It's a tie........ URU Complete Chronicals and Sherlock in the Awakening!!! I loved trying to catch those fireflies and making the bridge over the water in one and boating in the swamps in New Orleans!!!


Nan

Syberia...TLC...TLJ
Syberia...TLC...TLJ
Syberia...TLC...TLJ
OK I Gotta go with the Longest Journey (I think)

Holy moly that's hard!!!

Wait!!!! I forgot Myst!!!
Who started this silly thread anyway?!! Thanks Darlene. Now I'll lay awake trying to figure out what game I should pick.

Good grief!!!

Scotty yes it was "Silly Me"

I sort of relate this to food... WE all love macaroni's, but I have a favorite which is Ziti..I guess I can't put games in that way ..

Oh Well...

What is TLC? I got The Longest Journey.

The Lost Crown

Ana

Thanks Ana!

Shivers.
Started to replay it again yesterday, and it's just as good as it was when it was released.

Caroline.

The game that got me started with adventure games... Shivers.. Followed by all of the Gabriel Knight series. Sorry, just one wouldn't do!

If I had to pick absolutely just the one game it would have to be Broken Sword - the 1st AG I ever played!

That's an interesting comment, chrissie. I wonder how many of us still rate the first adventure game we ever played as our favorite. I was lucky enough to start with a real classic and I certainly do.

Gil.

Funnily enough traveller, I had got hooked on 'Sega Mega' games before that & a few PS1 games that were entertaining but um...brainless! I ended up with BS1 in a charity compilation after that, tried it & thought that there was too much talking & 'dismissed it'! I didn't have anything else to play a few months later so loaded it up & persisted with it to discover such a wonderful story & game. I've since then just wanted more of the same - it took me 2 years to find BS2 on PS1 - way before I had access to a PC from 2000 onwards & was so unaware of the many games available for PC at the time.
BS1 was the game that was responsible for me becoming a complete BAAGer!

"BS1 was the game that was responsible for me becoming a complete BAAGer! "


chrissie, I had never played much of anything but the original Kwazi's Quest Mahjong (which was pretty good, btw, except for those dumb poems), when I ran across a demo for Grim Fandango on CNet. Fifty megabytes and it took me an entire day to download it on dialup. Those were NOT the good old days.

Fantastic story, great characters, wonderful voice acting, beautiful graphics, music that's perfectly suited to the game...any more superlatives I can stick in there? I had to have the game and got one of the last copies Lucas Arts sold, I think. Fifteen bucks in a jewel case, then the game disappeared from their site.

See, Lucas Arts? See what happens when you ignore Grim? You get swallowed by Disney! Ha!

Gil.

I think ToonStruck was a great game to. I'm playing it now on my xp.
Richard

absolutely ,it is syberia !

not only was it the first game i ever played ,i did it all on my own ,not knowing about this site and hints.(took forever ,lol )

i still remember being being blown away by the graphics and colors ,and being totally into the story and characters.
and getting my B-I-L to come downstairs and try to help me solve some of the puzzles ,him getting as involved as me ! we were getting so upset trying to get oscar built - we wanted to see what he would do - it was just so magical when we did !

I have to admit...

It was a hard choice for me...

Between... Lost Crown, and Siberia..

But , Sanitarium... Was unique to me..

Capri - Isle of Capri - and cant wait for the last episode to come out

Myst, because it was my first and you always remember your first.

Gil,
I remember seeing a text adventure way back in the 70's but never played it myself. My first was one of the early King's Quest games which really set the standard for the time. I have fond and frustrating memories of those games. I chose Syberia earlier and still choose it but the King's Quest/Space Quest games are memorable in their own way to me.

Jenny100, I must say that I am awed by your memory

Hmmmm, well for the nostalgic "favorite one" then I have to list the game that started me down the adventure trail which was King's Quest.

However, if I'm being honest my overall favorite, if I absolutely have to pick one (as has been written here often) would have to be The Longest Journey.

Thanks, Looney. One of my favorite things about games is how you can explore exotic virtual worlds. Also I tend to remember scenes from the games I played fairly early on better than those I played more recently. For example there was one game I played a couple of years ago where all I remember is the scene where you're tied up in a chair and you have to scoot your chair around in the right order. That was not one of my favorites.

Hi, fellow Boomers,
There are so many great games I've played throughout the years. It's so hard to pick just ONE. I've loved practically every game mentioned in this thread Each time I replay one of them, it becomes my "favorite". I also played and loved all of the "Leisure Suit Larry" games. I laughed as Larry always tried to "get the girls", but was never able to. It was SO much fun. I almost felt sorry for poor Larry. HAPPY GAMING!
Sandy

Hi, sanford

Is it safe to say your favorite is Leisure Suit Larry? Sounds like it was a fun game for you...

Hi Dar,
I wouldn't say it was my favorite, but it had not been mentioned in this thread, so I thought I would just put it out here to find out if any other of our Boomers had an opinion of it-----and YES, I did find it funny to watch and play the "shenanigans" of poor little Larry who could never manage to "get the girl", and he tried SO hard to do that.
Sandy

Sandy, my first game was Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. I loved all the Larry games, and all of the other Sierra games. They got me started in gaming.