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Critic Reviews (5), Contributor Reviews (1) After ten thousand years, the once banished dark ninja returns to make another attempt to take over miracle world. Someone's definitely got to stop him! Guess who dares meet the challenge? The Kidd, the prince who knows no fear. He's the only one who can fight back! Yes the back of the box says Miracle World even though he's in Shinobi world! Legacy has yet to review this game.
Review Summary
All in all, this is not a great game, but it would be a mistake to discount it completely. The most disappointing thing about Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is that there's little in the way of ambition; everything it sets out to do, it does well, more or less, and the general impression is that if the designers had just pushed themselves a little harder, and reached a little higher, this could have been one of the more memorable titles of the 8-bit generation. As it is, the game is not an embarrassing farewell for Alex Kidd, but neither is it the blaze of glory Sega's long lost mascot deserved.
Review Summary
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a hidden gem in the Master System library and it's a shame that few people have heard about it. The short length is a genuine complaint but the gameplay is so addictive that you'll want to replay the whole adventure over and over again!
Review Summary
Overall, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a solid game and one of the better games in the Sega Master System library, but it’s just not “blow you away” good. It’s just a bit too easy and is over too quickly, but for me it was a fun diversion and a good addition to my library, albeit an expensive one. I’d recommend this game for platform game fans, but you may want to hesitate unless you’re a collector due to the high price tags this now commands. That being said, if you can find it for a good price then grab it, as it should offer you a good few hours of good quality gameplay.
Review Summary
It's a pretty fun game, and honestly it's my personal favourite Alex Kidd game. So if like Shinobi, try this game. And if you don't like Shinbobi, then play it anyways because there is enough differences to make this an entirely different game. I like it, I really like it.
Alex Kidd was the fourth (in PAL regions and America) Master System game featuring Alex Kidd, which is generally regarded as a return to form after the Lost Stars and Hi-Tech World episodes.
Alex's adventure takes place in Shinobi World. Alex dons a Ninja costume and is able to use Ninja magic during his quest. The environments, enemies, bosses and level design re-imagine ideas from Shinobi, but are given a more playful and comical perspective, by mixing in the bright graphics and musical style established in the earlier Alex Kidd games. Although this game was well received at the time, sadly this was to be Alex's final game. Albeit, Alex hasn't been completely forgotten, he has made some cameo appearances in modern Sega titles such as Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing. This game remained an exclusive title for the Master System. It could also be downloaded for 500 points (about £4.50) on Wii's Virtual Console service. 
Upon loading the game you are presented with a brief cut scene, which shows the game's story. It's basic, and very unoriginal (think, Sir Arthur and Princess Prin Prin, Mario and Pauline, etc) but explains why Alex is in Shinobi World and the motivation for his quest.
Prior to the start of the action you are shown a map, and then a game summary, which shows the boss you'll be facing at the end of the round, and your current score and number of remaining lives. Alex's adventure is split into 4 rounds with each round being split into 3 scenes. The first two scenes of each round require the player to cross a scrolling platform area and avoid or kill any enemies; the areas scroll both horizontally and vertically with some later scenes having multiple paths through them, where there are underground and overground routes available. The third scene of each round just contains the round's boss. The second platform scene in round 4 has a slightly different structure, whereby the level is made up of a series of small rooms, which will present a particular challenge (including a Mega Man style disappearing platform puzzle), or require you to defeat an enemy, including the return of the Kabuto and Robster bosses. Facing off with these bosses for the second time was a new challenge and required a bit of extra thought, due to not having the throwing darts available. 
The graphics throughout the game are excellent and really show off the Master System's capabilities. The environments are bright and colourful and the sprites are well drawn with lots of detail and character. Each of the game's 8 platform scenes has a distinct look to it and there are a variety of enemies in each area. Throughout your adventure, you will traverse a cityscape, explore large buildings, cross a Harbour at night, swim through underwater caves and ascend the side of a waterfall; all on the way to Hanzo's mansion.
The controls are well designed and respond fluently. You use the D-dad to move Alex left/right and climb up/down ropes or ladders. The joypad buttons are used to make Alex perform a variety of actions such as jumping and using weapons. The jump button can also be used to make Alex perform a wall jump, this requires that there are two walls very near to each other. To wall jump, start the jump off as usual then quickly press the jump button again each time Alex touches the wall. I only found a couple of places in the game where it was possible to wall jump, but it was usually a handy way to reach some bonus items. Alex begins each round armed with a sword, which slashes round in an arc, or it can be directed downwards to take out breakable blocks beneath you. You have to be very close to enemies to take them out with the sword. The sword can be powered up so you can also take out projectiles, e.g. ninja stars thrown at you, when you slash with your sword. Throughout the platform scenes there are chests, which you need to break open with your weapon. Usually these are in plain sight and don't require much effort to reach. Although there were a few later on in the game, which I couldn't work out how to reach. The most common item found is a heart, which replenishes one hit (your remaining hit points are shown as a series of triangles at the top left of the screen). Occasionally you will find an item, such as a dart or a ninja magic item (used immediately), or even an Alex doll, which awards an extra life. When collected, the dart replaces your sword. As a ranged weapon it's much easier to defeat enemies with the dart; perhaps too easy at times, the first two bosses won't stand a chance against you if you have the dart. However, I don't think darts are available in the final round so don't rely on them too much. In particular the first form of the final boss requires accurate and carefully timed use of your sword, so getting used to close combat will pay off in the end. Alex can also use ninja magic to turn himself into a fireball. You must be hanging from a rope or lamp post to start this manoeuvre. Holding the action button will make Alex start to spin around, after a few rotations Alex will burst into flames, once you release the button Alex will fly across the screen killing any enemies he comes into contact with. The music throughout the game is excellent. It is based on the Shinobi music but is remixed to give it a lighter feel, which is in keeping with the Alex Kidd series. Sound effects are quite basic but don't outstay their welcome (no annoying scream when you die this time). 
Final Thoughts
I really enjoyed the game and would recommend it to platform game fans. The game starts out fairly easy but the challenge does build up from the third round onwards.
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Legacy Review, Critic Review (2), The world has been taken over by an alien invasion. On the eve of destruction, humanity calls out for help! Octonaut is a retro shoot’em up inspired by 16-bit classics. Save the world from alien invasion by shooting and dodging your way through 8 action-packed levels with sinister bosses! Collect a variety of power-ups including lasers, bowling balls and ninja stars to take down enemies and defend the planet.
At the very end of the 1989 or very early 1990 I was invited around to a friends house before school to check out his new game.
He told me it was the best game he ever played and I should get it too for that Sega master System I still resented owning because I still wanted a Nes (we'll leave that story for another time) I went around and had a solid hour of play time with R-Type. I'd played the odd shoot em up before then but not to any significant play time. It was that day and a few subsequent weeks after that of playing little else at his house other than R-Type my dislike occasionally boarding on hatred for Shoot em up's was born. Over the years I've tried dozens more and none have managed to hold my attention more than a few days at best it's just not a genre I have much time for, some people hate 100 hour RPG'S I love them we're all different and that's okay with me. Despite all of that I thought if ever a game was going to win me over as a shoot em up a little orange octopus had as good a chance as any other so I accepted the review copy and here we go. 
Playing as Octonaut the little orange octopus and only hope of mankind you're thrust straight into the action in the first of 8 total levels.
The majority of enemies die with one hit throughout the game and everything starts off at a steady pace to ease in new players to the genre while shoot em up veterans will more than likely breeze through the first half of the game with few issues. Killing enemies sometimes results in them dropping green gems, shooting these gems changes their colour (green, yellow, red, purple, violet) and therefore their points value. Shooting the gem again once it's turned violet will revert the gem back to green and of course give you less points assuming you have the time between bullet dodging and shooting to collect them in the first place. I'm not convinced that high score chasing will be a feature all that many players care about with this particular game but I've always been of the opinion having more options for fans of a game is better than not having something that most people will probably ignore. The coloured gems do have more significance if your a fan of achievements as your tasked with collecting a set number of each coloured gem to earn achievements for the platforms that support them. In addition to dropping gems, health boost and weapons drop with reasonable frequency. Picking up a new weapon thankfully doesn't change what you already have instead it will place it as an option at the bottom of your screen ready for you to switch out what you have. You should beware though that if you switch you can no longer switch back to what you already had so if you switch out to a bad weapon choice you'll be stuck with it until you can grab something better. And there are a few bad weapon choices you might want to avoid. The cannonball was probably the worst for me personally but the yo yo wasn't a whole lot better. My personal favourite is the flamethrower while it involved closer combat it's a very effective weapon against most of the enemies you'll face including the boss fights. The shotgun would be my second choice as the bullet spread helps with the pesky misses you occasionally get with the standard weapon. The boss fights themselves aren't the most difficult parts of the game, once you've learned each of their patterns it quickly becomes apparent getting there is the bigger challenge, in particular in when it comes to the latter levels of the game.
Dying before you get to the boss will result in you starting the level right from the start but if you die during the boss fight then you'll restart with the boss. Something that helps a lot throughout all the levels and the boss fights (and something I didn't really use for a few levels in) is the ability to shirk your little octonaut. Shrinking makes you invincible for a few seconds which proves vital at certain points in the game enabling you to dodge bullets or travel through walls and scenery that took almost as much of my life as the enemies did. There is a cool down between shrinking and you can't shoot while mini either so you'll need to use it tactically. For veteran shoot em up players that find the game too easy the game has a panic mode and a custom mode so you can make the game either much much harder or set it to a level your happy enough with. But what about those of you that just find the standard mode too difficult already? Well you're in luck too the game has an assist mode that can be turned on or off at the mode select screen. Turning it on will mean you'll take far less damage and even I blitzed through the entire game with only one death the whole way through and that was after I actually killed the boss and messed something up and killed myself (Yes on level 7 I managed to kill myself AFTER I already killed the evil octopus boss! This will also most likely be the mode the Achievement hunters choose as doing so will probably get you all the achievements / trophies in under 2 hours. I had played through the first 4 levels of normal mode and completed the game with assist mode in just over 3 hours with multiple pauses and breaks in between to deal with my ever inquisitive children. 
Final Thoughts
Octonaut is a cute little game and a nice little graphical throwback to one of my favourite era's in gaming. Did it finally give me a love for shoot em ups? No I'm still not a fan of the genre and it's unlikely I ever will be. It did however soften my opinion on the genre and at no point during the 3 hours on my first play through was I left disappointed or frustrated, other than that cannonball incident but I learned from that mistake and never activated the thing again! I've played through the game a few more times after my initial sit down and while I haven't quite beaten the game without assist turned on I did get closer and closer with each play through so it certainly improved my skills as I went along and later levels that felt unfair to begin with no longer felt so and it was clearly just my lack of skill / experience with the genre.
A review copy of the game was provided by Eastasiasoft and reviewed in accordance with our review policy
Octonaut on Xbox One then is a game from eastasiasoft that finally rewards the practice you put in; a game that doesn’t shower you with achievements merely for looking at the screen. It’s fast, fun and challenging, and the old school style of one credit and then being left to git gud is a welcome change from the easier games that seem to limp onto the market these days. I’ve really enjoyed being a space octopus shooty thing, and I think you might just enjoy it too. For the price, you may as well give it a try.
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Critic Reviews (5), Contributor Reviews (1) This is a top down vertically scrolling shooter, in which you start off as a motorbike. You are quite vulnerable to attack at first, but power ups come in the form of a Sega van which you have to dock with. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field and the fourth invulnerablility. By destroying cars and bikes that appear on your way, you can collect A-F letters. Collecting A through to D allows you change into a sportscar which is less vulnerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all the letters in order to be able to transform into a high tech plane. This is the final stage of one of the five missions. Only the high tech plane can guide you to your destination in which your main target is hiding. There is also time limit in which you have to complete the mission. It is advisable to transform into the high tech plane as fast as it is possible. Picking up flags gives you bonus points with 10,000 points gaining you an extra life. Legacy has yet to review this game.
Review Summary
Overall Action Fighter is a case of the imitator being better than the source material, largely due to the Master System's more powerful hardware. It does lose marks for terrible music, sensitive controls and overall lack of originality. But don't let Action Fighter fool you, it's worthy of your collection.
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Action fighter is a definite must-have for all fans of top-down shooters, I recommend strongly that if there is any SMS fans out there that don’t have a copy of this game that they pick one up, despite the dodgy packaging (which is of a motorcycle rear-view mirror and not a magnifying glass which people seem to think it is!) the game will keep you entertained for hours, and is just great fun!
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Take away the monotony and devious difficulty, and there’s a shell of a decent game in Action Fighter. But seriously, friends, Action Fighter is really hard. Given the amount of action the game levies at you, you’re in a constant state of anxiety and readiness. It’s good to be somewhat tense while playing a shmup, but the ridiculously long levels leave you feeling exhausted by the end. My recommendation: play with one of these codes, beat the game, then if you still have more fight left in ya, come back and try the game without a code. You’ll see whether or not that hair on your chest is legit.
Action Fighter is loosely based on the 1986 Sega Arcade Game.
Although the arcade game and Master System version share several gameplay elements, the Master System version makes some significant design changes. Both versions have a mix of Spy Hunter style road sections and airborne shoot em up sections. The transformable vehicle idea is unique to the Master System design. In the arcade game, the road sections end at way-points (either a garage or a hangar) where you will leave your current vehicle to get into the next one. The arcade design also features branching pathways where the path you choose will determine which vehicle you get to use during the next stage of the game. The Master System design is completely linear with gameplay split into 5 distinct missions. Action Fighter was also converted to several other European home computer systems by Core Design in 1989 and published by Firebird Software, these versions were clearly based on the Master System title rather than the Arcade game. 
Each mission of Action Fighter for the Master System is split into two or more parts, with a mix of ground sections and aerial sections.
You take control of Action Fighter, which is a futuristic transformable vehicle. You begin the game on the ground as a motorbike, which is armed with a forward firing machine gun with unlimited ammo. Look out for the van, which has a SEGA logo on the roof, drive (carefully) up to the back of the van (much like Spy Hunter) to upgrade your machine gun. To complete the road section you need to stay on the course whilst avoiding or shooting the other traffic and collect tokens, which are marked with the letters A-F. Collecting the tokens bolts on additional parts to your vehicle; after collecting 'D' you transform into a car, and then shortly after collecting 'F' your car will stop momentarily for jet engines to be attached, and then you take off for the airborne part of the mission. Immediately after take-off you will encounter more enemies, which are much more aggressive than the enemies found in the road section. You will be attacked by both ground and airborne enemies. You are equipped with forward firing rockets to take out the other airborne enemies and bombs to hit the ground based targets. Much like Xevious, a reticule appears at a fixed distance in front of your vehicle to show you where your bombs will land. Power-ups are also available in the air sections, look out for small tokens which have the letter P on them; there are different coloured 'P' tokens which can increase the speed of your vehicle, firepower, etc. Each mission starts off against a timer. During the first part of each mission you effectively have infinite lives until the timer reaches zero, after that further collisions will reduce your stock of lives; again, this mechanic is very similar to Spy Hunter. Additional lives can be earned for reaching certain score thresholds. Each mission culminates in a boss fight. Each boss fight has you facing a group of enemies, with each enemy in the group needing to be hit multiple times. Except for the second boss, you will be fighting the bosses as the jet so you will need to use your bombs when faced with sea or ground based targets, or rockets for other airborne enemies. Air to ground combat is usually the most difficult type of fight because of the need to hit your enemies from a fixed (and fairly close) distance. 
Graphically the Master System version does not follow the look or design of the arcade game, however the graphics are good for the system with fast and smooth scrolling. There are quite a few different enemy types and the ground and air based sections each have their own distinct look and design. However, later on in the game the backgrounds reuse the same elements over and over, and the enemies repeat, so once you've got through the first two missions you will have seen most of what the game has to offer.
I wasn't very impressed with the music, there are two main tunes in the game, one for each of the ground sections and another for each of the air sections, and then there is another short tune for each mission's final shootout. Sound effects are limited to basic shooting noises and explosions. The controls are simple and work well, with one caveat. The D-pad moves your vehicle. Each vehicle mode has a slightly different feel; the motorbike is the most maneuverable, but vulnerable to collisions with other vehicles. Once transformed into the car the steering is slightly slower, but you are a bit stronger and can withstand collisions with the other vehicles. Pressing both action buttons together whilst on the road allows you to transform from the car back to the motorbike, but I didn't find much use for it. The jet-car is initially the least maneuverable of the three vehicle modes, but can be powered up to move more quickly. The action buttons shoot, and also bomb (air section only). You can hold the action buttons for continuous fire, however the rate of fire is way too slow. I'd strongly recommend using a rapid fire unit or a rapid fire enabled joypad for this game. I found the game quite challenging at first, although after some practice I was usually getting through the ground sections without too much trouble. However, I still struggled during the air sections Generally the challenge is fair, although in the flying stages there are sections with clouds in the foreground so some enemies and their shots can be hidden from your sight, which can lead to some annoying deaths. 
Final Thoughts
This is a challenging game, but I return to it occasionally to see how far I can get in the game. I'd definitely recommend using a rapid-fire joypad.
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Legacy Review, Critic Reviews (5) In I, Zombie you play as the leader of a zombie horde and your goal is to infect all humans on the map. Whenever you infect a human you turn him into a one of your kind and you can use him against armed soldiers. You’re also able to command your horde to either attack the enemies, follow you or wait for orders. Each scenario requires tactical approach and careful planning to achieve success.
I've always been a Zombie fan and I've certainly played my fair share of zombie games, most of those involved either running from or shooting as many of the flesh craving zombies as possible often with mass amounts of blood spattering rewarding my failures.
I Zombie is a very different type of zombie game you will still run around the various levels and you will be responsible for many a zombie death in the game but that’s not a good thing! You're the leader of zombies and it’s your mission to fight back against the usual gun toting good guys and make the zombies successful for once. You’ll normally start with just a single zombie and the usual task is to turn every non zombie into one of your loyal, obeying mindless zombie minions. Other scenarios involve trying to take out a special scientist placed at the end of a level while trying to avoid soldiers armed with super weapons that will take you out within seconds (created by that pesky scientist you’re out to kill) And another example involves you starting at the beginning of a level facing certain death if you were to step out into the open but thankfully there is another zombie usually towards the end of the level that can be controlled with various button commands that will hopefully ensure your zombie slave kills a good number of the enemy and help free your almighty zombie leader from his current locked down position. While these variations in level design help mix things up the game would still benefit from a little more variation and this along with the number of levels on offer is its biggest disappointment for me. While it's always nice to find a game you aren't really ready to end it's still a shame the game featured so few levels. With just 20 standard levels and 10 winter levels even chasing all 3 stars on each level the game came to an end sooner than I expected. (It is worth noting the Steam version includes a level creator where you can play other players levels or create your own but this isn't considered in for this review as it's not the steam version being reviewed) 
The 3 star system while not dramatically increasing playtime it does help at the very least give you something more to aim for.
All 30 levels have a 3 stars target that are accomplished by having a set number of Zombies alive or beating the level within a certain time frame depending on level scenario. Half of the games 30 levels will probably result in a 3 stars on your first clear run through but there are a few that will require a reasonable amount of strategy and a small handful of levels that require an almost perfect plan to have any hope of getting the 3 stars. Once all 90 stars are obtained the only thing really left to do in the console version is speed runs. To help with motivation for the competitive type there are online leaderboards for the fastest times to complete each of the games 30 levels where number of surviving Zombies is not a factor. I'm not the most competitive player in the world (most of the time) but I did spend a little time on this knocking even a few seconds off my best time to help me move up the overall leaderboard but i'm not sure it will be much of a selling point to the majority. A few years ago I even managed to rank number 1 in the world for a few hours on the winter levels before being overtaken once again If only I had a screenshot! Perhaps one day I’ll be back to try reclaim that crown and I can start a Legacy Word record series in the features section. The music is repetitive but inoffensive, while the graphics are a little basic looking but the cartoon style is bright and colourful enough for the type of game it is.
Your main zombie character (at least to me) looks something similar to that creature from Futurama (I don’t know his name it’s not a show for me) and the rest of the characters have their own unique little zombie transformations once they’ve joined your undead army like everything else there is nothing amazing about them but it all fits in with well enough given the likely budget of the game development and the very low selling price of the game. The game controls very well, movement is smooth and the buttons are assigned to make your Zombie horde follow you, wait where they are, or attack. They will occasionally not take the most perfect route when you give your orders but for the most part any failure on a mission is down to you and you alone. 
Final Thoughts
I would like to seen more variety in level design and hopefully at least a couple more scenarios if a sequel is ever considered. 30 levels feels like it ends far too quickly especially with winter only having 10 levels compared to 20 in summer. The game is sold at a very low price and it would be hard to argue that you aren't getting enough value for your money regardless how competitive you might be post game but I still feel at the very least 10 more winter levels would have left me more content. On the whole I enjoyed almost every minute with my little zombie Army, and every little change in strategy to try and save that one extra zombie or knock those few extra seconds off my best time. I just picked up the steam version where I'll be making recordings of a number of user generated levels at some point in the future and that is probably the best option for those that have a choice. However console players who like little bite sized strategy games can still have fun here as long as your willing to take into account like the price tag the game is pretty small.
A review copy of the game was provided by Awesome Games Studio and reviewed in accordance with our review policy *Please note images captured from Steam version*
I found I, Zombie to be particularly uninteresting. I’m not saying it’s bad but it doesn’t have much to offer. The idea of being the zombie instead of the survivors has been visited before but I, Zombie places that idea in its simplest form. The problem is the sparse content, repetitive gameplay, and dull environments. The lack of creativity or motivation to make meaningful changes left a bad taste in my mouth. The short experience failed to stand out and, though fun while it lasted, was entirely forgettable.
The Switch, as a portable console, is great for this game. It’s always nice to have an infectious zombie on hand to pass the time when out and about. And though the gameplay itself is repetitive, it's a solid game with its tactical challenges and a great design.
It’s also a horribly, horribly plain looking game. Because each level plays out on a single screen panel, there’s a lack of a sense of scale, which is generally appreciated in a strategy game. Environments look like they were done in ten minutes in Microsoft Paint, too. This kind of game flies by okay as a little mobile time waster, but a PlayStation 4 experience needs to offer much more than this.
I’m doubtful that anyone will be able to get any long-term enjoyment out of I, Zombie, but if nothing else the game does a okay job of killing an hour’s worth of your time with some easy timing puzzles. It’s a shame that the game doesn’t make better use of its planning and problem solving, otherwise I, Zombie might have had the potential to be something greater.
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Legacy Review, Critic Reviews (5) In the year of 18XX, the west is overrun by thugs and outlaws. A group of bandits have kidnapped Mayor Johnson's daughter and are spreading havoc across the land. Gunman Clive must rescue the girl and and bring order to the west, then finish the fight in Gunman Clive 2. His battle against the bandits takes him all around the world and beyond. Jump and shoot your way across diverse and challenging levels and fight massive bosses. Gunman Clive is an old-school sidescrolling action platformer game set in the old west. Bring out your inner cowboy and get ready for some real gunslinger action.
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Early in 2015 I was privileged enough to receive an early review copy of Gunman Clive 2 for the 3ds. While on the short side I played through the game a number of times completing it with all available characters. Just 8 months later both the original gunman Clive and its aforementioned sequel have arrived on the Wii U as a combined package with shiny HD graphics and then released on the Nintendo Switch in January 2019. This collection included no extra levels, bonus characters or indeed anything else the original 3ds games didn't have other than better graphics so is this a cheap cash in or worth your consideration? If you don’t already own either of the 3ds versions buying both together as a HD package is actually a cheaper option (any sales aside.) If you do already own one or both of the games then it will obviously largely depend of how much you liked the games 5 years ago and how often you might want to play them again either on a TV or a bigger portable screen. 
For anyone new to the series both games are fairly similar you can play as one of 4 characters the fourth of which must be unlocked by beating the game with any of the other 3 characters and many of the ideas from the first game are carried over to the second.
That’s not to say no improvements weren't made, the second game has a far greater colour pallet and despite taking several of the originals ideas it adds to most of them often making things a little bigger, better and often just a little more crazy. Both games can be beat on normal mode in around an hour (or well under that if you’ve played it before) with the majority of levels taking under 2 minutes, so both games can be over very quickly. But there are still a few options that give the games some replay value, beating the game with all 4 characters will likely push each game into a 4 - 8 hour play time and a hard mode is also included to double that time again for those looking to get the most value for their money. I doubt the majority of players will beat both normal and hard modes with every character on both games in under 20 hours. Of course the vast majority of gamers probably have no desire to play both games across 2 modes with all 4 characters in particular with no Achievements to be had for doing so on Nintendo systems. So it will probably come down to exactly much value you put in such play time potential and how likely you are to replay the game multiple times. The first game game largely sticks to the cowboy theme but does throw in a few random enemies like ducks, sumo wrestlers and ninjas just to keep things that little bit surreal.
The boss fights are usually giant, unexpected and out of place random enemies including a train that clearly thinks it’s a transformer but they are varied bunch and usually put up a reasonable battle the first time you face them at least. There are also a number of tributes to Nintendo including Donkey Kong mine carts and some horrible bouncing mushrooms (thankfully they weren’t n the second game) As I already briefly touched upon earlier in the review many of the first games best ideas were carried over to the second while ditching some of the less fun stuff like the bouncing mushrooms (yes I really hated the mushrooms) the mine cart section was not only made longer it added in riding upside down and across a number of Dinosaurs! And that wasn’t the only level in which Dinosaurs were invited to the game you’ll do battle a T-Rex boss ride a Triceratops (Think Poochie from Yoshi) and ride a pteranodon (We’ll that’s the flying Dinosaur I’m going for anyway) through the skies which at least has more leg room than a conventional airplane these days The bosses for the most part are bigger and largely better than the original though a couple of them prove to be far more of an annoyance than any on the original did. You’ll also have plenty of gravity pulling annoyance (at least annoying for me) towards the end of the game. The final battle is relatively easy and unfortunately ends the game with something of a whimper but the overall package sees an improvement on an already very good original game. There’s plenty of death to be had in both games and not a single check point in sight. That will put off some players and understandably so but the levels overall are so short there isn't really is a need for them in the first place, even if a particular level is claiming a few lives it shouldn’t take that much practice to finally get it done. As an added incentive the game will also mark down levels on the map you manage to clear damage free. If you’d really like a challenge how about going through every level in both games with all 4 characters not only death free but without taking a single hit? I would suggest anyone attempting such a feat (let alone completing such a challenge) can expect well in excess of 50 hours game play. (A potential legacy challenge for the future perhaps) Finally the one thing I thought both games should have had on the 3ds and should almost definitely have now as at least one bonus extra for the Wii U and Switch is an online leader board for level completion times. With the levels being relatively short it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle for players to start it up every now and again to attempt to beat their previous records. It would also give more players an incentive to return to the games they’ve probably beaten in just a few hours. 
Final Thoughts
I’m a big fan of the Gunman Clive series from a personal point of view I intend to beat the game with every character including that pesky duck at some point in the future on the HD upgrade (I have done so on 3ds) With everything is exactly the same if you loved it on 3ds you’d love it here too but unless you are desperate to play it on the Tv or the game pad is that really enough? Given it’s low price and potential price in a future sale for some I would say it will be. For others it’s never going to enough on its own and that’s hard to argue against. An online leader board for level completion times for all 4 characters would have been a nice bonus to include in this version and offer a difference between the two. If you’re new to the series and would like an at times mildly challenging platform, shoot em up this should be a serious consideration.
A review copy of the game was provided by Hörberg Productions and reviewed in accordance with our review policy
Gunman Clive HD Collection looks and sounds great, but it doesn't bring much new to the table for fans of the 3DS versions of the games. Chieftain Bob in the first Gunman Clive is a nice bonus, but not exactly a major selling point. Still, these games are just as good now as they were the first time around. New players should give the HD Collection a try, while returning fans should enjoy the games just as much in glorious HD as they did in humble 240p on 3DS, provided they keep their expectations for new content in check.
If you’ve never played the Gunman Clive games, get on that. They’re wonderful, no matter what you’re playing them on. For old pros? I think this HD Collection is worth the double dip—if for nothing else, then for Chieftain Bob’s ending in the first game.
Gunman Clive HD Collection brings together both games in one package. With a cheap price tag, nearly 50 levels to go through, and a unique visual style, it's easily worth the price of admission. The first game might not hold up as well, but the advancements from the sequel balance it quite well.
All in all, Gunman Clive HD Collection is an absolute no-brainer. For the low price of entry, you are getting HD versions of not one, but two of the most impeccably-crafted action platformers of the last decade. They may be over a bit too soon and they may not always have the most fair level designs, but there's more than enough replayability here to cancel out both of these problems. Do yourself a favor and go download this game immediately.
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Critic Reviews (5) Contributor Reviews (1) Neck breaking speeds,tight curves and world class competition make Sega's Hang On the most exciting motorbike racing game around! Hop on board your supercycle and test your racing skills against the top riders on earth! Think you can beat them all to the finish line? Prove it! Legacy has yet to review this game.
Review Summary
This was originally in the shops for £10 which was a third the price of other Master System games now the game is getting a bit of a following because it's a good game and plays well too. Fully recommended
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The Other motorbike offering this month is the other arcade classic Hang On. This is absolute dynamite. As a conversion it is silky-smooth and action packed. You Have three gears and switch between them by using the up and down on the pad this can be frustratingly dodgy to start with as you can change gears while taking bends unintentionally. There are five circuits to cover: circuit, seaside, monument valley, city night and circuit again. Each stage is four kilometers long and has to be completed in the time specified. If you hit any road signs or racers you lose a life. Any spare time is carried forward to the next stage and you score for bikers passed. This is a must for anybody into racing games. Check it out. This review was originally posted in CVG Magazine in the UK on March 7th 1988 You can find a scanned copy of that page below The magazine ended in October 2004 it's owned by Future publishing who you can visit here 
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Hang On is a terrific racer that blends enjoyable course design with smooth controls and tense game play. It does have some replayability issues due to its lack of tracks and difficulty, but that won't stop you from having a blast during your time with the game.
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I still enjoy playing Hang On, although I normally only play through one loop of action before switching it off, whereas before I would play the loops until my eyes started to get tired, and tear up. I've got more and better games now, so spending that much time with a game this repetitive and limited doesn't make any earthly sense. But spending a little time feels right. Not for old time's sake alone, but because Hang On is a fast paced challenge of coordination that is simple and easy to get into. It provides a fleeting experience, but it's so simple and charming and unpretentious that you will leave each session satisfied with the fun, fast times you had with it.
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It's a game that has aged well thanks to minimalist design, a good challenge level, and a satisfying sense of speed and bike control. The whole game only lasts about five minutes from start to finish, but as with most of Suzuki's games, it is a "perfectionist" game that requires you to drive a nearly-flawless course to have any hope of crossing the finish line. You start with only seven other bikers around you, who get that mysterious nitro boost that racers in early racing games always seem to get off the line, but you'll pass at least 100 of them along the game's course, which is divided into five "levels" with varying scenery. It can be frustrating since the other bikers are completely invincible and apparently have some force field that sends you flying off the course if you so much as clip one of them, and have no qualms about plowing into you, but the game never gets as obnoxious as the later Outrun can be, thanks to the short overall length preventing you from wasting too much time if you wipe out and render yourself unable to make the next checkpoint in time.
Hang-On was a pack-in/built-in game for several models of the Master System when the console launched in Europe in late 1987. I bought the base model Master System, which only had the 'hidden' Snail Maze game built in, soon after the console launched in the UK. Hang-On (Sega Card) was also bundled with my console. I didn't learn about the hidden game until i read about it in a gaming magazine months later, so Hang-On was the first game i played on the console, and then it seemed like a good choice for my first Master System review.
As a launch title, Hang-On was a good technical demonstration of the Master System. The Master System was marketed on the strength of it's arcade conversions and Hang-On clearly demonstrated the potential of the console. The graphics in the Master System version capture the look of the arcade game well; the sprites are large and well drawn, the backgrounds are colorful and the scrolling is smooth and fast. Roadside objects and other riders pass by quickly and are well scaled, creating a good sense of speed. 
The game play establishes the classic Sega arcade racing template, which was later used in Out Run and Super Hang-On, and several others. You're racing against the clock rather than directly against the other racers, the other riders just act as obstacles; simply stay on the course and reach the checkpoint before the timer reaches zero to continue racing.
Control of the bike is simple and responsive, the joypad's buttons operate the throttle and brake. Up/down on the D-pad operates the manual gears (low/middle/high) and the D-pad also controls your steering. Music is sparse, the title screen plays a short segment of the main arcade theme, there is a jingle on game over, or completing the course, and that's it. Sounds effects are basic, an engine noise plus white noise to give a wind/motion effect, and an explosion when you crash, all fairly simple but they get the job done. So Hang-On impresses as a conversion of the arcade game, however, the arcade game has very simple game play, with very little depth. The Master System version simply copies the arcade game without adding anything significant to the basic design. Many later Sega ports did add new elements to the game play for the home version, or in some cases completely redesign the game play, sometimes with mixed results. Ports of Action Fighter, Line of Fire and Super Monaco GP are examples of Master System games that aren't just straightforward copies of the arcade game. 
Both the arcade and Master System version feature just one course, split up into five stages, with each stage being about one minute long. The stages all feel the same, the only changes are purely cosmetic with a different background and palette used in each stage. The 4th stage is set at night with a distant city lighting up the background; albeit the night time setting doesn't alter the game play at all. Perhaps the designers could have changed the distance at which you could see the other riders at night, or added weather effects to the course; similar game play elements can be seen in Sega's older Turbo game or Activision's Enduro. Once you complete the 5 stages you get a very short congratulatory scene, then it's straight back to the start line to repeat the exact same course again.
The Master System version has 3 difficulty levels, but these don't provide a lot of challenge, even on the top setting (level 3). The difficulty level only changes the frequency of the other riders, and their driving style (a bit). The difficulty settings have no effect on things like starting time and time added for reaching a checkpoint. On the lowest difficulty level the other riders are very passive, they mostly stick to their racing line. On the top difficulty, some riders will move onto your racing line until you get close to them, and then hold their line, they are still easy enough to avoid. Once the course has been completed on all three difficulty settings there's little else to do except perhaps chasing high scores, I found the low overall difficulty gave me little desire me to return to chase down high scores. 
Final Thoughts
I had fun playing Hang-On back in the day and it was a good demonstration of what the Master System could do. Returning to the game now to write this review, it still has good controls, and decent game play, and the game looks good for its era. Unfortunately it's not a game i return to very often due to the lack of challenge or content.
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Legacy Review, Critic Reviews (5) Thomas Was Alone, and then, Well, he Wasn't. Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment. Listen to awesome music by David Housden. Jump over rectangles meticulously placed by Mike Bithell. Listen to voiceover read wistfully and a bit amusingly by Danny Wallace. Thomas Was Alone tells the story of the world's first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well, not escape: Escape is a strong word. 'Emerge' might be better. 'Emerge' has an air of importance about it, while keeping the myriad plot twists and superhero origin stories you'll discover under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill.
All the way back in November 2104 back when Nintendo Miiverse was still a thing my timeline was full of friends posting screenshots and encouraging words about a little red (ish) rectangle called Thomas.
I have to be honest it didn’t look all that appealing to me a few coloured squares and rectangles in addition to game play elements that looked little more than a simple platforming at best. I never judge a game on graphics regardless how simple or ultra realistic they are, game play has and always will be the most important thing to me. If the game play doesn't connect with me at least on some level then what i looks like will make absolutely no difference. At no point looking at all the screenshots did I believe Thomas would connect with me. But I was still being told over and over again I have to buy this game and give Thomas a chance. And finally on my birthday in 2015 I did. Jump forward to today and not only do I own Thomas was alone on the Wii U but also on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android and Steam and Xbox One. Thomas was alone isn’t only one of my favourite indie games of all time despite its simplicity in terms of looks and game play it will forever be one of my favourite games of all time period! 
The aim of the game is rather simple get a shape (or shapes on many levels) from their starting point to their finishing point)
To keep things just about varied enough by adding new elements and puzzles. As well as each of the shapes having their own unique characteristics and abilities to mix up the game play depending on the level layout and the shapes you have available to you. I hope as time moves on more companies and in particular players will come to realise that it's not the development time or the budget that makes a great game, but a great idea, well executed can be just as good and just as fun. Danny Wallace provides in my opinion the best voice overs in a video game ever recorded. Every single level features a well written script that offers witty and charming quotes throughout. If commentary is more your thing you can turn off the voice overs and listen to commentary on every level by the games creator Mike Bithell. And of course you also have the option to turn off both and play the game without any voices at all if you'd prefer to play that way. Every level also has an online leaderboard for the time taken to complete but for the most part this appears to be largely ignored and not always loading times as it should (across multiple systems) but it's still a nice little addition all the same. 
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Despite my early hesitation and eventual love for the game Thomas and his friends still won't be for everyone. I personally know a number of people and read the comments online of many others who will only play games based on the gaming genre and budget or company involved in creating the product. No matter what I or any other fan of the game (including some of the critic reviews included here) are going to win them over. The game also isn't difficult and the 120 levels will be beat by most in well under 5 hours. Of course some will find a quick short burst game exactly what they are looking for while many others like a much more fleshed out affair. 
Final Thoughts
Thomas Was Alone released in 2012 and as I write this in January 2019 it's fair to say that the majority of players who had any real desire to play the game would have probably done so by now. However every year more and more potential players are introduced to new games or new systems. Maybe you're looking for a game to introduce some light puzzling / platforming to a newer gamer. Maybe you're an experienced gamer who is just looking to expand their collection with a game you over looked in the past. Regardless what your reason or motivation if you're looking for a new, relatively cheap game to play you could do far far worse than Thomas Was Alone.
A review copy of the game was purchased by Video Game Legacy and reviewed in accordance with our review policy
Review Summary
Thomas Was Alone has been around for a good while, yet its impressive achievement of marrying simplicity with a detailed narrative remains as a stand-out. It's an experience that should be accessible for all Wii U owners, as it focuses on simple puzzles, clever twists and — above all — storytelling; it's never an overly difficult or challenging title. It seems strange to be immersed in the tale of geometric shapes, yet we formed a bond with each character. The Wii U eShop has a number of top-notch download games produced with care and passion; this belongs right up there in that elite group.
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Thomas Was Alone was a top title when it originally released, and it remains so today. Aside from some touchpad features, virtually nothing has changed in this PS4 port – but that’s fine considering that it’s fully cross-buy compatible. If you’ve played the indie before, then you’ll need to decide whether you want it to keep you company again. Newcomers are encouraged to give it a go, too, if only to examine the way in which it manages to bring personality to two-dimensional shapes.
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Thomas Was Alone sells itself as “a minimalist game about jumping and friendship” – and unlike most slogans, this one doesn’t overstate itself. I can say with reasonable confidence that it is the most endearingly characterful game about jumping rectangles that you will ever play. The understated aesthetic design and unusual co-op puzzles will absorb you for the game’s duration – the wit and personality of the writing, though, will stay with you for much longer. Legacy is all about opinions regardless how similar or different they are to our own. It doesn't matter if your view is in the 1% of general consensus or 99% contribute your own review and have your own say.
Critic Reviews (5) Run, leap and stomp your way through more than 160 2D side-scrolling courses in traditional Super Mario style with New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe for Nintendo Switch! Up to four players* can work together to grab coins and topple enemies on their way to the Goal Pole, or see who can nab the most gold in frantic, friendly – and above all, fun – competition! Legacy has yet to review this game. It's in our collection and hopefully we'll get a review published eventually but modern day game reviews aren't currently a priority. If you'd like to join the Legacy team and cover more modern day reviews for us that would be great or if you'd just like to add one or two to various games you can do that via the contributor page (Link at the top of the site)
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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is a broadly approachable and feature-rich platforming game. Toadette is a welcome addition to the roster for those after a more forgiving way to tackle some of the more challenging levels, and the inclusion of the New Super Luigi U mode extends its lifespan substantially. While there are a number of other Nintendo Switch games within the genre that outdo New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe in various different ways, it nonetheless remains a highly enjoyable platforming package as a whole.
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New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is an impressive package if you skipped the original, offering the best of modern-era 2D Mario, madcap multiplayer and glimpses of the outrageous invention that was to come in Super Mario Odyssey. Only the most fervent fans will find enough new content here to justify double-dipping, though, especially if you already played the Luigi expansion. The chance to replay a top-drawer Mario game on a handheld may be enough for some – goodness knows we’ve rebought Super Mario Bros. 3 enough times! – but this is the oldest of the Wii U games to have found new life on Switch and, gameplay aside, ageing visuals and the colossal irritation of being kicked back to the world map after every death stand out as things in need of attention. The bottom line is that Switch now has a very fine 2D Mario to its name; we just can’t help feeling disappointed that Nintendo didn’t push the boat out with a more thorough ‘Deluxe’ refurbishment. Having said that, this is still an excellent package that deserves a new lease of life on Switch, especially as there will be many owners of that console who didn't get to experience the Wii U original and its expansion.
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On a system with countless other 2D platformers, whether it’s other ones from Nintendo (Tropical Freeze holds up way better) or the hundreds from indie developers, New Super Mario Bros. U DX is far less essential. The package is totally fine, and outside of Peachette leading to one of the most disturbing memes in recent Nintendo memory, the new character’s addition is welcome. Aside from that, the only benefits of this release is that it can be truly played portably and it’s on a console a lot more people own.
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Despite its aging formula, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is still a great entry in the series, with its typically tight platforming and both accessibility and depth to spare. While it can feel a bit stale for those who have been round the Mushroom Kingdom one too many times before, Deluxe is well worth playing, especially if you didn't get a chance to play NSMBU on Wii U.
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I have to say, overall, I found New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe to be a bit of a disappointment. It isn’t that it’s a bad game, far from it in fact. However, it is one of the weaker Mario games. There’s a lot of fun to be had, but not much by way of wow factor. The visuals are bright and appealing but lack depth and interest. The music is great, but it’s nearly all stuff that we have heard before. Of course, the platforming is spot on, but again, it doesn’t add anything new. If you can only afford to pick up one Nintendo 2D platformer, then you should get Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. However, if you want even more Mario in your life, then New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is still worth your time. Legacy is all about opinions regardless how similar or different they are to our own. It doesn't matter if your view is in the 1% of general consensus or 99% contribute your own review and have your own say.
Legacy Review A, Classic, Addictive arcade Puzzle game with 32 levels. The object of the game is to change the current colour of the screen by bouncing on each square and without throwing yourself off the edge or falling down a hole. You must also be aware of the guardians.
The day my dad brought the game home in 1986 and loaded into his Spectrum +2 was the day I knew I was going to be a gamer for the rest of my life.
Pac Man had already given me love of video games,as bad as I was at it in my very early years while my dad held me up in front of the arcade machines every summer. But Pippo was different it was at home and I could play it as often as I liked, or at least as often as my dad would let me loose on the Spectrum and as long as I could wait for the games tape to load. Pippo became the first game I was determined to beat no matter how many attempts or how long it took me to get good enough. Now over 30 years later I’m writing it’s review, I've played many thousands of games since I first sat watching this game load all those years ago but Pippo will always hold a special place in my gaming heart perhaps only second to the mighty Pac Man himself. 
With all that ramble over on with the actual review, you’ll take on the role of the titular character Pippo which is a very basic Q-Bert style puzzle game by today’s standards.
The controls are solid using either keyboard which has full customization, I always preferred the Q (up) A (down) O (left) P (right) control system. Joysticks are also supported. The games load time (assuming you’re doing it the proper way and not on an emulator) is reasonably quick for the era. Once everything is all loaded your ready to take on the 8 levels each with 4 stages for a total of 32. Every level features a 7x5 grid (35 squares) and much like the aforementioned Q Bert released 4 years prior you need to colour (color for my North American friends) these squares so they match the little colour indicator on the bottom right of the screen. As you might expect things start off fairly easily, all you have to do is move (bounce) onto a square and it's colour will change to the target colour you desire. As you progress through the game new mechanics are added with each level from having to change each square twice to get your desired result colour and then stepping on them the third time changing a target colour back again. The game doesn't play nearly as difficult as the game it took inspirational ideas from in part because of the grid format and the fair abundance of extra lives on offer. For experienced Pippo players all 32 stages can be completed in under an hour. But the game continues to replay the final level once all 32 stages are beaten so you can continue to rack up as high a score as possible. This by modern standards will perhaps not sound all that appealing but it was a format most of the popular games had during the era. 
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With the game sounding so easy what is there to try and take some of those lives away from you and add to the challenge? Most of the Stages have between 1 and 4 hole squares in the level you can fall screaming to your death down should you have a slip on the joy stick or a wrong button press. All sides of every level also have the same risk without any walls to keep you from death should you jump off. The holes on the levels also serve the purpose of making your journey around the grid less straightforward and give the enemies an extra helping hand in cornering you from all sides. The enemies themselves aren’t the brightest you’ll find in a game even for the era, too often they move away from you even when you are sat right on the next square almost begging them to kill you. Enemies come in a number of strange and random forms from bouncing balls to space helmets, Boots to Scissors, numbers, dollar signs (despite being an English game) and more. The most troublesome of them all is a UFO that spawns from the center in various levels and appears as part of a 5 ship armada late in the game. I'm actually not certain the UFO really behaves any differently to any of the other enemies in a stage but it has always appeared to be more determined and kill happy than any of the others during my 30 plus years with the game. In addition to the spawning UFO up to 3 more things also spawn from the center of each stage, All 4 appear on the first level the first is a face that changes the colour of the squares it lands on generally speaking it wrecks everything so it’s often a good strategy to jump on it as quick as possible. The second item (I’ve debated this for 30 years with various people) I think looks like a microphone . Collecting it will turn every other thing on screen into a spring that can then be collected for more points & temporarily take enemies out of the game. The third item is a mini version of Pippo that adds as an extra life just beware that if you turn it into a spring then collect it you won’t get the life. The final appearance on level 1 is the UFO. How many of the 4 spawn and he order they pawn in varies by stage but all of the 32 stages have at last one center square spawn and none of the enemies will move onto that center square until after all everything has arrived. Graphically the game is standard enough for the system & the era. A few levels are a little bright at times and there are a few levels where the target colour and those before them are too similar making them more difficult to view. The music / sound effects are nothing special but they serve their purpose well enough and have never adversely affected me in my 30 years of playing the game. 
Final Thoughts
Pippo was a major catalyst in my video gaming life. By modern day standards it's probably little more than an easier Q Bert style clone with a slightly different look and style. But it's very unfair to review or compare games with those released years or decades later. The fact I have played the game for 30 years is a credit to its longevity those looking for some quick retro puzzle fun could do much worse than this.
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