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31-08-2010 (dave)

We've had a whole selection of updates from several contributors, pretty much rounding out the selection of adventures for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.

There are a large selection of adventures lacking solutions, so get to it and solve them!

Contributors: iamaran, Gunness, dave, Alex, Alastair, terri, Ambat Sasi Nair, zjuric

• New Games: Abominable Snowmen, The, Adventure, Alien from Outer Space, American Suds, Annabel Gray, Barsoom Adventure #1: The Lost, Blue Dragon, Castle Dracula, Caveman Adventure, Cloudburst, Death in Poglovia, Diamond Adventure, Doctor Who and the Warlord, Dragon Quest, Dragon's Tooth, Druid's Circle, The, Egyptian Adventure, Eldorado Gold, Escape from Ebony Tower, Eye of Zolton, The, Fire Island, Five Doctors, The, Five Spheres of Goliath, The, Five Stones of Anadon, The, Flight of the Unicorn, Flint Strikes Back, Galadriel in Distress, Garden Quest, Gateway to the Skies, Gnome Adventure, Gold Icon, The, Hexagram of Trutania Valley, The, In Search of Atahaulpa, Island Adventure, It's Magic, Land of Tezrel, Legion Adventure, Locks of Luck, Lost City, Magic Adventure 1, Mission - XP2, My House, Mystery of the Java Star, The, Mystery of the Lost Sheep, The, Nectar of the Gods, The, On the Way to the Interview, Operation Safras, Passport to Death, Pettigrew's Diary, Plague Planet, Pony Express, Puss in Boots, Quest, The, Reluctant Hero, Return of Flint, Ring of Time, The, Secret Agent, Secret Agent, Secret River, Seventh Star, The, Sorceror's Kingdom, The, Spooky House Adventure, Star Trek Adventure, Sticky Fingers, Stranded, Street Patroller, Suicide Island, Super Spy Flint, Swords and Sorcery, The Four Wands, The Inca Treasure, The Land of Chark, The Staff of Law, Time Adventure, Tomb of Death, Twin Orbs of Aalinor, The, Valley of the Pharaohs, Vampire Castle, Warlord of Doom, West, What's Eeyore's?, White Cliffs of Dover, The, Wizard's Citadel, The, Xadomy, Xanadu Adventure, Xanadu Cottage, Yes, Prime Minister, Zor's Revenge
• New Solutions: Deliverer, Eye of the Inca, Gold Icon, The, My House, Nectar of the Gods, The, Ninja, Philosopher's Quest, Schat van Koning Mao, De, Spooky House Adventure
• New Hints: Kingdom of Hamil, Philosopher's Quest
• New Clue sheets: Reluctant Hero
• Updated Hints: Oxbridge
• Updated Solutions: Calixto Island, Deliverer, Eye of the Inca, King's Ransom, Philosopher's Quest

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25-08-2010 (Gunness)

Et voila! With the game count now standing at a very decent 2001, it seemed like a suitable spot to stop for a moment and send a few kind thoughts to Kubrick and Clarke :)

One of the fun things about being part of a site like this is that you encounter all sorts of computers which a lot of us have hardly heard of, let alone owned. A few days ago I was reminded of the Coleco Adam which turns out to have a very decent selection of games exclusive to that platform. Similarly I dare anyone to tell about their extensive experiences with the Tatung Einstein, Memotech MTX or the - to some - blatantly overlooked Grundy NewBrain.
The variety of the platforms - and the amount of money and energy wasted on all the "dead ends" is overwhelming...

If you know of any machines not yet registered here at CASA, please drop a line.

Contributors: Gunness, Alex, Alastair

• New Games: 2010: The Text Adventure Game, Abominable Snowman, The, Casa Maldita, La, Hollanditis, In den Beginne, Machu Pichu - Das Gold der Sonnentöchter, Magic Stone, Mansion de Pinosverdes, La, Meneer Chip Nibbel, Miss Marple, Odyssey, Pierre Magique, Quo Vadis, Rings of Merlin, The, Schat van Koning Mao, De, Time Traveller
• New Solutions: Calixto Island, Casa Maldita, La, Domes of Kilgari, The, El Diablero, Machu Pichu - Das Gold der Sonnentöchter, Mansion de Pinosverdes, La, Miss Marple, Odyssey, Voyage to Atlantis
• New Maps: El Diablero
• New Hints: El Diablero

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18-08-2010 (Gunness)

The other day I came across Dale Dobson's brilliant blog, Gaming After 40. Among other things, Dale muses about classic adventure games. Each week he covers an oldie (often a U.S. release) by giving it his verdict and then going through the game from A to Z while commenting on its merits and offering a historical perspective. It's as informative as it is engagingly written, and I can only give it my warmest recommendations.

My co-editors and you, our users, have been busy, so with this update we're closing in on the 2,000 game mark. Nice going, everyone!

Contributors: Gunness, Alex, gamingafter40, sparkyrob, Alastair, Barbara Gibb

• New Games: 666 The Haunted House, 666 Uma Aventura Macabra, Adventure in Mythology, Atlantean Odyssey, Axe of Kolt, The, Balrog, Black Pearl, The, Blackbeard's Island, Castillo de Godless, El, Citadel Adventure, Death Dreadnaught, Enchanted Island, Haunted House, Keys of the Wizard, Martec's Tomb, Morton's Fork, Nuclear Sub, POW Adventure, Pyramid 2000, Raäka-Tū, Salvage, Schatzinsel 64, Sledge of Rahmul, Spook House, Spuk, Time Capsule, To Preserve Quandic, Tower of Mystery, Toxic Dumpsite, White Palm, Zaron
• New Solutions: 666 The Haunted House, 666 Uma Aventura Macabra, Atlantean Odyssey, Black Pearl, The, Blackbeard's Island, Castillo de Godless, El, Citadel Adventure, POW Adventure, Salvage, Schatzinsel 64, Sorcerer's Castle, Spook House, Spuk, Tower of Mystery, Zaron
• Updated Solutions: Temple of Vran

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10-08-2010 (Gunness)

With this update, we've added a large number of games to the Oric and Atari 400/800 sections (hopefully) making them (largely) complete(ish) (how's that for covering my back?).
That's just the game entries of course - much information is missing. Feel free to update whereever you can.
Major thanks to Mark Hardman for the use of data from his Gamebase, and to The Oric Site for data and images.

Users often bemoan the lack of good games to solve. With today's update there are now 665 unsolved games in the database. Yes, I did feel a certain juvenile urge to add another title in order to reach that magic number, but the thought of fire, brimstone and religious pressure groups made me reconsider.
At any rate, whether they're actually good remains to be seen, but now there are games aplenty to dig your teeth into. Bon appetit!

Contributors: Gunness, gamingafter40, Alex, sparkyrob

• New Games: Ace in the H.O.L.E., Arcane Quest, Axe of Kolt, The, Buccaneer, Cave Quest, Curse of the Sasquatch, Death Satellite, Dernier Metro, Le, Detective Story, Devil's Palace, Dracula, Dreadnought Disaster, Dungeons of Intrigue, Enchanted Island, Haunt, The, Horror Atoll, Indiana Smith, Jungle, Mystery Mansion, Oric Adventure, Picnic Adventure, Rendez-Vous de la Terreur, Le, Robinson Crusoe, Roundsby Incident, The, Sausages, Secret de Kaipour, Le, Sorcerer's Castle, Tevrog's Kingdom, Tevrog's Kingdom 2, Voyage to Atlantis, Waydor, Waydor, Zodiac
• New Solutions: Axe of Kolt, The, Enchanted Island, Jungle
• Updated Solutions: Amazon, Axe of Kolt, The

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04-08-2010 (Gunness)

Jim Grimwood from the Spectrum SPOT project has been bug-fixing a heap of the solutions found at CASA (and The Tipshop). I'm very grateful for this as I'd prefer our solutions to be as correct as possible. There's more to come, but for the time being a huge thank you to Jim for his work.

• Updated Solutions: Beatle Quest, Black Knight, The, Case of the Mixed-Up Shymer, The, Circus, Claws of Despair, The, Colditz, Darkest Road, Double Agent, Dracula, Dragon Slayer, El Dorado, Eye of Bain, The, Fantasia Diamond, Forest at World's End, The

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03-08-2010 (Gunness)

A minor update today.

Contributors: Eriorg, Gunness

• New Games: Dan Silver, Dernière mission, La, Dernier métro, Le, Diamant de l'île maudite, Le, Epidémie, F.R.E.E., Femme qui ne supportait pas les ordinateurs, La, Firescape, Globe-trotter, Han d'Islande, Maniac Mansion

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27-07-2010 (Gunness)

A breath of life - and a round of additions. Thanks to all of you!

Contributors: Gunness, Alastair, terri, Amby, QN, Doreen B

• New Games: Absolution, Astrologer's Crown, Castle Morcan, I Dare You, Lost Temple of Inca
• New Solutions: Absolution, Castle Morcan, Treasury of Zan, The
• New Maps: Astrologer's Crown, Peneless
• New Hints: Astrologer's Crown, Treasury of Zan, The
• New Fixed games: Message From Deep Space, A

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10-07-2010 (Gunness)

I know it's not right up our alley here at CASA .... still, it would feel like a missed opportunity not to mention the launch of The Silver Lining. After all sorts of false starts, legal mishaps, renames, more legal challenges and various other bumps in the road, this fan-made King's Quest sequel finally hits the street today. It's been in the works for a good many years, and I'm certain that many users in here have crossed paths with Roberta Williams classic game series at some point in their adventuring career. Give the new game a go - it looks promising.

Today's update includes a heap of German titles.

Contributors: Gunness, Samwise, Alastair

• New Games: 5 Bücher von Tronje, Die, Ameriganos ein Adventure Teil II, Captain Future, Caraggio I - Pirat der grünen Insel, Caraggio II - Auf der Flucht aus dem Kerker, Crack of Doom, The, Endstation Vesuv, Garden of Eden, Greg Lemon/Hood - Ritter des Rechts, Greg Lemon/Soda - Bacardi Feeling!, Heidelberg - Das Adventure, Leben des Brain!, Das, Los Angeles, Magic Kristall, The, Palermo, Planet of the Robots, Pyramiden Hero, Quest for Tarek, Quo Vadis, Ritter der Müslirunde, Der, Scots, The, Ski Adventure, Wells & Fargo
• New Hints: Lord of the Rings: Game One, The
• Updated Fixed games: Beware Collaborators, Deliverer 2: Escape to Eskelos
• Updated Hints: Lord of the Rings: Game One, The

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08-07-2010 (Gunness)

Things are a tad slow at the moment. Perhaps the summer heat has gotten to CASA's users too. I know, I know, summer is pure evil and we all long for rainy days in front of the computer. It'll happen, people, it'll happen!

We've received a request for help with a true rarity, Forbidden Quest. Anyone feeling adventurous, head over to the forum and see if you can help.

As I'm about to move to a new home, my attendance in here and on the mail will drop for a while. But I'll keep up the best that I can!

Contributors: Gunness, dave, Samwise, SDon78

• New Games: Forbidden Quest, Gateway, Hitch Hiker, Magician's Ball, Old Scores, Security Shelter
• New Solutions: Hitch Hiker, Island of Xaan
• New Hints: Security Shelter

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30-06-2010 (Gunness)

In just a few hours I'll be leaving for my annual trip to the Roskilde music festival. But the site remains open for new contributions. Behind the scenes we're working on quite a large games update which will hopefully be ready soon.
Today's update is mainly Oric (and therefor French) games.

Contributors: Gunness, dave

• New Games: Locus, Locus, Manoir Du Dr.Genius, Le, Mission Impossible, Morts-Subites, Mystere De Kikekankoi, Le, Odyssey of Hope, The, Quest, Sceptre D'Anubis, Le, Stone Of Sisyphus, The, X-Men, Zodiac Adventure
• New Solutions: Village of Lost Souls
• New Fixed games: Prehistoric Time Trip 3, Ziggarat of Dread