2009 - The list returns
#513687
06/19/09 06:24 PM
06/19/09 06:24 PM
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flotsam
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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?
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: flotsam]
#513695
06/19/09 06:31 PM
06/19/09 06:31 PM
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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!
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: flotsam]
#513696
06/19/09 06:32 PM
06/19/09 06:32 PM
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venus
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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?
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: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: flotsam]
#513700
06/19/09 06:40 PM
06/19/09 06:40 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,904 Upper Arlington, Ohio
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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.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Space Quest Fan]
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06/19/09 06:58 PM
06/19/09 06:58 PM
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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
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Chief]
#513714
06/19/09 07:21 PM
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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
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: flotsam]
#513756
06/19/09 09:18 PM
06/19/09 09:18 PM
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Susie07
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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
Last edited by Susie07; 06/21/09 10:24 AM.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Jenny100]
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06/19/09 09:21 PM
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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
Last edited by venus; 06/19/09 09:26 PM.
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: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: GreyFuss]
#513758
06/19/09 09:23 PM
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Darleen03
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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
Luv Dar
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Darleen03]
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06/19/09 10:25 PM
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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
Last edited by ShyTy; 06/19/09 10:28 PM.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Darleen03]
#513783
06/19/09 10:25 PM
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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
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: ShyTy]
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06/20/09 04:40 AM
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Paola Croft
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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
Paola
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: flotsam]
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06/20/09 05:08 AM
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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.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: amlamb]
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06/20/09 06:24 AM
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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
"Bleat, Watson -- unmitigated bleat!" ~ Sherlock Holmes
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Rushes]
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06/20/09 07:06 AM
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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
"You can not escape your past, but you can make your future" - Diana Melkumova - @wowdane
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: misslilo]
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06/20/09 07:48 AM
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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
Last edited by The Haze; 06/20/09 10:10 PM.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: birddog]
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06/20/09 09:28 AM
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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
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: birddog]
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06/20/09 09:38 AM
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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 ----------------- 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
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: birddog]
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06/20/09 09:41 AM
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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.
Has any one seen any little gray cells around as I think I've lost some? Reward for finder.
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Re: 2009 - The list returns
[Re: Paola Croft]
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06/20/09 11:14 AM
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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
I child-proofed my home... but they're still getting in!
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