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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Visual3D Game Engine</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">PowerAccess, Realmware Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">2003</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">v1.0
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</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">PC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Game_engine" title="Game engine">Game engine</a>, In-Game Editor (IDE)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Free, Commercial, Open-source</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.poweraccess.net/visual3d-game-engine/">Visual3D Game Engine</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Visual3D Game Engine</b> is a 3D <a href="Game_engine" title="Game engine">game engine</a> and <a href="Game_development_tool" title="Game development tool">game development tool</a> written entirely in <a href="C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> and built for the <a href=".NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET Framework</a>, with development of its 3D rendering engine first beginning in 2003.
</p><p>Visual3D was founded by <i>PowerAccess for Microsoft Access</i> founder, Dan Moorehead, after its <a href="Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">free and open-source software</a> predecessor, RealmForge Game Engine, was featured as the cover story and namesake for <i>Software Developer's Journal</i> July 2015 issue titled <i>3D Games in .NET</i>, for first proving that C#, .NET Framework, and managed languages were feasible for mainstream 3D game and simulation development.
</p><p>Visual3D (formerly known as <i>Visual3D.NET</i>) is built on the <a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">Microsoft XNA</a>, as the first major XNA-based engine and game development tool. However, Visual3D predates XNA and XNA's successor, <a href="MonoGame" title="MonoGame">MonoGame</a>, with it first being built upon managed wrappers for <a href="Direct3D" title="Direct3D">Direct3D</a> and <a href="OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a>.
</p><p>Visual3D is also notable for providing its game development tools as integrated or hosted within whatever game is being developed with it, for live, real-time world building, terrain editing, game development, scripting and mission/level/scenario editing, as well as allowing end-users to redistribute its development tools to End-Users as a Mission/Level/Scenario Editor and Modding Toolkit.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p><i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> is the commercial successor to the open-source RealmForge Game Engine with roots going back to the <a href="OGRE" title="OGRE">OGRE</a> 3D <a href="Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source</a> engine. Visual3D is the flagship product of PowerAccess predecessor Realmware Corporation, based in <a href="Seattle%2C_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a>.
</p><p>Visual3D was founded by Dan Moorehead, who, in addition to founding PowerAccess and RealmForge, had also lead development of the <a href="Axiom_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Axiom Engine">Axiom Engine</a> (a C# port of <a href="OGRE" title="OGRE">OGRE</a>) and <a href="CEGUI" title="CEGUI">CEGUI#</a> (a C# port of <a href="CEGUI" title="CEGUI">CEGUI</a> <a href="Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">GUI</a> <a href="Library_(computing)" title="Library (computing)">library</a>).
</p><p>Visual3D has 30,000 registered users, and, as of July 2008, <i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> has been employed for multiple private business projects and by the <a href="United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">US Department of Defense</a> for <a href="Military_simulation" title="Military simulation">military simulation</a> and <a href="Military_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Military training">training</a>. Also in 2008, <i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> has begun to permeate education and <a href="Independent_game_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent game development">Indie</a> sectors as a part of the recent <a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">XNA</a> trends.
</p><p>Visual3D license editions included Indie, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Source, as well as Free editions for Open-Source and Educational use.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Migration_of_game_development_to_managed_languages_with_C#,_Microsoft_XNA_and_MonoGame">Migration of game development to managed languages with C#, Microsoft XNA and MonoGame</h2></div>
<p>Following Visual3D predecessor RealmForge Game Engine's success as the first 3D game engine and integrated development toolset for C# and .NET, and it features as the cover story for <i>Software Developer's Journal</i> July 2015 <i>3D Games in .NET</i> issue, <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> announced the first public release of its <a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">Microsoft XNA Framework and XNA Game Studio</a> products in the August 2006 keynote speech at Microsoft Gamefest conference, confirming the viability of C# and .NET for game development and opening up <a href="Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> and <a href="IBM_PC_compatible" title="IBM PC compatible">PC</a> for <a href="Game_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Game development">game development</a> by <a href="Independent_game_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent game development">Indies</a> and students with C# and .NET.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>This announcement set into motion the rise of many new <a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">XNA</a>-based <a href="Game_engines" class="mw-redirect" title="Game engines">game engines</a>, such as <a href="Torque_Game_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Torque Game Engine">Torque X</a>, a rewrite of <a href="GarageGames" title="GarageGames">GarageGames</a>'s popular <a href="Torque_(game_engine)" title="Torque (game engine)">Torque Game Engine</a> in C# using the XNA Framework.
</p><p><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="Microsoft_XNA" title="Microsoft XNA">XNA</a> initiative is a part of the larger trend for gaming technology migrating from traditional <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> to higher level <a href="Managed_code" title="Managed code">managed languages</a>, such as <a href="Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <a href="C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>, and <a href="VB.NET" class="mw-redirect" title="VB.NET">VB.NET</a>, which is a continuation of the historic trends for the migration of software development from <a href="Low-level_programming_language" title="Low-level programming language">lower level languages</a> such as <a href="Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">Assembly</a> and <a href="C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> to <a href="High-level_language" class="mw-redirect" title="High-level language">higher level languages</a> such as <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>.
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.poweraccess.net/visual3d-game-engine">Visual3D Game Engine</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.PowerAccess.net/MicrosoftAccess-ExcelQuery-Database">PowerAccess for Microsoft Access</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Source_port" title="Source port">Source port</a></li>
<li><a href="First-person_shooter_engine" title="First-person shooter engine">First-person shooter engine</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_first-person_shooter_engines" title="List of first-person shooter engines">List of first-person shooter engines</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Game_engine_recreation" title="Game engine recreation">Game engine recreation</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_game_engine_recreations" title="List of game engine recreations">List of game engine recreations</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Game_creation_system" title="Game creation system">Game creation system</a></li>
<li>Game IDE</li>
<li><a href="List_of_visual_novel_engines" title="List of visual novel engines">List of visual novel engines</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech" title="Id Tech">id Tech</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adventure_Game_Interpreter" title="Adventure Game Interpreter">Adventure Game Interpreter</a></li>
<li><a href="Cobra_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobra (game engine)">Cobra</a></li>
<li><a href="Filmation_(game_engine)" title="Filmation (game engine)">Filmation</a></li>
<li><a href="Freescape" title="Freescape">Freescape</a></li>
<li><a href="Gold_Box" title="Gold Box">Gold Box</a></li>
<li><a href="Sierra_Creative_Interpreter" title="Sierra Creative Interpreter">Sierra Creative Interpreter</a></li>
<li><a href="SCUMM" title="SCUMM">SCUMM</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="3D_GameStudio" title="3D GameStudio">3D GameStudio</a></li>
<li><a href="Clickteam" title="Clickteam">Clickteam</a></li>
<li><a href="Dark_Engine" title="Dark Engine">Dark Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="GameMaker" title="GameMaker">GameMaker</a></li>
<li><a href="Genie_Engine" title="Genie Engine">Genie Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="GoldSrc" title="GoldSrc">GoldSrc</a></li>
<li><a href="Jedi_(game_engine)" title="Jedi (game engine)">Jedi</a></li>
<li><a href="LithTech" title="LithTech">LithTech</a></li>
<li><a href="Mugen_(game_engine)" title="Mugen (game engine)">Mugen</a></li>
<li><a href="Pie_in_the_Sky_(game_engine)" title="Pie in the Sky (game engine)">Pie in the Sky</a></li>
<li><a href="Reality_Lab" title="Reality Lab">Reality Lab</a></li>
<li><a href="RenderWare" title="RenderWare">RenderWare</a></li>
<li><a href="RPG_Maker" title="RPG Maker">RPG Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="Sim_RPG_Maker" title="Sim RPG Maker">Sim RPG Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="Unreal_Engine_1" title="Unreal Engine 1">Unreal Engine 1</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtools" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtools">Virtools</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_Theatre" title="Virtual Theatre">Virtual Theatre</a></li>
<li><a href="Voxel_Space" title="Voxel Space">Voxel Space</a></li>
<li><a href="Zillions_of_Games" title="Zillions of Games">Zillions of Games</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ubisoft_Anvil" title="Ubisoft Anvil">Anvil</a></li>
<li><a href="C4_Engine" title="C4 Engine">C4 Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="CryEngine" title="CryEngine">CryEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="Crystal_Tools" title="Crystal Tools">Crystal Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="Euphoria_(software)" title="Euphoria (software)">Euphoria</a></li>
<li><a href="Flare3D" title="Flare3D">Flare3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Frostbite_(game_engine)" title="Frostbite (game engine)">Frostbite</a></li>
<li><a href="Gamebryo" title="Gamebryo">Gamebryo</a></li>
<li><a href="GameSalad" title="GameSalad">GameSalad</a></li>
<li><a href="HeroEngine" title="HeroEngine">HeroEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="IW_(game_engine)" title="IW (game engine)">IW</a></li>
<li><a href="Leadwerks" title="Leadwerks">Leadwerks</a></li>
<li><a href="Marmalade_(software)" title="Marmalade (software)">Marmalade</a></li>
<li><a href="MT_Framework" title="MT Framework">MT Framework</a></li>
<li><a href="PhyreEngine" title="PhyreEngine">PhyreEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="Q_(game_engine)" title="Q (game engine)">Q</a></li>
<li><a href="Rockstar_Advanced_Game_Engine" title="Rockstar Advanced Game Engine">RAGE</a></li>
<li><a href="Shark_3D" title="Shark 3D">Shark 3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Source_(game_engine)" title="Source (game engine)">Source</a></li>
<li><a href="Titan_(game_engine)" title="Titan (game engine)">Titan</a></li>
<li><a href="Unigine" title="Unigine">Unigine</a></li>
<li><a href="Unity_(game_engine)" title="Unity (game engine)">Unity</a></li>
<li><a href="Unreal_Engine_2" title="Unreal Engine 2">Unreal Engine 2</a></li>
<li><a href="Unreal_Engine_3" title="Unreal Engine 3">Unreal Engine 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtools" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtools">Virtools 2.5</a></li>
<li><a href="Vicious_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicious Engine">Vicious Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Vision_(game_engine)" title="Vision (game engine)">Vision</a></li>
</ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="4A_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="4A Engine">4A Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Amazon_Lumberyard" title="Amazon Lumberyard">Amazon Lumberyard</a></li>
<li><a href="Bitsquid" title="Bitsquid">Bitsquid</a></li>
<li><a href="Buildbox" title="Buildbox">Buildbox</a></li>
<li><a href="Construct_(game_engine)" title="Construct (game engine)">Construct</a></li>
<li><a href="Creation_Engine" title="Creation Engine">Creation Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Decima_(game_engine)" title="Decima (game engine)">Decima</a></li>
<li><a href="Defold" title="Defold">Defold</a></li>
<li><a href="Felgo" title="Felgo">Felgo</a></li>
<li><a href="ForgeLight" title="ForgeLight">ForgeLight</a></li>
<li><a href="Fox_Engine" title="Fox Engine">Fox Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_6" title="Id Tech 6">id Tech 6</a></li>
<li><a href="Ignite_(game_engine)" title="Ignite (game engine)">Ignite</a></li>
<li><a href="Luminous_Engine" title="Luminous Engine">Luminous Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Pixel_Game_Maker_MV" title="Pixel Game Maker MV">Pixel Game Maker MV</a></li>
<li><a href="RE_Engine" title="RE Engine">RE Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Snowdrop_(game_engine)" title="Snowdrop (game engine)">Snowdrop</a></li>
<li><a href="Stencyl" title="Stencyl">Stencyl</a></li>
<li><a href="Source_2" title="Source 2">Source 2</a></li>
<li><a href="UbiArt_Framework" title="UbiArt Framework">UbiArt Framework</a></li>
<li><a href="Unreal_Engine_4" title="Unreal Engine 4">Unreal Engine 4</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Id_Tech_7" title="Id Tech 7">id Tech 7</a></li>
<li><a href="Unreal_Engine_5" title="Unreal Engine 5">Unreal Engine 5</a></li>
<li><a href="S%26box" title="S&amp;box">S&amp;box</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">Free and<br>open-source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1970s25" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Z-machine" title="Z-machine">Z-machine</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adventure_Game_Studio" title="Adventure Game Studio">Adventure Game Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="Build_(game_engine)" title="Build (game engine)">Build</a></li>
<li><a href="Crystal_Space" title="Crystal Space">Crystal Space</a></li>
<li><a href="Doom_engine" title="Doom engine"><i>Doom</i> engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Game-Maker" title="Game-Maker">Game-Maker</a></li>
<li><a href="OHRRPGCE" class="mw-redirect" title="OHRRPGCE">OHRRPGCE</a></li>
<li><a href="Quake_engine" title="Quake engine"><i>Quake</i> engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Quake_II_engine" title="Quake II engine"><i>Quake II</i> engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Stratagus" title="Stratagus">Stratagus</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Away3D" title="Away3D">Away3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Blender_Game_Engine" title="Blender Game Engine">Blender Game Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Bork3D_Game_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bork3D Game Engine">Bork3D Game Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Cocos2d" title="Cocos2d">Cocos2d</a></li>
<li><a href="Dim3" title="Dim3">Dim3</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Editor" title="Game Editor">Game Editor</a></li>
<li><a href="GDevelop" title="GDevelop">GDevelop</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_3" title="Id Tech 3">id Tech 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a></li>
<li><a href="Irrlicht_Engine" title="Irrlicht Engine">Irrlicht Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="JMonkeyEngine" title="JMonkeyEngine">jMonkeyEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="Lightweight_Java_Game_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Lightweight Java Game Library">Lightweight Java Game Library</a></li>
<li><a href="L%C3%B6ve_(game_framework)" title="Löve (game framework)">Löve</a></li>
<li><a href="OGRE" title="OGRE">OGRE</a></li>
<li><a href="Open_Wonderland" title="Open Wonderland">Open Wonderland</a></li>
<li><a href="Panda3D" title="Panda3D">Panda3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Papervision3D" title="Papervision3D">Papervision3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Plasma_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plasma (game engine)">Plasma</a></li>
<li><a href="Platinum_Arts_Sandbox" title="Platinum Arts Sandbox">Platinum Arts Sandbox</a></li>
<li><a href="Pygame" title="Pygame">Pygame</a></li>
<li><a href="Ren'Py" title="Ren'Py">Ren'Py</a></li>
<li><a href="Scratch_(programming_language)" title="Scratch (programming language)">Scratch</a></li>
<li><a href="Solar2D" title="Solar2D">Solar2D</a></li>
<li><a href="Thousand_Parsec" title="Thousand Parsec">Thousand Parsec</a></li>
<li><a href="Torque_(game_engine)" title="Torque (game engine)">Torque</a></li>
<li><a href="Vassal_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Vassal Engine">Vassal Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Wintermute_Engine" title="Wintermute Engine">Wintermute Engine</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Delta3D" title="Delta3D">Delta3D</a></li>
<li><a href="Godot_(game_engine)" title="Godot (game engine)">Godot</a></li>
<li><a href="GPUOpen" title="GPUOpen">GPUOpen</a></li>
<li><a href="Horde3D" title="Horde3D">Horde3D</a></li>
<li><a href="LibGDX" title="LibGDX">libGDX</a></li>
<li><a href="Moai_(software)" title="Moai (software)">Moai</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenFL" title="OpenFL">OpenFL</a></li>
<li><a href="ORX" title="ORX">ORX</a></li>
<li><a href="PlayCanvas" title="PlayCanvas">PlayCanvas</a></li>
<li><a href="Raylib" title="Raylib">Raylib</a></li>
<li><a href="Snap!_(programming_language)" title="Snap! (programming language)">Snap!</a></li>
<li><a href="Stencyl" title="Stencyl">Stencyl</a></li>
<li><a href="Stride_(game_engine)" title="Stride (game engine)">Stride</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Open_3D_Engine" title="Open 3D Engine">Open 3D Engine</a></li></ul>
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