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2011 List!
#731798
06/11/11 04:37 PM
06/11/11 04:37 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,699
Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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OP
Staff Reviewer
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,699
Long Beach, Australia
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Here we go for 2011  For regulars to the annual List, review the rules and have at it. Remember to list alphabetically - it makes it so much easier to count. For newbies or those like me who forget things, this thread is about answering the question "I want to play adventure games, what would you recommend". Playability is the key. 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 rocked your world but nobody elses. You might not recommend every episode of Nancy Drew because really, they are all the same and one is plenty  Or you might. Many old games can be got to run and sites like GOG make them newly accessible, who said you need flashy graphics to tell a good story, and perhaps too many Nancy 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. Dead Space isn't one, however beautifully scripted you think it might be, but Myst is. 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 (Hall of Fame games have been “retired” on the basis that they always did well, and we no longer needed to list them to know they were worth playing. It 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, Sam and Max - The Devils Playground, Wallace & Grommit, Strong Bad, Casebook, AGON, Tales of Monkey Island, Enter the Story, Back to the Future, City of Secrets, Adams Venture and Dream Machine (and any others I missed!!) 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 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 who wants to go first?
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: This years List!
[Re: flotsam]
#731799
06/11/11 04:48 PM
06/11/11 04:48 PM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 23,997
UK
Rushes
True Blue Boomer
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True Blue Boomer
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UK
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I will, unless someone beats me to it.  Thanks, flotsam! 80 Days Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None Black Mirror II Culpa Innata Dracula: Origin Dracula: Resurrection Dreamfall Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Lost Horizon 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
"Bleat, Watson -- unmitigated bleat!" ~ Sherlock Holmes
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Re: This years List!
[Re: Rushes]
#731803
06/11/11 04:57 PM
06/11/11 04:57 PM
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,293
Rivellon
traveler
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Addicted Boomer
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Rivellon
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Oh, boy! Here we go! And thanks from me, too, flotsam!
Black Mirror II
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Dracula: Origin
Dracula: Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon
Lost Horizon
Silver Lining
Tale of a Hero
Valhalla Classics 5: The Servant's Hall
Valhalla Classics 6: The Dungeons
Gil.
"Best not to think about it. I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought."
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Re: This years List!
[Re: traveler]
#731813
06/11/11 05:18 PM
06/11/11 05:18 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,834
Québec
Chief
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Adept Boomer
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Québec
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and in alphabetical order: Black Mirror 3 Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon Dark Fall-Lights Out Dark Fall-Lost Souls Dreamfall-Longest Journey Gray Matter Journey to the Center of the Earth Lost Crown Myst 3 Exile Nibiru Rhiannon Schizm-Mysterious Journey Scratches Sentinels Descendants in Time Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper Still Life Still Life 2 Uru Yoomurjak's Ring Chief 
Chief
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Re: This years List!
[Re: Susie07]
#731831
06/11/11 06:52 PM
06/11/11 06:52 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 8,379
Arcadia (twin world of Stark)
venus
BAAG Specialist
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BAAG Specialist
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Arcadia (twin world of Stark)
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 flotsam! Excited to be able to do this again!  This particular list actually changed a bit for me since I played a lot of good games this year. There were even more I wanted to include, but there just wasn't room.  Here they are alphabetically: 1. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express 2. Culpa Innata 3. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 4. Edna and Harvey: The Breakout 5. Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers 6. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 7. Goin' Downtown 8. Gray Matter 9. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 10. King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride 11. Lost Crown, The 12. Lost Horizon 13. Moment of Silence, The 14. Overclocked 15. Runaway: A Road Adventure 16. Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle 17. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate 18. Silver Lining, The 19. So Blonde 20. Still Life
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: This years List!
[Re: venus]
#731876
06/11/11 09:06 PM
06/11/11 09:06 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,918
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Space Quest Fan
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Graduate Boomer
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Upper Arlington, Ohio
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Here is my list which is pretty much the same as last year except for the pork chop I threw flotsam for doing the list. Ankh 1 Reverse the Curse Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood Broken Sword 2 Smoking Mirror Dig The Discworld 1 Discworld 2 Mortality Bytes Dreamfall The Longest Journey Gilbert Goodmate ISABELLE 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. Tony Tough 1 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: This years List!
[Re: Space Quest Fan]
#731892
06/11/11 11:14 PM
06/11/11 11:14 PM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,138
Oakland, Ca.
kazzmo
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Okay, think I am ready:
1. Alter Ego
2. Amnesia
3. Art of Murder: Card of Destiny
4. Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok
5. Barrow Hill
6. Dark Eye
7. Dracula Resurrection
8. Dracula the Last Sanctury
9. Gray Matter-playing now-great game
10. Jack the Ripper
11. Lost Crown, The
12. Memento Mori
13. Lost Horizon
14. Overclocked
15. Post Mortem
16. Rhiannon
17. Scratches
18. Secret Files: Tunguska
19. Secrets of Atlantis, The
20. Still Life 2
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: This years List!
[Re: Starcom]
#731920
06/12/11 05:40 AM
06/12/11 05:40 AM
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Posts: 1,617
Denmark, Europe
Karsten
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Denmark, Europe
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Thanks Flotsam Here's my list Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny Black Mirror 3 Broken Sword 1 Broken Sword 2 Chronicles of Mystery: Tree of Life Dracula: Origin Dreamfall - The Longest Journey Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow. Nikopol Overclocked Rhiannon Runaway 1 Portal Secret Files: Tunguska Sinking Island Still Life Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack The Ripper That's twenty good and playable adventure game -And thanks again, flotsam, for making this list
Adventure gaming is fun
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Re: This years List!
[Re: Karsten]
#731944
06/12/11 07:57 AM
06/12/11 07:57 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,779
Lost in the Arizona Desert
oldman
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Lost in the Arizona Desert
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Here's my list. I only listed one of a series in order to include all the games I want. 15 Days Alter Ego Art of Murder Black Mirror II Broken Sword 1 Chronicles of Mystery Gabriel Knight 1 Grey Matter Kings Quest VI Legend of Kyrandia Hand of Fate Lost Horizon Moment of Silence Niburu Runaway Secret Files Shadow of the Comet (Old game but well worth the time if you can get it to play) Silvr Lining So Blond Still Life Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon You may have noticed that I like 3d person games. 
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: This years List!
[Re: oldman]
#731996
06/12/11 01:37 PM
06/12/11 01:37 PM
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Posts: 3,352
southwest Louisiana, USA
katbear50
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southwest Louisiana, USA
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1. A Vampyre Story
2. Al Emmo & The Lost Dutchman's Mine
3. Ceville
4. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
5. Emerald City Confidential
6. Gray Matter
7. Jack Keene
8. Keepsake
9. Moment of Silence
10. Murder in the Abbey
11. Perry Rhodan: The Immortals of Terra
12. Rhiannon
13. Secret Files: Tunguska
14. Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (Sherlock Holmes versus Arsene Lupin)
15. Sinking Island
16. So Blonde
17. Still Life
18. The Lost Crown
19. The Whispered World
20. Undercover Operation : Wintersun
“Life isn't about how you survived the storm..
it's about how you danced in the rain!”
the kat
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Re: This years List!
[Re: katbear50]
#732042
06/12/11 06:25 PM
06/12/11 06:25 PM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,910
United Kingdom
Mad
Sonic Boomer
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Sonic Boomer
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United Kingdom
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Thanks !! You are being brave AGAIN flotsam [Even though for me it means painful decisions every year !! ] Cheers. Mad ____________________ Art of Murder II : Hunt for the Puppeteer Black Dahlia Black Mirror III Blackstone Chronicles Blade Runner Broken Sword Day of the Tentacle Dig [The] Discworld Dragonsphere Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers Goin’ Downtown Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Journeyman project III Legacy of Time King’s Quest VI Lost Horizon Monkey Island II Post Mortem Return to Zork Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: This years List!
[Re: Jenny100]
#732058
06/12/11 07:20 PM
06/12/11 07:20 PM
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Posts: 15,022
Northeast NJ
Darleen03
Graduate Boomer
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Graduate Boomer
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Northeast NJ
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Hi, flotsam ...I did not vote last year, but this year I am compelled to do so....So Here it goes... Art Of Murder, Hunt for the Puppeteer Black Mirror 2, and 3 Chronicles Of Mystery: Tree Of Life Dark Fall Lost Souls LHOD: Spirits Eye  LHOD Tomb Of Zojir LHOD Serpents Moon Lost Crown (The) Lost Horizon Perry Rhodan/The Immortals of Terra Post Mortem Sherlock Holmes/ The Awakening Tale Of a Hero
Luv Dar
GameBoomers
"Games Are More Enticing Because Of Our "MaG"nificent Efficient Radiant Site"
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Re: This years List!
[Re: flotsam]
#732105
06/13/11 12:55 AM
06/13/11 12:55 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 15
Rome
ostrich
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Shy Boomer
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Rome
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I am a puzzle lover, so my list may be interesting just for the gamers that appreciate this genre... here it is: 9 - The last resort (it can run under Dosbox I think) Alida Filmmaker (The) Myst 3 - Exile Obsidian Omega stone (The) Outcry Rama Reah Rhem (all series)  Rhiannon Riddle of the Sphinx (The) Schizm - Mysterious Journey Sentinel - Descendants in time Slip Space: The Burma-Shave Analogy In my opinion the best puzzle games ever released, apart from some already in the Hall-of-Fame.
Last edited by ostrich; 06/13/11 12:57 AM.
"There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical..."
Martin Gardner
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Re: This years List!
[Re: flotsam]
#732142
06/13/11 06:12 AM
06/13/11 06:12 AM
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ergggo
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Thanks for your time on this, flotsam. Here's my list:
AGON
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror
Conspiracies
Culpa Innata
Disc World Noir
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Father
Gray Matter
Keepsake
Lost Crown
Next Life
Paradise
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Secret Files 1: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Sinking Island
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Yoomurjak's Ring
I point, therefore I click.
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Re: This years List!
[Re: ergggo]
#732205
06/13/11 10:31 AM
06/13/11 10:31 AM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 125
Thrudvanger
Thorsgoats
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Settled Boomer
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Thrudvanger
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Thanks for letting participate, flotsam. Venus let me know there was another list this year.
Chronicles of Mystery: The Tree of Life
Culpa Innata
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight 3
Jack Keane
Lost Crown
Lost Horizon
Memento Mori
Moment of Silence
Murder in the Abbey
Next Life
Overclocked
Paradise
Perry Rhodan
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle
Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
Secet Files: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
Still Life
"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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