The year is 1957. You are Jason Roberts. You're preparing an expedition to help your missing brother in the land of Amazons and eventually look for a lost treasure. The ScummVM Team is proud to announce that [Amazon: Guardians of Eden](http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/amazon-guardians-of-eden) is now playable in ScummVM using the latest [daily builds](/downloads/#daily), and is ready for testing. Please report any bugs as well as unknown versions you find in our [bug tracker](http://bugs.scummvm.org/), following our [bug submission guidelines](/faq/#question.report-bugs). Any [screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots) of your playthrough are welcome. You don't have this game but still want to help us? There's actually a way! We are missing screenshots for more than a dozen games! Take a look at [the list of missing screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots#List_of_screenshots_we_need), grab your originals and immortalize your favorite scenes!
The Templars are back in this fan-made game of the Broken Sword Series! George comes back to discover the origin of a mysterious letter he received about Nico's death, and uncover the whereabouts of the modern day Templars once again... The ScummVM Team is proud to announce that the fan-made game Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars is now playable in ScummVM using the [latest daily builds](/downloads/#daily), and is ready for testing. Please report any bugs as well as unknown versions you find in our [bug tracker](http://bugs.scummvm.org/), following our [bug submission guidelines](/faq/#question.report-bugs). Any [screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots) of your playthrough are as usual welcome. Many thanks to the wonderful [mindFactory team](http://brokensword25.com/team/mitglieder.htm) who created this great sequel, and shared the original source code with us! The game can be found for free [here](http://brokensword25.com/).
We have been using SourceForge.net for many years. It was the very first home for our project, and it served us very well. However, we had to move on, and we were looking for a new home. Last year Florian Schicker, CEO of [easyname GmbH](http://easyname.com) approached us with the thrilling proposal to donate a server and host it in their Data Centre. And what makes it so special is that they are doing it "because they are veeeery big fans of the good old scumm games"! Go, look at [company teampage in that fancy scumm-feeling](http://www.easyname.com/en/company/team)! A really generous proposal and completely unexpected. Thus, we are moving. First we moved our main website and downloads, and you probably already noticed the speed boost thanks to the new service. Also, we said goodbye to the advertisements during downloads, as they were provided by SourceForge.net. The only ads that will be associated with this project from now on are the ones we want to do by ourselves (and that, of course, includes easyname.com, look at their nice logo in the right pane). Eventually, we will move more services to the new server, and perhaps even extend it with something new. So please join us in our joy of a new home!
While aboard the subway, your train car is sucked into an alternate dimension, a labyrinth that spans the space-time continuum. Its creator, Daedalus, is forced to oversee its construction by the evil King Minos, who wants to use it to invade and conquer all times and places. Daedalus pleads for the player to find a way to destroy the labyrinth before Minos can complete his conquest. The ScummVM Team is proud to announce that *Labyrinth of Time* is now playable in ScummVM using the [latest daily builds](/downloads/#daily), and is ready for testing. Please report any bugs as well as unknown versions you find in our [bug tracker](http://bugs.scummvm.org/), following our [bug submission guidelines](/faq/#question.report-bugs). Any [screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots) of your playthrough are as usual welcome. Many thanks to [The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co.](http://www.wyrmkeep.com/) for sharing the game's original source code with us!
After a very long break, we are finally starting preparations for our next release, ScummVM 1.8.0. The last one year and a half have been very busy, and we added 10 (ten, zehn, dieci, dix, diez, десять) new games: **Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender* **Sfinx* **Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands* **Zork: Grand Inquisitor* **The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel* **The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo* **Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity* **Amazon: Guardians of Eden* **Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars* **Labyrinth of Time* Also, we had a major rewrite of the AGI engine, so all AGI games should work better, but could also have new, unexpected bugs. Thus, we need your help with testing out these games, including AGI-based ones. For your convenience, we gathered together what requires testing on [our wiki](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing/1.8.0). There are also a few other old classics on that list that could use another run through. You need to grab a [daily build](/downloads/#daily) of ScummVM and you may start helping right away! If you happen to find any bugs, please report them on our [bug tracker](http://bugs.scummvm.org/). After completing one of the games, please let us know on [the forums](http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=14006) so we can mark your progress on the [wiki](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing/1.8.0) and other players can concentrate on untested games. Please be sure to follow our guidelines for release testing, which can be found [here](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing). Also some of these games require [screenshots](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Screenshots), which you can make along your gameplay. Happy adventuring (in a test mode)!
 Yesterday, Google announced the list of accepted mentoring organizations and we have the great pleasure to be one of those. In previous years, we have primarily focused on adventure games. However, after discussing with our sister project ResidualVM, we are happy to announce that, this year, we will also be accepting RPG tasks. ScummVM and ResidualVM are now waiting for motivated students, willing to work during this summer on reviving adventure and role-playing games. Be part of it! Make History and join our best GSoC so far! Take a look at [our ideas page](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code/GSoC_Ideas_2016) or bring your own idea, then contact us: we are waiting for you on IRC impatiently! One place: Freenode. Two channels: #scummvm and #residualvm
No, we do not want to make it a new rule to release ScummVM slower and slower! It has been many months since the last official release... but in that time, tons of work has been done, resulting in one of our biggest ScummVM releases to date! ScummVM 1.8 adds support for *ten* new games using eight brand new game engines: **Amazon: Guardians of Eden* **Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity* **Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars* **Labyrinth of Time* **Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender* **Sfinx* **The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo* **The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel* **Zork: Grand Inquisitor* **Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands* In addition to new game support, we've updated the MT-32 emulator to the latest upstream version of munt, and switched AdLib to Miles Audio for those games which originally supported it. This means games in ScummVM sound better than ever! We've also overhauled the graphics subsystem in AGI, basically replacing it. As a result game compatibility with old Sierra titles is high as never before, and even includes platform-specific system dialogs, palette and font for Apple IIgs, Atari ST and Amiga versions of the games. Game speed for Apple IIgs is handled properly now. And it's even possible to switch to the looks of another platform. New ports include GCW-Zero (yes, sev finally got one from the Kickstarter) and Raspberry Pi. Also, along the way we have moved to a new server and added translation capabilities to our main website. If you'd like to help with translation, [here](http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/HOWTO-Translate_ScummVM_Web_Site) is the link with the guide. This list is far from complete. The more comprehensive version of it can be found in [the release notes](https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/1.8.0/ReleaseNotes) and the binaries for your platforms are available from our [downloads page](/downloads/). The porters are still building their packages, so please be patient if you do not see the up to date download for your platform yet. Don't get lost in the Labyrinth, and in the worst case call Mr. Holmes! (And we promise to release more often!)
 The next version of ScummVM will support [Discord](https://discord.gg/4cDsMNtcpG) rich presence, so you can show off to all your friends that you're playing ScummVM <i>and</i> the exact game you're playing. But to make the most of this feature, we need game icons. If you ever wanted to contribute to ScummVM but couldn't find anywhere to apply your art/design skills, now’s your chance! Check out the new [Game Icons repository](https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-icons/) for more details on how you can help.
A new release of ScummVM is ready. This is a thrilling one because we are embracing adventure games as far back as 1976! That’s right, the infamous _Colossal Cave Adventure_, the very first Interactive Fiction game, is now supported by ScummVM. Besides that (and about 1594 other IF games), we now added 3 more game engines and extended another 4, thus adding the following games to the supported list: * _Blazing Dragons_ * _Eye of the Beholder - Sega CD version_ * _Griffon Legend_ * _Interactive Fiction games_ * _Operation Stealth_ * _Police Quest: SWAT_ * _Prince and the Coward, English translation_ * _Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar_ * _Ultima VI - The False Prophet_ * _Ultima VIII - Pagan_ As you can see, we continue our exploration into the world of RPGs. Other notable changes are: a fully rewritten MorphOS port; a new subsystem for automatic saves present in nearly every engine we support; Right-To-Left display support in our GUI; updated MT-32 emulation code and Discord Rich Presence. We now support additional different game versions, and have noticeable improvements to Illusions, Kyra, Lab, Queen, Titanic, Xeen and ZVision engines. There is also improved support for Maniac Mansion, NES and Apple //gs versions. As usual, we continue fixing original SCI script bugs in over 30 games and added Roland D-110 soundtrack support to these games. Of course, you can find the comprehensive Release Notes [here](https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/2.2.0/ReleaseNotes.html). Grab your copy from [our downloads page](https://www.scummvm.org/downloads), or, on Windows or macOS, let the automatic updater fetch it for you. In addition, we will be releasing a new Android port into the Beta Channel and will need your help with testing. That would be great for us to get your feedback at [the Android Port subforum](https://forums.scummvm.org/viewforum.php?f=17). Time to dive into a nice Interactive Fiction or fry some monsters in Ultima with a Blazing Fire, if you’re a dragon of course.
*“Sorry for the wait Mr. Flores, I’m ready to take you now”*– Grim Fandango. Today is a special day, special in a number of ways. First of all, we hit a milestone with19 years of ScummVM. Our first-ever public release, ScummVM version 0.0.1, happened on October 8th, 2001. And second, something else finally happened, something which has been in the talks for a long time: The ScummVM project is officially merging with the ResidualVM project. For a long time ScummVM limited itself to 2D point-and-click adventure games, and so ResidualVM was born as a sister project to support 3D games. But from now on, there will be no more confusion about which project a game belongs to. ScummVM now embraces adventure games and RPGs, whether they are 2D or 3D, point-and-click or not. It is a natural step for both projects which have been developed alongside each other and cross-pollinating each other with ideas, patches and design decisions. Moreover, several developers belonged to both projects. With this merger, ScummVM adds several games to our supported list: _Grim Fandango_, _Escape from Monkey Island_, _Myst III - Exile_, _The Longest Journey_ and an unfinished engine for _In Cold Blood_, as well as Wintermute 3D engine. We’re excited to embrace most of the ResidualVM team and will continue development together. Of course, there are still more things to do and, in the coming weeks, you will see more project resources merging like forums, wikis, etc. Stay tuned and go 3D!
