It is hard to believe, but a quarter-century and a couple of days ago, the ScummVM Project saw its first public commit by Ludvig Strigeus aka ludde.

So many things have changed, and we continue to follow our new release cadence. Without further ado, let's discuss what is coming with the 2026.4.0 release.

First of all, we have a huge number of newly added and enhanced engines:

Newly Supported Games:

• Mortadelo y Filemón: Una Aventura de Cine Edición Original
• Mortadelo y Filemón: Dos vaqueros chapuceros
• Mortadelo y Filemón: Terror, Espanto y Pavor
• Mortadelo y Filemón: La Sexta Secta
• Mortadelo y Filemón: Operación Moscú
• Mortadelo y Filemón: El Escarabajo de Cleopatra
• Mortadelo y Filemón: La Banda de Corvino
• Mortadelo y Filemón: Balones y Patadones
• Mortadelo y Filemón: Mamelucos a la Romana
• Dracula: Resurrection
• Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary
• Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
• The Cameron Files: The Secret at Loch Ness
• The Messenger / Louvre: The Final Curse
• Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
• Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
• Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock
• Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
• Nancy Drew: Danger by Design
• Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave
• Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault
• Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
• Dragonsphere
• Return of the Phantom
• Once Upon a Forest
• Alpha Polaris
• Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
• Barrow Hill - The Dark Path
• Dark Fall: Lost Souls
• Devil In The Capital
• Dirty Split
• Face Noir
• Ghost in the Sheet
• Hamlet
• The Lost Crown - A Ghost-Hunting Adventure
• Murder In Tehran's Alleys 2016
• Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933
• Reversion series
• Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
• Shadows on the Vatican series
• other Wintermute engine games, over 140 titles
• Der Schatz im Silbersee (Treasure of the Silver Lake)
• The Fool's Errand
• Harvester
• Lord Avalot d'Argent
• Dungeon Master
• Eagle Eye Mysteries
• Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

If I count correctly, there are 194 newly supported games and 12 new engines!

General enhancements

We made some improvements to our Event Recorder, sped up sound mixing by using a faster OPL3 AdLib sound chip emulator, and added support for yet another installer type, so it is easier to run the games without the requirement of running their original installer.

Engine bugfixes and improvements

Seventeen engines were enhanced and improved. Sanitarium got walking sounds fixed; Another World now has better compatibility with big-endian systems; the GLK engine got support for some ZX Spectrum games. We finally completed the Hopkins engine by implementing its shooter mini-game (based on a small engine similar to Wolfenstein 3D). Kyra engine got automap in EOB games, and Korean fan translations of Legend of Kyrandia are now supported. A long-standing bug with pathfinding in Lure of the Tempress has been fixed. Also, we fixed a handful of bugs in Riddle of Master Lu; it makes it not an easy task, since all the game logic is hardcoded and not in scripts. Might and Magic got several facelifts, crash fixes, and small QoL improvements. Nancy engine is on the roll, and we fixed bugs in already supported games, on top of six announced in this release. Even the SCUMM engine got its C64 and early Windows HE titles compatibility improved. We added MT-32 support to the TsAGE engine, and fixed deadlocks in the V-Cruise engine games.

Port improvements

Atari port got optional integration with the nFM sound library.

The complete and comprehensive changelog can be found in the release notes.

The port builds will follow shortly; for now, you can enjoy the Windows, macOS (including PPC!), Dreamcast, Haiku and OpenDingux releases.

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Dungeon Master, the landmark 1987 first-person dungeon crawler by FTL Games, is ready for public testing!

As the spirit of Theron, the Grey Lord's apprentice, resurrect up to four champions from the mirrors in the Hall of Champions and guide them through the dungeon in real time to recover the Firestaff and defeat Lord Chaos.

Released in 1987, Dungeon Master was FTL Games' breakthrough title and one of the most influential releases of its decade, credited with defining the first-person dungeon-crawler genre and inspiring a generation of imitators across home computer platforms.

Dungeon Master broke new ground with real-time combat and an innovative rune-based spell-casting system, letting players combine runes to craft their own spells — features that set it apart from the turn-based crawlers that came before it.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the Amiga release (version 2.0, English) and the DOS release (version 3.4, USA edition, English) of Dungeon Master.

To join the test, grab a recent daily development build, add your game directory to ScummVM, and play through the dungeon. Please report any problems you encounter on our issue tracker.

The Grey Lord needs you! Resurrect four champions from their mirrors, brave the depths of the dungeon, seize the firestaff, and bring Lord Chaos to his knees — or abandon it all and walk away. The choice is yours. Are you ready to descend?

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Lord Avalot d'Argent, the quirky 1994 comedic adventure by Thorsoft of Letchworth, is ready for public testing!

The year is 1179. When Baron Michel de Lustie is denied the princess's hand in marriage, he kidnaps her for a steep 50-pence ransom. With England’s finest knight conveniently away on vacation, the desperate king turns to you: the reluctant and decidedly less-than-heroic Lord Avalot d'Argent. It is up to you to set off across Britain, solve odd puzzles, outwit strange characters, and somehow bring the princess back.

Inspired by early Sierra classics like King's Quest, the game blends animated graphical exploration with a traditional text parser and convenient mouse menus.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the original DOS release, powered by the Avalanche engine.

To join the test, grab a recent daily development build, add your game directory to ScummVM, and set out on the quest. Please report any problems you encounter on our issue tracker.

England's champion is on holiday, the princess has been kidnapped, and Avalot has somehow been chosen for the job. Are you ready to put his competence to the test?

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Harvester is ready for public testing!

You wake up in the small Texas farming town of Harvest. Who are you? How did you get here? Why does it seem to be the 1950s? What’s the Order of the Harvest Moon?

Harvester is an adventure/horror game, full of quirky characters, campy FMV cutscenes, B-list acting, real-time combat sequences and all the pixel-hunting goodness the genre is known for. Engage with the citizens of Harvest and uncover the town’s secrets as you attempt to gain access to the Lodge to uncover the truth.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the English, French and European versions. Once you’ve obtained a supported version, see the wiki for guidance on extracting the necessary data files.

Harvester depicts scenes of graphic violence, sex and gore, and may not be everyone’s cup of tea. If you’re not put off by this and want to help us test the games, start by grabbing a daily build and get playing! Don’t forget to read through our testing guidelines, and please take some screenshots along the way.

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that The Fool's Errand is ready for public testing!

The Fool's Errand is a critically-acclaimed narrative puzzle game based on characters and arcana from the tarot. Help the Fool as he uncovers the lost fourteen treasures of the world, averts all-out war between the four kingdoms, and defies the wrath of the evil High Priestess. Each puzzle solved reveals a new piece of the story, and builds to an overarching metapuzzle that ties all of the threads together.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the original Macintosh edition of the game - the ports for DOS, Amiga and Atari use a different engine and are not covered by this announcement. All known versions of the Macintosh edition should be supported and completable. But there's an old saying that a reverse engineer who hires themselves as a beta tester has a fool for a client, so don't take our word for it!

Help us test the games by grabbing a daily build. Read through our testing guidelines. And please take some screenshots along the way. The wiki page for the game explains which files are needed and how to extract them.

If you encounter any unexpected treachery, such as game-breaking bugs or a revision of the game which does not open in ScummVM, please report it on our issue tracker following our bug submission guidelines.

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy, The Cameron Files: The Secret at Loch Ness, and The Messenger / Louvre: The Final Curse are ready for public testing!

In Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy, an old explorer’s final wish sends a young journalist to a hidden land with some precious cargo: the stolen egg of the legendary White Birds. Sail, drive, and puzzle your way through Benoît Sokal’s world of strange wildlife, rusting machinery, and forgotten history.

Loch Ness takes private investigator Alan P. Cameron to the Scottish Highlands, where ghostly apparitions trouble Devil’s Ridge Manor—and his client has vanished. Search for clues, uncover a secret laboratory, and keep an eye on the loch. Some mysteries lurk beneath the surface.

In The Messenger/ Louvre: The Final Curse, agent Morgane Sinclair must recover four dangerous artefacts before the Black Templars can unleash their power. Travel through different eras of the Louvre’s history, mixing modern gadgets with ancient magic. This museum visit comes with considerably more at stake than the admission fee.

All three games run on the PhoenixVR engine, also used by Dracula: Resurrection and Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary.

Please note that only the Windows versions of these games are supported. The Macintosh and PSX versions use a different engine.

To join the testing, grab a recent daily development build and your original game data files. Report any bugs on our issue tracker, including your ScummVM version, game edition and language, and steps to reproduce the problem.

Mind the egg, watch the water, and try not to end the world. Happy testing!

Grab your magnifying glass and pack your bags, because Nancy is back on the road! We are pleased to announce that ScummVM now supports four more titles from the Nancy Drew adventure game series, taking the famous detective from a charming 1930s country inn all the way to the volcanic slopes of Hawaii.

In Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy visits the Lilac Inn, run by 17-year-old Emily Crandall. A kindly neighbor promised Emily his estate, but when he dies, his will leaves everything to someone else! Meanwhile, objects vanish and reappear, and whispers echo through the empty halls of the inn.

In Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Nancy and the Hardy Boys join socialite Lori Girard on a train trip to solve a century-old mystery: the disappearance of the train's original owner, Jake Hurley, rumored to have found a fabulous gold mine. But as soon as the journey begins, Lori herself vanishes...

In Nancy Drew: Danger by Design, Nancy goes undercover in Paris as an assistant to Minette, a couture fashion designer who has been throwing tantrums, firing her staff, and refusing to be seen without a mask covering her face. What is she hiding?

In Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave, Nancy arrives in Hawaii to assist entomologist Dr. Quigley Kim, only to find her camp ravaged and the doctor missing. Locals whisper that a legendary creature has awoken to prowl the island, and it's up to Nancy and the Hardy Boys to team up and crack the case.

As usual, you will need the original game data files to play these games. The games are available for purchase through HeR Interactive's website or Steam. To play them with ScummVM, you will need a daily development build. If you encounter any issues, please submit a bug report to our issue tracker, following our bug submission guidelines.

The case files are open, and the clues are waiting. Happy investigating!

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Eagle Eye Mysteries and Eagle Eye Mysteries in London are ready for public testing!

In each case, you accompany either Jake or Jennifer Eagle, the teenage twin detectives behind the Eagle Eye Detective Agency. Visit locations throughout Richview, question suspects, spot the details that don't quite fit, and record every clue in TRAVIS (Text Retrieval And Video Input System). Follow the evidence, identify the culprit, and solve the mystery. As you progress, cases become increasingly challenging, and each one can be replayed with a different outcome.

In the sequel, the twins cross the Atlantic, leaving Richview behind for the streets of London and a fresh collection of increasingly difficult mysteries. The new cases revolve around a mysterious thief known as Macavity, whom you'll need to unmask before returning home.

Published by EA*Kids and developed by Stormfront Studios, the Eagle Eye games sit in that rare corner of educational software that took its own genre seriously: a real deduction game, with suspects who lie, clues that only matter in hindsight, and mysteries that expect you to keep notes. Each case is self-contained, and there are plenty of them.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the Eagle Eye Mysteries DOS releases, in English and Spanish, and the Macintosh release and the Eagle Eye Mysteries in London DOS release. The Macintosh version of Eagle Eye Mysteries in London is still under development and is not part of this testing round.

As usual, you will need the original game data files to play. To join the test, grab a recent daily development build, add your game directory to ScummVM, and play through the games. Please report any problems you encounter on our issue tracker, following our bug submission guidelines. Screenshots and saved games demonstrating an issue are always helpful.

The case files are open. Good luck, detective.

The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Der Schatz im Silbersee (The Treasure of Silver Lake) is ready for public testing!

Play as Old Firehand, with Winnetou and Aunt Droll at your side, in this 1993 point-and-click adventure by Linel and Software 2000. Based on Karl May's novel, the hunt for the legendary treasure begins aboard the steamer Dogfish and leads all the way to Silver Lake.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the DOS game, the DOS demo, and the Amiga demo (with some known issues). The original release is German-only. We are working on an English translation and need help to finish it. If you speak German and English and would like to contribute, please get in touch with us.

Help us test the games by grabbing a daily build. Read through our testing guidelines. And please take some screenshots along the way.

The Wintermute engine reaches a major milestone. After years since the Wintermute engine was introduced to ScummVM in 2012, and following the addition of its 3D support in 2020, the engine has now reached an important milestone: over 140 Wintermute games are expected to be supported in an upcoming ScummVM release.

Notable games:

• Alpha Polaris
• Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
• Face Noir
• Reversion series
• Shadows on the Vatican series
• The Lost Crown - A Ghost-Hunting Adventure
• Dark Fall: Lost Souls
• Barrow Hill - The Dark Path
• Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
• Hamlet
• 1½ Ritter
• Dirty Split
• Ghost in the Sheet
• Devil In The Capital
• Murder In Tehran's Alleys 2016
• Murder In Tehran's Alleys 1933

The "Games tested at least once" section of the Wintermute/Games wiki page reflects the current state of compatibility and lists the games that are expected to be supported.

We'd like to ask for your help testing them. You can pick your favorite game and give it a try!