1997
The first descent
The MS-DOS original established Eldora, the ten caves, the Miner, the aliens, and the tactical bomb rules.
1.5 The 1997 maze-action classic returns
Ten caves. Plenty of bombs.
Enter the mines of Eldora, collect every treasure you can reach, open routes with carefully placed bombs, and drive out every alien.
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10 original cavesWindows & macOSFully offlineNo ads or in-app purchases
The mines of Eldora
A quiet mining world. An unexpected invasion.
Eldora's people built their lives around the riches hidden beneath the surface. When alien creatures seize the caves, one Miner must recover the treasure, reopen the passages, and make the underground safe again.
A bomb can reveal the way forward—or destroy treasure, remove a power-up, and leave the Miner without an escape.
CaveRace 1 gameplay
Watch the original rules at work.
Eight seconds of real CaveRace 1.5 gameplay: make space, place the bomb, and get clear before the blast reaches the Miner.
CaveRace 1.5 · Real Gameplay8 seconds · Gameplay footage
The original rules
Five worlds. Ten handcrafted caves.
Forest, Winter, Desert, Oil, and Lava each appear twice as the compact arcade campaign grows more demanding.
Classic game. Modern desktop.
Preserved where it matters. Improved where it helps.
Version 1.5 rebuilds CaveRace from scratch while preserving the ten classic layouts, pixel-art rules, story, sounds, and deliberate bomb-based play.
- Interactive tutorial and automatic attract-mode demonstration
- Standard and Assisted difficulty profiles
- Keyboard, mouse, and compatible controller support
- Remappable keyboard and controller actions
- Windowed and borderless presentation with adjustable scaling
- Reduced flashes, adjustable shake and rumble, and high-contrast previews
From DOS to today
The caves that started it all.
CaveRace 1.5 is the accessible modern way to play the original campaign. The preserved 1997 MS-DOS and 2002 Windows releases remain available separately in the Classics archive.
2002
CaveRace comes to Windows
Version 1.3 moved the original game to 32-bit Windows and DirectX 8.1.
2026
The modern restoration
Version 1.5 brings the complete original campaign to current Windows and Mac computers.
The original caves are waiting
Return to Eldora.
Get the complete CaveRace 1 restoration for Windows or macOS. It is fully offline, with no accounts, ads, analytics, in-app purchases, or online services.
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