And so it begins
For those in the know, you can skip to the rules – there is a new and very important one this year. For everyone else, here is a reminder of what this thread is about.
Imagine someone asked you "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 (see eg Isabelle, the most awesomest game ever ). 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 just 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 (see eg Isabelle), and perhaps 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. Bioshock isn't one, however beautifully scripted you think it might be, but Myst is (so is Isabelle). Somewhere in between is a grey area which doesn't matter between friends, which we all are.
There are some rules though:

1. Games in our Hall of Fame are ineligible and votes for them will not be counted. Those games are:

Amerzone
Black Mirror
Dark Fall: The Journal
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Longest Journey
Myst
Riven
Sanitarium
Syberia
Syberia 2
Timelapse
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inqusitor

(to explain, we recently “retired” a number of games to our Hall of Fame. This was on the basis that they always did well, and we no longer needed to list them to know they were worth playing. It was either that, or continue to expand the number of choices to allow for the ever growing pool of adventure games.
This means you can spread your choices more widely, and we will list the Hall of Fame games alongside this years results when finished).

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 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game.
4. The following episodic adventures will be counted as one game - Sam & Max Season 1, Sam & Max Season 2, Wallace & Grommit, Strong Bad, Casebook, AGON, Tales of Monkey Island, Enter the Story.
5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game.
6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game.
7. Directors cuts and Special Releases (eg Tales of Monkey Island) 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 Chief and I count as we go, and may miss a change.
So, batter up!

Thanks, flotsam.

Let's go - GameBoomers - let's have your list!

Here is my list in alphabetical order:


1-Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon

2-Dark Fall-Lights Out

3-Dark Fall-Lost Souls

4-Dreamfall-Longest Journey

5-Journey to the Center of the Earth

6-Keepsake

7-Lost Crown

8-Machinarium

9-Myst 3 Exile

10-Nibiru

11-Rhiannon

12-Schizm-Mysterious Journey

13-Scratches

14-Sentinels Descendants in Time

15-Sherlock Holmes VS Arsene Lupin

16-Sherlock Holmes VS Jack the Ripper

17-Still Life

18-Still Life 2

19-Uru

20-Yoomurjak's Ring



Thanks flotsam.

Chief

It's list time!

Here is mine. I still had to eliminate some "finalists." :

1. Culpa Innata

2. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

3. Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers

4. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

5. Journey to the Center of the Earth

6. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

7. King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride

8. Lost Crown, The

9. Moment of Silence, The

10. Murder in the Abbey

11. Overclocked

12. Paradise

13. Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim

14. Runaway: A Road Adventure

15. Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle

16. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate

17. Sinking Island

18. So Blonde

19. Still Life

20. Whispered World, The


flotsam!

Agatha Christie : Evil Under The Sun
Art of Murder II : Hunt for the Puppeteer
Black Circle [Carol Reed]
**Black Mirror II
Chronicles of Mystery : Scorpio Ritual
Drawn : The Painted Tower
Lost Crown Ghost Hunting Adventure
Post Mortem
Return to Mysterious Island
Scratches
Secret Files 2 : Puritas Cordis
Secrets of Da Vinci
Sherlock Holmes : The Awakened

Thank you for taking this on again, flotsam

**EDIT :
I forgot to include the Black Mirror games. So I've emailed you , flotsam, to see if you will accept them as late entries
**EDIT 2 :
Thanks for replying, flotsam. I've added the Black Mirror game that's allowed

- 3 Skulls of the Toltecs
- Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble, The (aka Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth)
- Black Mirror 2
- Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
- Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
- Feeble Files, The
- Gabriel Knight 1
- Paradise
- Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim
- Runaway: A Road Adventure
- Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Remastered)
- So Blonde
- Whispered World, The

Alida
Amber Journey Beyond
Beyond Atlantis
Black Dahlia
Faust Seven Games of the Soul
Gabriel Knight Blood of the Sacred
Machinarium
Morpheus
Myst Exile
Neverhood
Obsidian
Outcry
Riddle of the Sphinx
Reah
Rhem
Shivers
Shivers 2 Harvest of the Souls
Schizm
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Uru Live

80 Days
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Black Circle: A Carol Reed Mystery
Black Mirror II
Culpa Innata
Dracula: Origin
Dracula: Resurrection
Dreamfall
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Moment of Silence
Return to Mysterious Island
Safecracker 2006
Scratches
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secrets of Da Vinci
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (aka Nemesis)
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Still Life

Atlantis: The Lost tales
Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death
Crystal Key 2, The
Egyptian Prophesy, The
Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Fungoria
Jack Keane
Keepsake
Moment of Silence, The
Nightlong
Overclocked
Paradise
Phastasmagoria
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Still Life
The Ugly Prince Duckling

Ankh 1 Reverse the Curse
Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood
Broken Sword 2 Smoking Mirror
Discworld 1
Discworld 2 Mortality Bytes
Dreamfall The Longest Journey
Fable
Gilbert Goodmate
Legend of Kyrandia 1 Fables and Fiends
Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island 1 The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge
Monkey Island 3 The Curse of Monkey Island
Runaway 1 A Road Adventure
Secret Files 1 Tunguska
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2 The lion, the wizard, and the wardrobe.
The Dig
Tony Tough 1 Night of the Roasted Moths
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

Alida
Aura: Fate of Ages
Blackstone Chronicles (John Saul's)
Byzantine The Betrayal
Myst III Exile
Mysterious Journey II
A Quiet Weekend in Capri
Rhem
Schizm: Mysterious Journey
Sentinel: Descendants in Time

Obviously, I need to play more games.

Aura: Fate of Ages
Day of the Tentacle
Dracula Origin
Faust: Seven Games of the Soul
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Loom
The Lost Crown
Moment of Silence
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
Return to Mysterious Island
Riddle of the Sphinx
Schizm 2 (Mysterious Journey 2)
Secret of Monkey Island
Sentinel: Descendants in Time (aka Realms of Illusion)
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Shivers
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Uru

Thanks for doing this Flotsam

My list hasn't changed much from last year

Black Dahlia
Blackstone Chronicles
Dark Side of the Moon
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Lost Crown, The
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst III: Exile
Myst V: End of Ages
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Phantasmagoria: Prey its only a Nightmare
Rhem
Rhem 2
Rhem 3
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin
Shivers
Syberia 1 + 2
Zork: Nemesis

Hi, flotsam!

Here's my list:

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Jack the Ripper
Moment of Silence
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
NiBiRu
Phantasmagoria
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Shivers
Shivers: Harvest of Souls
Still Life
Tex Murphy: UAKM
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Tunguska

Susan

3 Skulls of the Toltecs
Bad Mojo
The Dark Eye
The Dig
Discworld Noir
Duckman
Lighthouse:The Dark Being
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Myst: Exile
Neverhood
Nikopol
Obsidian
Overclocked
Salammbo
Simon The Sorcerer
Touche: Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

Hi Flotsam and everyone

Here's my list:

CSI: Hard Evidence
CSI: New York
Memento Mori
Overclocked
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (Nemesis)

Thank you, flotsam, for doing this

Here's my list:

Overclocked
Sherlock Holmes: Awakened
Sherlock Holmes: Arsene Lupin
Sherlock Holmes: Jack the Ripper
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential
Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Post Mortem
Still Life
Dracula: Origin
Nostradamus
The secrets of Da Vinci
Sinking Island
Nikopol
Agon 4: The Mysterius Codex
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
King's Quest 4
King's Quest 5
King's Quest 6

And thank you again,. flotsam, for your hard work

Karsten, is your list in most favorite order? Overclocked is number one for me too

I love the list!

When possible, please alphabetize the list, not put it in order of your favorite! It's much easier to count (what ends up being) hundreds of entries if they are in alphabetical order!

great start people - and yes please on the alphabetised lists

Here goes!

A Tale of Two Kingdoms
And Then There Were None
Black Mirror II
Ceville
Dracula: Origin
Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Paradise
Post Mortem
Samarost 2
Valhalla Classics 5: The Servant's Hall
Valhalla Classics 6: The Dungeons

Thanks for doing this, Flotsom. Here's my list.

01. Ankh 1: Reverse the Curse
02. Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis): Your Journey Awaits
03. Atlantis 3 (Beyond Atlantis 2): New Worlds Await You
04. Aura 1: The Fate of Ages
05. Broken Sword 1: Circle of Blood (Shadow of the Templars)
06. Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
07. Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
08. Journey to the Center of the Earth
09. Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends
10. Lighthouse: The Dark Being
11. Loom
12. Monkey Island 1, Secret of
13. Myst III: Exile
14. Myst IV: Revelation
15. Myst V: End of Ages
16. Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm
17. Omega Stone, The
18. Rhiannon
19. Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure
20. Still Life 1

Broken Sword 4, Angel of Death
Dreamfall
Flower Sun and Rain
Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of Fathers
Lost Crown, The
Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney
Secret of Monkey Island, The
Shadow of the Comet
Shivah, The
Uru

Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
Barrow Hill
Black Dahlia
Black Mirror 2
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 3
Nikopol
Overclocked
Post Mortem
Runaway 1
Runaway 2
Runaway 3
Secret Files 1: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Sinking Island
Still Life
Tex Murphey: Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphey: The Pandora Directive

Thanks, flotsam.
Here is my list in alphabetical order:

Azrael's Tear
Beyond Atlantis
Dreamfall: Longest Journey 2
Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Lighthouse
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst V: End of Ages
Myst URU (all CD-ROM releases thru Path of the Shell)
Obsidian
RAMA
Riddle of the Sphinx
Schizm
Sentinel: Descendants in Time
Shivers
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: UAKM

PeteS