News

23-12-2019 (Gunness)

As tradition would have it, the CASA offices close down (well, I do, anyway) until the new year. Of course, that's just a fancy way of saying that personally I won't be looking at my computer much for the next week or so - but I'm sure that some of our users and editors will.
We survived our 20th year online, and there's plenty more coming, including a lot of material waiting in the queue! As always, a huge and heartfelt thanks to my co-editors for keeping our engine running and the database in (mostly) pristine order. But it wouldn't matter much without the assistance of you, our visitors, whether you're laboriously making it through the entire TRS CoCo catalogue, supply an update once in a while or simply use CASA as a source of information. Enjoy the holidays, eat, drink, dance, be merry and try to sneak in an adventure game if you can find the time. See you in 2020!

Contributors: Sylvester, Exemptus, Csabo, iamaran, farique, Strident

• New Solutions: Cromwell House, Eis und Feuer Teil 1 - Der Magier, Escape From Shazzar!, Keys to Gondrun, Revenge of Moriarty, The, Xanir Adventure
• New Maps: Borrowed Time, Dallas Quest, The, Dallas Quest, The, Eis und Feuer Teil 1 - Der Magier, Escape From Shazzar!, Gold, Marooned, Omniverse, Xanir Adventure
• New Hints: Borrowed Time, Cromwell House, Dallas Quest, The, Dracula, Eis und Feuer Teil 1 - Der Magier
• Updated Hints: Borrowed Time
• Updated Solutions: Eis und Feuer Teil 1 - Der Magier
• New Games: Castle of Death, The, Crime Time, Curse of Rabenstein, The, Darklord, Hallowe'en: Night of the Misty Manor, Kingdom, Magic Potion, The, Mansion, The, Missing Witch, The, Mouse, Royal Rose, Treasure Tunnels, TWO, Witch's Apprentice, The

22-11-2019 (Gunness)

The CASA database is large and ever growing. I'll be the first to admit that there are (probably) lots of errors in our data. That sort of goes with the territory, seeing how we're investigating rare and sometimes lost games from 35+ years ago. Hence it pleases my inner historian to no end when I see the amount of research that some of our users put into getting the facts right. Case in point: Jyym Pearson's Saigon: The Final Days, which might or might not be part of the Other Ventures series. Feel free to join the debate here if you think you have any information to add.
Speaking of mr. Pearson, I've personally only played two of his games, The Institute and Lucifer's Realm, which are both decidedly oddball - in a good way.

Contributors: Csabo, Sylvester, Gunness, NomadColossus, iamaran, Alex, Mousey, Jesper Hvid, Moitcho, zjuric, leenew, rkarlberg, nimusi, stevenjameshodgson, jimjamsgames, D. Jones, Strident, devwebcl

• New Solutions: Agent, Brubaker, Bulbo's Intrepid Adventure, Castle of Terror, Crime Time, Freiheit, Fuchsjagd - The Great Amateur Radio Direction Finding, Haunted House, Hellowoon - Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs, Lost Ark of the Covenant, Marie Celeste, Planet of the Robots, Quest for the Ancient Tome of Aliard, Return of the Roach, Saigon: The Final Days, Ship of Doom, Squirrel Tree, Top Secret, Towering Inferno, Warp
• New Maps: 0 Grad Nord, Adventureland, Arrow of Death Part 1, Arrow of Death Part 2, Circus, Count, The, Emerald Isle, Escape From Pulsar 7, Frankenstein, Golden Baton, The, Haunted House, Hellowoon - Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs, Pirate Adventure, Return of the Diamond, Return of the Diamond, Secret Mission, Ship of Doom, Squirrel Tree, Time Machine, The, Towering Inferno, Towering Inferno, Voodoo Castle, Wie im Eisen der Fuchs...
• New Manuals: Eye of Borrack, The
• New Hints: Asterix und Obelix - Die Odyssey, Frankenstein, Grab des Pharao, Das, Haus des Magiers, Das, Hellowoon - Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs, Jara-Tava: The Isle of Fire, Labyrinth des Schreckens, Mario - Die unheimliche Mine, Pharaos Grave Adventure
• New Fixed games: Quest for the Sacred Flame of Hestia, The
• Updated Fixed games: Quest for the Sacred Flame of Hestia, The
• Updated Hints: Jara-Tava: The Isle of Fire
• Updated Maps: Castle of Terror, Castle of Terror, Ship of Doom
• Updated Solutions: Castle of Terror, Ship of Doom, Ship of Doom, Token of Ghall
• New Reviews: Warp
• New Games: Adventure in 20 Rooms, After the Dark, Alien Research Centre 2, Badly Cursed Treasure, The, Brubaker, Bruma en Stratford, Una, Cave of Hoarding, The, Cave of Montauk, The, Century, Conan - il Barbaro, Cottage, The, Dallas Nasty, Din Vej Til Stjernerne, Dungeon of Despair, Dunnet, E.T. in Action Parte 1: La Fuga, E.T. in Action Parte 2: L'Astronave, ELF, Eric and the Magic Torch, Escape from Planet X, Escape the Cave of Magic, Eventyret, Excalibur, Eye of Borrack, The, Fantasmi, Fantasy Parte 1: L'Incantesimo, Fantasy Parte 2: La Valle Mysteriosa, Fergyser, Fortryllede Telefon, Den, Goblins, Jungel Jakt, Legacy, The, Lost in Wales, Lost Labyrinth of Lazaitch, The, Lost Planet, The, Mad Jock's Family Reunion, Mission in Time, A, Mosquetero De La Reina, El, Mundo Perdido, O, Mushroom Hunt, På Eventyr i Bjerget, PLAYExpo Adventure, The, Quest for the Sacred Flame of Hestia, The, Rainbow Land, Revenge, Rychle Sipy 2: Stinadla Se Bouri, Sceptre, The, School, The, Seeker of Magic, Seven Spanish Angels, Sherlick, Shore Leave, Spooky Adventure, Talk to Him about Love, Towering Inferno, Troll and the Teddy, The, Troll's Revenge, A, untitled adventure, Warp

27-08-2019 (Gunness)

Gaming pioneer Scott Adams, who has introduced many of us to the adventure genre, is hard at work again. This time around he's creating something called Conversational Adventures, the first title being Adventureland XL. I'm not quite sure what this entails, but among other things voice input is promised. If the first game proves a success, more of Scott's classics might join the series. You can read more (and support the game) over at his Patreon account.

Contributors: Mousey, Strident, Garry, adventuron, Kozelek, benkid77, redhighlander, ahope1, Gunness, terri, RetroBasic, nimusi, Andre Leao, impomatic, stevenjameshodgson, Dorothy, Jewwbat, devwebcl, iamaran

• New Solutions: Back to the Future: Marty Quest, Bulbo and the Blue Dragon, Caverns of Jupiter, Christmas at the Microfair, Cruel Canyon, Elsie the Aadvark goes Lunar Surveying, Epicentre, Escape from Pirate's Isle, Escape In The Dark, Escape Into Fiction, Escape to Murky Woods, Excalibur: Sword of Kings, Fantasy Mansion, Firm, The, Forastero, El, From Out of the Snow, From the Tower of Valagon, Guarded by Trolls, Haunt, House that James Built, The, Hut, The, Last Mission, Locked Room, The, Locked Room, The, Loves Sweet Garden, Magic Mountain, Matilda's Dilemma, Mine, Murder at Hamilton Halls, Panico a la Caida, Playera, Rufal, Shoddy in Funland, Spiro Legacy, The, Stafford Predicament, The, Steve Silver Adventure 1, To Hell in a Hamper, Travelling, Young Arthur's Quest
• New Maps: Atlantean Odyssey, Caverns of Jupiter, Christmas at the Microfair, Colditz, Cruel Canyon, Deer Creek, Elsie the Aadvark goes Lunar Surveying, Escape from Pirate's Isle, Escape In The Dark, Escape Into Fiction, Fantasy Mansion, Firm, The, Forestland, House that James Built, The, Landlord, Last Mission, Locked Room, The, Lost Dutchman's Mine, Loves Sweet Garden, Magic Mountain, Matilda's Dilemma, Mine, Moonmist, Mystery Fun House, Pyramid of Doom, Shoddy in Funland, Stafford Predicament, The, Travelling
• New Hints: Journey One Spring, A
• New Fixed games: Young Arthur's Quest
• New Clue sheets: Tales of Mathematica, The
• Updated Solutions: Bulbo and the Blue Dragon, Epicentre, Eunuchs' Ball, The, Guarded by Trolls, Murder at Hamilton Halls
• New Reviews: Adventureland
• New Games: 10 Cave Adventure, ¿La sentencia?, Adventure at Lake Santeetlah, Amazon Adventure, The, Antartida, Arbiter, The, Aventura Game, Bienvenido a Cuculandia, Bronx, Bulbo and the Blue Dragon, Call of the Shaman, The, Captain P. Samsons Mission til Senturios, Casa, La, Castillo Encantado, Cave of Magic, The, Caverns of Jupiter, Cero Absoluto, Christmas at the Microfair, Cielo e Infierno, Cinderella, Colossal Cave, The, Cosmos the Adventure!, Count’s Revenge, The, Crono, Cruel Canyon, Crypt of Pain, Dark Hospital, The, Death Wheel, Deer Creek, Dimensione Sconosciuta, Disaster, Dood Spoor, Dungeon, El último aventurero, Elfbayne, Elsie the Aadvark goes Lunar Surveying, Epicentre, Escape from Pirate's Isle, Escape In The Dark, Escape Into Fiction, Escape to Murky Woods, Euclides XXI, Euclides XXI, Excalibur: Espada De Reyes, Fantasy Mansion, Fiebre del Oro, From Out of the Snow, Gamle Hus, Det, Gateway to Darkness, Great White North Adventure!, The, Guarded by Trolls, Hobbit, Hoppit, The, House that James Built, The, Hulen i Kæmpeskoven, Hut, The, Impulso, Investigator, The, jug2k, Ladron, El, Last Mission, Locked Room, The, Lola huele bien y adora el marisco, Lost City, Loves Sweet Garden, Macabre Laboratory, Magician's Maze, Mapa, El, Mars Menace from Outer Space, McArra's Quest, Megacorp II, Mine, Morsa y la bellota, La, Murder Mystery, Museo poético Emmy, Mystik i Burma, No mires, No Quiero Verla, Orco, El, PAEE, Prisoner, The, PSI, Rapido, Rattlesnake Bend, Remakorp, Roleando, Sam Mallard – El Caso del Cisne Desaparecido, Sample adventure for ScottCom, Secret of Funland, the, Secreto de Castronegro, El, Sello, El, Shoddy in Funland, Something!, Sonrisas... y lágrimas, Soy Anüak, Stafford Predicament, The, Superlopez, The Mimoso Adventure, Tusind Kys, Universo Digital, Vainsville, Visit, The, Wasteland, Way Home, The, Wiz Lair, la guarida del hechicero, Wizard's Quest: Morluck's Lair, World Destruction, Xanir Adventure, Zendyr's Labyrinth, ZNA, Zork I

07-05-2019 (Gunness)

There's no rest for the wicked! Anniversary or not, we try to keep the updating of the game database at a (mostly) steady clip. A particularly large thank you and welcome to Kozelek/Pablo, who has just joined the editorial team and has already been fixing and updating like there's no tomorrow. Kozelek will have a special focus on the Spanish releases, which suits me splendidly as my grasp of that language is woefully bad.
Speaking of.... we can always use more editors, not the least if you speak any languages outside of English (Italian, Russian and French would be nice!)

Contributors: Garry, jgerrie, Alex, benkid77, leenew, Gunness, fresel, iamaran, RetroBasic, pippa, Sylvester, Kozelek, Tinker, Alastair, Strident, devwebcl, adventuron

• New Solutions: Adventure of Bigfoot, Assignment 45, Balthar's Castle, Black Island Adventure, Cannibal Island, Crystal Chalice of Quorom, The, Death Satellite, Deepspace, Erbe des Ushers, Das, House on the other side of the storm, The, ISS Emergency!, Martian Adventure, Oracle, The, Sample Adventure, Simple Adventure, Treasure Hunt, Vespozian Affair, The
• New Maps: Adventure of Bigfoot, Atlantean Odyssey, Balthar's Castle, Basements and Beasties, Fantasia, Freiheit, Haus des Magiers, Das, House on the other side of the storm, The, Sample Adventure, Simple Adventure, Strange Odyssey
• New Hints: Fantasia, Freiheit, Gordon Saga, Supermartian: The Adventure
• New Clue sheets: Goteras
• Updated Fixed games: Adventure
• Updated Hints: Calixto Island
• Updated Maps: Dr. Who Adventure
• Updated Solutions: Black Island Adventure, Burg Schreckenstein, Calixto Island, Dr. Who Adventure, Uncle Tays' House Adventure, Vespozian Affair, The
• New Reviews: Atlantean Odyssey
• New Games: A lo lejos, un faro, AGE Arena, Any Treasure Day, Appointment With F.E.A.R., Arkenstone, Array, Astral, Asunto de Celos, Un, Atrapada, Aventura en el Siglo XXIV, Balada de Leithian, La, Bares, Biero-City, Buried Citadel, The, Busted!, BYOD, Caccia al Tesoro, Cannibal Island, Cartoon Capers in Ghost Town, Casa al otro lado de la tormenta, la, Cascada, Crimen Perfecto, El, Cristal Rojo, El, Crown of Atlantis, Crypt, The, Cygnis, Dangerous Pyramid, Declinacion Mortal, Ditch Day Drifter, Dungeon Maze, Eclipse total 2: Claustrofobia, Enterrado Vivo, Enterrado Vivo 2, Escape from the Dungeon of Despair, Fan, La, Fantasia Diamond, Flashback, Fortaleza I, La, Fortaleza II, La, Fray Guillermo y el clavo de oro, Generador poético, Great Caravan Caper, Héroes de la mazmorra, Halloween, Heaven and Hell, High Tech Drifter, Homo Homini Orcus, House on the other side of the storm, The, Key to Time, The, Long Boring Tunnels and Big Whopping Ginormous Dragons, Love, Mexican Adventure, Misterio de la isla de Tokland, El, Mystery Island, Nemesis, O-Level Caper, The, Oracle, The, Path, The, Patrol at the Dawn, Pattuglia all'alba, Perdition's Flames, Pirating, Quest, Rastros, Revenge of Moriarty, The, Sample Adventure, Sigma Mission, Snowdrop, Soft Adventure, Sound of One Hand Clapping, The, Space Warz, Stairway to the Stars, Supermartian: The Adventure, Tau Ceti, Time Slip, Top Secret, Treasure Hunt, Treasure Island, Venganza – La Sierva de la Muerte, Vientos de Yadhé, Los, Westfront VIC-20, World of Witchcraft, ZHL

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

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