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The Super Hard Choice to make: Your all time favorite game from each genre?

Gamer79

Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
This is going to be super hard but You have one choice. All time here.

My Personal Favorites from most of the main categories. I do not play every genre like stradegy rpg or RTS but list yours if you do.....

Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3 Nes
Fighting: Street Fighter 2 Arcade
Racing: Burnout Revenge, Xbox
RPG: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Gamecube
Adventure: Legend of Zelda, A link to the Past, snes
Puzzle: Mike Tyson's Punch Out, nes
Action: Metal Gear Solid 2, ps2
Shooter: Resident Evil 4, Wii Version (controls)
Beatem Up: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Arcade
Horror: Resident Evil Code Veronica, Dreamcast
Sports: NFL2k5, Xbox
Team Sport: Rocket League, ps4
Sand Box: GTA San Andreas, ps2
Psychological Horror: Bioshock Xbox 360

 

MrA

Member
Platformer: Mega man 2
Racing: Outrun 2006 coast to coast
Rpg: Panzer Dragoon Saga
Srpg Shining Force 3
beat em up: Sengoku 3
puzzle game magical drop 3
shoot em up: Life Force
Action: Resident evil 4
Survival Horror: Resident evil 3 (original/ not the truncation)
FPS single player Doom 2
FPS local multiplayer Perfect Dark (xbox 360, original 64 release just runs too poorly)
FPS online Battlefield Bad Company 2
FPS Rpg Fallout 4
Action Adventure: Zelda Majora's Mask
TPS: Earth Defense Force .... all of them
"Serious" TPS: Gears of war 2
Multiplayer dungeon crawler Gauntlet 4
Now to the hard ones
Run n gun: Either MEtal slug 1,3,x or Contra 4
Fighting: Either Marvel vs Capcom, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Samurai Shodown 2,4, or King of fighters 96,98, or 2000
 

SEGA_2012

Member
Platformer: Sonic 2
Fighting: Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Racing: Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing
RPG: Phantasy Star 4
Adventure: Shenmue 1
Shooter: Binary Domain
Beatem Up: Streets of Rage 1
Sports: Decathlete
Sand Box: Yakuza 4
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Platformer: SMW SNES
Fighting: Tekken 2
Racing: GT3
RPG: Ultima Underworld
Action: Ace Combat 4
FPS Shooter: World at War
Arcadey shooter: Axelay
Beatem Up: Streets of Rage 2
Sports: NHL series
Sand Box: Fallout 3
Grindfest button masher: Diablo 3
Car combat: Twisted Metal Black
Strategy: HoMM 3 Complete
 

intbal

Member
First Person Shooter: Quake 2

Third Person Shooter: Mafia

Fighting: Yie Ar Kung Fu

Driving/Racing: Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road

RPG: Pool of Radiance

Stealth: Thief: The Dark Project

Side Scrolling (all): River City Ransom

Sports: Bases Loaded

Adventure: Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity

Text: Robots of Dawn
 

Heimdall_Xtreme

Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3 Nes
Fighting: Tekken tag tournament 2
Racing: PGR 3, Xbox 360
RPG: Chrono trigger
Adventure: Legend of Zelda Links awakening , Majora mask, Ocarina of time
Puzzle: Catherine
Action: Metal Gear Solid 2.
Shooter: Goldeneye
Beatem Up: Alien vs Predator capcom
Horror: Resident Evil 2
Sports: Tony Hawk Underground 2
Team Sport: NBA Jam snes
Sand Box: Gravity rush remastered and Gravity rush 2
Psychological Horror: Slent hill 3
 
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Retro_V486

Member
That's very Hard OP. Here to goes:

Platformer: Quackshot - Mega Drive
Fighting: UMK3 - Mega Drive
Racing: Gran Turismo - PSX
RPG: Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions - PSP ,
Adventure: Legend of Zelda, A link to the Past - SNES
Puzzle: Dr. Mario - NES
Shooter: Counter Strike 1.6 - PC
Beatem Up: Streets of Rage - Mega Drive
Horror: Silent Hill - PSX
Sports: International Superstar Soccer Deluxe - SNES
Sand Box: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas - PS2
MMO: World of Warcraft - PC
MOBA: Overwatch - PS4
 
Bullet Hell Shooter: Super R-Type
Dungeon Crawler: The Immortal
Racing: Project Gotham Racing
RPG: Beyond The Beyond
Adventure: Alundra
Puzzle: Polarium
Action Horror: Onimusha
Action : Ninja Blade
Beat'em Up: Knights of the Round
Horror: Fatal Frame Series
Sports: Amped
Hack n Slash : Trinity Soul of Zill O'll
Action Rpg: Pandora's Tower
Psychological Horror: Eternal Darkness
 
Platformer: ori 2
Fighting: killer instinct xbox one version
Racing: forza 3
RPG: Kotor
Adventure: God of war ps4
Puzzle: portal 2
Action:
gears 4
Shooter: halo 4
Beatem Up: golden axe
Horror: resident evil 7 in vr
Sports: NBA Jam
Team Sport:
Rocket League,
Sand Box: Red Dead 2
Psychological Horror: Silent hill 2

All Time best game World of warcraft
 

Orenji Neko

Member
RPG: Final Fantasy IV SFC

RTS: Warcraft 2 PC

Belt Scroll: Bare Knuckle 2 MD

Tactic RPG: Shining Force MD

MMO: Final Fantasy XI PC

Sports: Super League MD

Fighting: Street Fighter 2’ Hyper Fighting Arcade

Action: Vampire Killer MD

FPS: Doom 2 PC

A RPG: Seiken Densetsu 2 SFC

Adventure: King’s Quest 3 PC

Musou: Dragon Quest Heroes PC

Puzzle: Panel De Pon SFC

STG: (Side Scroll) Cotton 2 SATURN (Behind) Space Harrier ARCADE (Top) Raiden 2 Arcade (Run) Contra The Hard Corps MD

Open World: Zelda Breath of the Wild
 

BadBurger

Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Platformer: Super Mario 3D World
Fighting: Tekken 6
Racing: Mario Kart 8
RPG: Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition
Adventure: Uncharted 4
Puzzle: Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
Simulation: SimCity 2014 (I know it gets a bad wrap, but it fun as hell with friends in adjacent cities)
Shooter: Battlefield Bad Company 2 PS3
Beatem Up: Rivier City Ransom, Switch NES Online
Horror: Until Dawn
Sand Box: GTA 5 (as well as Online) PS4 Pro

Mine is kind of all over the place. I'm fond of discovering great older games from over a decade ago that I never played. But, I like a lot of new stuff as well.
 
Platformer: Super Mario World (tied with DKC1)
Fighting: Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Racing: Excite Truck, Wii
RPG: The Bard's Tale, Amiga
Adventure: The Lurking Horror, Amiga
Puzzle: Kirby's Ghost Trap, SNES
Action: Metal Gear Solid 2, ps2
3D Shooter: Quake 2 Multiplayer, PC
SHMUP: R-Type, Arcade
Beatem Up: Target Renegade, Spectrum 48k
Sports: Virtua Tennis 2, Dreamcast
Sand Box: Breath of the wild, WII U
 
Platformer: Super Mario World
Fighting: Mortal Kombat (9)
Racing: Blur
RPG: The Witchwer 3: Wild Hunt
Adventure: Horizon Zero Dawn
Puzzle: FEZ
Action: Doom (2016)
FPS Shooter: Destiny 2
TPS Shooter: Gears of War 2
Beatem Up: Final Fight 2
Horror: Dead Space
Psychological Horror: Dead Space 2
Sci-fi Adventure: Control
Sports: meh
Team Sport: Rocket League
Sand Box: Days Gone
Rouglike: Dead Cells
RTS: Star Craft: Brood Wars
TRPG: X-Com 2
Isometric Hack-n-slash: Diablo 2
 

etp_1

Member
For some of them i just can't decide.

Platformer 2D: Super Mario World (SNES)
Platformer 3D: Mario 64 (N64)/Banjo Kazooiee (N64)
Fighting: Street Fighter 2 (Arcade/SNES)
Racing: Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
RPG: Final Fantasy 9 (PSX/PC)/Terranigma (SNES)
Puzzle: Portal 2 (PC)
Adventure: Legend of Zelda - A link to the past (SNES)
Strategy: Factorio (PC)
Shooter SP: Bioshock Series (PC)
Shooter MP: RTCW&ET Wolfenstein (PC)
Action: Demon Souls (PS3)/Hitman 2 (PC)
Horror: Resident Evil Remake (Gamecube/PC)/Silent Hill 1 (PSX)
Metroidvania: Super Metroid (SNES)
City Builder: Cities: Skylines (PC)
 

Portugeezer

Member
Platformer: Super Mario World
Fighting: Super Street Fighter 2
Racing: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
RPG: Mass Effect 2
Adventure: Zeruda Windu Waika
Puzzle: Portal 2
Action: Super Metroid
Shooter: COD4
Beatem Up: N/A
Horror: Code Veronica
Sports: PES 2
Team Sport: N/A
Sand Box: GTA 5
Psychological Horror: Control

Not sure about some of the genres, if correct, but whatever Super Metroid is action now.
 

Aion002

Gold Member
Platformer: Quackshot
Fighting: Tekken 5
Racing: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2
RPG: Suikoden 5
Adventure: Bloodborne
Puzzle: Puyo Puyo Pop Fever
Action: Metal Gear Solid V
Shooter: Destiny 1
Beatem Up: Streets of Rage 2
Horror: Kuon
Sports: Winning Eleven on PS2.
Team Sport: Same as above.
Sand Box: GTA 5
Psychological Horror: Siren?
RTS: Age of Empires 2
TBS: Civilization V
 
Come on guys, some of these "genres" are just grasping at straws..

3D Platformer with a plumber as the main character: Super mario 64
Soulsgame with a hardon on blood themes: Bloodborne
Psychological Horror Photographer Simulator: Fatal Frame 3
 

dan76

Member
Platformer: Super Mario World
Fighting: Darkstalkers 2: Night Warriors
Racing: Outrun Coast 2 Coast
RPG: Windwaker
Puzzle: Mr.Do! (Not sure if this counts as a puzzle game, but it had to make the list somewhere)
Action: RE4
Survival Horror: The Evil Within
Online Multiplayer: The Last of Us
SHMUP: Mushihimesama
Light gun: House of the Dead 4
Rail Shooter: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
Laser Disc: Dragons Lair 2
Sports: Hyper Sports (arcade)
 

MrS

Banned
Platformer: N++
Fighting: Thrill Kill
Racing: Gran Turismo 2
RPG: Witcher 3
Adventure: Dark Souls
Puzzle: Tetris
Action: TLOU2
Shooter: Quake
Beatem Up: Fighting Force
Horror: Silent Hill
Sports: PES 6 on 360
Sand Box: GTA 3
 
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nah, too many weirdass genres and mashups out there. beatemup, shmups... srsly, do these 80s genres even make any sense anymore?

currently in love with rogue-lites NMS and Don't Starve
 

Dick Jones

Gold Member
Platformer: Rolo to the Rescue (Mega Drive)
Fighting: Street Fighter 2 Champions Edition (Mega Drive)
Racing: Drive Club (PS4)
RPG: Landstalker (Mega Drive)
Adventure: The Last of Us Remastered (PS4)
Puzzle: Portal 2 (PS3)
Point & Click: Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (PS1)
Action: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4)
VR: Astro Bot Rescue Mission (PSVR)
Onrail Shooter: Die Hard Trilogy (Die Harder) (PS1)
Beat-em Up: Streets of Rage (Mega Drive)
Survival Horror: Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2)
Sports: Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PS2)
Team Sport: Rocket League (PS4)
Sand Box: Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
Psychological Horror: Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
 
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Life

Member
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This is going to be super hard but You have one choice. All time here.

My Personal Favorites from most of the main categories. I do not play every genre like stradegy rpg or RTS but list yours if you do.....

Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3 Nes
Fighting: Street Fighter 2 Arcade
Racing: Burnout Revenge, Xbox
RPG: Skies of Arcadia Legends, Gamecube
Adventure: Legend of Zelda, A link to the Past, snes
Puzzle: Mike Tyson's Punch Out, nes
Action: Metal Gear Solid 2, ps2
Shooter: Resident Evil 4, Wii Version (controls)
Beatem Up: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Arcade
Horror: Resident Evil Code Veronica, Dreamcast
Sports: NFL2k5, Xbox
Team Sport: Rocket League, ps4
Sand Box: GTA San Andreas, ps2
Psychological Horror: Bioshock Xbox 360
Mannnn...the fact that you categorized Mike Tyson's Punchout as a puzzle game just made my day 👍😎
 

R6Rider

Gold Member
I had a whole list in the works... and then the genres starting becoming a clusterfuck so i gave up.
 

Ceallach

Smells like fresh rosebuds
Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3D World Wii U
Fighting: King of Fighters 2002 Neo Geo(and p much everything else released in the last 20 years)
Racing: Outrun Coast 2 Coast Xbox
RPG: Final Fantasy VI, SNES
Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Gamecube
Puzzle: Puyo Puyo Tetris Switch
Action: Super Metroid, SNES
Shooter: DOOM, Fucking Everything
Beatem Up: Scott Pilgrim vs the World, 360
Horror: Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly, Wii
Sports: UFC 3, XBox One
Team Sport: NBA Jame TE, Arcade
Sand Box: Saint's Row the Third, PC
Psychological Horror: Silent Hill 2, Xbox
 

Nymphae

Banned
Platformer: Castlevania SOTN
Fighting: Street Fighter V
Racing: Burnout Paradise
RPG: FF8
Adventure: Myst
Puzzle: Tetris
Action: Max Payne
Shooter: Unreal Tournament
Beatem Up: Double Dragon 2
Horror: Dead Space
Sports: Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4
Sand Box: GTA 3
 
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Bernkastel

Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Platformer: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Fighting: Virtua Fighter 5
Racing: Forza Horizon 3
JRPG: Final Fantasy VI
WRPG: Witcher 2
Action Adventure RPG: Monster Hunter World
Visual Novel: Umineko When They Cry
Action: Alan Wake
Shooter: Halo 2
Turn Based Tactics: Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Shootem Up: Subterranean Animism
Beatem Up: Yakuza 0
Horror: Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Sports: Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Online Sandbox: Destiny 2
Psychological Horror: F.E.AR
 
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GAMETA

Banned
Level Based Adventure: Castlevania Rondo of Blood
Metroidvania/Adventure: Super Metroid
Action Adventure: Zelda Ocarina of Time
2D Platformer: Super Mario World
3D Platformer: Super Mario 3D World
Survival Horror: Resident Evil 2
Psychological Horror: Alien Isolation
Traditional Fighting: Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Party Fighting: Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Shoot'em up (shmup): Ikaruga
Party Racing: Mario Kart 8
Arcade Racing: Forza Horizon 3
JRPG: Grandia
Action RPG: Dark Souls 3
Strategy RPG: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
RTS: Age of Empires 2
Action Puzzle: Lemmings 2
Traditional Puzzle: Crayon Physics Deluxe
Real Life Traditional Action/Puzzle (LOL): Chess
Online FPS: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Story FPS: Medal of Honor Frontline

There are too many, man, some intertwine, genres intertwine... it's a mess. See these as some of my favorite of all time and that makes more sense :)
 
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Airola

Member
Fighting: Yie Ar Kung Fu

Yo, DUDE!
That's my favorite too!
Never thought I'd see someone else digging that game as much too!

For me it's the Commodore 64 version though, and I assume you mean the NES version. That's really good too but I think the C64 version is better.
 

01011001

Banned
3D Platformer: Super Mario Odyssey
2D Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
Survival Horror: Resident Evil Remake
Psychological Horror: Silent Hill 4: The Room
3D Action Adventure: TLoZ: Breath of the Wild
2D Action Adventure: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
JRPG: The Last Story
WRPG: Fable: The Lost Chapters
Realistic Racing: Forza Horizon 4 + Lego DLC
Arcade Racing: Ridge Racer 7
Party Racing: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Misc. Arcade Game: Crazy Taxi
Action Sports Game: Jet Set Radio
RTS: Age of Empires 2
2D Beat em Up: Alien vs. Predator (Arcade)
3D Beat em Up/Character Action: Bayonetta
3rd Person Shooter: Vanquish
1st Person Shooter: Halo 3/Reach (I literally can't decide between the 2)
Graphics Adventure: Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island
Puzzle Game: Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon
Battle Royale: Apex Legends
Open World/Sandbox: GTA San Andreas

...I bet I forgot a few genres there... maybe I'll edit this when more come to mind

EDIT: MORE GENRES

2D Fighting: Ultra Street Fighter 4
3D Fighting: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
 
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zelhawks37

Member
Platformer: Celeste
Fighting: Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Racing: F-Zero GX
RPG: Trails in the Sky FC/SC
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Puzzle: Tetris Attack
Action: Ys 7
Shooter: Perfect Dark
Beatem Up: Furi
Horror: 9 Hours, 9 Personas, 9 Doors (Those who have played the game know what I'm talking about)
Sports: Kirby's Dream Course
Sand Box: GTA 3
Visual Novel: House on Fata Morgana
Simulator: City Skylines
 

Punished Miku

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Platformer: Mario Galaxy 1
Fighting: Soul Calibur 2
Racing: MarioKart 8
RPG: Final Fantasy XIII
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Puzzle: Ghost Trick
Action: Ninja Gaiden 2
Shooter: Splatoon 2
Beatem Up: Streets of Rage 4
Horror: Resident Evil 4
Sports: Super Baseball 2020
Team Sport: Splatoon 2: Salmon Run
Sand Box: Legend of Zelda: BotW
Psychological Horror: Silent Hill 2
 
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Birdo

Banned
Platformer: Super Mario Bros 3
Fighting: Street Fighter 2
Racing: Gran Turismo 4
Arcade Racing: Rush 2
RPG: Skyrim
JRPG: Final Fantasy VII
Adventure: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Puzzle: Columns
Action: Shadow of The Colossus
Shooter: Goldeneye
Beatem Up: Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
Horror: Endless Ocean
Sports: Tennis (NES)
Team Sport: NBA Jam
Sand Box: Just Cause 2
Psychological Horror: Super Mario Kart
 
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Rathalos

Banned
Platformer: Mario Odyssey
Fighting: Mortal Kombat 10
Racing: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
RPG: Witcher III
Action: God of War
Shooter: Doom Eternal
Horror: The Last of Us Remastered
Sports: WWF No Mercy
 

Gamer79

Predicts the worst decade for Sony starting 2022
Yo, DUDE!
That's my favorite too!
Never thought I'd see someone else digging that game as much too!

For me it's the Commodore 64 version though, and I assume you mean the NES version. That's really good too but I think the C64 version is better.
OG. Way before street fighter. I remember playing this in the arcades.
 

Tiamat2san

Member
Platformer: super castlevania IV
Fighting 2D: vampire savior
Fighting 3D: virtua fighter 5 FT
Racing: Forza horizon 3
JRPG: Lost odyssey
WRPG: Witcher 3
Puzzle: puyo puyo sun
Action: Metal Gear Solid 2, ps2
FPS: halo 3
TPS: gears of war 3
Beatem Up: Double dragon
Horror: Resident Evil Code Veronica,
Sports: Virtua tennis 3
Sand Box: Red dead redemption 2
Psychological Horror: project zero 2.
 

intbal

Member
Yo, DUDE!
That's my favorite too!
Never thought I'd see someone else digging that game as much too!

For me it's the Commodore 64 version though, and I assume you mean the NES version. That's really good too but I think the C64 version is better.

I played the C64 version. That was my main gaming system back then. Two of my other choices (Pool of Radiance and Robots of Dawn) were also C64 games. I could add another category to my list with yet another C64 game - All time favorite Flight Sim: Gunship
 
Platformer: Super Mario 64
Adventure: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask
Action: Kingdom Hearts 1/2
FPS: Halo 3, Call of Duty 4
RPG: Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy 8
Open World Survival/Crafting: Minecraft, Terraria
MMORPG: RuneScape, Black Desert Online
Open World Adventure, ARPG: FFXV
 

Airola

Member
I played the C64 version. That was my main gaming system back then. Two of my other choices (Pool of Radiance and Robots of Dawn) were also C64 games. I could add another category to my list with yet another C64 game - All time favorite Flight Sim: Gunship

Nice, the C64 version is so good! Flawless controls and insanely fun gameplay.

I've never been that big of a flight sim fan, but talking about Gunship, here's mine:

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Rubik8

Member
Platformer: Super Mario Galaxy
Fighting: Virtua Fighter 5
Racing: Burnout Paradise
RPG: Fallout 3
Adventure: Breath of the Wild
Puzzle: Tetris 2
Action: Dark Souls
Shooter: Doom Eternal
Beatem Up: Aliens vs Predator (arcade)
Horror: Dead Space
Sports: Rocket League
Sand Box: GTA3 Vice City
Rogue Like: Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+
 

Bogey

Banned
Platformer: witcher 3 (yes, I do love the game on every single platform)
Fighting: witcher 3
Racing: witcher 3 (roach is pretty fast!)
RPG: witcher 2. Just kidding... Witcher 3
Adventure: witcher 3
Puzzle: witcher 3 (I was definitely puzzled how we don't have witcher 4 yet)
Action: witcher 3
Shooter: witcher 3 (hey, I can shoot crossbows)
Beatem Up: witcher 3 (pub brawls!)
Horror: witcher 3 (I was horrified when it was over)
Sports: witcher 3 (I slide down mountains like Shaun white)
Team Sport: witcher 3 (Jennifer and triss were both part of the team, if you know what I mean)
Sand Box: witcher 3
Psychological Horror: witcher 3
 
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