the 3DO console and the unreleased Panasonic M2

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    11. Dreamcast

      Discussion for the SEGA Dreamcast console.

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    12. SMS High Score Club

      Join the Sega Master System High Score Club today!

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    13. TG-16/PC Engine High Score Club

      Compete for high scores on the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine!

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  3. Classic Computing

    1. Classic Computing Discussion

      Use this forum to discuss the plethora of classic computers outside of Atari 8-bit offerings. These include the Apple II, Commodore 64/128, Amiga, TI 99/4a, MSX, TRS-80 and others.

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    2. Apple II Computers

      Discussion for Apple's 8-bit computer line.

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    3. TI-99/4A Computers

      Discussion for TI-99/4A Computers

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    4. Commodore 8-bit Computers

      Discussion for Commodore PET, Vic-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and other 8-bit Commodore systems.

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    5. Commodore Amiga

      Discussion for Amiga Computers, CDTV, and CD32

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    6. Tandy Computers

      Discussion for Tandy computers, including the TRS-80 Models I, II, III, and 4, Color Computers, and Model 100.

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  4. Modern Consoles

    1. Modern Gaming Discussion

      This forum is for discussion of all modern game systems, including gaming on consoles and computers.

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    2. Sony Playstation 5

      Discuss Sony's Playstation 5 console here!

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    3. Xbox Series S/X

      Discuss Microsoft's latest Xbox Series S and X consoles here!

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    4. Atari VCS (Redirect)   (8,541 visits to this link)

      Discussion forum for the new Atari VCS console.

    5. Nintendo Switch

      Discussion about Nintendo's latest game console and games.

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    6. Microsoft Xbox One

      Discussion forum for the Xbox One.

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    7. Sony PlayStation 4

      Talk about the Sony Playstation 4 here.

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    8. Microsoft Xbox 360

      Discussion about the Microsoft Xbox 360 (not including the original Xbox).

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    9. Sony Playstation 3

      Please discuss the Sony Playstation 3 and games here.

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    10. Nintendo Wii / Wii U

      Discussion forum for the Nintendo Wii and Wii U consoles and games.

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  5. Gaming General

    1. Gaming General Discussion

      Gaming discussion not covered by other specific gaming forums.

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    2. Arcade and Pinball

      Many of us grew up pumping quarters into arcade games, and here's where you can discuss all your favorites. From Pong to Pinball to the latest arcade games, if it has a coin slot, then you're at the right place!

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    3. Emulation

      Emulators allow you to experience classic games on modern PCs (and other devices!) Discuss the latest emulator developments and ask questions about emulation here!

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    4. Hardware

      This forum is for discussion of hardware at a more technical level than you'll find in the other forums. If you have a hardware question you'd like to ask or have some interesting knowledge you'd like to share with others, post it here!

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    5. Prototypes

      Ever wondered about all those games that were announced but never released? Or games that have been discovered over the years that no one even knew existed? Or have you discovered a new prototype that no one's seen yet? Here's the place to talk about prototype games, led by Tempest of AtariProtos.com.

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    6. Gaming Publications and Websites

      This forum is for discussion of gaming related magazines, books, websites, and other publications.

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    7. International

      Internacional - Internazionale - Internationaal - Internasjonal - This forum is for discussion of classic and modern gaming in languages other than English.

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  6. Marketplace

    1. Buy, Sell, and Trade

      Please use this forum as a tool to buy, sell, and trade games and hardware.

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    2. Auction Central

      Use this forum to discuss auctions on eBay. Have something up for auction you'd like to share? Post it here! You can also highlight amusing, off-the-wall, or interesting auctions that others may want to hear about!

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    3. Wanted

      Use this forum to post a list of the gaming hardware and software you're looking for!

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    4. Free Games and More

      Spreading the Love with Free Games and other items.

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    5. User Feedback Forum

      Please use this forum to leave feedback about other users on AtariAge that you've had good and/or bad experiences with. Please read the sticky at the top of this forum before posting!

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  7. Community

    1. Events

      Use this forum to discuss gaming events of all types, including expos revolving around classic gaming, events catering to modern systems, arcade expos, and local gatherings of collectors getting together or a day of gaming.

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    2. Show Us Your Collection!

      If you're a repeat visitor to AtariAge, it's likely you also collect classic games and systems. Here's your chance to show off to the rest of the community your collection!

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    3. Member Blogs

      As members update their Blogs, messages will be posted in this forum so you can more easily keep tabs on who's writing what!

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    4. High Score Clubs

      Participate in high score contests for your favorite systems!

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    5. Poll Forum

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    6. Contests

      These forums are for discussing and participating in contests started by AtariAge, contests run by forum members, and of course, the weekly High Score Contests!

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    7. User Groups

      This forum and its subforums are for classic gaming and computing user groups. Find people in your area who share your love of this hobby!

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    8. AtariAge News Discussion

      Discuss news posted on the front page of AtariAge!

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    9. User Submitted News

      Please submit classic gaming news here!

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  8. Game Programming

    1. Homebrew Discussion

      Here you can talk about homebrew games that don't have their own forums allocated (which will be most of them). Have an idea for a game that you'd like to see someone program? Are you programming a game and want some feedback? Discuss it here!

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    2. Programming

      The programming forums are technical discussions of programming various classic gaming consoles. The more popular consoles have their own dedicated programing forums, so please only use this forum for topics that fall outside of those forums.

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    3. Hacks

      A hack is an existing game that has somehow been modifed in terms of graphics, colors, sounds, and/or gameplay. If you've modified a game and would like to share it with others, or have an idea for a modification you'd like to see done to an existing game, you can discuss it here.

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  9. Site

    1. Announcements

      Important site or forum-related announcements will be posted here. If you see a new announcement, please stop by to read it!

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    2. Forum Questions and Answers

      Have a question about how to use the forum?  Ask here and others can answer (including admins and mods!)  

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    3. AtariAge Store Discussion

      We'll post announcements about the AtariAge Store here, and you can also post your questions and comments about the store in this forum as well.

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    4. Site and Forum Feedback

      Do you have suggestions for how AtariAge can be improved? Please post them here, as well as criticisms, and kudos about the web site!

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    5. Rarity Guide

      The AtariAge Rarity Guide is a living, breathing document! If you have feedback regarding rarity guide values and the database in general, please discuss it here!

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    6. Archived Forums

      Resting place for forums that have have run their course and are archived here for reference.

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  • Recent Status Updates

    • Charlie Cat

      Charlie Cat

      Always loved this early Garfield strip. 
       

      1. Serguei2

        Serguei2

        Cats love to climb up on trees but only few cats can't climb down.
    • AmazonAlexa

      AmazonAlexa

      I've started coding some music into atari just for the fun of it, wondering if and where I should share them.
      1. This update has no replies.
    • BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      RIP Dickey Betts. Incredible song writer, great guitarist and a HUGE influence. The Allman Brothers Band is my all-time favorite band. Rest in peace to one of the last Brothers (Jaimoe is the only original member left).
      1. jeremiahjt

        jeremiahjt

        Great guitarist from a great band.  He outlived Duane by a few decades at least.  What is your favorite song of theirs?
          • Like 1
      2. BydoEmpire

        BydoEmpire

        Hard to pick a favorite. My favorite Dickey song is probably Blue Sky. Favorite ABB song... I don't know. I absolutely love Get On With Your Life... Maybe Whipping Post? Dreams? Liz Reed?
         
        Back Where It All Begins is my favorite studio record. It's the one that got me into the band in the first place so it has a special place.
    • SlidellMan

      SlidellMan

      Unpopular and Controversial Opinions, Volume 22:
      -'80s British Stop-motion cartoons > most American cartoons from that decade.
      -Frank Zappa's music has aged gracefully.
      -On the other hand, Green Day still sucks.
      -While I abhor their employee treatment, Konami is trying to amend their credibility. Credibility that was ruined when Kojima was company Vice President.
      -Grandia II = What Final Fantasy VII should have been.
      -Van Beuren's Tom & Jerry > MGM's Tom & Jerry. (Fun fact: Tom in the MGM cartoons was originally called Jasper and Jerry was called Jinx.)
      -Metal Gear Solid 2 is like the PS1 Masterpiece that preceded it but bad.
      -Speaking of Grandia, I still recommend Monochrome Mobius, Child of Light, and Terra Memoria.
      -I'm glad that John K Bacchus is still working on Mega Man X: Corrupted.
      -Of all the games released under the PS2 Sega Ages 2500 line, Space Harrier was the best one.
      1. shane857

        shane857

        Grandia II = What Final Fantasy VII should have been. 💪
          • Like 1
      2. BydoEmpire

        BydoEmpire

        I'm not sure "Frank Zappa's music has aged gracefully" is an unpopular opinion. If you're a Zappa fan, it's timeless. If you don't like it or don't get it, you probably felt that way from the start. Incidentally, I just watched my Zappa Plays Zappa DVD for the first time in quite a while. Incredible stuff.
          • Like 1
      3. SlidellMan

        SlidellMan

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      4. dudeguy

        dudeguy

        example?
    • RetroSonicHero

      RetroSonicHero

      Hot take: upscaling 3D PS1/Saturn/N64 games to high resolutions on emulators does not look better, and actually leads to artistic inconsistency.
       
      The low resolution of the games helped hide some of the shortcomings, such as low poly models and low detail textures. Upscaling these games to HD only accentuates these problems, and makes the games look artistically incoherent. On one hand, you have a super high resolution game. On the other hand, the textures are so low resolution that you can count the pixels. It doesn't look natural at all.
       
      Edit: This also doesn't include other stuff such as lighting and basic environment detail. Which can also look very odd and baren at high resolutions.
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      2. dudeguy

        dudeguy

        always felt this way. curiously, in the manual for Motor Toon Grand Prix, it said the best way to play the game was S-video cable on as big of a screen as possible
          • Like 1
      3. RetroSonicHero

        RetroSonicHero

        @dudeguy Fascinating! I don't ever recall a game manual recommending a specific type of video cable. Apart from explaining how to plug in/use the console, of course.
      4. dudeguy

        dudeguy

        @RetroSonicHero Yeah, I peruse manuals once in a great while. lots of great info to be learned. it's sad that games have mostly done away with them
          • Like 1
      5. MarcoJ

        MarcoJ

        indeed. I swear quake looks better on 320x200 than 640x480 and higher. Something about those lowpoly models gets obfuscated by the low res, it's like a impressionist painting technique.
          • Like 1
      6. GoldLeader

        GoldLeader

        Wow!
         
        You are Absolutely correct!
         
        "Upscaled Ass" could be a Billy Joel song!
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  • Recent Posts

    • phoney
      Weird CX-77 behavior

      By phoney · Posted

      Hi folks. I just got a CX-77 Touch Tablet in the mail and I started using it with my 800 and ... weird behavior! Maybe you all can figure this one out ...   IT WORKS FINE IN ATARI ARTIST. This may be the weirdest thing of all, because ... * In RAMBrandt and Pixel Artist Deluxe the large left and right buttons move the cursor left/right, the pen button moves the cursor up, using the pen on the tablet does nothing * In Blazing Paddles, moving the pen on the tablet left/right works fine, but up and down are reversed. The big left button acts as select; the button on the pen does nothing   What would cause it to work in AtariArtist but NOT the other apps? Thank you!
    • Eiswuxe
      Intellivision Music Tracker Library

      By Eiswuxe · Posted

      Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, the result is the same. The note that I hear is indeed the very first note in the song.   Strangely, if I include the  bas-interface.bas At the very beginning of my program (after constants.bas), the game does not run at all.   Only if I include it directly before the song data, or before the "ASM ORG $C040", then the game runs (with the afforementioned bug)
    • Intellivision Master
      Evercade?!

      By Intellivision Master · Posted

      Okay.  Maybe not have a cart that requires a certain way to play the games.  But if the games were able to work via an analog stick, then that's good.  Therefore, as I mentioned before, if Blaze had a controller/handheld with a D-pad & a stick, you could play the games with either one.  For instance, if a new handheld came out from them that had both a D-pad and an analog stick, then it gives you 2 ways to play games.  There are many handhelds with analog sticks & a D-pad.  All I'm saying is, why can't Blaze do the same?  Perhaps they don't want to or it's not something that interests them right now.  
    • Tempest
      Hack-O-Matic 3 with Pinning feature and comments!

      By Tempest · Posted

      Wondering this myself.  HOM3 doesn't seem to like running under Wine, it freezes when loading the rom.
    • JetmanUK
      Collecting for the 2600+

      By JetmanUK · Posted

      One of my CIB games arrived, here's a photo. The photo is actually from the auction as sadly the seller made a mistake and sent me the wrong copy. Doh! I received a boxed cart with the label missing and no manual, however he is correcting this by sending me another cart with label and the manual. To be fair the box looks in slightly better condition, so this will be an all round win, especially when you consider the following...   What I did receive in the box was a nice little leaflet about other M Network games and a free decal offer! Ooh! SEND IT NOW! I hope it's a full woodgrain decal skin for my 2600 Plus!   Joking aside I really enjoy these little extras that I actually would not have cared for one bit back in the day, now they are very cool to own.   EDIT: Looking at those M Network games I don't recognise Sea Battle, was it ever released? Maybe not, or perhaps under a different name? Perhaps on other consoles? Is there a prototype out there for download? I will look into this.   EDIT EDIT: An answer!   Atari 2600 VCS Sea Battle : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms (atarimania.com)   I will try it out, I love collecting for the 2600, stuff like this, these rabbit holes. Such fun.  
    • 7800Knight
      Evercade?!

      By 7800Knight · Posted

      Just announced!       Thalamus Collection...not too familiar with this publisher.    
    • magnusfalkirk
      Atari/Legends Flashback Expansion Builds

      By magnusfalkirk · Posted

      In PicoFrogger once you lose all your lives the only way out of the game is to turn the console off and then back on. I also noticed that in the main menu for the Pico 8 section there is no selection to get back to the Legends Deluxe menu. You have to select Nexus and from there The Legends Deluxe.   Just my two cents worth.
    • Schmitzi
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      By Schmitzi · Posted

      Are there SCSI terminators in use and are they OK ? (I had behaviour like this on a PC decades ago)  
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