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Nightmare Escape is a horror-themed, room escape game created by Robert Mac Nelly. It combines a macabre and bloody setting with some tricky riddles that will scare you and puzzle you at the same time. Be observant, know your surroundings, and think literally to find the answers.

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Complete Walkthrough for Nightmare Escape

  1. Click on message on wall.

  2. Click on opening beside message and get the rope.

  3. Click right below slanted corner and get the piece of paper. Notice square.

  4. Click lower left corner three times and get the wine bottle and magnet from the shelves.

  5. Click lower left corner and get the wood leaning beside cabinet.

  6. Click lower left and notice message in frame and the grill beside it.

  7. Now go back to the shelves and click once to zoom in then click right below bottom shelf.

  8. Take the towel and answer the question: "What do I search?" See the contents of the piece of paper? 666? And the number sign behind message in frame? The answer is "666 is the number of the ...beast. Enter "beast" and click the circle next to the square where you entered your answer. It will groan that you are correct.

  9. Now exit that screen and go back to the opening in the wall.

  10. Go check the square and you will find that it is opened. So now, from your inventory, click on the stick, then the rope, then the magnet, in that order.

  11. Once the items are all combined go "back" and click the black square opening and then the newly constructed item and a key will appear in your inventory.

  12. Go to the screen with the cabinet and click on it to zoom in then click the key and the doors will unlock and open.

  13. Get from in there a box of matches, a saw, pliers and a screwdriver.

  14. Now go to the screen with the shelves and zoom in. click on the saw and you will get another piece of wood in your inventory.

  15. Now for the tricky part. Go back to the screen with the message "YOU ARE THE NEXT" on the wall. If you click on the "O" in YOU, you will receive another flashing message, saying "FOLLOW ME!!!". Here you must simply follow the footprints around the room, moving left. Go around three FULL times, using that initial screen as your starting point. On the third round, click again on the "O" and as the flashing message appears you will hear a coin drop. It is now in your inventory.

  16. Now go to the screen where the grill is and click on it. Once it has zoomed in click on the coin and this will remove the grill part, leaving a screw in your inventory.

  17. Click on the wine bottle, then the screw then the pliers. This will remove the cork.

  18. After putting the bottle back into inventory click the piece of wood, then the towel then the bottle and then, lastly, the matches. This will create a makeshift torch for you to enter into the opening with. Put it back into inventory.

  19. Click the hole then the torch and enter. Happy escaping!!!


(I didn't bother mentioning the screwdriver again once it was found because it doesn't really do anything. What actually happens is once you get it you think you can use it to remove the grill part but it falls inside and disappears. You don't retrieve it therefore it's purpose is useless.)

64 Comments

so... I got some stuff what do I do with it???

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Madtown May 8, 2006 8:11 PM

Wow what lame ending.

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I'm lost. I have:

the bottle, the towel, I combined the stick and the rope and the magnet

what now?

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Kuroboshi May 8, 2006 8:15 PM

I have a magnet fishing rod, devil paper and wine bottle w/cork.I

clicked on the O in YOU.

I know what's on the paper has to do with the frame riddle and the

follow me III message has to do with the feet

but i am stuck. Please assist~

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i have the bottle, the towel , and i combined the stick the rope and the magnet now im stuck what do you do on the serch thing im confused someone put a walk through on here

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lalalala May 8, 2006 8:21 PM

i cheated. a lot. the game was really silly in the end. there were a lot of stupid clues throughout. certainly a stumper if you have the time to do it righteously, but too irritating if you don't.

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Complete Walkthrough for Nightmare Escape

  1. Click on message on wall.

  2. Click on opening beside message and get the rope.

  3. Click right below slanted corner and get the piece of paper. Notice square.

  4. Click lower left corner three times and get the wine bottle and magnet from the shelves.

  5. Click lower left corner and get the wood leaning beside cabinet.

  6. Click lower left and notice message in frame and the grill beside it.

  7. Now go back to the shelves and click once to zoom in then click right below bottom shelf.

  8. Take the towel and answer the question: "What do I search?" See the contents of the piece of paper? 666? And the number sign behind message in frame? The answer is "666 is the number of the ...beast. Enter "beast" and click the circle next to the square where you entered your answer. It will groan that you are correct.

  9. Now exit that screen and go back to the opening in the wall.

  10. Go check the square and you will find that it is opened. So now, from your inventory, click on the stick, then the rope, then the magnet, in that order.

  11. Once the items are all combined go "back" and click the black square opening and then the newly constructed item and a key will appear in your inventory.

  12. Go to the screen with the cabinet and click on it to zoom in then click the key and the doors will unlock and open.

  13. Get from in there a box of matches, a saw, pliers and a screwdriver.

  14. Now go to the screen with the shelves and zoom in. click on the saw and you will get another piece of wood in your inventory.

  15. Now for the tricky part. Go back to the screen with the message "YOU ARE THE NEXT" on the wall. If you click on the "O" in YOU, you will receive another flashing message, saying "FOLLOW ME!!!". Here you must simply follow the footprints around the room, moving left. Go around three FULL times, using that initial screen as your starting point. On the third round, click again on the "O" and as the flashing message appears you will hear a coin drop. It is now in your inventory.

  16. Now go to the screen where the grill is and click on it. Once it has zoomed in click on the coin and this will remove the grill part, leaving a screw in your inventory.

  17. Click on the wine bottle, then the screw then the pliers. This will remove the cork.

  18. After putting the bottle back into inventory click the piece of wood, then the towel then the bottle and then, lastly, the matches. This will create a makeshift torch for you to enter into the opening with. Put it back into inventory.

  19. Click the hole then the torch and enter. Happy escaping!!!


(I didn't bother mentioning the screwdriver again once it was found because it doesn't really do anything. What actually happens is once you get it you think you can use it to remove the grill part but it falls inside and disappears. You don't retrieve it therefore it's purpose is useless.)

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Jeremy M Hu May 8, 2006 8:32 PM

I'm totally stuck!!
help!!

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Fairygdmther May 8, 2006 8:35 PM

Well, I also have

a piece of paper with the number 666? on it

, but otherwise I'm stuck where you are.

FGM

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Megan Baird May 8, 2006 8:44 PM

I found the place that asks you a question...but I don't know what to do!

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I've got the same as everyone else.

I also found a spot under the shelf and if you click the "O" in "you are next" it takes you to a new screen

Other than that, I'm stuck

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Well, I got all the stuff

The magnetic rod, the towel, matches, bottle o' booze, saw, pliars, and i somehow used the screwdriver.

and it only took me seventy million attempts to open that forsaken cabinet.

click under the shelves and enter the rather cryptic puzzle answer 'beast'. I guess I didn't even know it was a puzzle until I figured that one out. Confusing. If you look at the frame theres a number and the message on it asks you who the number 666 belongs to. its the number of the beast. phew!

But I'm stuck now. I mean, hello... what am I supposed to do with the supplies I have left?!
HELP!!

Thanks ;D

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I'm a little farther, I've managed to get the cabinet open, but now I'm adrift.

Jodi and Fairygdmther, you will need to answer the first riddle to get farther.

You might have to click around and under some stuff to get to it. About the answer to the first riddle...

You already have it in your posession.

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I managed to get everything and open the cabinet

and the big box as well. I got the wine bottle open. But after I got into the little box, retrieved the matches and I had made the 'almost torch', it disappeared. Now I cannot light it to get inside the big box because I cannot get it back. What should I do? I've already started over to see if I could do it a different way, but. Hm.

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Fairygdmther May 8, 2006 9:01 PM

Thanks for all your help!

FGM

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its impossible to finish this game without walk-throughs, how are you gonna come up with following the footprints around 3 times and then click on the "o" again to get a coin? also there's a lot of options(words) with 5 letters related to the riddle that i tried (like demon or devil) and finally gave up to find out that this is really a silly game, (sorry i wrote all these just to say i didnt like it)

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I've never written in before, but that game was so bad I just had to say something. I've followed JIG for a long time because most of your picks are excellent choices for the casual gamer. But I think that game just missed the mark by a wide margin. You normally have such good taste and high standards... I would urge you to go a little longer before you post a game, rather than put one out there that is so weak. Think of your reputation!

Keep up the good work, Jay.

P.S. - I'll be glad to give more constructive criticism as to why I thought that game was so bad but I think everyone who plays it will know what I'm talking about.

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i used the piece of wood, for the fishing rod thingy, and in the end i "cant use it" as it is a sot of lost... i can not make a torch without the wood, tho i lost it... is there any 2nd piece of wood?

thnx

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that was kinda dumb and u could tell it was made by some little kid that hasnt taken english yet cause when you lit the torch, at the bottom of the screen it says "I lighted the torch" lol

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Walkthrough:

- Click on message on wall.
- Click on opening beside message and get the rope.
- Click right below slanted corner and get the piece of paper. Notice square.
- Click lower left corner three times and get the wine bottle and magnet from the shelves.
- Click lower left corner and get the wood leaning beside cabinet.
- Click lower left and notice message in frame and the grill beside it.
- Now go back to the shelves and click once to zoom in then click right below bottom shelf.
- Take the towel and answer the question: "What do I search?" - see the contents of the piece of paper? 666? And the number sign behind message in frame? The answer is "666 is the number of the ...beast. Enter "beast" and click the circle next to the square where you entered your answer. It will groan that you are correct.
- Now exit that screen and go back to the opening in the wall.
- Go check the square and you will find that it is opened. So now, from your inventory, click on the stick, then the rope, then the magnet, in that order.
- Once the items are all combined go "back" and click the black square opening and then the newly constructed item and a key will appear in your inventory.
- Go to the screen with the cabinet and click on it to zoom in then click the key and the doors will unlock and open.
- Get from in there a box of matches, a saw, pliers and a screwdriver.
- Now go to the screen with the shelves and zoom in. click on the saw and you will get another piece of wood in your inventory.
- Now for the tricky part. Go back to the screen with the message "YOU ARE THE NEXT" on the wall. If you click on the "O" in YOU, you will receive another flashing message, saying "FOLLOW ME!!!". Here you must simply follow the footprints around the room, moving left. Go around three FULL times, using that initial screen as your starting point. On the third round, click again on the "O" and as the flashing message appears you will hear a coin drop. It is now in your inventory.
- Now go to the screen where the grill is and click on it. Once it has zoomed in click on the coin and this will remove the grill part, leaving a screw in your inventory.
- Click on the wine bottle, then the screw then the pliers. This will remove the cork.
- After putting the bottle back into inventory click the piece of wood, then the towel then the bottle and then, lastly, the matches. This will create a makeshift torch for you to enter into the opening with. Put it back into inventory.
- Click the hole then the torch and enter. Happy escaping!!!
(I didn't bother mentioning the screwdriver again once it was found because it doesn't really do anything. What actually happens is once you get it you think you can use it to remove the grill part but it falls inside and disappears. You don't retrieve it therefore it's purpose is useless.)

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I tried beast as one of the first attempts, but I had caps lock on... !!!

Also, the three times bit around the room is rather impossible to get. You can't do it once, twice, or even four times -it has to be exactly once.

Also, you have to click inside the cabinet to view an area where you can pick up the matches.

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Agouti

dont forget the saw, pliers and a screwdriver

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Todd_Rouette December 12, 2006 9:15 PM

Honestly this game was terrible. Really the puzzles were not that difficult although i was stumped...then i slaped my-self in the face feeling stupid on how easy they actually were. Anyway i thought this was the worst ending in an "escape the room" game. Good waste of ten minutes though. No offence jay :)

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bobo james December 24, 2006 1:35 PM

Walkthrough:

- Click on message on wall.
- Click on opening beside message and get the rope.
- Click right below slanted corner and get the piece of paper. Notice square.
- Click lower left corner three times and get the wine bottle and magnet from the shelves.
- Click lower left corner and get the wood leaning beside cabinet.
- Click lower left and notice message in frame and the grill beside it.
- Now go back to the shelves and click once to zoom in then click right below bottom shelf.
- Take the towel and answer the question: "What do I search?" - see the contents of the piece of paper? 666? And the number sign behind message in frame? The answer is "666 is the number of the ...beast. Enter "beast" and click the circle next to the square where you entered your answer. It will groan that you are correct.
- Now exit that screen and go back to the opening in the wall.
- Go check the square and you will find that it is opened. So now, from your inventory, click on the stick, then the rope, then the magnet, in that order.
- Once the items are all combined go "back" and click the black square opening and then the newly constructed item and a key will appear in your inventory.
- Go to the screen with the cabinet and click on it to zoom in then click the key and the doors will unlock and open.
- Get from in there a box of matches, a saw, pliers and a screwdriver.
- Now go to the screen with the shelves and zoom in. click on the saw and you will get another piece of wood in your inventory.
- Now for the tricky part. Go back to the screen with the message "YOU ARE THE NEXT" on the wall. If you click on the "O" in YOU, you will receive another flashing message, saying "FOLLOW ME!!!". Here you must simply follow the footprints around the room, moving left. Go around three FULL times, using that initial screen as your starting point. On the third round, click again on the "O" and as the flashing message appears you will hear a coin drop. It is now in your inventory.
- Now go to the screen where the grill is and click on it. Once it has zoomed in click on the coin and this will remove the grill part, leaving a screw in your inventory.
- Click on the wine bottle, then the screw then the pliers. This will remove the cork.
- After putting the bottle back into inventory click the piece of wood, then the towel then the bottle and then, lastly, the matches. This will create a makeshift torch for you to enter into the opening with. Put it back into inventory.
- Click the hole then the torch and enter. Happy escaping!!!
(I didn't bother mentioning the screwdriver again once it was found because it doesn't really do anything. What actually happens is once you get it you think you can use it to remove the grill part but it falls inside and disappears. You don't retrieve it therefore it's purpose is useless.)

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I thought tha game was quite tough. It was still enjoyable to a certain extent... at least when u knew what you were doing. I gotta say i got a bit boring following those dam footprints around the room for half an hour attempting to figure out what to do next. Overall not a bad game.

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I can,t find the wood and the matches.other than that it is hard

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but you have to light the torch
how we do these?

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i got to the part where you open the cabinet and there's no matches!!! where do they come from???

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Oblivious April 9, 2007 7:18 PM

Found the instructions really useful! thnx

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Wow....that's a really exciting ending!!! Oh my gosh it is so worth your time!

In the end its just a boy/girls nightmare and then she has to wake up and go to school...so dumb, oh, my, gosh

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It was an easy game after you got along, i have no problem at the beginning part and at the most end.
The most challenging things are the password part and getting the coin.

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I thought that there would be a monster, beast or ghost, but it was just....

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i thought this game was pretty easy but i didnt know how to get to the hole at first but then i worked it out :D

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where are the matches in the closet....

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That was the worst ending.

666=Beast...

I don't know how I would have ever figured that out without the walkthrough. Dang.

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the messages are scary but the ending is so boring for the scary game...

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Princess_of_Sire June 3, 2007 7:51 PM

that was so... stupid. it REALLY needs a better ending.

maybe a scream instead of a groan to make younger kids freak alot more then just a groan....

peace out

the lovely layla

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The thing that put me off most about this game is how it kept saying "I'm bored"... You're in a horror game for pete's sake! Show a bit of emotion!

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stephanie June 19, 2007 3:15 PM

the matches aren't in the cabinet!! HELP!!

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teenage_roadkill June 26, 2007 4:39 AM

I like how every other comment was "I'm bored" or " I don't know what to do". Very good character development, I must say. :3

The ending was the lamest thing I have EVER experienced. It would have been cool if he'd been kept prisoner by some satanic cult or an overly religious cult that believes he is satan, but one of the members felt sorry for him and left him all the supplies to get out, believing that if he wasn't satan, he could escape with God's help. My ending is better. :)

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This was probably the most difficult game with the lamest ending that I ever played.

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How do I find the grill?
I cant zoom in . How do I zoom in?

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lawrenc July 26, 2007 4:19 PM

for those who can't seem to get to the matches:

after you unlock the cabinet, click the top shelf at the right

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Macloughlin August 5, 2007 11:29 AM

every time i go on it it comes up with a car advert.
what shall i do?

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Anonymous August 10, 2007 1:44 AM

wow didnt think i could ever figure that out but i did!

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sillybuttons September 2, 2007 11:17 AM

lol ive

opened a wine bottle with a screw and pliers loads of times

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R. G. Nestle September 29, 2007 4:04 PM

Every time I combine the stick, rope, and magnet with each other and use it, I lose it. The key appears,but the stick and such never return so I can't finish the game. Any suggestions?

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this is so cool

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for anyone stuck as to getting a second piece of wood for the torch ....

use the saw on the shelves

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very good game but the ending was horrible ''back to school'' i dind't know what to do to laugh or to cry

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where do you find the piece of wood at

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that game was kool but i want to try out the screwdriver thing. it tempts me

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I realize this comment is over a year old but feichler31

you know to follow the footprints three times because it says 'follow me' with 3 scratch marks

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arique May 3, 2008 6:01 AM

WHERE are the matches? ICant GEt the in the CABINET!!!!!

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Well, i got the torch.
"A torch, now i have to light it"
How??

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munirah July 22, 2008 6:01 AM

I have done everything except that I don't have a matchbox
What should I do?

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moseywo July 24, 2008 3:55 AM

for those who couldn't find the matches:

I just started over and when I did finally open the cabinet, before even getting the saw and stuff on the bottom, I clicked on the very top shelf on the left hand side. It will take u to a new scene showing you the box of matches.

Not a bad game but I won't be advising anyone to play it either.

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anonimous October 11, 2008 2:42 PM

Thanks for the help, missy.

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I have collected items, but there is no way to use them? When I click on an item in inventory, a close-up graphic appears on the screen, but I can't seem to drag the object from the inventory to use it. Could not find a shortcut key to work, either.

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I wonder if this link is dead or the server is temporarily down. Nothing happens when I try to load this game.

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This game sucked. Not because it was hard, but because there was no conceivable way to figure some of this out without the walkthrough- and I'm a strategy game junkie.

but what was the logic in using a coin to open the vent after using the screwdriver.

and the ending- arrrrgh I could just strangle someone. Come ON, it's like you just got lazy at the end... and created a game that wouldn't be logical to the general public. Sorry, man, but this one was a definite fail.

[Edit: Spoiler tags corrected. Please use correct formatting for spoilers. -Pam]

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AllPossibleCrap June 30, 2010 5:00 PM

Well I have played better games, but this was ok. Allthought the ending could been better.

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IWentDownToGeorgia January 21, 2011 6:20 PM

...Seriously? That's the ending? That was so...lazy. I mean, obviously it wasn't a particularly deep game, but still. Well, I guess with these kind of games you really are getting what you pay for.

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This has got to be the dumbest game I have ever played. I have wasted a part of my life that I will never get back on this. I feel ashamed even admitting that I have played it...

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