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! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|Hardware features<br/>and accessories]]
! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]
! scope="col"|Compatibility
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}
|[https://mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/12x3fsm/mgba_0102_released/jhigow4/ endrift confirming the libretro core is tracking the master branch]</ref><br/>[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/vba_m/ vbam_libretro]</small><br/><small><abbr title="VBA Next is a Game Boy Advance emulator based on VBA-M 2011 with backported patches for performance and compatibility improvements.">[https://docs.libretro.com/library/vba_next/ vba_next_libretro]</abbr></small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://nightly.vba-m.com/ Nightly builds]<br/> [http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core'''s'''] <br/> [https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/releases {{VBAMVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[NanoBoyAdvance]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://nightly.link/nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance/workflows/build/master Dev builds]<br/> [https://github.com/nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance/releases {{NanoBoyAdvanceVer}}]
|{{n}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[SkyEmu]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}
|[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/pull/321 Dev Builds]<br/>[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases/ {{SkyEmuVer}}]
|{{n}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[ares]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
|{{?}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[GBE+]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus/releases {{GBEVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{?}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[[No$|No$GBA]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|DOS}}
|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}[https://problemkaputt.de/gbanew.htm *] ||{{~}}
|-
|[[BizHawk]]<br/><small>(mGBA 0.10.0)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[MAME]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref><br/>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{?}} ||{{~}} ||[http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mess.php?software_list_name=gba&compatibility= ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/gpsp/ gpSP_libretro]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{?~}} ||{{~}}<abbr title="Libretro features">*<||[https:/abbr> /docs.libretro.com/library/gpsp/#compatibility ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[Mednafen]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_gba/ mednafen_gba_libretro]</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[higan]] (火眼)<br/>byuu (謬/view)
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases/tag/v110 {{higanVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]].</ref>
|-
|iDeaS
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20150311100053/http://ciacin.site90.com/ideas.php {{iDeaSVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGBA VGBA]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://fms.komkon.org/VGBA/#Downloads {{VGBAVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|Meteor
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux}}
|[https://github.com/blastrock/meteor {{MeteorVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|BoyCottAdvance
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://boycottadvance.emuunlim.org/Downloads.htm {{BoyCottAdvanceVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|PlayBoy Advance
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/macintosh/gba/playboy-advance.html {{PlayBoyAdvanceVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[https://hades-emu.org Hades]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://nightly.link/hades-emu/Hades/workflows/build/master Nightly builds]<br/> [https://github.com/hades-emu/hades Git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|GameBeanAdvance
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/bmchtech/GameBeanAdvance Git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}}
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|[[NooDS]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NooDS/releases git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|}
! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|Hardware features<br/>and accessories]]
! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]
! scope="col"|Compatibility
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|[https://github.com/huhao1987/mGBA_Android unofficial android version]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[SkyEmu]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sky.SkyEmu v3.2] (Play)[https://www.amazon.com/SkyEmu-GBC-GBA-NDS-Emulator/dp/B0CGHK8QP5 v3.2] (Amazon)[https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu git]
|{{n}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
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|[[gpSP]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Pandora}}<br/>{{Icon|Didj|Symbian}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.gpsp.notaz 0.9.2.8 Pandora]<br/>[https://github.com/Summeli/gpSP4Cute Symbian]
|{{?~}} ||{{~}} ||[https://docs.libretro.com/library/gpsp/#compatibility ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=gpsp>Libretro Core Only.</ref> ||{{~}}
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|Pizza Boy GBA
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.dbtecno.pizzaboygbapro 2.6.8]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[https://www.explusalpha.com/contents/gba-emu GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M 2.1.4 based)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}
|[https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha/releases/tag/Pre-release Pre-release]<br/>[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbaEmu {{.emuVer}}]</br>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/75 1.5.46.02 Pyra]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[https://sites.google.com/site/fastemulator/ My Boy!]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fastemulator.gba 2.0.6]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[https://forums.windowscentral.com/app-spotlight/252987-trio-nintendo-emulators-vba8-vgbc8-snes8x.html VBA10]
|align=left|{{Icon|W10P}}
|[https://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/windows-10-mobile-apps-and-games/app-vba10-emulator-t3588704 1.22]<br/>[https://emulator.games/emulators/gameboy-advance/vba10/ Alt]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
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|GBA_J2ME
|align=left|{{Icon|Java}}
|[http://oldfag.top/downloads/?act=view&id=168 1.0]
|{{?}} || || ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
|VGBAnext
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.emu {{VGBANextVer}}]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[NooDS]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hydra.noods 0.1]<br/>[https://github.com/Hydr8gon/NooDS/releases git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|GBA4iOS
|align=left|{{Icon|iOS}}
|[https://iemulators.com/gba4ios 2.1]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20190801135245/http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/software/content/VBA8_1.php VBA8]
|align=left|{{Icon|W8P}}
|[https://www.appx4fun.com/xap/15223/ 2.27]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|Hardware features<br/>and accessories]]
! scope="col"|[[#Enhancements|Enhancements]]
! scope="col"|Compatibility
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii|WiiU|Switch}}<br>{{Icon|3DS|PSV}}
|[https://mgba.io/builds/1/ Dev builds]<br/> [https://mgba.io/downloads.html#homebrew {{MGBAVer}}]<br/>[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
|{{~}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]<br/><small>(Sloop)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
|N/A
|{{~}} ||{{~}} ||[[Wikipedia:List_of_Nintendo_Switch_Online_games#Game_Boy_Advance|Only for selected titles]] ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/vba_next/ VBA Next]
|align=left|{{Icon|NGC|Wii|NX}}<br/>{{Icon|PS3}}<br/>{{Icon|PS4}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita}}<br/>{{Icon|Xbox|Xbox360}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
|{{?}} ||{{~}} || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[gpSP]]
|align=left|{{Icon|DC|PSP}}<br/>{{Icon|PS2|NGC|Wii}}<br/>{{Icon|3DS|Vita}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]<br/>[[GpSP#PSP_Version|TempGBA4PSP]]
|{{?~}} ||{{~}} ||[https://docs.libretro.com/library/gpsp/#compatibility ?] ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=gpsp></ref> ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[Virtual Console]]
|align=left|{{Icon|3DS|WiiU}}
|8.10
|{{~}} ||{{n}} ||[[Wikipedia:Virtual_Console#Titles_2|Only for selected titles (3DS)]]<br/>[[Wikipedia:Virtual_Console#Titles_3|Only for selected titles (Wii U)]] ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Game Boy Player
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN}}
|
|{{~}} ||{{n}} || ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|ReGBA
|Align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}
|[https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1332 v1.45.5 revision 3]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Enhanced_mGBA emGBA]
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii|WiiU}}
|[https://files.extremscorner.org/gamecube/apps/mgba/latest git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-GX|VBA GX]]
|align=left|{{Icon|GCN|Wii|WiiU}}
|[https://github.com/dborth/vbagx/releases git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|Gbaemu4DS
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
|[https://ichfly.github.io/gbaemu4DS Alpha 2 fix 4][https://github.com/ichfly/gbaemu4DS git]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[GBARunner2]]
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS|3DS}}
|[https://github.com/Gericom/GBARunner2/releases/tag/v20200812-131430_6e4ce45 2020/08/12]
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[gpSP|UO gpSP Kai]] (UO gpSP改)
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
|3.4 test 4 build 230
|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
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! ares
! GBE+
! gpSP
! Pizza Boy GBA (Pro)
! MAME
| rowspan=3 | Graphics
| [[Resolution|Resizable Internal Resolution]]
| colspan=12 13 | For emulation of 2D systems, the resolution can only be upscaled, making the pixels more apparent.
|-
| [[Texture_packs#Sprite_Replacement_.282D.29|Sprite Replacement]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
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|{{N}}
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|{{N}}
|{{?}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/65j3c3/can_a_emulated_game_run_better_then_the_actual/dgau7ck/ *]
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{Y}}[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/8nw23h/gba_emulator_w_overclock_support/e02nnn6/ *]
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|{{Y}}
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|{{N}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{N}}
|{{?}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
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| rowspan=5 | Quality of life
| Built-in [http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,106405 Custom resolution/CRTSwitchRes]<br/><small>For using this on Windows OS you need [http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1009#p1009 CRT Emudriver].<br/>Another option is using EDID editor tool such as "Custom Resolution Utility".</small>
| colspan=12 13 | Exclusive to [https://docs.libretro.com/guides/crtswitchres/ libretro cores] and [[GroovyMAME]] at the moment.
|-
| Built-in [[Cheats_and_patches|Cheat Manager]]
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|{{?}}
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
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|{{?}}
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
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|{{Y}}
| colspan=2 | [[Netplay|Netplay]]<br/><small>You can use either Yuzu/Ryujinx for playing GBA games online via netplay.<br/>This enhancement shouldn't be confused with GBA connectivity features emulation.</small>
|[https://mgba.io/faq.html#glossary WIP]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
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|{{?}}
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|{{N}}
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|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
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|{{Y}}
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! ares
! GBE+
! gpSP
! Pizza Boy GBA
! MAME
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}<abbr title="3DS only">*</abbr>
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|{{?}}
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|{{?}}
|{{~}}
|{{Y}}[https://www.davidgf.net/2024/01/13/gba-wireless-adapter/ *]
|{{Y}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{✓}}
|{{?}}
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|{{TBD}}
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|{{✗}}
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| {{y}}[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus#read-the-manual *]
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| {{y}}[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus#read-the-manual *]
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| {{y}}[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art31.html *]
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| {{y}}[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art24.html *]
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| {{~}}[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art32.html *]
| {{n}}
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| [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/141mm66/glucoboy_found_and_dumped/jn0p5jr/ (WIP)]
| {{n}}
| {{n}}
| {{n}}
| {{n}}
| {{y}}[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art33.html *]
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