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The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
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07/02/16 12:16 AM
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flotsam
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Hi all Here we go again!  In case you have forgotten or are new, our annual list provides the answer to the question "If I want to play an adventure game, what should I play?". I started it years ago for the self-serving purpose of knowing the answer to that very question. It has been a valuable resource, and not just for me, as well as a bit of annual fun. Since we began, we have increased the number of recommendations you can make, given the proliferation of indie and downloadable games, and we introduced the Hall of Fame, to identify those games that always did well and therefore we didn’t need them to be recommended each year. After conferring with the muckys, we have made some more changes. The main one is the induction of five more games to the Hall of Fame. We looked at the recent results, and the results across the years, drank some wine, conferred, drank some more wine, and included the following: Broken Sword 1 (Circle of Blood, Shadow of the Templars) Dreamfall Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers Still Life Lost Horizon The other change (and ok I confess I didn’t confer with anyone on this) was to affectionately name the list. Given that Boaty McBoatface was taken (and Listy McListface would just be a rip off), I settled on Isabelle, for very obvious and worthy reasons  So welcome to Isabelle, the list of games you would recommend people should play. There are some rules: 1. Games in our Hall of Fame are ineligible, for the reason identified above (ie we know they are worth playing else why would they be in the Hall of Fame). Votes for those games won't be counted. Those games are: Amerzone Black Mirror Broken Sword 1 (Circle of Blood, Shadow of the Templars) Dark Fall: The Journal Dreamfall Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within Grim Fandango Longest Journey Lost Crown Lost Horizon Myst Riven Sanitarium Still Life Syberia Syberia 2 Timelapse Zork Nemesis Zork Grand Inquisitor 2. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less. 3. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 6 (is it still six??) separate recommendations, one for each game. 4. Episodic adventures will be counted as one game, regardless of where they are up to in the series. 5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game. 6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game. Ditto any other spruced up releases (eg RHEM 4) 7. Directors cuts and Special Releases will be counted as the same game. 8. Adventure games only (Dark Side games and Casual games get their own lists). 9. PC games please (although if you sneak a console game in I won't tell) 10. You cannot recommend 20 Nancy Drew games (an arbitrary rule I just made up) If at all possible, please list in alphabetical order - it makes counting so much easier. In doing so, ignore "the" (so The Dark Eye would be under "D" for Dark) The thread stays open for about 3 weeks, and I will (endeavour to) post updates and pithy insights as we go. I dropped the ball last year ([blip] that real life) so have a lot to make up for. Also, avoid editing your lists after posting because Chief and I count as we go, and may miss a change. Who wants to post the first set of Isabelle recommendations? 
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/02/16 07:51 AM
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Thanks so much for doing this again Flotsam and Chief! Ana 
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: MaG]
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07/02/16 09:05 AM
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Mad
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Thanks mucho flotsam and Chief - and here is my list. Mainly oldies but a couple of newies  Agatha Christie : The ABC Murders Ark of Time Black Dahlia Black Sails Ghost Ship Blackstone Chronicles Blade Runner Carol Reed Colour of Murder Discworld Noir Dragonsphere Flight of the Amazon Queen Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis Journeyman Project 3 Legacy of Time Kathy Rain Legend of Kyrandia Lost In Time Murder in the Abbey Return to Zork Riddle of Masterlu Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Tormentum Dark Sorrow
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/02/16 10:02 AM
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Arcadia (twin world of Stark)
venus
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The list is back.  Thanks, flotsam and Chief! The new hall of fame games cleared up five more spaces on my list.  Book of Unwritten Tales, The Cat Lady, The Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Culpa Innata Dig, The Dreamfall Chapters Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Gray Matter King's Quest (episodic) King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Life is Strange Memoria Moebius: Empire Rising Moment of Silence, The Overclocked Oxenfree Night of the Rabbit, The Runaway: A Road Adventure So Blonde Walking Dead, The
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: Jarkeld]
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07/02/16 12:24 PM
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Here is my list:
Ankh 1
Broken Sword 2
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Fable
Gilbert Goodmate
Kings Quest 7
Legend of Kyrandia 1
Maniac Mansion:Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Runaway 1
Secret Files Tunguska
Shivers 1
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
The Dig
Tony Tough Night of the Roasted Moths
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/02/16 02:12 PM
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Chief
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  flotsam -Carol Reed, Bosch's Damnation -Carol Reed, Shades of Black -Conspiracies 2 -Dreamfall Chapters -Prominence -RoonSehv, NeTerra -Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper -Sherlock Holmes, Nemesis -Sherlock Holmes, The Testament of SH -Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect -URU -Yoomurjak's Ring
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1073040
07/04/16 02:31 AM
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Nice start people.
Already a broad array of older and new
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/04/16 01:52 PM
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Blackstone Chronicles Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Daemonica Dead Reefs Death Gate Destination: Treasure Island Dust: A Tale of the Wired West Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon Phantasmagoria Secret of Monkey Island Return to Mysterious Island Riddle of Master Lu Sam and Max Hit the Road Shannara Shivers Tex Murphy: Overseer Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Thank you, flotsam. 
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/05/16 11:12 AM
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Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun Book of Unwritten Tales 1 CSI Miami Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary Gabriel Knight 3 Laura Bow: Dagger of Amon Ra Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring Shivers Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls Tex Murphy: Overseer Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Those are all I can remember, I have played a few others this year, but they don't belong on any top 20-list. More bottom 20-list  Caroline
I haven't lost it, I just can't find it....
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: Marian]
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07/05/16 11:41 AM
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Jenny, Gabriel Knight 1 is in the Hall of Fame, so feel free to choose a different game for your list. Thanks Marian. I missed that. I've removed GK1 and added Primordia to the list.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/07/16 07:53 AM
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Chief
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frazap, Dreamfall being in the All of Fame List, would you like to replace it by another game? Just add an Edit so flotsam and I can see it. Thanks. Chief
Chief
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/07/16 04:09 PM
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On a quick assessment there is about 30 years between oldest and newest
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: Chief]
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07/08/16 08:43 AM
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frazap, Dreamfall being in the All of Fame List, would you like to replace it by another game? Just add an Edit so flotsam and I can see it. Thanks. Chief Oh. Sorry, I didn't notice... No, I don't wish to replace it with another game.:)
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: michele rose]
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07/08/16 02:10 PM
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1. Agatha Christie: The A.B.C. Murders
2. Alter Ego
3. Aura
4. Baron Wittard
5. Barrow Hill
6. Belief and Betrayal
7. Daemonica
8. Forgotten...It Begins
9. Jazz and Faust
10. Memento Mori
11. Mystery of the Druids
12. Necronomicon
13. Outcry
14. Overclocked
15. Riddle of the Sphinx
16. Sacred Rings
17. Salammbo
18. Secrets of Da Vinci
19. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
20. Sinking Island
Brick walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. Give no thought of tomorrow, today was tomorrow and tomorrow will be today.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/09/16 02:05 AM
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Will start counting tomorrow so if you edit, post again.
Personal oldy favourites of mine include Morpheus, Blackstone Chronicles and Faust. Newer ones would be Outcry and Tormentum.
Ones I never hard of include Primordia and Oxenfree (which I went and played).
Tex and Carol mentioned a few times, so too Sherlock.
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/09/16 09:47 AM
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ergggo
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AGON 4: The Lost Sword of Toledo
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
Culpa Innata
Disc World Noir
Dreamfall Chapters
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gray Matter
Machinarium
Memoria
A New Beginning
Paradise
Primordia
The Raven
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Secret Files 1: Tunguska
Sinking Island
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: The Tesla Effect
Yoomurjak's Ring
I point, therefore I click.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/10/16 08:02 AM
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I hope I can still get my votes in this year.
They are:
Agon
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
Dracula: Origin
L.A. Noire
Machinarium
Nostradamus
Overclocked
Paradise
Post Mortem
Secret Files: Tunguska
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Still Life 2
The Secrets of Da Vinci
ps: The Still Life game that is listed in the Hall of Fame is the first one? I think?
List edited for removal purposes of games that are already in the Hall of Fame.
Last edited by Karsten; 07/13/16 02:31 PM. Reason: removed some games, added other games
Adventure gaming is fun
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1073671
07/10/16 09:10 AM
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Barrackstadt, Arcadia
LeBelleRachael
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Oky Doky meine Damen und Herren! Here we go again! Totally fell in Love with Discworld Noire! One of the best ever! Atlantis 2 Beyond Atlantis Blade Runner Dark Fall, Lost Souls Discworld Noire Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Grey Matter Indigo Prophesy/Fahrenheit The Last Express Moment of Silence Monkey Island, Secret of Morpheus Outcry Portal 2 Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis Sherlock Holmes Rose Tattoo Shivers Still Life Tex Murphy, Under a Killing Moon Vanishing of Ethan Carter Yoomurjak's Ring 
"Nobody murdered me. Or put me in a potato. Or fed me to birds. I had a pretty good life."
GLaDOS
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1073686
07/10/16 01:11 PM
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Revised to remove Tunguska:
Bosch's Damnation: A Carol Reed
Book of Unwritten Tales 1
Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Cold Case Summer: A Carol Reed
Colour of Murder: A Carol Reed
Culpa Innata
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Goetia
Kathy Rain
Last Crown: Midnight Horror
Miskatonic
Rhiannon
Technobabylon
Tesla Effect
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Time Stand Still: A Carol Reed
Last edited by 8dognight; 07/10/16 04:39 PM.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1073689
07/10/16 02:55 PM
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Hi ho
You can't keep good gumshoes down. GK3 is out in front, followed by Tex (UAKM). Book of Unwritten tales up there too, as are Culpa Innata and The Dig.
Keep em coming!
ps - Karsten and LeBelleRachael, you have some Hall of Fame games listed which aren't counted. If you want to substitute, do it as an edit so Chief and I can see.
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/10/16 02:55 PM
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Thrudvanger
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Book of Unwritten Tales
Cat Lady
Culpa Innata
Downfall Redux
Dreamfall Chapters
Firewatch
Gabriel Knight 3
Gray Matter
Last Crown Midnight Horror
Life is Strange
Moment of Silence
Oxenfree
Runaway 1 A Road Adventure
Runaway 2 Dream of the Turtle
Runaway 3 A Twist of Fate
Secret Files Tunguska
Secret Files 2 Puritas Cordis
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Walking Dead
Wolf Among Us
Thanks for the list flotsam and Chief, and thanks venus for letting me know opportunity to make a list was up.
Venus, I just realized we have 11 of the same games on our lists!
Last edited by Thorsgoats; 07/10/16 03:48 PM. Reason: note to venus
"Is there anybody there? Am I alone . . . in this place? Can you see me? Can you hear me? SHOW me you are here!"
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/10/16 05:28 PM
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Well here is mine.
15 Days
Black Mirror 3
Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Broken Sword 5
Cognition
Dark Eye Chains of Satinav
Dreamfall Chapters
Face Noir
Gray Matter
Kathy Rain
Kings Quest 6
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
Moebius
Moment of Silence
Pandora Directive
Raven, The
Runaway
Secret Files 3
Tesla Effect
Yesterday
You laugh because I'm different
I laugh because you're all the same
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
John
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: oldman]
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07/11/16 10:50 AM
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Most of my favs are oldies.
Altered Destiny
Ankh 1
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Legend of Kyrandia 1
Les Manley Search for the King
Maniac Mansion 1
Maniac Mansion 2
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey island 3
Monkey Island 4
Neuromancer
Noctropolis
Runaway 1
Secret Files 1
Simon The Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
Tales of Monkey Island
Zac McKracken Alien Mindbenders
Last edited by Gandalf; 07/12/16 08:53 AM. Reason: Bad Format Sorry
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1074161
07/14/16 02:24 PM
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Sweden
RebKean
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OK, just so you know, I DO feel like a stalker, but the Carol Reed games has meant a lot to me so I will always have them on my list (until I'm not allowed anymore that is). But of course there will be a problem when there's more than 20 of them! I hope I wrote the list correctly this year.  Amber's blood (Carol Reed 8) Black circle (Carol Reed 6) Blue Madonna (Carol Reed 7) Bosch's damnation (Carol Reed 10) Cold case summer (Carol Reed 9) Colour of murder (Carol Reed 5) Contradiction CSI: Crime scene investigation East side story (Carol Reed 4) Her story Hope springs eternal (Carol Reed 2) Kidnapped (Casebook 1) Remedy (Carol Reed 1) Shades of black (Carol Reed 11) Snake in the grass (Casebook 3) Time stand still (Carol Reed 3) Watcher (Casebook 2) X-Files
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/14/16 04:05 PM
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Chief
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Karsten, I know you replaced both Syberia games and the first Still Life, but I can't figure out which games you added. mbday630, Grim Fandango is an All of Fame game. Do you want to replace it by editing your post? Thanks for telling flotsam and I.  Chief
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1074661
07/19/16 02:46 AM
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flotsam
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Keep them coming - we close this weekend!
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1075306
07/23/16 08:00 PM
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New Jersey USA
Jim196347
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Good evening!
I have Circle of Blood but did not know that it's the first game in the series. I thought that as it's known as Shadow of the Templars outside North America, it's the second game in the series. Is this correct?
Jim
There's a fine line between "pleasantly full" and "movement is possible but not a good idea".
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
#1075308
07/23/16 08:47 PM
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Here is mine
Alida
Armikrog
Blackstone Chronicles
Eyes of Ara
Faust
Fran Bow
Isabelle
Layers of Fear
LHOD - Tomb of Zojir
Loom
Morpheus
Mysterious Journey Schizm
The Neverhood
Outcry
Oxenfree
RHEM
Stasis
Tormentum
Walking Dead
Wolf Among Us
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
[Re: flotsam]
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07/23/16 10:55 PM
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Last Crown: Midnight Horror.
1. Among the Sleep
2. Barrow Hill
3. Blackstone Chronicles
4. Botanicula
5. Fire
6. Fran Bow
7. Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
8. Last Crown: Midnight Horror
9. Lumino City
10. Machinarium
11. Moment of silence, The
12. Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
13. Nibiru
14. Runaway A Road Adventure
15. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
16. Samorost 3
17. Secret Files 1: Tunguska
18. Tales of Monkey Island
19. Tormentum
20. Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The
Don't feed the Trolls
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle)
[Re: flotsam]
#1075408
07/24/16 05:40 PM
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flotsam
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Another list bites the dust! As always, two lists follow, one numerical, one alphabetical. I have started the numerical list with the Hall of Fame games, and included the Hall of Fame games in the alphabetical list. They are marked **. The numerical list this year shows placings rather than votes. MaG posts it that way somewhere else on the board so I have done it that way from the get go. You can see the votes in the alphabetical list. I have used full as well as alternate titles where I have known them. I no doubt missed a few. In the alphabetical list, I have taken some liberties with names to get series together where possible. It wasn’t always possible, so on a couple of occasions I have marked a game as a sequel. I have also numbered the series games to assist with the order in which they were developed. Be warned - they may not be sequels, just additional games in a series. I used that list to create the numeric list, so the liberties remain. I will cross check and edit later to make sure actual titles are shown (eg Dreamfall rather than Longest Journey 2). The games on my shelf will have final say (including those that are numbered). A few darkish games crept in but we are all friends. And good to see Isabelle keeps getting mentioned Awesome thanks to Chief who helps with the count and apologies up front for any mistakes, which are all mine.
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle)
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07/24/16 05:41 PM
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AmerZone: The Explorer’s Legacy
Black Mirror
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
Dark Fall: The Journal
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Grim Fandango
The Longest Journey
The Lost Crown
Lost Horizon
Myst/RealMyst
Riven
Sanitarium
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis
1 The Book of Unwritten Tales
2 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
3 Culpa Innata, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
4 Gray Matter, Dreamfall Chapters, Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, The Secret of Monkey Island, Under A Killing Moon
5 Moment of Silence, Runaway: A Road Adventure, The Pandora Directive: A Tex Murphy Adventure, Yoomurjak's Ring
6 Blackstone Chronicles, The Curse of Monkey Island, Morpheus, Overclocked: A History of Violence, Secret Files: Tunguska, Sherlock Holmes 5: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper, Shivers, The Walking Dead Season 1 (episodic)
7 Blade Runner, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, Carol Reed 5: The Colour of Murder, Carol Reed 11: Shades of Black, Discworld 3: Noir, The Last Express, Last Crown: Midnight Horror, Moebius: Empire Rising, Outcry/Sublustrum, Primordia, Sherlock Holmes 3: The Awakened, Sherlock Holmes 4: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin, Tormentum, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders
8 Aura 1: Fate of the Ages, Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle, Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 3 Carol Reed 9: Cold Case Summer, Carol Reed 10: Bosch’s Damnation, Cat Lady, Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, Dracula: Origin, Faust: Seven Games of the Soul, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Kathy Rain, Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends, Life is Strange, Machinarium, Memoria 3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge, Uru Chronicles, Mysterious Journey: Schizm, Oxenfree, Paradise, Return to Mysterious Island, Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate, Sherlock Holmes 6: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, Simon the Sorcerer, Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe, Tex Murphy: Overseer, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
9 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie: The A.B.C. Murders, AGON: The Mysterious Codex (episodic), Ankh: Reverse the Curse, Armikrog, Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis, Black Mirror 3, Black Sails: Ghost Ship, Broken Age, Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon, Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse, Carol Reed 3: Time Stand Still, Daemonica, Dark Eye 2: Memoria, Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls, Dead Reefs, Discworld, Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites, Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Fran Bow, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Journey Down, Journey Down 2, Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow, Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride, Kings Quest (episodic), Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir, Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards/Reloaded, Loom, Maniac Mansion, Memento Mori, Tales of Monkey Island (episodic), Murder in the Abbey/ The Abbey, Myst 3: Exile, Nancy Drew 13: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, Night of the Rabbit, Obsidian, Portal 2, Post Mortem, Prominence, Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief, Rhem 2: The Cave, Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches, The Riddle of Master Liu, The Riddle of the Sphinx : An Egyptian Adventure, Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript, Sinking Island, Still Life 2, Technobabylon, The Wolf Among Us (episodic)
10 15 days, A New Beginning, Agatha Christie 2: Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie 3: Evil Under the Sun, Alida: The Enigmatic Giant, Alter Ego, Altered Destiny, Amber: Journeys Beyond, Among the Sleep, Anacapri: The Dream, Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods, Ark of Time, Art of Murder 1: FBI Confidential, Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the Puppeteer, Art of Murder 3: Cards of Destiny, Aura 2: The Sacred Rings, Bad Mojo/Bad Mojo Redux, Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok, Belief and Betrayal, Black Dahlia, Blackwell 5: Epiphany, Botanicula, Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, Carol Reed 1: Remedy, Carol Reed 2: Hope Springs Eternal, Carol Reed 4: East Side Story, Carol Reed 6: Black Circle, Carol Reed 7: Blue Madonna, Carol Reed 8: Amber’s Blood, Catyph: The Kunci Experiment, Casebook 1: Kidnapped, Casebook 2: The Watcher, Casebook 3: Snake in the Grass, Ceville, Contradiction: Spot the Liars, Conspiracies 2, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The Dame Was Loaded, Dark Eye 1: The Chains of Satinav, The Dark Eye, Dark Fall 2: Lights Out, Deathgate, Deponia, Destination Treasure Island, Downfall: Redux, Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary, Dragonsphere, Dreamweb, Dust: A Tale of the Wired West, Edna & Harvey 1: The Breakout, Egypt 3: The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses, Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture, The Eyes of Ara, Fable, Face Noir, Fire, Firewatch, Forgotten: It Begins, Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria, Goetia, Her Story, Isabelle, Jazz and Faust1 Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time, J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars, Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella, L.A. Noire, Laura Bow 1: The Dagger of Amon Ra, Layers of Fear, Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin, Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals, Les Manley: Search for the King, Lost in Time, Lumino City, The Miskatonic, Escape From Monkey Island, Morningstar: Decent to Deadrock, Myst 5: End of Ages, Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon, Mystery of the Druids, Necronomicon, The Neverhood, Neuromancer, Next BIG Thing, Next Life, Niburu, Noktropolis, Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy, Panmorphia, Phantasmagoria: A New Nightmare, Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Police Quest 2: The Vengeance, Police Quest 3: The Kindred, Police Quest 4: Open Season, Portal, Quest For Glory 5: Dragonfire, Resonance, Rhem, Rhem 3: The Secret Library, Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments, Salammbo: Battle for Carthage, Sam and Max: Hit the Road, Sam and Max: Season 1 (episodic), Samarost 3, Scratches, Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis, Secret Files 3, Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion, Shannara, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Serrated Scalpel, Sherlock Holmes 2: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring, Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls, So Blonde, Stasis, Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths, Torin’s Passage, Voyage: To the Moon, The Whispered World, X-Files, Yesterday, Return to Zork
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle)
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07/24/16 05:42 PM
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1 15 days
1 A New Beginning
2 Agatha Christie 1: And Then There Were None
1 Agatha Christie 2: Murder on the Orient Express
1 Agatha Christie 3: Evil Under the Sun
2 Agatha Christie 4: The A.B.C. Murders
2 AGON: The Mysterious Codex (episodic)
1 Alida: The Enigmatic Giant
1 Alter Ego
1 Altered Destiny
2 Amber: Journeys Beyond
1 Among the Sleep
** AmerZone: The Explorer’s Legacy
1 Anacapri: The Dream
2 Ankh 1: Reverse the Curse
1 Ankh 3: Battle of the Gods
1 Ark of Time
2 Armikrog
1 Art of Murder 1: FBI Confidential
1 Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the Puppeteer
1 Art of Murder 3: Cards of Destiny
2 Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
3 Aura 1: Fate of the Ages
1 Aura 2: The Sacred Rings
1 Bad Mojo/Bad Mojo Redux
1 Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok
3 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
1 Belief and Betrayal
1 Black Dahlia
** Black Mirror
2 Black Mirror 3
2 Black Sails: Ghost Ship
5 Blackstone Chronicles
1 Blackwell 5: Epiphany
4 Blade Runner
10 The Book of Unwritten Tales
4 The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
1 Botanicula
2 Broken Age
** Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
3 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
2 Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
2 Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse
1 Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
1 Carol Reed 1: Remedy
1 Carol Reed 2: Hope Springs Eternal
2 Carol Reed 3: Time Stand Still
1 Carol Reed 4: East Side Story
4 Carol Reed 5: The Colour of Murder
1 Carol Reed 6: Black Circle
1 Carol Reed 7: Blue Madonna
1 Carol Reed 8: Amber’s Blood
3 Carol Reed 9: Cold Case Summer
3 Carol Reed 10: Bosch’s Damnation
4 Carol Reed 11: Shades of Black
1 Catyph: The Kunci Experiment
1 Casebook 1: Kidnapped
1 Casebook 2: The Watcher
1 Casebook 3: Snake in the Grass
3 Cat Lady
1 Ceville
3 Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
1 Contradiction: Spot the Liars
1 Conspiracies 2
1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
1 CSI: Miami
8 Culpa Innata
2 Daemonica
1 The Dame Was Loaded
1 Dark Eye 1: The Chains of Satinav
2 Dark Eye 2: Memoria
1 The Dark Eye
** Dark Fall 1: The Journal
1 Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
2 Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls
2 Dead Reefs
1 Deathgate
1 Deponia
1 Destination Treasure Island
5 The Dig
2 Discworld 1
2 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites
4 Discworld 3: Noir
1 Downfall: Redux
3 Dracula: Origin
1 Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary
1 Dragonsphere
1 Dreamweb
1 Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
1 Edna & Harvey 1: The Breakout
1 Egypt 3: The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses
1 Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture
1 The Eyes of Ara
1 Fable
1 Face Noir
2 Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
3 Faust: Seven Games of the Soul
1 Fire
1 Firewatch
2 Flight of the Amazon Queen
1 Forgotten: It Begins
2 Fran Bow
** Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
** Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
9 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
2 Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
1 Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
1 Goetia
7 Gray Matter
** Grim Fandango
1 Her Story
3 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1 Isabelle
1 Jazz and Faust
2 Journey Down
2 Journey Down 2
1 Journey to the Centre of the Earth
1 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
1 J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars
3 Kathy Rain
1 Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella
2 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
2 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride
2 Kings Quest (episodic)
1 L.A. Noire
4 The Last Express
2 Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir
1 Laura Bow 1: The Dagger of Amon Ra
1 Layers of Fear
4 Last Crown: Midnight Horror
3 Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends
1 Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
2 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards/Reloaded
1 Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
1 Les Manley: Search for the King
3 Life is Strange
** The Longest Journey
** The Longest Journey 2: Dreamfall
7 The Longest Journey: Dreamfall Chapters
2 Loom
**The Lost Crown
1 Lost in Time
** Lost Horizon
1 Lumino City
3 Machinarium
2 Maniac Mansion
7 Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle
2 Memento Mori
3 Memoria
1 The Miskatonic
4 Moebius: Empire Rising
6 Moment of Silence
7 Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island
3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge
5 Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island
1 Monkey Island 4: Escape From Monkey Island
2 Monkey Island: Tales of Monkey Island (episodic)
1 Morningstar: Decent to Deadrock
5 Morpheus
2 Murder in the Abbey/ The Abbey
** Myst/RealMyst
** Myst 2: Riven
2 Myst 3: Exile
1 Myst 5: End of Ages
3 Myst: Uru Chronicles
3 Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm
1 Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon
1 Mystery of the Druids
2 Nancy Drew 13: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
1 Necronomicon
2 Nelly Cootalot 2: The Fowl Fleet
1 The Neverhood
1 Neuromancer
1 Next BIG Thing
1 Next Life
1 Niburu
2 Night of the Rabbit
1 Noktropolis
1 Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy
2 Obsidian
4 Outcry/Sublustrum
5 Overclocked: A History of Violence
3 Oxenfree
1 Panmorphia
3 Paradise
1 Phantasmagoria 1: A New Nightmare
1 Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
1 Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
1 Police Quest 3: The Kindred
1 Police Quest 4: Open Season
1 Portal
2 Portal 2
2 Post Mortem
4 Primordia
2 Prominence
1 Quest For Glory 5: Dragonfire
2 Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
1 Resonance
3 Return to Mysterious Island
1 Rhem
2 Rhem 2: The Cave
1 Rhem 3: The Secret Library
1 Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments
2 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
2 The Riddle of Master Liu
2 Riddle of the Sphinx 1: An Egyptian Adventure
6 Runaway 1: A Road Adventure
2 Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
3 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
1 Salammbo: Battle for Carthage
1 Sam and Max: Hit the Road
1 Sam and Max: Season 1 (episodic)
1 Samarost 3
** Sanitarium
1 Scratches
5 Secret Files 1: Tunguska
1 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
1 Secret Files 3
2 Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
1 Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion
1 Shannara
1 Sherlock Holmes Lost Files: Case of the Rose Tattoo
1 Sherlock Holmes Lost Files: Case of the Serrated Scalpel
1 Sherlock Holmes 2: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring
4 Sherlock Holmes 3: The Awakened
4 Sherlock Holmes 4: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin
5 Sherlock Holmes 5: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
3 Sherlock Holmes 6: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
5 Shivers 1
1 Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
3 Simon the Sorcerer 1
3 Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
2 Sinking Island
1 So Blonde
** Still Life 1 (sequel to Post Mortem)
1 Stasis
2 Still Life 2
** Syberia 1
** Syberia 2
2 Technobabylon
7 Tex Murphy 3: Under a Killing Moon
6 Tex Murphy 4: Pandora Directive
3 Tex Murphy 5: Overseer
8 Tex Murphy 6: The Tesla Effect
** Timelapse
1 Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths
1 Torin’s Passage
4 Tormentum
3 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
1 Voyage: To the Moon
5 Walking Dead Season 1 (episodic)
1 The Whispered World
2 The Wolf Among Us (episodic)
1 X-Files
1 Yesterday
6 Yoomurjak's Ring
4 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders
** Zork Grand Inquisitor
** Zork Nemesis
1 Zork: Return to Zork
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
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07/31/16 06:20 PM
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Good evening!
On the Hall of Fame games list, aren't "Dreamfall, Longest Journey" and "The Longest Journey" the same game?
Jim
There's a fine line between "pleasantly full" and "movement is possible but not a good idea".
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
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07/31/16 10:09 PM
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Oh, wow. So many games, so little time (and hard disk space;)).
Ana: thanks for the info on Dreamfall.
Has anyone played EVERY game on the list?
Jim
There's a fine line between "pleasantly full" and "movement is possible but not a good idea".
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Re: The List 2016 (aka Isabelle see below)
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07/31/16 10:37 PM
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On the Hall of Fame games list, aren't "Dreamfall, Longest Journey" and "The Longest Journey" the same game? Dreamfall isn't "really" the sequel to The Longest Journey. It's more about Zoe, who also stars in Dreamfall Chapters. April is in Dreamfall, but the direct sequel to The Longest Journey is called "The Longest Journey Home." You can read more about it here: http://tlj.wikia.com/wiki/The_Longest_Journey_Home
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Oh, well, too late now. Interesting to see the lists now that the new hall of fame games have been added. 
