Caverns of Hope

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21. January 2012

Thanks for everyone trying out the Visual Ecco PC Install Guide!
We've finally found out how to set up the soundtrack, and so we used the chance to update the guide! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask us!
Also check out the new website "Eccothedolphindotf2012" by our friend "Ede", he does Let's Play videos on YouTube (also in Hungarian language in respect to the original creators, we approve!). He's got a nice site which looks quite promising! Check it out from our Links page!
Have a nice weekend!
-Hauke

03. January 2012

Surprise Update!
Well, lately many people have been asking about if it's possible to install and run Ecco PC on modern PCs. Since I could actually still get it running on my current machine without too much effort and the given tools we have on this website, I decided to spread that knowledge. So I created a guided tour through all the things and tweaks you need to do to get Ecco PC running from Windows XP till Windows 7 (64-bit even!). If you've always wanted to play this little gem, but hesitated because it seemed so complex, you got no excuse anymore. Here is our Visual Ecco PC Install Guide!
I've also added a little something to the emulation section that has almost gotten forgotten. Ecco the Orca! This could still be found in the newslog if you dig yourself down to 200X, but I thought it deserved a fixed place in the downloads section. So if you never played Sebastian's ROM hack of Ecco 1 for Genesis, where all the dolphins have become orcas, here is your chance!
Over and out!
-Hauke

30. September 2011

Happy 10. anniversary, Caverns of Hope!
Okay... I know, the site's been dead for almost two years, and I'm very sorry about it. Life has taken over all of us. And unfortonately, Ecco hasn't seen a revival yet either. Rumors come from everywhere, but nothing's happening for real. So, here we are, with what we've got. I think we should all be proud that Ecco is still being talked about, and we should have hopes that eventually we'll see the dolphin return on the screens in a brand new adventure!
For the day-one-fans of Caverns of Hope, I've recreated the very first design of this website. You can find it in the "Skins" section from the menu. Caverns of Hope have seen a lot of changes during the last decade. It began as a small website, which has breeded into a very active website during the first half of that time, and has acted as a very nice resource site for the last couple of years. I'd like to thank everyone who has made this website possible. From all of the admins helped manage the main website, to the fans, who contributed so much to the community, to the people who hosted and still host this website for free. Without all of you, Caverns of Hope would not have been possible! Thank you all!
I hope there will be times in which Ecco will be popular again. We will be prepared!
-Hauke

31. January 2010

Finally an update again! I had the afternoon off, so I decided to look for COH mail again (after months - sorry *cough*), and I was amazed that we still get so much mail and input. I can see that the YouTube account gets some attention, too. We're really happy that Ecco and COH still have so many followers. Thanks to all of you!
Anyway, I did a bit of tidying up, and added some content. Stenellya has sent us a new glitch for Hanging Waters. And sorry, but so many people have continuously reported about the Gallery glitch in the PS2 version of DotF, that I couldn't get the names back... If anyone truly wants to be mentioned personally, please drop us a line and we'll add you.
Else I've just updated some links, added some content from the news section into the main site. Followers will know it all already.
And off I vanish into the distance again! Seeyas :)
-Hauke

19. July 2009

Hey everyone. Sorry about the long timeout (again...), but we're still very busy. Though I've had some days off and did a couple of things I wanted to get done for a while...
First, we've had a server move in the mean time bugging us. The Guestbook was out for a couple of weeks, and many files were corrupt. Thanks for everyone telling us about this! We think everything is back to normal now. If there's still something wrong or missing, please tell us!
Else, we've created a YouTube-Channel! We've uploaded all of our glitch videos there, and embedded them in the glitch section, for easier viewing. There are no new recordings, but we like this way of presenting videos a lot better!
We've also decided to upload the original Ecco PC video files here. They replace the old DivX ones we had before. This might help get the video glyphs running in Ecco PC if you put them in the DATA directory - or maybe it won't, we don't know, it's a very old windows game...
Talking about that we've also uploaded all the glyph videos on YouTube, you can watch them here.
Else we've received some nice emails lately, please keep em coming! We always read them and even though replies sometimes take a while, we appreciate them all. So the other day two guys sent us a video recording of themselves performing a Tides of Time medley on guitars. It's really cool, watch it here:

So that's it for this update! We're not sure when we'll return. But we will! :)
-Hauke

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