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Ecco the Dolphin, the fabulous game series running since 1992 is the main topic of this website. Here we will publish every single piece of Ecco-related information we can get, to keep the Ecco spirit alive as long as possible.
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9. May 2013
Fan Music and Codes update:
Our long-term music creator Moe has finally sent us another one of his Ecco remix masterpieces. This time around it's a medley of the Main Theme from ToT and the Inside/Fish City stages. It's a really great song, you should definitely fire up your MP3 right now from the Fan Music Corner. Also in there is a great remix of the Game Gear version of Vents of Medusa by SE2! Be sure to grab that one as well, it's the best song of all the Game Gear versions!
Jonathan continues his quest to create all possible kinds of Pro Action Replay codes for the Genesis Ecco games. Find a new Code that actually changes the travel speed in the 3D stages of Tides of Time. Totally weird!
So, now that the Big Blue campaign failed unfortunately, it's waiting time again! Ed is currently preparing the Little Blue campaign and he actually asks all of our help! He recognized that talking to the community helps a lot, and so he has set up the Playchemy Community for discussion about the Big Blue. Join the community to contribute questions, ideas, recommendations etc. to make the Little and Big Blue a success!
Seeyas there!
-Hauke
14. April 2013
First and most important: Please continue supporting The Big Blue! Tell everyone about it, we need to continue spreading the word! It's essential, we have only 2 weeks left and there's still a lot of funds left to be pledged! We'll update you about the Big Blue, too, soon! Here's the link to the Kickstarter Campaign
It has been a while since the last proper content update. Logically this content update features LOADS of stuff!
Fan Corner
I've recognized that the fan content is cluttered all over the website, and I really did not like that. That's why I've decided that we should combine all of our creative work into one huge section, and naturally the name for this would be the Fan Corner! From now on you will find every fan-created artwork, music, games, fiction and article within this wonderful new section! This also means that the subsections in the Stories, Downloads and Music sections have been taken down. I hope you all appreciate this new spot, and get inspired to create and share even more with us! =D
On this note, here's the new Fan Content that has been added: New Artwork by Eleny MaddarnOn and Liris-San, a new Article by Arkonviox, the Full Soundtrack to Jellyova (highly recommended), and finally an Update to the Songtide Lyrics game (formerly Tidesinger Lyrics). Please continue to submit your creations to us. =)
Original Cinematic Soundtrack for DotF by Attila Heger
Attila Heger has given us his original music files of his contribution to Defender of the Future! This means we now have an original, high quality version of the Cinematic soundtrack, without any errors and most importantly, without the voice-over in Movie Files! No more words, just grab the soundtrack and have some ear-candy right now: Click here to grad the Cinematic Soundtrack by Attila Heger!
Action Replay Codes for the SEGA Genesis Games
We've received a lot of Action Replay Codes by Ecco fan Jonathan lately, and we greatly appreciate them! These ARP codes are so fun to play around with, because they sometimes change the whole behaviour of the game. Some give you invincibility, disable currents, break the scrolling of the machine-like levels. Others go as far as morphing you into any metasphere creature on any level or make the whole water vanish (why would you wanna do that??)! In any case it's super fun to play with these codes. Be sure to use an emulator like KEGA Fusion that supports Action Replay Codes.
On another side note: We've updated the codes and passwords, as we were missing quite a few. Let me only say PLEASEEE ABRACADABRA. ;-)
Live Ecco Streaming on Twitch.tv
Lastly, I've started streaming Ecco games on Twitch, which has proven to be SUPER FUN! Lots of Ecco fans have been joining me, and we're having a great time on the chatroom! The other night I've been playing through Jellyova, too, which was really entertaining! While I'm at it, download the Jellyova OST right now!! It is the best music I've had the pleasure to listen to lately!
Also, come join me on Twitch tonight at 7pm GMT, and watch out for future dates announced on our Facebook page and @cavernsofhope Twitter account! Looking forward to meeting you!!
-Hauke
25. March 2013
Ecco FANS, the day has finally arrived! Ecco creator Ed Annunziata has announced his latest project, called The Big Blue, an underwater adventure game! This is SUPER EXCITING news for all of us! :-D
From what we know so far, The Big Blue is going to be an exploration game set millions of years in the future. Evolution and a huge variation in underwater creature species seem to be the focus of the action. We'll be able to play all kinds of "singers" (Ecco fans know these are whales, dolphins and orcas) but also other sea creatures like leviathans or sea dragons! No human trace will be found in the game, they have vanished from the Earth, surely leaving us in a very Ecco-y atmosphere.
It's great to hear that some of the most important team members from the Ecco series are part of The Big Blue! Ed Annunziata is going to work together with former Ecco lead designer Laszlo Szenttornyai and our famous and beloved music composer Spencer Nielsen! Also part of the gang is now Bear McCreary to help Spencer with the musical score, and Jon Berg as creature designer. I think this is the perfect constellation of creative people for this project, and I'm really happy to see that they have found their way together to work on this!
A huge question for us Ecco fans is of course, how much Ecco will this game be? We all know, SEGA still owns the rights for the Ecco franchise, and they won't hand it out so easily. But by my understanding, The Big Blue picks up a lot of topics that are present in the Ecco games and thereby interesting to us fans - e.g. different time settings, evolution, exploration, puzzle action, beauty, horror, outstanding sound and music. This game might now have the name ECCO written on it, but actually it calls so much Ecco! Just look at it! Also, though we don't know all the details yet, I see a possible hint in the rewards list: Could the "Big Blue Sea-Globe" have anything to do with our good Asterite?
We're extremely excited how the Kickstarter campaign will develope! We have 35 days to become Ed Annunziata's collective lottery win he has hoped for his whole life. It's in our hands! Pledge some money, reserve your own copy, and especially, spread the word, tell everyone you know about this! Together we can make this happen!
!!! Click here to support The Big Blue via its Kickstarter Campaign !!!
We will keep you covered here on COH and will have some more news very soon! Stay tuned!
-Hauke
22. December 2012
We have received so many awesome fan submissions and creations lately! So I'm really excited to bring you this update with a lot of literature, music and artwork!!
Remember that we accept all of your creations, so if you would like to submit something, click here to find out how to give it to us! We are looking forward to your submissions!
Else I'm gonna sign out for this year. This year has been very exciting for us Ecco fans, we can finally hope again, and I'm really happy to see so much love still shared with Ecco! Let's hope the next year will bring even more good news. We will be ready here for them!! ))
I'm wishing everyone nice holidays, Merry Christmas, and a Good New Year!
-Hauke
10. December 2012
Fanmade Games / Games for Ecco fans Update!
I could not decide where to put my latest addiction, a game called "Jellyova Open Sea Experiment", because while it is totally inspired by Ecco the Dolphin, it differs so much from it. In the end I decided to put it in both corresponding sections.
Anyways, this is a game every Ecco fan should check out! I've played through it twice now, and I deeply enjoy it and I am thankful for Sergey Obolonkov for creating and sharing it with us! Remember when you first played Ecco, the feeling that you are in a familiar, yet unreachable world - and how you got immersed by its magic? Jellyova accomplished to create that feeling again. So, check out the new Games for Ecco fans article and then download the game from the Fanmade Games section!
-Hauke
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