Here we go again
Imagine someone came to you tomorrow and asked "I want to play adventure games, can you recommend 20 games to play". The purpose of this thread is to provide the answer.
It isn't meant to be a list of the 20 best games of all time. It isn't meant to be Adventure Game 101. It might end up being both those things, but first and foremost it is a list of games that you would recommend to someone else to play.
For that reason, you might not include something that is notoriously difficult to get to run, or which has clunky graphics by today's standard, or has no sound apart from a tinny midi soundtrack. You might not recommend a game that you found awesomely wonderful on the basis that no one else has your particularly strange sense of appreciation. You might not recommend every Myst clone you have ever played because even though they are your passion, a whole list of them might be, well, a little dull.
Or you might - many players have old game rigs and there are numerous programmes that help get old games to run on new machines, who said you need flashy graphics to tell a good story, and perhaps elaborate soundtracks simply cover up the flaws in a bad script. There might be someone out there just like you who doesn't know about your awesome game, and too many Myst games is actually never enough.
The point is its up to you - if you think a game you have played is worth recommending to someone else to play, you can put it on your list.
So long of course as its an adventure game. And we all know what they are. Quake isn't one, however beautifully scripted it might be, but Myst is. Somewhere in between is a grey area which doesn't matter between friends, which we all are.
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. The following episodic adventures will be counted as one game - Sam & Max Season 1, Sam & Max Season 2, Wallace & Grommit, Strong Bad, Casebook.
4. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game.
5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game.
6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game.
7. Directors cuts will be counted as the same game.
8. Adventure games only please (Dark Side games and Casual games get their own lists).

If at all possible, please list in alphabetical order - it makes counting so much easier. In doing so, ignore "the" (so The Lost Crown would be under "L" for Lost)

The thread stays open for about 3 weeks, and I will post updates as we go. Also, avoid editiing your lists after posting because I count as we go, and may miss a change.
So who wants to be first?

I don't have my list yet but I hope that the members give us the names of adventure games they recommend.

I thank flotsam in doing this list annually. We look forward to it.

Have fun, everyone!

Yay, I am excited about this!

Flotsam, I have a question before I post my list. Does the new King's Quest Collection count as one recommendation, or will I have to recommend individual King's Quest games?

:Brussels sprouts:

I love the list!

Great, but I have to think it over for a couple of days before posting my list.

Ankh 1
Black Mirror
Broken Sword Circle of Blood
Day of the Tentacle
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Fable
Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Legend of Kyrandia Book One
The Longest Journey
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Runaway 1
Secret Files 1 Tunguska
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
Tony Tough Night of the Roasted Moths
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

1-Anacapri
2-Black Mirror
3-Keepsake
4-Longest Journey
5-Longest Journey Dreamfall
6-Lost Crown
7-Myst
8-Myst 3 Exile
9-Mysterious Journey Schizm
10-Nibiru
11-Rhiannon
12-Riven
13-Sentinel Descendant in Time
14-Sherlock Holmes Nemesis (Arsene Lupin)
15-Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
16-Still Life
17-Still life 2
18-Syberia
19-Syberia 2
20-Yoomurjak's Ring

Thanks Flotsam, I am ready for ya this year...

Black Dahlia
Blackstone Chronicles, The
Dark Side of the Moon
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Lost Crown, The
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst V: End of Ages
Myst III: Exile
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Phantasmagoria: Prey its Only a Nightmare
Rhem
Rhem 2
Rhem 3
Riven
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (aka Nemesis)
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Shivers
Syberia
Syberia 2
Zork: Nemesis

Day of the Tentacle
Faust (Seven Games of the Soul)
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Morpheus
Myst/RealMyst
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
Return to Mysterious Island
Riven
Sanitarium
Schizm II (Mysterious Journey II)
Sentinel (Realms of Illusion)
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Secret of Monkey Island
Shivers
Uru
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Hi, flotsam!

Here's my list:

Black Mirror
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Father
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Nancy Drew: Secret at Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew: White Wolf of Icicle Creek
N*i*B*i*R*u
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Shivers
Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
Still Life
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Susan

Okay, I couldn't wait. Here is my list:

Culpa Innata
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Grim Fandango
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Longest Journey, The
Moment of Silence, The
Overclocked
Paradise (with patch )
Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
So Blonde
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2

Thanks, "Flotsam" for doing this every year... Much Appreciated

(1) Last half Of Darkness.."Spirits EyE"
(2) Lost Crown
(3) Sanitarium
(4) Limbo Of The Lost
(5) Vampyre
(6) Sherlock "The Awakened"
(7) Siberia 2
(8) Mystery Of The Druids
(9) Simon the Sorcerer 2
(10) Monkey Island 2
(11) Return to Mysterious Island
(12) -Nibiru
(13) Black Mirror
(14) Runaway 2
(15) Still Life
(16) Niopol; Secrets Of The Imortals
(17) Everlight
(18) Culpa Innata
(19) Art Of Murder "Hunt For The Puppeteer"
(20) Dead Reefs

Ok here it goes!

Art of Murder 1
Art of Murder 2
Belief and Betrayal
Beyond Atlantas
Chronicles of Mystery/The Scorpio Ritual
Culpa Innata
Darkness Within
Keepsake
Last Half of Darkness/Beyond the Spirits Eye
Limbo of the Lost
Lost Crown
Outcry
Overclocked
Myst
Mysterious Island
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Scratches
So Blonde
Wanted a Wild Western

Lori

Thank you flotsam - you are special !!

Black Dahlia
Blade Runner
Broken Sword
Day of the Tentacle
Discworld
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Kings Quest VI
Legend of Kyrandia (The)
Lost Crown : A Ghost-hunting Adventure (The)
Lost files of Sherlock Holmes : Case of the Rose tattoo (The)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Nostradamus
Phantasmagoria
Return to Zork
Secret of Monkey Island (The)
Sherlock Holmes : The Awakened
Simon the Sorcerer
Tex Murphy : Under a Killing Moon

Thank you flotsam. Here it is my personal list

1) Broken Sword
2) Broken Sword II
3) Gabriel Knight III
4) The Longest Journey
5) Black Mirror
6) Runaway
7) Runaway 2
8) The Mystery of the Druids
9) Syberia
10) Syberia II
11) Secret Files - Tunguska
12) Culpa Innata
13) The Abbey
14) The Moment of Silence
15) Martin Mystere
16) The Watchmaker
17) Blade Runner
18) Still Life
19) Art of Murder 1
20) Overclocked

1. Agatha Christie-Then There Were None
2. Agatha Christie: The Oriental Express
3. Agatha Christie: Under The Sun
4. Belief & Betrayal
5. Black Mirror
6. Dark Fall 1
7. Dark Fall 2
8. Darkness Within
9.Dead Reefs
10.Dracula Origin
11. Nancy Drew Blackmoor Manor
12. Nancy Drew in The Haunted Mansion
13.Outcry
14.Overclocked
15.Post Mortem
16.Sherlock Holmes in Awakened
17.Sherlock Holmes in The Mummy
18.Still Life
19.Syberia 1
20.Syberia 2

I probably would have added still 2 and Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper, but I'm not through playing them yet.

Here's my list.

1. 80 Days
2. Amerzone
3. Black Mirror
4. Culpa Innata
5. Dracula Origin
6. Dracula: Resurrection
7. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
8. ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
9. Longest Journey
10. Moment of Silence
11. Return to Mysterious Island
12. Safecracker 2006
13. Secrets of Da Vinci
14. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
15. Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring
16. Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (Nemesis)
17. Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
18. Still Life 1
19. Syberia 1
20. Syberia 2

And my list of 2009 look like this:

Big Red Adventure, The
Blade Runner
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Discworld 1
Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!
Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers
Jack Keane
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Sanitarium
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Secret of Monkey Island, The
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
So Blonde
Still Life
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Toonstruck
Wanted a Wild Western
Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth

Thanks to all involved in compiling this list. Here's mine.

Amerzone
Barrow Hill
Darkness Within
Drowned God
The Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirits Eye
The Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servants
MYST
Myst V
Outcry
Post Mortem
Riven
Scratches
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia II
URU

Amber Journeys Beyond
Anacapri
Barrow Hill
Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb
Conspiracies
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon
Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern
Longest Journey, The
Lost Crown, The
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Nancy Drew: TheSecret of Shadow Ranch
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Quiet Weekend In Capri, A
Return to Mysterious Island
Syberia I
Syberia II
Voyage
Yoomurjaks Ring

Well, I had to bump one of my older favorites to be able to mention Outcry, one of the first newer games (2008) that made an impression on me. The next youngest game is Rhem 2 (2005). It should be mentioned that I haven't played Rhem 3 yet, and I when I do, I'll probably need to bump something else . The list gets harder each year.

Black Dahlia
Dark Fall 1
Gabriel Knight Beast Within
Gabriel Knight Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Dammed
Myst Exile
Neverhood
Obsidian
Outcry
RealMyst
Rhem
Rhem 2
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Schizm (Mysterious Journey)
Shivers
Shivers 2
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis

Awesome

Agatha Christie: Murder on Oriental Expres
Belief and Betrayal
Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator 6: Scourge Of The Sea People
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
Broken Sword: The sleeping Dragon
CSI: Hard Evidence
CSI: New York
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (psp/ ps2)
Keepsake
Nelly Cootalot
Night Squale (AGS)
Overclocked
Post Mortem
Scratches
Secret Files: Tunguska
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earing
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (Nemesis)
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2

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Wish I could put cirque de zale there too but maybe next time. And I wish I could put 'overclocked' on top of all the games

Many thanks for your hard work Flotsom. Here is my vote -
Barrow Hill
Black Mirror
Darkfall the journal
Darkness Within in pursuit of Loath Nolder
Dracula ; Origin
Gilbert Goodmate and the mushroom of Phengoria
Grim Fandango
Lost Crown the
Martin Mystere
Moment of Silence the
Mystery of the Druids
Post Mortom
Return to Mysterious Island
Runaway A road adventure
Scratches the directors cut
Secret files of Tungusks
Sherlock Holmes ; Nemesis
Simon the Sorcerer 4 Chaos happens
Syberia 1
Time Stand Still.

I got the list to only 20 by only including 1 game of a series.

Art of Murder 1
Art of Murder 2
Black Mirror
Carol Reed: Colour of Murder
Delaware St. John: The Seacliff Tragedy
Dig
Grim Fandango
Journeyman Project: Buried in Time
Journeyman Project: Legacy of Time
Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit's Eye
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Moment of Silence
Myst
Nostradamus
Paradise
Riddle of the Tomb
Shivers
Still Life
Syberia 1
Syberia 2

List posters! If at all possible, please alphabetize your lists! It makes it much easier to count your votes.

Thank you, thank you.

I'm not good at making lists, but here goes ...

Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
Blackwell Legacy, The
Blackwell Unbound
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
Diamonds In The Rough
Emerald City Confidential
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Legend of Crystal Valley, The
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2
Tales of Bingwood, Chapter 1: To Save a Princess

7th Guest, The

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Ceville

Dark Fall: The Journal

Day of the Tentacle

Destination: Treasure Island

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Gabriel Knight: Sins Of The Fathers

Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood Of The Sacred, Blood Of The Damned

Longest Journey, The

Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle Of Flesh

Return to Zork

Rhiannon: Curse Of The Four Branches

Runaway: A Road Adventure

Runaway: The Dream Of The Turtle

Scratches: Director’s Cut

Syberia

Watchmaker, The

Sorry Becky this was my first time to make a list.
I redone it and put it in order

Thanks amlamb! We're not trying to make it hard to post a list -- we're just trying to make it easier on those who also serve by counting.

Here's mine:

Amber: Journeys Beyond
Carol Reed: The Colour of Murder
Dark Fall
Delaware St. John: The Seacliff Tragedy
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Longest Journey, The
Museum of Broken Memories, The
Myst
Obsidian
Return to Zork
Riven
Sanitarium
Strange and Somewhat Sinister Tale of the House at Desert Bridge, The
Syberia
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Voyage
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis

It was especially hard to choose just one of the serial games, especially Delaware St. John and Carol Reed. And I just realized I haven't played Hope Springs Eternal, since BFG doesn't have it yet. I need to go order it, I guess.

Here's my yearly contribution to the adventure game list of 2009.
And thanks, flotsam, for making this last again

Overclocked
The Longest Journey (the first one)
Syberia (the first one)
Grim Fandango
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Zork: Nemesis
Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
Rhiannon - the curse of the four branches
Broken Sword (the first one)
Sinking Island
Post Mortem
Still Life
Keepsake
Runaway (the first one)
Escape from Monkey Island
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
Agon- The Lost Sword of Toledo
Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
The Experiment

As you can probably see, this year, more modern games have made it to my list than last year, I think? This is because I've found that the state of adventure games really is getting better.

It's true, this list is getting more and more difficult to do, but I'm happy that new games are in it!
Thank you Flotsam, here's my games:

1 -Black Mirror
2 -Broken Sword 1
3 -Dark Fall 1
4 -Darkness within
5 -Dracula 3
6 -Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers
7 -Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
8 -Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
9 -King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
10 -King's Quest VIII:Mask of eternity
11 -Last Half of Darkness-Beyond the Spirits Eye
12 -Longest journey
13 -Lost Crown
14 -Rhiannon
15 -Scratches
16- Sentinel
17 -Shady Brooks
18 -Sherlock Holmes:The awakened
19 -Still Life
20 -Syberia

My list
1. Amber Journeys
2. Amerzone
3. Bad Mojo
4. Barrow Hill
5. Blackstone Chronicles
6. Dark fall 1
7. Dracula Resurrection
8. Lighthouse
9. Morpheus
10. Nibiru
11. Nightlong
12. Real Myst
13. Riven
14. Sanitarium
15. Scratches
16. Shivers 1
17. Still life
18. Syberia 1
19. Syberia 2
20. URU

Thank you Flotsam for doing this! This year has seemed to be more of a dilemna than previously but here goes:

Art of Murder 2 Hunt for the Puppeteer
Blackwell Legacy
Broken Sword 1
Colour of Murder
Culpa Innata
Diamonds in the Rough
Dracula 3
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit's Eye
Longest Journey
Moment of Silence
Nostradamus
Overclocked
Secret Files 2 Puritas Cordis
Shadow of Memories
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
So Blonde
Syberia
Tears of Betrayal
Yoomurjak's Ring

The 11th Hour
The Blackstone Chronicles
Daemonica
Dark Side of the Moon
Escape from Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Inherent Evil
The Longest Journey: Dreamfall
Missing
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Neverhood
Postmortem
Riddle of Master Lu
Sanitarium
Schizm II: Mysterious Journey
Sentinel
Shivers
Voyage
The Watchmaker

Thanks Flotsam!

Here are my selections for the top games.

Ankh Reverse the Curse
Black Mirror
Broken Sword Circle of Blood
Discworld
Discworld Mortality Bytes
Dreamfall the Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight The Beast Within
Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Grim Fandango
Legend of Kyrandia Fables and Fiends
Longest Journey
Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island Curse of Monkey Island
Monkey Island LeChuck's Revenge
Monkey island Secret of Monkey Island
Runaway A Road Adventuire
Sanitarium
Secret Files: Tunguska
Simon the Sorcerer
Simon the Sorcerer The Lion, The Wizard, and the Wardrobe

Well here goes, finally.

Amerzone
Aura
Barrow Hill
Beyond Atlantis
Beyond Atlantis II
Connections
Echo - The secret of the Lost Cavern
Dark Fall
Dark Fall - Lights Out
Journey to the Center of the Earth (I could listen to that music
all day)
The Lost Crown
Myst Exile
The Omega Stone
Return to Mysterious Island
Riddle of the Sphinx
Sacred Rings
Syberia
Torin's Passage

For better or worse, here's mine:

1. 80 Days
2. Azrael’s Tear
3. Broken Sword 3
4. Gabriel Knight 2
5. Gabriel Knight 3
6. Grim Fandango
7. Longest Journey
8. Moment of Silence
9. Myst 1
10, Myst 2
11. Myst 3
12. Overclocked
13. Pandora Directive
14. Rama
15. Sanitarium
16. Sentinel: Descendants in Time
17. Still Life
18. Syberia 1
19. Syberia 2
20. Vampyre Story

Checking with my previous lists, I sure am fickle.

I also see that no one agrees with me. Again.

Thank you for all your efforts with this! If you need collating help, please holler! BTW, in several cases (such as Agatha, Law & Order, Holmes) I could have listed more than one in the series, but worked to keep the list varied and to 20. Here we go:

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Black Mirror, The
Broken Sword, The Circle of Blood (+ Wii & DS versions!)
Ceville
Colour of Murder, The
Diamonds In The Rough
Emerald City Confidential
Grim Fandango
Law & Order: Justice Is Served
Longest Journey, The
Lost Crown, The
Outcry
Rhiannon
Sam & Max: Season One
Secret Of Monkey Island, The
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (remastered version)
So Blonde
Still Life
Syberia
Vampyre Story, A

I might well have also included the Phoenix Wright series for the DS, but felt you wanted PC. Thank you....

Robertson

Well here it is whittled down to the best of my abilities. This is a list (-about another 20) of my all time favorite adventure games. I would recommend them to anyone and this is my list and I'm sticking to it.

Art of Murder
Belief and Betrayal
Broken Sword Circle of Blood
Chronicles of Mystery
Conspiricies
Gabriel knight: The Beast Within
Kings Quest II
Kings Quest VI
Legend of Kyrandia Book 2
Longest journey
Moment of Silence
Nibiru
Pandora Directive
Phantasmagoria
Ripley's Believe it or Not
Ripper
Runaway
Secret Files Tunguska
Still Lilfe
Syberia

After careful consideration:

Amerzone
Black Dahlia
Byzantine: The Betrayal
Dark Fall I
Experiment
Feeble Files
Ghost Master
Grim Fandango
Last Express
Lost Crown
Moment Of Silence
Overclocked
Sanitarium
Syberia I
Syberia II
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Yoomurjak's Ring

here is my list of the year.

Agatha Christie - Evil Under The Sun
Anacapri
Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer
Believe and Betrayal
Black Mirror
Carol Reed - Hope, Springs, Eternal
Darkfall 2
Diamonds in the Rough
Dracula 3 - Path of the Dragon
Keepsake
Lost Crown
Longest Journey
Rhiannon, the curse of the four branches
Riven
Secret Files Tunguska
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Still Life
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Yoomurjak's Ring

Hi all,
My apologies - real life intervened!
Its early days but Syberia already leads the way. Chasing hard are Syberia 2, Still Life and Black Mirror.
New games that have started well include Sherlock v Jack the Ripper and Rhiannon.
Nearly 200 games mentioned already and over 30 that weren't mentioned last year (including a couple I have never heard of).
Keep em coming

Here is my list .

1. Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
2. Agatha Christie Evil Under Sun
3. Art of Murder FBI
4. Art of Murder Hunt for the Puppeteer
5. Barrow Hill
6. Black Mirror
7. Chronicles of Mystery The Scorpio Ritual
8. Darkfall The Journal
9. Darkfall Lights Out
10. Dracula Origin
11. NiBiRu
12. Overlocked
13. Secret Files Puritas Cordis
14. Secret Files Tunguska
15. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
16. Sherlock Holmes Jack the Ripper
17. Sinking Island
18. Still Life
19. Syberia 1
20. Syberia 2

There are some games I haven't played yet which may have made it on the list instead of others but that will be for the next time. Thanks Flotsam for making the list .

Oh dear! Only 20?
OK, I'll try.

1. Agatha Christie And Then There Were None
2. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Oriental Express
3. Beyond Atlantis
4. Carol Reed: East Side Story
5. Carol Reed: Remedy
6. Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb
7. 11th Hour
8. Escape from Monkey Island
9. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
10. King's Quest IV
11. Longest Journey
12. Myst
13. Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
14. Nancy Drew: Secret at Shadow Ranch
15. Omega Stone
16. Rhem
17. Riddle of the Sphinx
18. Riven
19. Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring
20. Vulcan episode 1 (ValhallaClassics)

Here's my list. Limited only by how few I've actually completed and I can't enter RPG's (dang it!).

Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Discworld Noir
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Grim Fandango
Immortals of Terra, The
King’s Quest 6
Lost Crown, The
Longest Journey, The
Post Mortem
Sam N Max Season 1
Scratches
Still Life
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Anacapri
And then there were none
Atlantis 3
Aura
Broken sword, the shadow of the templars
Byzantine, the betrayal
Callahan's crosstime saloon
Dark fall, the journal
Discworld 2
Discworld noir
Echo, secrets of the lost cavern
Gabriel Knight 2, the beast within
Hand of fate (legend of Kyrandia 2)
Normality
Pandora directive, the
Sacred rings, the
Scratches
Shivers
Timelapse
Titanic: adventure out of time

Amber Journeys Beyond
DarkFall
Darkness Within
Dreamfall
Dracula Origin
Dracula Resurrection
Gabriel Knight 1
Keepsake
Limbo of the Lost
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Martin Mystere Crime Stories
Neverhood
Sanitarium
Secret Files 1
Secret Files 2
Still Life 1
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Zork Grand Inquisitor

1 Amerzone
2 Barrow Hill
3 Blackstone Chronicles
4 Destination Treasure Island
5 Dracula Origins
6 Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirits Eye
7 Last Half of Darkness: Shadow of the Servants
8 Lost Crown, The
9 Moment of silence, The
10 Nibiru
11 Paradise
12 Runaway A Road Adventure
13 Safecracker 2006
14 Secrets of Da Vinci, The
15 Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper
16 Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
17 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
18 Syberia 1
19 Syberia 2
20 Tunguska

Thanks Flotsam!

Ana

Azrael's Tear
Black Mirror
Blackstone Chronicles
Daemonica
Dead Reefs
Death Gate
Discworld
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Pandora Directive
Sanitarium
Secret of Monkey Island
Shannara
Shivers
Toonstruck
Under a Killing Moon
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Thank you, flotsam!

Although I'll always have fond memories of the old games I cut my teeth on, I so much admire the way technology has moved on and therefore will always prefer good, absorbing, modern games. (Plus I don't have as many teeth left now as I did then ).
Thanks Flotsam, for your mammoth task in collating all this info!

Amber
Barrow Hill
Black Mirror
Blackstone Chronicles
Case of the Rose Tattoo (Lost files of Sherlock Holmes)
Dark Fall 1
Darkness Within
Discworld Noir
Faust
Last Express
Beyong the Spirit's Eye (Last Half of Darkness)
Lost Crown
Mystery of the Druids
Overclocked
Return to Mysterious Island
Rhiannon
Sanitarium
Scratches
Secret Files: Tunguska
Still Life 1

1. Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None
2. Agatha Christie - Evil Under the Sun
3. Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
4. Black Mirror
5. CSI Miami
6. Dark Fall
7. Discworld Noir
8. Gabriel Knight 3 - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
9. Laura Bow 2 - Dagger of Amon Ra
10. Longest Journey (the)
11. Nancy Drew 11 - Curse of Blackmoor Manor
12. Nancy Drew 13 - Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
13. Post Mortem
14. Return to Mysterious Island
15. Sanitarium
16. Sherlock Holmes - Case of the Rose Tatoo
17. Sherlock Holmes - Secret of the Silver Earring
18. Shivers
19. Shivers II - Harvest of Soul
20. Syberia

Carolin.

No changes from the last one, haven't really played any of the newer ones for the last couple years.

Amerzone
Armed & Delirious (
Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2)
Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood
Broken Sword 2 Smoking Mirror
Curse of Monkey Island
Journeyman Project III: Legacy of Time
Legend of Kyrandia 2-Hand of Fate
Morpheus
Myst/RealMyst
Myst III: Exile
Neverhood
Obsidian
Riven
Sanitarium
Shivers
Timelapse
Torins Passage
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Things are humming along nicely.
Having a look at series, all 3 Gabriel Knight games have received mentions, and ditto the Agatha Christie games. All 4 Broken Sword games have been mentioned, as have all 4 Monkey Isalnd games and all 5 Carol Reed games. 5 KIngs Quest games and all of the 6 non-live incarnations of Myst are on the list, and 9 of the Nancy Drew games have received recommendations.
Conversely, non of the Leisure Suit Larry games have yet rated, nor have any of the Quest for Glory games (5 got mentioned last year, although they probably best belong on the Darkside). No Egypt games yet either.

So many new games out that I haven't played but the following.

1. Barrow Hill
2. Darkfall - Lights Out
3. Destination Treasure Island
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth
5. Keepsake
6. Mysterious Island
7. Nancy Drew - Haunting of Castle Malloy
8. Nancy Drew - Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
9. Omega Stone, The
10. Riddle of the Sphinx
11. Siberia I
12. Siberia II

" .... nor have any of the Quest for Glory games."

I put those on my "Darkside List" !!

I am playing Culpa Innata and enjoying it so much. It would definitely bump something off my list, but I guess it will have to wait until next year.

I reckon you are right Mad. So abra cadabra

flotsam !!!!

My list:
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Culpa Innata
Dark Fall: The Journal
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Faust
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Grim Fandago
Inherent Evil
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Longest Journey
Morpheus
Myst
Riven
Sanitarium
Scratches
Shivers 1
Syberia 1
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Zork Nemesis

My favorites are:
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Broken Sword 4
Egyptian Prophecy
Keepsake
Longest Journey
Myst
Myst Riven
Myst Exile
Myst Uru Complete Chronicles
Myst Revelation
Myst End of Ages
Riddle of the Sphinx
Schizm 1
Schizm 2
Siberia 1
Siberia 2

But to mention a few....

Dreamfall
Syberia I
Syberia II
Secret Files I
Secret Files II
Still Life
The Lost Crown
Longest Journey
Black Mirror
80 Days
Crime Stories
Jack the Ripper
Limbo of the Lost
Keepsake
Scratches
Nibiru
Sanitarium

Here is my list and it's not necessarily in order of preference:

Lost Crown
Dead Reef
Tex Murphy Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Gabriel Knight Sins Of The Father
Sinking Island
Amber Journeys Beyond
Sanitarium
Myst
Syberia
Broken Sword I
Runaway
Scratches
Tunguskas
Dreamfall
The Moment Of Silence
Black Dahlia
The Riddle of Master Lu
The Curse Of Monkey Island
Noir A Shadowy Thriller

Wow, I had a hard time this year. I had to leave off quite a few of my favs.

1. Broken Sword 3 The Sleeping Dragon
2. Broken Sword 4 Angel of Death
3. Culpa Innata
4. Dreamfall
5. Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
6. Grim Fandango
7. Keepsake
8. Lost Crown
9. Mysterious Journey 2
10. Nancy Drew - Curse of Blackmoor Manor
11. Nancy Drew - Haunting of Castle Malloy
12. Nancy Drew - Phantom of Venice
13. Nancy Drew - White Wolf of Icicle Creek
14. Post Mortem
15. Rhiannon
16. Return to Mysterious Island
17. Sentinel
18. Shady Brook
19. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
20. Still life

Tougher to do this every year.

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Ankh 1
Casebook
Ceville
Colour of Murder (The) (Carol Reed 5)
Culpa Innata
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Emerald City Confidential
Enter the Story: Les Miserables
Lost Crown (The)
Myst IV: Revelation
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
Sacred Rings (Aura 2)
Sam & Max Season I
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
Uru

Up to here

I had to remove 10 from my list.

Ankh 1
Aura
Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon
Dark Fall
Dracula Origin
Dreamfall
Egyptian Prophecy
Faust or 7 Games of the Soul
Legend of the Prophet and Assassin
Lost Crown
Mysterious Journey 2
Rhem 3
Rhiannon
Riddle of the Sphinx
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Still Life 2
Syberia
Yoomurjak's Ring

hope I am not to late for this, here are mine


Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny (Riddle of the Tomb)
Culpa Innata
Dracula: Origin
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Grim Fandango
Jewels of the Oracle
Longest Journey (The)
Lost Crown (The)
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Return to Mysterious Island
Sacred Rings (The)
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the ripper
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Shivers 1
Shivers 2
Syberia 1
Syberia 2

Marcia

Not too late at all Marcia

We are just about down to the last week so if you are playing to complete things before you choose, you had better get a hurry up!

Here goes for my list.

Agatha Christie-And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie-Murder on the Orient Express
Barrow Hill
Colour of Murder-Carol Reed
Dracula Origin
Dreamfall-the Longest Journey
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Keepsake
Lost Crown
PostMoetem
Return to Mysterious Island
Rhiannon
Secret Files-Tunguska
Sherlock Holmes-the Awakened
Sherlock Holmes-Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Still Life
Syberia I
Syberia II
Yoomurajak's Ring

carlahelp

Here is mine:

80 Days
Barrow Hill
Byzentine, The Betrayal
Dracula Origin
Dracula Resurrection
Echo-Secrets of the Lost Cavern
Grim Fandango
Keepsake
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Omega Stone
Riddle of the Sphinx
Sanitarium
Scratches
Sherlock Holmes-The Awakened
Shivers I
Syberia I
Syberia II
Timelapse
Zork Nemesis

Ok Flotsam, its only taken me forever to compile this and boy it was difficult
Argon 4
Barrow Hill
Broken Sword 3
Delaware St John - The Seacliffe Tragedy
Darkfall 2
Keepsake
Lost Crown
Myst 1
Nancy Drew White Wolf
Nancy Drew Shadow Ranch
Nikopol
Overclocked
Paradise
Rhiannon
Sherlock Holmes Nemisis
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey - Dreamfall
Tunguska

Black Mirror
Bladerunner
Broken Sword 1
Broken sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Broken Sword 4
Dreamfall
Feeble Files
Grim Fandango
Jack Keane
Moment of Silence
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Overclocked
Runaway: A road adventure
Runaway: Dream of the turtle
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files: Puritas cordis
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

I will just add a couple that have not been mentioned but are classics never-the-less. No point in repeating everybody else.

Lost In Time---- Coktel/Sierra 1993 and yes you need Dosbox

Kings Quest 2 vga remake Free and better than the original

Lost In Time---- Coktel/Sierra 1993

Hi oldmariner

I play this in Win98SE.
[Not in WinXP (or any other) Compatibility Mode but on a machine with a PII 350 processor - which is pretty fast for such an old game.]

Found instructions at Mr.Bill's site and after experimenting with them a little got the game running fine

Another oldie that I love

My favorite games.
1. The Blackstone Chronicles,(the first game I bought)
2. Rhiannon
3. Nancy Drew Deception Island
4. Dark Fall 1
5. The Arrangement
6. Shadybrook
7. The Black Mirror
8. Delaware St John 1
9. Sherlock Holms vs Jack the Ripper
10.Colour of murder Carol Reed
11.Art of Murder The Pupeteer
12.Temujin
13.Runaway 1
14 Overclocked
15 Broken Sword 4
16.Sanitarium
17 Aura
18.Alfred Hitchcocks The Final Cut
19.Murder on the Orient Express
20.The Lost Crown

From laddy619 (copied from another thread)

Myst/Real Myst
Myst IV
Mysterious Journey II
Return to Mysterious Island
Rhem I
Rhem 2
Rhem 3
Riven
Schizm
Siberia
Siberia II
Uru

1. Gabriel Knight I : Sins of the Fathers
2. Gabriel Knight II : The Beast Within
3. The Pandora Directive
4. Tex Murphy Overseer
5. Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
6. Under A Killing Moon
7. The Lost Crown
8. Phantasmagoria II
9. Last Express
10. Blade Runner
11. Riddle of Master Lu
12. King´s Quest VI
13. Phantasmagoria
14. Fahrenheit/ Indigo Prophecy
15. Tender Loving Care
16. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
17. Still Life
18. Overclocked
19. Dreamfall
20. Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes I ( E.A./1992)

Art of Murder
Black Mirror
Broken Sword 3
Broken Sword 4
Escape from Monkey Island
DarkFall: Lights Out
Delaware 2 The Town With No Name
Indigo Prophecy
Last Half of Darkness, Beyond the Spirits Eye
Last Half of Darkness, Shadows of the Servants
Lost Crown
Moment of Silence
Rhiannon
Riven
Sanitarium
Sherlock Holmes, The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2

Agon
Art of Murder 1
Art of Murder 2
Around the World in 80 Days
Atlantis Evolutions
Aura
CSI Miami
Darkness Within
Dracula Origin
Grim Fandango
Keepsake
Murder on the Orient Express
Mysterious Journey 2
Post Mortem
Sacred Rings
Secrets of DaVinci
Secrets of the Ark
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2

Like everyone else, I have had a very hard time deselecting favorite games.
I have played some newer games but the Oldies are still the Goodies I have enjoyed the most.

80 Days
Amber, Journeys Beyond
Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon
Curse of Monkey Island
Dragonsphere
Gabriel Knight – Sins of the Father
Grim Fandango
Indiana Jones – Fate of Atlantis
Journeyman Project – Buried in Time
Keepsake
King’s Quest VI – Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Laura Bow, The Dagger of Amon Ra
Lost in Time
Mummy – Tomb of the Pharaoh
Tex Murphy – The Pandora Directive
The Dig
Tierra’s King’s Quest 2 – Romancing the Stones
Titanic Adventure Out of Time
Torin’s Passage
Wrath of the Gods

Up to here.
And thanks for the continuing alphabeticals everyone

Probably about time I posted.

Alida: The Enigmatic Giant
Byzantine: The Betrayal
Dark Fall: The Journal
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Isabelle
Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirits Eye
Longest Journey
Morpheus
Mysterious Journey: Schizm
Neverhood
Outcry
Perry Rhodan
Rhem
Riven
Sentinel: Descendants in Time
Shadow of Destiny
Still Life
Syberia 2
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Fun theme for a list! There are very few adventure games that I would recommend just anyone new to the genre to try. Here goes:

1. Broken Sword 1
2. Syberia
3. The Longest Journey
4. Black Mirror
5. Still Life

A lot of my personal favourites are left out, such as Myst/Riven/Exile, Obsidian, Dark Fall, Lost Crown, Grim Fandango, Gabriel knight 1 - 3, etc. I might recommend some or all of those as well, but it would depend on the person.

up to here

A Quiet Weekend in Capri
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Amerzone
Blackstone Chronicles
Dark Fall
Dracula: Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dreamfall
Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye
Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch
Necronomicon
Remedy
Sherlock Holmes- Arsene Lupin
Sherlock Holmes- The Awakened
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
The Cameron Files- Loch Ness
The Longest Journey
The Lost Crown
Time Stand Still

Now here

1>>Agatha Christie:And Then There Were None
2>>Agatha Christie:Evil Under The Sun
3>>Agatha Christie:Murder On The Orient Express
4>>Black Mirror
5>>Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
6>>Dead Reefs
7>>Evidence:The Last Ritual
8>>Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
9>>Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
10>>Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
11>>Keepsake
12>>Nibiru
13>>Post Mortem
14>>Sherlock Holmes:Awakened(Remastered)
15>>Still Life
16>>Syberia
17>>Syberia 2
18>>The Lost Crown
19>>The Moment Of Silence
20>>Tunguska:Secret Files

FLOTSAM!

1.3 Skulls of toltecs
2.Agatha Christie Murder on the orient express
3.Agatha Christie and then there were none
4.A Vampyre story
5.Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchmen's mine
6.Curse of Monkey Islannd
7.Discworld 2 mortailty bytes*****
8.Gabriel Knight 1 sins of the fathwrs
9.Gabriel Knight 2
10.Keepsake*****
11.King Quest 7*****
12.Myst 4
13.Runaway a road adventure
14.Sherlock Holmes Nemesis*****
15.Sherlock Holmes arson vs Lupis
16.Shivers 1*****
17.Simon the Sorcerer 2
18.The Dig
19.The Longest Journey*****
20.The Lost crown



That was hard too many great games :USA:


Doc :

Here's my list in the order in which I played them. Myst was my first experience, a gift from my son, and it is what opened the door to my addiction. Of all the games I have played, and they are legion, these are my favorites.

1. Myst
2. Zork Nemesis
3. The Dig
4. Riven
5. Myst: Exile
6. Lighthouse
7. Grim Fandango
8. Journeyman Project III
9. Starship Titanic
10. URU
11. Myst: Revelation
12. Myst: End of Ages
13. Schizm
14. Amerzone
15. Beyond Atlantis
16. Riddle of the Sphinx
17. Beyond Atlantis II
18. Aura: Fate of the Ages
19. The Omega Stone
20. Aura: Sacred Rings

Hi All

Late as usual

INDIANA JONES – FATE OF ATLANTIS
DARK FALL – LIGHTS OUT
LOST CROWN
BROKEN SWORD 1
GABRIEL KNIGHT 3
SYBERIA 1
SYBERIA 2
MONKEY ISLAND 1 SE
DARK FALL – THE JOURNAL
DAY OF THE TENTACLE
BARROW HILL
THE LONGEST JOURNEY
SCRATCHES
BROKEN SWORD 2
GABRIEL KNIGHT 1
CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND
AGATHA CHRISTIE: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE AWAKENED
GRIM FANDANGO
POST MORTEM

SORRY FOR ALL THE ONE’S I’VE MISSED / NOT PLAYED...

up to here - and 24 hours to go!

Amerzone
Barrow Hill
Black Dahlia
Black Mirror
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred
Grim Gandango
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Overclocked
Runaway 1
Runaway 2
Still Life
Syberia
Syberia 2
Tex Murphy : Under A Killing Moon
Text Murphey: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphey: Overseer
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Oooh! Am I to late:) Could have fit a few more on there as well -
Post Mortem (for one)

NOpe not to late. Got the last post!

Hi all,
Another year, and a new list. But not a new number 1. It must really be a good game!
As usual, two lists follow, one numerical, one alphabetical.
I have used full as well as alternate titles where I have known them. I no doubt missed a few. In the numeric list, I tried to use actual titles, the games on my shelf having the final say. In the alphabetical list, I have taken some liberties with names to get series together where possible. It wasn’t always, so on a couple of occassions I have marked a game as a sequel.
Thanks to Chief who verified the count, and if errors remain, they are all mine.
Finally, after 10 years it has been decided to retire some well perfoming games to a Listing Hall of Fame, on the basis that it is clear they should be played. The Muckys are conferring and analysing the lists over the years, and we will post the outcome in due course.
Thanks again to everyone that participated
And happy playing