Paris, July 24, 1914. We are excited to announce that Jordan Mechner's acclaimed real-time adventure The Last Express is now ready for testing in ScummVM!

Step into the shoes of Robert Cath, an American doctor on the run from murder charges, as he boards the legendary Orient Express for what would be its final journey before the outbreak of World War I.

What makes this adventure game truly unique is its time-based gameplay - the game takes place in real time, and characters move within the train following their own schedules, speaking in their native languages, and living their lives whether you're watching or not. But don't worry... you can always rewind time if you missed anything important!

To test this game, you'll need the original version of the game (either from the original hybrid DOS/Windows/Mac CDs or from GOG.com) and a daily development build of ScummVM. Please note that the Gold Edition available from Steam is NOT supported - only the original version is compatible at this time. The engine supports the following languages for the game: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. We couldn't locate the Japanese version at the moment, but please contact us if you have it!

Grab a daily build, have our testing guidelines handy, and get ready for an incredible journey through history, mystery, and one of the most innovative adventure games of the 1990s — and besides... the Orient Express is such a beautiful train, wouldn't you want to take some screenshots while you're there?

A young physics professor named Lester conducts a particle experiment. Suddenly, something goes wrong, lightning strikes, and in a moment Lester finds himself in a strange alien world. Now he must fight for his life in this strange place. Luckily, he'll find help along the way..

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce full support for Out of this World (aka Another World). This is particularly noteworthy, since the original version of this engine was briefly added to ScummVM over twenty years ago.

Help us test the game by grabbing a daily build. Read through our testing guidelines. Currently, only the original DOS and Windows 3.1 versions are supported, though with sounds effects only, and not the music. Also, unfortunately, the Anniversary Editions are not yet supported. Additionally, like the original, you can't save your game, but you can use the 'c' key to open an area select dialog to enter a code to resume where you left off. And please take some screenshots along the way.

Lester's fate is in your hands. You'll deal with dangerous fauna, bloodthirsty aliens, and fiendish puzzles as you flee for your life.

It's been seven months since the first few qdEngine games were supported. After further work on the engine and playtesting, we are pleased to announce support for the remaining games:

• Little Longnose (Russian: Карлик Нос, Lithuanian: Nykštukas Nosis)
• Pilot Brothers 3: Back Side of the Earth (Russian: Братья Пилоты. Обратная сторона Земли)
• Pilot Brothers 3D. The Case of Garden Pests (Russian: Братья Пилоты 3D. Дело об Огородных вредителях)
• Pilot Brothers 3D-2. Kennel Club Secrets (Russian: Братья Пилоты 3D-2. Тайны Клуба Собаководов)
• Features of National Fishing (Russian: Особенности национальной рыбалки)
• Mom Don't Worry (Russian: Мама, не горюй)
• Dog-n-cat: In the Footsteps of Unprecedented Beasts (Russian: Агентство "КотоПес": По следам невиданных зверей)
• Dog-n-cat: Island of Dr Ratiarty (Russian: Агентство "КотоПес": Остров доктора Крысарди)

To play the games, you will need a daily development build. If you encounter any issues, please submit the bug reports to our issue tracker.

We are also still looking for a Lithuanian copy of the Little Longnose game (Nykštukas Nosis). If you have a copy or know where to obtain one, it would be greatly appreciated by the team.

Get ready to jam and slap da BASS!

Yes, it is this time of the year again! Please welcome the first ScummVM release of the year: ScummVM 2.9.1.

This maintenance release mainly focused on fixing bugs that our developers and users have uncovered since our last stable release.

As usual, several engines and platforms received their fair share of bug fixes and improvements: AGI, AGS, Asylum, BAGEL, Bladerunner, Hopkins, MADS, NGI, SCI, SCUMM, Sky, Sword1, Tetraedge, Tinsel, Tucker, TwinE, and TWP.

Our porters also went on a bug-hunting spree, so all we can provide is a small summary of the latest and greatest fixes!

The Nintendo 3DS (yes, we do not care about end-of-life dates!) has the GUI appropriately displayed if it is configured to use the top screen only.

Android now provides an option to save and restore your configuration file and save games, and the vast majority of older Android devices will see increased performance thanks to the ARM NEON optimizations, which are now enabled by default. And the Beneath a Steel Sky game is not crashing in the intro anymore!

The Atari port received some internal backend, GUI, and audio fixes. Speaking of audio: iOS/iPad will now always properly recognize FluidSynth soundfonts, macOS has support for Audio CD playback from original discs on Snow Leopard and earlier, and Windows 9x (yes, EOL…) can use FLAC files again!

The detailed list of improvements is available here.

Head over to our downloads page and grab it while it’s hot! As usual, macOS and Windows users can update ScummVM with our integrated, magical auto-upgrade solution.

Robert Ripley, a famous traveler and collector of rarities. One day, during a trip in Egypt, Ripley is attacked by mysterious Chinese assassins. The trail will lead him and his Chinese girlfriend Mei Chen on a chase around the world, in a race against time to prevent the greatest theft of all time, the First Emperor's seal, which could plunge the world into chaos.

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce full support for Ripley's Believe It Or Not! The Secret of Master Lu, the other classic game, besides Orion Burger, by Sanctuary Woods. As with Orion Burger, it adds a few niceties that the original didn't have, such as mouse wheel handling, and using the spacebar to skip walk animations.

Help us test the game by grabbing a daily build. Read through our testing guidelines. The game's logic was all hardcoded, and proved even more complicated than that of Orion Burger, so we really need people to try all sorts of weird actions, and make sure the game handles everything correctly and matches the original implementation. And please take some screenshots along the way.

Good luck. If you fail to prevent the seal falling into evil hands, it could be used to unite all Asia under a single ruler, thirsty for conquest.