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29-12-2012 (Gunness)

Well, here we are again, just in time to wish everybody a merry Christmas and happy New Year, hopefully with many great adventuring sessions in front of the computer in 2013!
Thanks to all contributors, and to all you users out there who are keeping this site alive.

A special mention this time around to all people involved in putting the final nails in the coffin of Holy Horrors. A lot of people on our forum have struggled with this Beeb title for years, and finally Alex took a look at the game code and provided the steps needed to get us across the finishing line. Let's see what 2013 has in store for us.
Contributors: Alastair, Alex, dave

• New Games: 12 Lost Souls, Antre de Gork, L', Atlantis, Banshee Castle, Carnage of Karn, Crusader Gold, Death Ship, Evasion, Fire Hawk Castle, Labyrinth Hall, Mike & Moko, Peur sur Amityville, Planet of the Robots, Sellardore Tales, Stig of the Dump, Wasser der Ewigkeit, Worst Witch, The, Zillion
• New Solutions: Banshee Castle, Blue-Eyed Thief, Brass Helm, The, Carnage of Karn, Crusader Gold, Death Ship, Firekeep, Gauntlet of Death, Holy Horrors, Lemuria, Spider Mountain, Tale of Spider Mountain, A, Trial of Arnold Blackwood, The, Tuor
• New Maps: Banshee Castle, Blue-Eyed Thief, Brass Helm, The, Carnage of Karn, Crusader Gold, Death Ship, Fire Hawk Castle, Firekeep, Gauntlet of Death, Holy Horrors, Lemuria, Night of the Aliens, Spider Mountain, Tale of Spider Mountain, A, Trial of Arnold Blackwood, The, Tuor, Zakil Wood
• New Hints: Trial of Arnold Blackwood, The
• New Fixed games: Lemuria, Tale of Spider Mountain, A
• Updated Hints: El Diablero
• Updated Maps: El Diablero
• Updated Solutions: Banshee Castle, Crusader Gold, El Diablero, Firekeep, Holy Horrors, Lemuria, Zakil Wood

19-11-2012 (Alastair)

It has been a while since the last update but as you can see below there have been many additions to the site in the intervening period. Notably, these additions have helped push the number of games recorded in the archive to over 5,300.

Contributors: Gunness, Alastair, Amby, iamaran, Alex, dave, Dorothy

• New Games: Aandark, Actor's Nightmare, An, Adventure in Talis, Adventure of Cleopatra's Pyramid, Adventures of Johnny Zero, The, Astrolab, Auge Dagons, Das, Balm, Battune Crimefighter, Battune the Sailor, Bestiák Mestere, A, Castle Northstar, Cave, The, Cavern's City, Clive Sullivan - Libertador, Deadly Dungeon, Dick Ironside - Attacco al Bunker, Dick Ironside - Bronx, Dick Ironside - Bronx II: La Minaccia, Dick Ironside - Progetto Atlantide, Douglas Perkins - Ghost City, Dwarfs' Land, Escape, Escape of Embroilment, The, Evil Crypt, Firekeep, Gauntlet of Death, Ghost Town, Höhle, Die, Harry L'hippy - Easy Rider, Harry O'Hara - Spectral House, Iconia, Ivan Turkjeff - L'Oro dello Zar, Johnny Parker - Quinta Dimensione, Jonathan Thompson - Oregon, Ken Richards - L'Ira di Anubi, Kenneth Johnson - Tin Star, Lemuria, Lost Amulet, The, Midwinter Rites, Morgan Tyler - Il Pianeta Maledetto, Museum, The, Professional, The, Seelenlose, Der, Spanish Gold, Spymaster, Stargate, Sword and The Sorcerer, The, Tale of Spider Mountain, A, Temple of Vishtari, The, THEY, Thunder Mountain Passage, Time Machine, The, Time Travelers, Tower of Fear, Werewolf Wars
• New Solutions: Asterix und Obelix - Die Odyssey, Catacombs, Church of Death, Geheimnisvolle Magier, Der, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Manic Badger, Midwinter Rites, One Dark Night, Prisoner, The, Troll Castle, Zwaard van de Koning, Het
• New Maps: Asterix und Obelix - Die Odyssey, Church of Death, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, One Dark Night, One Dark Night, Prisoner, The, Troll Castle, Zwaard van de Koning, Het
• New Clue sheets: Seventh Star, The
• Updated Solutions: Cave of the Reaper, Chalice of Mostania, The, Challenge, The, Chasm Capers, One Dark Night, Prisoner, The, Zwaard van de Koning, Het

04-10-2012 (Gunness)

Don't worry, we're not going political here. But with Obama and Romney duking it out in a short while, this seemed like an excellent opportunity to remind our users of our own voting system - the game ratings. This isn't being used quite as much as we'd hoped for, but maybe with a collective effort we can change this. Change! (Drum roll). (I thought about another logo saying "Vote - it's your future", but that seemed somewhat over the top)

The ratings are only as useful as the users make them, so whenever you come across a game you know, please go ahead and rate it. You need to be registered to use the ratings system, but after that, you can rate as many games as you like. Won't cost you anything other than a few seconds spent.

The more the ratings are used, the easier it is for you users out there to pick new games to play. Easy peasy!

Contributors: ahope1, Phoebe Fuentes, Juan, terri, Alex, Dorothy

• New Solutions: Giant Killer
• Updated Solutions: Kidnapped, Vampire Castle, Xanadu Cottage, Zolan Adventure, The

02-10-2012 (Alastair)

No obscure computers added this time, just lots of games, solutions, and hints.

Contributors: Gunness, gamingafter40, Alex, Amby, dave, terri, pippa, devwebcl, ASchultz, Dorothy

• New Games: Amos Newton - Incubo, Amos Newton - Mente Aliena: L'Astronave Nemica, Amos Newton - Mente Aliena: Straniero in Terra, Antropos - Homo Sapiens, Argon - L'Orrore di Providence, Arnold Goes To Somewhere Else, Burial Ground Adventure, Burt Everett - Primo Caso, Charles Bryan - Prigioniero del Futuro, Diamanten des Grafen D., Die, Mad Scientist, Marooned in Space, Mars Mission
• New Solutions: Avon, Burgular's Adventure, Captain Kook, Death or Glory, Doctor Goo, Horrible Secret of Erotica-X, The, Intruder Adventure, Usurper: The Mines Of Qyntarr, The
• New Hints: Four Wands, The, Inca Treasure, The
• Updated Maps: Crazy Adventure
• Updated Solutions: Chalice of Mostania, The, Crazy Adventure, Doctor Goo, Madam Fifi's Whore House, Time of the End

10-09-2012 (Gunness)

During the last weeks we've made an extra effort to dig up games for the Australian computer, Microbee. So far we've made it to 20. There are quite a lot more, but so far all seem to be unofficial ports. Feel free to jump in and get solving!

Contributors: gamingafter40, Gunness, dave, Amby

• New Games: Alexis Adventure, Burlish Adventure, Easy Peasy Adventure, Forest of Evil, Horrors of Blackskull Mountains, The, Indy, Kill the President, Lion's Share, The, Philistine Ploy, The, Redbeard's Treasure, Stolen Diamond, Throne of Camelot, The, Tunnel, The, Withered Toad, The

31-08-2012 (dave)

A little spark of interest and a further selection of games have been added. We've recently added a selection of games from hand held computers, like the Psion II, Psion 3, Psion 5 and the Palm Pilot.

Also we've added details about some of the Heyley Software games for the BBC that have only just been recovered after being missing for 25 years!

Contributors: Gunness, pippa, Alastair, Alex, Juan, Dorothy, dwest

• New Games: Briney Deep Adventure, The, Broadey Manor, Bunyip Adventure, Doctor Goo, Egyptian Adventure, Escape from the Soviet Science and Detention Base, Escape in 3-D, Estate of Doom, Eye of Min, Frankenstein, Island Adventure, Jeksil's Revenge, Lost Island, Merlin, Museum Mystery, The, Pogog Manor, Sabre of Sultar, The, Skid Row Adventure, Temple of Azragor, The, Treasure of Elgon, The, Treasures of Barsoom
• New Solutions: Escape from the Soviet Science and Detention Base, Horror Atoll, Special Christmas Adventure, A
• New Maps: Special Christmas Adventure, A
• New Fixed games: Horror Atoll
• Updated Fixed games: Horror Atoll
• Updated Hints: Juxtaposition - Barons of Ceti V, Ripper!
• Updated Maps: Horror Atoll, Juxtaposition - Barons of Ceti V, Juxtaposition - Barons of Ceti V, Ripper!
• Updated Solutions: Funhouse, Horror Atoll, Juxtaposition - Barons of Ceti V, Ripper!, Vampyre Hunter

20-08-2012 (Gunness)

New games aren't coming in as quick as before, but we've now made it to exactly 5,200 games. And existing titles are updated on a daily basis.

Contributors: Gunness, pippa, dave, Mr Creosote, Alex, Dorothy, terri, Juan

• New Games: Adventuremania, Bar Trek, Castaway, Haunted House, Haunted House 2, Inquisitor, Rendezvous, Shadowgate, Special Christmas Adventure, A, Strangeways, Tatum, Tatum 2, Wight Smugglers, The
• New Solutions: Four Wands, The
• Updated Solutions: Castle Adventure, Escape from Ebony Tower, Four Wands, The, Mindshadow

02-08-2012 (dave)

Another quick update to say that we are still around and still churning stuff over. In this latest update we find that the confusion over the plethora of Spectrum games based on the TV show The Prisoner has been resolved...

Contributors: dave, SDon78, gamingafter40, iamaran, Alex, Dorothy, terri, einar

• New Games: Adventures in 4 Dimensions, Castle, City of Azlan, The, Demon Adventure, Grave Robber, House of Thirty Gables
• New Solutions: 32K Universe, A, Gotta Go Home, Kingsley's Mansion, Party, Prisoner No.6
• New Maps: Horror Atoll, Mina, A
• New Hints: Prisoner No.6
• Updated Hints: Prisoner, The, Prisoner, The
• Updated Maps: Mina, A
• Updated Solutions: Kingsley's Mansion, Prisoner-Island, Prisoner, The, Prisoner, The

18-07-2012 (Alastair)

Things are a little quiet at the moment but various items are still being added to the site. Here are the latest additions:

Contributors: iamaran, gamingafter40, Alastair

• New Games: 32K Universe, A, Gotta Go Home, L - A Mathemagical Adventure, Mutiny in the Mansion, Party, The Crypt of Gabon, TimeQuest, Tythy Grammar, The
• New Solutions: 23:15, Gateway, Green Fingers, L - A Mathemagical Adventure
• Updated Hints: White Cliffs of Dover, The
• Updated Maps: White Cliffs of Dover, The
• Updated Solutions: White Cliffs of Dover, The

04-06-2012 (Gunness)

It's been a while since our latest update. Apart from updating the games themselves, we spend quite a lot of time locating the authors of those classic titles. One of those is David Karam, the author of the huge TRS-80 CoCo game To Preserve Quandic. I've added his notes about the game to the site and we'll continue the search for authors, young and old.
As always, thanks to all contributors!

Contributors: Gunness, Alastair, iamaran, Juan, gamingafter40, Quantum, Dorothy, Alex

• New Games: Dozer, Dungeon Demo, Far West, Merlin's Treasure, Mine, The, Saints in Sin City
• New Solutions: Danger Is My Business, Desert Adventure, House of the Seven Gables, Lancelot, Lucifer's Realm, Mines of Lithiad, The, Murder of Jane Kranz, The, Ocean Dancer, Prospector, Rifts of Time, The, Robots of Dawn, Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Elementary Rescue, Slave Cellars of Golgoloth, The, Slave II - Nimral's Grace, Three Musketeers, The, Treasure Island, Velnor's Lair, Weaver of Her Dreams, The
• New Maps: Horror Atoll
• Updated Solutions: Aftermath, Junkyard, Mines of Lithiad, The, Quest, The, Velnor's Lair
• New Reviews: Beyond Zork, Desert Adventure

08-05-2012 (Alastair)

Today's update includes something that we haven't seen since March last year. So many thanks to Quantum for submitting a review of Cutthroats.

Contributors: iamaran, Gunness, Quantum, Alastair, IstenNyila, Dorothy, gamingafter40, terri, Alex

• New Games: 23:15, Castle Adventure, Classroom Adventure, Deadenders, Desert Adventure, Enchanted Castle, Kingdom of Kull, Lost Kingdom, Pluto Adventure, Prison, Quest for the Holy Grail, Shack, Syzygy, Vér Meséi, A
• New Solutions: Aayela, Acorn Adventure, Adult 2, Adventure 200, Alien City, The, Alpine Encounter, The, Amulet of Darath, The, Arazok's Tomb, Atomia Akorny, Aztec Assault, Ballyhoo, Bandage, The, Behold Atlantis, Beyond El Dorado, Black Pearl, The, Blade of Blackpoole, The, Brimstone: The Dream of Gawain, Castle Adventure, Castle, The, Cavern of Riches, Celtic Carnage, Colditz, Cracks of Fire, Creature Venture, Cricket-Crazy, Critical Mass, Curse of Volcan, The, Dalton Gang, The, Danger! Adventurer at Work!, Danger! Adventurer at Work! 2, Deadly Game, The, Demon From the Darkside, Desert Adventure, Doomsday Papers, The, Double Agent, Dragon Slayer, E.T. Comes Back, Enchanted Castle, Escape from Traam, Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, An, Eye of the Inca, Faerie, Fahrenheit 451, Five Doctors, The, For Your Thighs Only, From out of a Dark Night Sky, Ghoul Manor, Grange Hill, Graveyard Escape, Haunted House, The, Helvera: Mistress of the Park, Hotel Hell, Island, The, King Tut's Tomb, Lost Mountain, The, Prison, Quest for the Holy Grail, Revenge of Chaos, Scary Mansion, Secret Maze, Secret Maze II, Shack, Shadows of the Past, Ship, The, Time Traveller
• New Hints: Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, An
• Updated Hints: Prisoner, The
• Updated Maps: Cave of the Reaper
• Updated Solutions: Cave of the Reaper, House out of Town, Prisoner, The
• New Reviews: Cutthroats

23-04-2012 (Gunness)

It's been a while since our latest update, but a lot of titles have been added.

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, dave, pippa, Dorothy, Ambat Sasi Nair

• New Games: Elephant Graveyard Adventure, Fairytale Adventure, Goblin Adventure, Haunted House, The, Haunted Manor, Holmes - The Mystery of the Dark Shadow, Hostage Rescue, Labyrinth, Lost Empire, The, Lost Hoard, Lost Mountain, The
• New Solutions: Eldorado Gold, Eye of the Inca, Fairytale Adventure, Goblin Adventure, Haunted Manor, Holmes - The Mystery of the Dark Shadow, Hostage Rescue, Labyrinth, Lost Empire, The, Lost Hoard, Soho Sex Quest 2: Herpes or Bust
• New Maps: Eldorado Gold, Eye of the Inca, Goblin Adventure, Revenge of the Moon Goddess
• New Hints: Eldorado Gold
• Updated Hints: Eye of the Inca
• Updated Solutions: Mission X

01-04-2012 (Alastair)

As April begins we pass another milestone, with over 2,500 solutions in the archive. Now many visitors to this site will know that these days there is more to CASA than just solutions, we aim to catalogue every text, or text-like, adventure ever conceived but this does mean that the name Classic Adventures Solution Archive is no longer an accurate description of the site. So here is a small plea, if you can think of a backronym of CASA that better describes this site please post your suggestion or suggestions to the forum thread, thank you.

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, dave, Dorothy, gamingafter40

• New Games: Amazing Adventure, Ashby Manor, Assault on Memory Alpha, Baseball Adventure, Black Tower, The, Camelot - The Dreamland, Castle of Dreams, Cave, The, Caverns of Doom, Circle World, Crystal Maze, The, Dark Forest, The, Day Before, The, Descent into Clayman Caverns, Due Date, Dungeon Realm, Dungeons and Dragons, Elf Rescue, Eye of Kadath, Fairy Tale Adventure, A, Jungle Search, Rescue, Sherlock Holmes Returns, Sultan's Curse, The, Trilogy of Time
• New Solutions: Amazing Adventure, Ashby Manor, Assault on Memory Alpha, Baseball Adventure, Black Tower, The, Camelot - The Dreamland, Castle of Dreams, Cave, The, Caverns of Doom, Circle World, Dark Forest, The, Descent into Clayman Caverns, Dracula's Castle, Due Date, Dungeon Realm, Dungeons and Dragons, Elf Rescue, Eye of Kadath, Fairy Tale Adventure, A, Jungle Search, Legacy, Mad Island, Magic Adventure 1

16-03-2012 (Gunness)

Last time I did a top three of our largest platforms, but I must need new glasses (I do, as a matter of fact), because I completely overlooked the BBC/Electron (392 games) and PC (377 games).

Among the games added lately are three lost or unreleased titles from Brian Howarth (Beyond the Infinite, Midwinter and After the Fire. I've been trying to locate him, but anyone having additional info, please step forward.

I've also added some notes from author Barrie Eaton, who has also supplied additional info on his games.

Contributors: Alastair, Gunness, gamingafter40, Dorothy, pgb22

• New Games: Beyond the Infinite, Westfront PC: The Trials of Guilder
• New Solutions: Basements and Beasties, Citadel of Corruption, Crown, Death Planet, Fortress at Time's End, The, Ghost Town, Grave Robbers, Haunted House, Lost Dutchman's Gold, Lost Dutchman's Mine, Mines of Saturn, Mystery of Munroe Manor, The, Nellan is Thirsty, Ninja, Parisian Nights, Phantom of Priory Court, The, Quann Tulla, Ra's Revenge, Revenge of Balrog, Runaway, Star Trek Adventure, Swordstorm, Tunnel Adventure
• New Hints: Ghost Town
• Updated Solutions: Runaway

01-03-2012 (Gunness)

Well, well, well, what do you know - our count of Commodore 64 titles has risen steadily lately and has now climbed past 1,000. Special thanks to iamaran for a major effort in this area!
The C64 is now our second-largest platform, with a long way to go to number 1, Spectrum (2,105 games and counting), but larger than Atari 400/800 (548 games), Amstrad CPC (373) and Z-Machine (334). That last number only covers a fraction of the Inform games out there, but more are being added all the time.

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, Dorothy, Alastair

• New Games: Aikaetsivä!, Alchemist's Apprentice, Alte Rom, Das, Computer Adventure, Cyrus III, Island, The - An Adventure, Lost Dutchman's Mine, Parisian Nights, Phantom of Priory Court, The, Pyramid, The, Ra's Revenge, Return to Pirate's Island 2, Runaway, The Inheritance: SAGA Bible Adventure #1
• New Solutions: Sagitarian, Search for Reaper, Search For the Holy Grail, The, Sex Vixens From Space, Shiver Me Timbers, Space Spy, Special Delivery, Starflight: A Cosmic Adventure
• Updated Solutions: Eno

27-02-2012 (Gunness)

There's been a lot of activity lately, so without further ado, here's the latest round of additions for your viewing pleasure.

Contributors: Gunness, einar, iamaran, rwap, Dorothy, IstenNyila, barrie.eaton, gamingafter40, Alastair, ballyhoo2000

• New Games: Aventuras na Selva, Engine Failure, QL Epic Adventure, The, Sagitarian, Search for Reaper, Search For the Holy Grail, The, Shiver Me Timbers, Space Spy, Special Delivery, Starflight: A Cosmic Adventure
• New Solutions: City of Atlantis, Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail, Deja Vu II - Lost in Las Vegas, Dracula's Castle, Gálya, A, Gálya, A, Galleon, The, Gold Rush!, Island Adventure, Les Manley in Search for the King, Lighthouse Mystery, Mountain Palace, The, Mouse That Ate Chicago, The, My First Adventure, Nielson Papers, The, Oddessy, Odinshrine, Orb of Light, The, Overlord, Return from the Isle, Return of the Ring, Robin Hood, Sereamis, Survive!, Sword of Vhor, Thunder Road, Time Wagon, Tombs of Xeiops, Transmat, Treasure Hunt, Treasure Quest, True Spit, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, The
• New Maps: Amazonia, Mina, A, Return from the Isle, Serra Pelada
• New Hints: Return of the Ring
• Updated Hints: Return of the Ring

09-02-2012 (Gunness)

A heap of new titles, mainly C64 ones located by iamaram, have been added.

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, rwap, Alastair

• New Games: Anelpum Quat, Blue-Eyed Thief, Brass Helm, The, City of Atlantis, Dracula's Castle, Fortress at Time's End, The, Garden of Balance, Golden Chalice, The, Island Adventure, Mountain Palace, The, My First Adventure, Nielson Papers, The, Oddessy, Odinshrine, Orb of Light, The, Overlord, Revenge of Balrog, Survive!, Sword of Vhor, The Fugitive, Thunder Road, Time Wagon, Tombs of Xeiops, Transmat, Treasure Hunt, Treasure Quest, Treasure Quest, True Spit, Ware Moed, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, The
• New Solutions: Dracula's Castle, I Spy Red, On the Way to the Interview
• New Hints: Dracula's Castle

02-02-2012 (Gunness)

We've added a bunch of Sinclair QL titles, and the rest (?) of the parser-based Sierra games as well. As my esteemed co-editor Alastair pointed out a short while ago [actually it was Mr Creosote, on the forum, who first pointed this out - Alastair], the early Sierra titles used a normal text input interface, and though I used to vehemently deny that they belonged here, I'll have to eat my words again.
But the problem is an interesting one - what games qualify to be included here? There are an awful lot of borderline titles, with various degrees of joystick control, graphics interface, multiple choice selection and what have you. The verdict isn't in yet :)

Contributors: Gunness, rwap, Juan, Ambat Sasi Nair, IstenNyila, iamaran, gamingafter40, Alastair, terri, Alex

• New Games: Codename: Iceman, Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail, Elfin Way, Executive Adventure, Gold Rush!, Here We Go, Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places), Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, McSporran's Lament, Mortville Manor, Return to Eden, Uncle Loonie's Legacy
• New Solutions: 13 Rue del Percebe, 2044 Space Troopers, 2604, Afflicted, Akbarr, Ananachronist, Arquimedes XXI, Ashkeron!, Babó, A, Biohell, Black Tower, The, Codename: Iceman, Dilithium Station Zero, Forest of Doom, The, James Brand, Legende im Eis, Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet, The, Mitoszok Gyémántja, Rätsel der 7. Kolonie, Das, Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, Spaced-Out, Witches' Brew
• New Maps: Return of the Ring
• Updated Solutions: Leotrope

20-01-2012 (Alastair)

There are now over 5050 games and over 2400 solutions in the database. Among the games added to the site during the past few weeks are the various non-point-and-click Quest adventures by Sierra On-Line (and there I was thinking that all of their Quest games were point-and-click).

Contributors: Gunness, iamaran, Alastair, gamingafter40, IstenNyila, Alex, Dorothy, FijneWIET

• New Games: King's Quest, King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne, King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, Mysterious Yeti, The, Orb, The, Police Quest II: The Vengeance, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge, Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter, Utopia
• New Solutions: Alvilág Ura, Az, Brekk! - Avagy a Békává Varázsolt Királylány, Castle Belmar, Forbidden Planet Part I, Horror Hotel, Jungle Adventure Part II - King Solomon's Mines, King's Quest, King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne, King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, Lord Of The Hell, Mélyûr, Mansion, Phlegm, Police Quest II: The Vengeance, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Sekte, De, Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge, Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter, Titkosügynök, Wega Station, X-Bázis, X-Base
• New Maps: Beyond, The, Cave of the Reaper, Horror Hotel
• Updated Solutions: Horror Hotel, Mutant Spiders, The, Sekte, De, Sekte, De