Hi all,
All aboard the list train for the 8th time around.
For newbies or us forgettful oldies, the aim of this thread is to compile a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of everyone here. It is intended to be a resource to help people decide which game to play next.
When I first joined GB, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games. I wanted to find out what was good and what to play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the thoughts of all participating boomers.
The method is simple. You list 20 games - yep this year it is 20 - you would recommend to someone looking for opinions on which games to play. They are not necessarily your own top 20 games but they might be. You might decide instead to recommend a cross-section of styles or types, from all the games you have played. You might not recommend one of your personal favourites because your passion for the game is too much a result of your own idiosyncracies at the time you played it. You also might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than an abacus. But there is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is entirely up to you.
No game is excluded, if it meets the criteria of being an adventure game. We all know what that is when we see it, so don’t get too hung up on the detail.
There are some rules though:

1. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less.
2. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game.
3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game.
4. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game.
5. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game.
6. Directors cuts will be counted as the same game.
7. Adventure games only please (Dark Side games get their own list later).

The thread stays open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates with gratuitously pithy commentary. I count as we go so try not to edit your recommendations once you post. And as I say every year it is compulsory to get more posts than the year before.
I am going last so someone else gets to go first.
Happy listing

8 years!!!! You mean to tell me we've been doing this for eight years???? Man how time flies

No list yet - still coming up with my 20 - so far I'm at (syd stops to check her list) 7

OK, I'll jump in. I wondered about mentioning games that are hard, if not impossible to get, but then I thought it was worth mentioning them, so that people can realise that they are good games.

In no particular order:
1. Keepsake
2. The Longest Journey
3. Gabriel Knight I, II and III, particularly II, the Beast within
4. Time Lapse
5. The Journeyman Project I, II and III, particularly III.
6. Tex Murphy series I - V, particularly III - V.
7. Myst series, particularly I and II
8. Necronomicon, mainly because I like HP Lovecraft.
9. Niburu
10. Syberia I and II. Loved Youki. Everyone should have one.
11. Dark Fall: the Journal.
12. The Barrow
13. Moment of Silence
14. Monkey Island Series. Genuinely funny.
15. Pilgrim
16. Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
17. Black Dahlia
18. Morpheus
19. Obsidian
20. Zork Grand Inquisitor. Loved the Hell phone choice puzzle


Oh dear, I've filled them already. Every year a few new really good adventures are released, so the list gets longer.

Cheers, barbarosso

1. Arthur's Knights
2. Zork Grand Inquisitor
3. Sanitarium
4. Toonstruck
5. Pandora Directive
6. The Longest Journey
7. Syberia
8. Dark Fall
9. Secret of Monkey Island
10. Day of the Tentacle
11. Three Skulls of the Toltecs
12. Bad Mojo
13. Blackstone Chronicles
14. Death Gate
15. Dust a Tale of the Wired West
16. Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
17. King's Quest 6
18. Touche Adventures of Fifth Musketeer
19. Phantasmagoria
20. Master of Dimensions

....and I'm in an agony over the next 20 that I had to leave out!

Hi Flotsam, here's my list for this year:

1-Riven
2-Syberia
3-Sentinel, Descendants in time
4-Myst
5-Syberia 2
6-Black Mirror
7-Keepsake
8-Longest Journey
9-Longest Journey Dreamfall
10-Schizm
11-Paradise
12-Myst 3 Exile
13-Myst 4 Revelation
14-Rhem
15-Amerzone
16-Nibiru
17-Scavenger Hunter
18-Secrets of DaVinci
19-Scratches
20-Time Stand Still

Hi flotsam

You are so good to keep doing this for us - and this "forgetful Oldie" does have a list ready somewhere ........ errrrrrrrrrrrr ...............

Gotcha !!

But 20 still isn't enough. [Pathetically moanin'] Would even 50 be enough, one wonders ??

BAAGS is such a splendid addiction

Cheers.

Mad

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Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine

Black Dahlia

Blade Runner

Broken Sword [First One]

Discworld [First One]

Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers

Indy Fate of Atlantis

Kings Quest VI

Legend of Kyrandia

Monkey Island II

Phantasmagoria

Return to Zork

Scratches

Secret Files of Tunguska

Secrets of Da Vinci

Sherlock Rose Tattoo

Sherlock The Awakened

Simon the Sorcerer [First One]

Tex Murphy UAKM

Zork : Grand Inquisitor

Flotsam -- thank you, thank you. (Still playing frantically to finalize my list.)

Are Uru and Myst Online: Uru Live considered the same game?

Barbarosso -- those are excellent choices! But according to flotsam's rules, you can't list a game series and have it count as one vote. Gabriel Knight 1, 2 and 3 for instance would count as three games, not as one.

Listing a series makes it extremely difficult to count accurately.

In no particular order:
1-Stupid Invaders
2-Syberia
3-Syberia 2
4-The Longest Journey
5-Ankh
6-Fatal Illusion
7-Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
8-Nightlong
9-Paradise
10-Keepsake
11-Amerzone
12-Sanitarium
13-Atlantis
14-Beyond Atlantis
15-Beyond Atlantis 2 (Atlantis 3)
16-Still Life
17-Moment of Silence
18-Timelapse
19-Egyptian Prophesy
20-Aura

In no particular order:

1.Agatha Christie-Murder On the Orient Express
2.Agatha Christie-And Then There Were None
3.Still Life
4.Scratches Director's Cut
5.Keepsake
6.Syberia
7.Syberia 2
8.Moment of Silence
9.Nibiru
10.Dark Fall: Lights Out
11.Sentinel: Descendants in Time
12.Black Mirror
13.Secrets of the Ark
14.Aura
15.Aura 2
16.Crystal Key 2
17.DreamFall
18.The Longest Journey
19.Broken Sword:The Sleeping Dragon
20.Dark Fall:The Journal

Many more on this list, just had to put a stop though

Great start everyone.
Barbarosso, you need to go back and edit your list. Series require seperate votes for each game you want to mention. Its too hard to count otherwise and anything with a sequel becomes a series which makes having 20 choices a little meaningless.
I will take advice on Uru Becky - what do people think? I never played online.
I agree Mad - but my wife might choose to debate it with you
And I can't believe its 8 either Syd. I think I still had hair then

Arthur's Knights
Black Mirror
BladeRunner
Broken Sword 1
Daemonica
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
Grim Fandango
Keepsake
The Longest Journey
The Moment of Silence
Neverhood
Paradise
Shivers
Still Life
The Crystal Skull
Touche
Tunguska

Post Mortem**Syberia1**Syberia2**Tony Tough**Tungaska**Secrets of Atlantis**Secrets of DaVinci**Scratches**Ankh**Al Emmo**The Longest Journey**Keepsake**Paradise**Alida**Beyond Atlantis**Agon**Schizm**Beyond Time**The Messenger**Zork Grand Inquister**

1.Agatha Christie - And then there were none
2.Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
3.The Longest Journey
4.Dark Fall
5.CSI Miami
6.Broken Sword 1
7.Broken Sword 2
8.Cameron Files 2-Curse of the Pharao
9.Case of the Rose Tatoo
10.Black Mirror
11.Discworld Noir
12.Curse of Monkey Island

Caroline

Thanks Flotsam.

Here is my list:

1. Uru
2. Deamfall
3. Myst
4. Riven
5. Myst III
6. Myst IV
7. Myst V
8. The Longest Journey
9. Sentinel
10. Still Life
11. Keepsake
12. The Moment of Silence
13. Syberia 2
14. Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
15. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
16. Post Mortem
17. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakening
18. Scratches
19. Mysterious Journey II
20. Secret Files Tunguska

OK here goes. I love this list. Listed alphabetically

1. Ankh
2. Black Mirror
3. Broken Sword 1
4. Broken Sword 2
5. Day of the Tentacle
6. Discworld 1
7. Discworld 2
8. Dreamfall
9. Gabriel Knight 2 Beast Within
10. Grim Fandango
11. Lengend of Kyrandia Book 1
12. Monkey Island 1
13. Monkey Island 2
14. Monkey Island 3
15. Runaway 1
16. Sanitarium
17. Simon the Sorcerer 1
18. Simon the Sorcerer 2
19. Syberia 1
20. The Longest Journey

T his is going to be hard, there is so many good games out there.

Obsidian
myst
uru
Zork Grand Inquistor
Black Dahlia
nine
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Aura
Amerzone
Black Mirror
Stupid Invaders
Ankh
Atlantis 1
Beyond Atlantis
Paridise
Sanitarium
NeverHood
Grim Fandango
Golen Gate

OK, here we go.

Black Mirror
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Destination Treasure Island
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes The Case of the Silver Earring
Safecracker 2006
Tunguska
Secrets of Da Vinci
Dreamfall
Still Life
Moment of Silence
The Longest Journey
Delaware St John: The Case of Mystery Manor
Delaware St John: The Town With No Name
Dracula Resurrection
Amerzone
ECHO
Return to Mysterious Island
NiBiRu

Here's mine!
1. Shivers 1 - truly scary
2. Uru & add-ons - keep going back to replay
3. Daemonica - replayed much
4. Around The World in 80 Days -loved collecting 'loot'
5. Dragonriders of Pern - loved the books too
6. Scratches - most talked about game on GB
7. Dark Fall The Journal - Another good scare!
8. Sherlock Holmes Mystery Of The Mummy - solved slider for others often
9. Conspiracies - a 'bra bomb?', so funny
10. Grim Fandango - FUN
11. The Arrival - better than the movie
12. The Longest Journey - Good long game
13. Under A Killing Moon - good replay
14. Gabriel Knight, The Beast Within - difficult but good
15. Byzantine The Betrayal - 'build a hoist'?
16. Temujin - making a cuppa tea
17. Beyond Time - my very first game
18. Beyond Atlantis - loved the series
19. Sherlock Holmes Silver Earring - good, finally got it to run
20. Agatha Christie The Orient Express - loved gathering clues, solving mystery
If I am not allowed to add my 'comments' then ask me please to edit this post. Thanks
Love, Betty Lou

here's mine:

1. Riven
2. Gabriel Knight II, The beast Within
3. The Longest Journey
4. Beyond Atlantis
5. Dreamfall
6. Dark Fall the Journel
7. Keepsake
8. Barrow Hill
9. Myst 4 Revbelation
10. Uru Live
11. Ankh I
12. Aura
13. Obsidian
14. Amber, Journeys Beyond
15. Still Life
16. The Sacred Rings
17. Sentinel, descedents in Time
18. The arrangement
19. Rhem 2
20. Safecracker 2006

wow that was fast!

WW

here's my list:

1 Keepsake
2 Time stand still
3 Remedy
4 The longest journey
5 Scratches
6 secret files of tunguska
7 the black mirror
8 amerzone
9 syberia
10 sherlock holmes, the case of the rose tattoo
11 still life
12 Aura - fate of ages
13 Nibiru
14 Paradise
15 Agatha Christie- and there were none
16 Myst
17 return to mysterious island
18 Runaway
19 the secrets of Da Vinci
20 Hope, Springs, Eternal

I love looking at these lists. Betty Lou, I loved Daemonica, as well, but didn't include it as there was quite a bit of dispute as to it qualifying as an adventure game (I chickened out). It definitely IS an adventure game, though!

I'm also intrigued by the fact that Nine and Crystal Skull have appeared on a favorites list. I have both games but haven't played either one, as my recollection of both is that they were overall poorly reviewed. I guess I ought to play them and formulate my own opinion!!

Sorry for the interjection, flotsam--it's just SO hard not to comment!

Could not come up with 20, but all of these I have played again and again.

01. Quiet Weekend In Capri - really felt like I got away
02. Longest Journey
03. Phantasmagoria - 1st Adventure game I ever played, still love it and wish it would be compatible with Windows XP
04. Amber: Journeys Beyond - unfortunately also incompatible with XP
05. Phastasmaria II: A Puzzle of Flesh
06. Return to Mysterious Island (love inventory games)
07. Voyage
08. Gabriel Knights II: The Beast Within
09. Syberia
10. Secrets of DaVinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
11. Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
12. Secret of the Lost Cavern

Hi flotsam --

The consensus among the membership is that Myst Online: Uru Live has so much new content (and will continue to have even more) that it should be considered a different game than Uru and all its add-ons.

OK, I've re-edited the game list.


1. Keepsake
2. The Longest Journey
3. Gabriel Knight II
4. Time Lapse
5. The Journeyman Project III
6. Tex Murphy III UAKM
7. Myst I
8. Necronomicon, mainly because I like HP Lovecraft.
9. Niburu
10. Syberia I
11. Dark Fall: the Journal.
12. The Barrow
13. Moment of Silence
14. Monkey Island I
15. Pilgrim
16. Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
17. Black Dahlia
18. Morpheus
19. Obsidian
20. Zork Grand Inquisitor. Loved the Hell phone choice puzzle


Sorry, I misread your instructions. I must have been tired (but NOT emotional as well!)


Cheers, barbarosso

PS I am not sure whether Americans use this particular journalistic euphemism.
"Tired and emotional" = drunk.

Betty Lou, I loved the comments