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Even the tiny Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from [http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html EMULATORS FOR GBA LIST].
|title = Nintendo Game Boy Advance
 
|logo = gbagba.png
 
|developer = Nintendo
 
|type = [[:Category:Emulators on handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
 
|generation = [[:Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles|Sixth generation]]
 
|release = 2001
 
|discontinued = 2010
 
|predecessor = [[Emulators on GB/GBC|Game Boy Color]]
 
|successor = [[Emulators on DS|Nintendo DS]]
 
|emulated = {{✓}}
 
}}
 
 
 
{{for|software that emulates the GBA|Game Boy Advance emulators}}
 
 
 
Even weak Game Boy Advance has quite a few emulators. They can be downloaded from [http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html EMULATORS FOR GBA LIST].
 
 
 
==Arcade==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| Greenboy Attack
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/marcade/greenboy-attack.html 0.5]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| RGBArcade
 
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20091027133820/http://geocities.com/rgbArcade/rgbArcadeV0.1.zip 0.1]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;Greenboy Attack: Can play Green Beret, Rush'n Attack and Mr. Goemon.
 
;RGBArcade: Can play Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman, Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads. <br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
 
 
 
==Computers==
 
 
 
===Acorn - BBC Micro===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| PocketBeeb
 
| [http://www.geocities.ws/quirky_2k1/emulation/index.html 1.01]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
 
 
===Microsoft - MSX===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| MSXAdvance
 
| [https://emutopia.com/index.php/emulators/item/345-msx/522-msxadvance 0.4]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
 
 
===Sharp - Sharp X1 Turbo===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| X Millennium Advance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sharp-x1-turbo/x-millenuium-advance.html 0.2]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
 
 
===Sinclair - ZX Spectrum===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| Foon
 
| [http://www.codepuppies.com/ben/sens/gba/mirror/about.html 0.22]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| ZXAdvance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sinclair/zxadvance.html 1.0.1]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
  
 
==Consoles==
 
==Consoles==
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===NES===
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* PocketNES: Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
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* InfoNES: Old yet decent emulator.
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* Famicom Advance: Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
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* HCVA: FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.
  
===Coleco - ColecoVision===
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===SNES===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| CoG
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cog.html 0.9.7 beta]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| ColecoTech
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/colecotech.html v.0]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Cologne
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cologne.html 0.8]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;CoG: The first ever ColecoVision emulator for GameBoyAdvance.
 
:It lacks support for multiple ROMS. The bug supposed to be fixed in the 1.0 release, but however, the development has stopped.
 
;Cologne: The author made a "quick and dirty" emulator based on SMSadvance. Can play a few games.
 
 
 
===Emerson Radio - Arcadia 2001===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| Super Bug Advance
 
| [http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#amiarcadia 1.3]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;Super Bug Advance:Can only emulate Super Bug, Super Bug 2, and Capture.
 
 
 
 
 
===NEC - PC Engine===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| PCEAdvance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/tg16/pceadvance.html 7.5]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;PCEAdvance:Very decent emulator.
 
 
 
===Nintendo - NES===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|[[Wikipedia:Family Computer Disk System|FDS]]
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| Famicom Advance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/famicom-advance.html 0.1]
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| FC Emulator for Gameboy
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/fc-emulator-for-gameboy.html 0.02]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| HCVA
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/hcva.html 1.40]
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| InfoNES
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/nes/infones.html V0]
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| PocketNES
 
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/pocketnes.php  7-1-2013]
 
| ?
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{~}}
 
|}
 
 
 
;Famicom Advance:Slower than PocketNES. FC/NES emulation.
 
;FC Emulator for GameBoy:Just a simple NES emulator for the Game Boy Advance.
 
;HCVA:FC/NES emulator with support for lots of mappers.
 
;InfoNES:Old yet decent emulator.
 
;PocketNES:Best one for GBA. Fast, stable, with multiple zoom options.
 
 
 
===Nintendo - SNES===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| Pocket SNES Advance
 
| [https://www.pocketsnes.net/download_pocketsnes.htm Download]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| SNES Advance
 
| [http://archives.dcemulation.org/gba/www.snesadvance.org/www.snesadvance.org/index.html 1.0]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| SnezziBoy
 
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/snezziboy/ 0.26]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{~}}
 
|}
 
 
Not really ideal for the obvious reason GBA has two buttons less than the SNES.
 
Not really ideal for the obvious reason GBA has two buttons less than the SNES.
;SNES Advance:Formerly known as PocketSNES. Different versions have different game-specific fixes breaking stuff elsewhere. This emulator is very inaccurate and has lots of issues, it hasn't been updated for a long time, so it's not recommended to use.
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* SNES Advance: Formerly known as PocketSNES. Different versions have different game-specific fixes breaking stuff elsewhere. This emulator is very inaccurate and has lots of issues, it hasn't been updated for a long time, so it's not recommended to use.
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* Pocket SNES: Low Compatibility. [https://www.pocketsnes.net/files/pocketsnes.zip Download]
  
===Sega - Genesis===
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===Sega Genesis===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* No known emulator for Genesis yet.
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| YJ Emulator
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| ?
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IHBIlnx52Y YJ Emulator]:An emulator commonly used on pirated multicarts like PocketNES. Its name is derived from the header. Games will suffer from low speed and poor sound emulation while emulated. There's currently no way found to inject the game into the emulator.
 
  
===Sega - Master System / Game Gear===
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===Sega Master System / Game Gear===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* DrSMS: GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
! scope="col"|Name
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* SMS Advance: SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| DrSMS
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/drsms.html 6.0]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| PocketSMS
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/pocketsms.html Demo 5 <br> & Sonic Special <br>]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| SMS Advance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/sms-gg/sms-advance.html 2.5]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
  
;DrSMS:GG/MS. Excellent speed and compatibility.
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===PC Engine===
;pocketSMS:Written in 100% ARM assembly language. Can run some games.
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* PCEAdvance: Very decent emulator.
;SMS Advance:SG-1000/GG/MS. Good. No FM Chip, EEPROM emulation.
 
  
 
==Handheld==
 
==Handheld==
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===Game Boy Color===
 +
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
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* GBonGBA
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* Goomba Color: Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
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* PocketGB: Low compatibility, high speed.
  
===Bandai - Tamagotchi v1===
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===Neo Geo Pocket===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* NGP Advance: incomplete but good.
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Tamaboy_GBA Tamaboy-GBA]
 
| [https://github.com/jeffayle/tamaboy/releases rc2]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
  
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===WonderSwan===
 +
* SwanAdvance: Very early, low compatibility and speed.
  
===Bandai - WonderSwan===
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==Arcade==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* Greenboy Attack: Green Beret, Rush'n Attack, Mr. Goemon.
! scope="col"|Name
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* RGBArcade: Donkey Kong 1,3 and Jr, Gorkans, Pacman and Ms.Pacman, Phoenix and Pleiads [http://web.archive.org/web/20041126024811/http://www.geocities.com:80/rgbArcade/ Archived Website]
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| SwanAdvance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ws/swanadvance.html 0.1]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| SwanGBA
 
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/SwanGBA git]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| Mid
 
| ?
 
|}
 
;SwanAdvance:Very early, low compatibility and speed.
 
  
===Nintendo - Game Boy / Game Boy Color===
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==Computers==
If you don't want to use a GB Bridge, emulators exist as well:
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===MSX===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+
* MSXAdvance
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/gb_roms_on_gba.htm GBonGBA]
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/gbongba.html 0.4]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Goomba
 
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2.0]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Goomba Color
 
| [https://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php 2019-05-04]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
| Jagoomba Color
 
| [https://github.com/EvilJagaGenius/jagoombacolor git]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{~}}
 
| Low
 
| {{~}}
 
|-
 
| [https://www.gameboy-advance.net/emulated/PocketGB.htm PocketGB]
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/gb/pocketgb.html 0.1a]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
;Goomba Color:Sound, SGB borders, savestates. (Updated [http://www.dwedit.org/gba/goombacolor.php Link])
 
;PocketGB:Low compatibility, high speed.
 
  
===SNK - Neo Geo Pocket===
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===Sharp X1 Turbo===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* X Millennium Advance
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| NGP Advance
 
| [https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/ngpocket/ngp-advance.html 0.3]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|-
 
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA NGPGBA]
 
|[https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases 0.5.7]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|Medium
 
|{{✓}}
 
|}
 
;NGP Advance:Incomplete but good.
 
  
===Watara - Supervision===
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===BBC Micro===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* PocketBeeb
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| WasabiGBA
 
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA 0.2.4]
 
| {{✓}}
 
| {{✓}}
 
| Mid
 
| {{✓}}
 
|}
 
  
 
==Miscellaneous==
 
==Miscellaneous==
===Sierra - AGI===
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===Sierra AGI===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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* GBAGI
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Version
 
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|[[Emulation accuracy|Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
|-
 
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=GBAGI GBAGI]
 
| [http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=File:GBAGI_2_(gbagi-bin-20041003).zip 2.0]
 
| {{✗}}
 
| {{✗}}
 
| Low
 
| {{✗}}
 
|}
 
  
 
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[[Category:Emulators on consoles]]
[[Category:Emulators on handheld consoles]]
 
[[Category:Emulators on sixth-generation consoles]]
 

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