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20-02-2019 (Gunness)

As of today, CASA has been online for exactly 20 years. Most of the hobby sites of that era have closed down since then, so I think it's worth remembering. If anyone was holding out for some magic overhaul of the entire site, I'll have to disappoint you, but I've written a brief piece to commemorate the occasion. Thank you one and all for creating one of the most comprehensive adventure sites on the net!
Contributors: iamaran, Strident, Garry, Vran, Mousey, Sylvester, Gunness, urbanghost, jgerrie, impomatic, Mark, nimusi, Ross, dave, Alex, Dorothy, rpettigrew, auraes, Kozelek

• New Solutions: Avontuur, Behind Closed Doors 5, Behind Closed Doors 6, Bianco Mansion, The, Castle of Desolation, The, Conquest of Memory Alpha, Curse of Borgan Castle, The, Dinnertime, Dr Who and The Web of Fear, Garfield, Golden Crown, The, Holy Grail, The, Magic Telephone, The, Mazemapper, Mazemapper, Merlin's Castle, Rock'n Roll Fahnder, Shipwrecked, Smurfs, The, Spy From the North, The, Star Wars - Return of the Jedi, Starship Adventure, Sultan's Curse, The, They're After You!, They're After You!, To Get To The Other Side, TrolleyMania
• New Maps: Astrodus Affair, Astrolab, Avoir, Bianco Mansion, The, Bianco Mansion, The, Castle of Desolation, The, Causes of Chaos, The, Conquest of Memory Alpha, Curse of Borgan Castle, The, Drachental, Das, Dungeon Adventure, Golden Crown, The, Helm, The, Holy Grail, The, Kingdom of Spelldome, The, Lonely Mission, The, Mazemapper, Mazemapper, Merlin's Castle, Message From Andromeda, Resistance, Seabase Delta, Shadows of Mordor, Shipwrecked, Smirking Horror, The, Sorderon's Shadow, Spy From the North, The, Starship Adventure, Sultan's Curse, The, To Get To The Other Side, To Get To The Other Side, Unhallowed, Wicker Woman, The
• New Hints: Cat and the Canary, The
• New Clue sheets: Escape From Pulsar 7
• Updated Hints: Fantasyland
• Updated Maps: Avoir, Gauntlet of Death, Resistance, Wicker Woman, The
• Updated Solutions: Bomb Threat, Bomb Threat, Colonel's House, The, Curse of Borgan Castle, The, Dinnertime, Gauntlet of Death, Golden Crown, The, Mazemapper, Mean Story, The, Star Wars - Return of the Jedi, To Get To The Other Side
• New Reviews: Hibernated 1 - This Place Is Death
• New Games: Adventure, Battle of Nod Degamra, Behind Closed Doors 5, Behind Closed Doors 6, Betelguese, Bianco Mansion, The, BigFoot, Caldor The Woodcutter, Castle Dark, Cometfall, Conquest of Memory Alpha, Eight Feet Under, Fifth Challenge, The, Great Great Grandfather's Gold, Holy Grail, The, ISS Emergency!, Karhum, Loony Bin, Mini-Adventure, Misterio de la Montaña de plata, El, Night of the Demons, On the Adventure Trail, Operation Blue Sunrise, Poseidon Adventure, Quete du Chevalier, La, Resistance, Rubber Maze, The, Rupert the Bear and Jack Frost, Shuttle Voyage, Starship Columbus, Sword of Fallen Angel, The, Tombe du Pharaon, La, Tra due giorni la gara, Two Days to the Race, Underground Adventure, An, Vampire Quest, Whatever We Decide to Call this Game, Witchfinder, Wonderland, Yoghurt Boy and Twit Man in The Quest for the Pink Banana

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02-01-2019 (Gunness)

A planned Christmas update turned into a planned New Year's update which in turn led to this first update of 2019. 2018 saw a lot of activity on the site, and as always I'd like to extend my thanks to each and every one of you, whether you're an active contributor or simply use CASA as a site for reference and inspiration.

The year ended on a slightly dissonant note, as users in the forum didn't quite agree on which path the site should take in the future. The site grew out of my interest in the 8-bit scene, which should be fairly obvious if you browse through the games we cover and the people we've talked to over the years. But there's also been an extensive development in adventure gaming since Inform entered the scene some 25 years ago. I'd prefer to cater to our core audience whilst acknowledging that adventure games have continued to evolve since the decline of the 8-bit era. Judging from the debate, it's obvious to me that I need to tread carefully.

This subject nicely ties into the fact that in a short while, CASA will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Where we've come in 20 years and where we'll want to go from here is certainly food for thought.

Happy New Year and happy gaming in 2019!

Contributors: Alex, Garry, Quantum, Payndz, Gunness, ahope1, leenew, fuzzel, auraes, terri, impomatic, stevenjameshodgson, jdyer, iamaran, Alastair, Dorothy, Strident

• New Solutions: 'EE's Lost his Marbles, Basic Train-ing, Desert Adventure, Desert Adventure, Djibouti Dirigible Discombobulation, Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox, Escapist, The, Expedition, EXTERMINATE!, Food Magic, Forests of Lachryma, The, Gardening For Beginners, Grave Robber, In Search of Velocitas Fictus, Lifeboat, Maze of Madness, Monster of Arkyron, The, Moondarkling: Elfboon, Not the Same Old Lang Syne, Pirates of the Caribou, Stig of the Dump, Street Patroller, Transylvanian Adventure, Unicorn Hunt, Wizard, What Wizard?, Worst Witch, The
• New Puzzle charts: Golden Apple, The, Valkyrie 17, Warlord
• New Maps: Basic Train-ing, Crisis at Christmas, Djibouti Dirigible Discombobulation, Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox, Escapist, The, Expedition, EXTERMINATE!, Food Magic, Forests of Lachryma, The, Gardening For Beginners, Golden Crown, The, In Search of Velocitas Fictus, Journey, Land of Illusion, Moondarkling: Elfboon, Not the Same Old Lang Syne, Pirates of the Caribou, Quest Adventure, Spell of Christmas Ice, A, Transylvanian Adventure
• New Hints: Adventure Diploma, Maze of Madness, Quest Adventure
• New Fixed games: Desert Adventure
• New Clue sheets: Hobbit, The
• Updated Clue sheets: Hobbit, The
• Updated Maps: Peneless
• Updated Solutions: Gates of Garralon, The, Mauro-Quest, Outsided, Paper Moon, A
• New Reviews: Golden Crown, The
• New Games: 25, Alla Conquista del West, Andromeda Awakening, Basic Train-ing, Bazul's Quest, Beagle 2, Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, Deadly Labyrinth, Delivery, The, Djibouti Dirigible Discombobulation, Doctor Goo and the Wobegon Affair, Domain of the Shadow Lord, Don't Bank On It, Dozy Days, Dulle Griet and the Antenorian Icebox, Dungeon of Doom, the, Escapist, The, Expedition, EXTERMINATE!, Fly, Food Magic, Forests of Lachryma, The, Gardening For Beginners, Horror of Rylvania, the, Hounds from Hell, In Search of Velocitas Fictus, Magic, Monster of Arkyron, The, Moondarkling: Elfboon, No Milk Today, Not the Same Old Lang Syne, Pandemia XXI, Pirates of the Caribou, Rescue, Space Odyssey, Special Christmas Adventure, A, The New Venue, Transylvanian Adventure, Trials and Tribulations of an Apprentice Wizard, The, TrolleyMania, Valley, The