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2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94388
06/01/01 02:50 PM
06/01/01 02:50 PM
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Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Long Beach, Australia
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Here tis - game recommendation time. The purpose of this thread is to compile a list of recommended games that those of us who haven’t played every adventure game can use to help determine what to play next. I first came to Gameboomers to get information on what games were out there and which of them were worth playing, and it is still a popular topic on the discussion board. Hopefully this list will help provide that information, based on the collective wisdom of us all. It is not strictly a favourites list, although most of your recommendations will be your favourite games. The critical thing is whether you would recommend it to someone who asked “please give me a list of good adventure games to play”. Tastes differ, so the list will cover all types of adventure games. The final list will be linked to reviews, so that someone who knows they like Tex Murphy can use the reviews to find similar games from the list. It will also be linked to a walkthru. I will do a numerical list and an alphabetical list like last year, and with help from the Mac-ers it will indicate which games can be played on their tangerine machines. The list is for adventure games, and without getting into definitions I think we know one when we see one. Rules are simple: 1. You can recommend a maximum 15 games (you can of course recommend less) 2. You cannot recommend a series with a single recommendation (if you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, you will need to list them separately). 3. Myst and RealMyst will be treated as being the same game. We will keep the thread open for 3 weeks, and I will provide intermittent updates. So without further ado, here is my list: Riven The Longest Journey GK2; The Beast Within Myst III: Exile Morpheus Byzantine Zork Nemesis Faust Ring Dracula; The Last Sanctuary Outcast The Neverhood Black Dahlia The Dark Eye Blackstone Chronicles Have fun  flotsam [This message has been edited by flotsam (edited 06-20-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94389
06/01/01 03:56 PM
06/01/01 03:56 PM
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Battle Creek, Michigan
MacDee
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Riven (Win & Mac) Riddle of The Sphinx (Win & Mac) Myst III Exile (Win & Mac) Shivers (Win & Mac) Beyond Atlantis (Mac coming soon) Zork Nemesis (Win & Mac) Morpheus (Win & Mac) Obsidian (Win & Mac) Timelapse (Win & Mac) Amber: Journeys Beyond (Win & Mac) The Castle (Mac Only) Lighthouse (Win & Mac) Gabriel Knight: The Best Within Amerzone Faust Hmmmm.....do you see a pattern there?...
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94390
06/01/01 04:12 PM
06/01/01 04:12 PM
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Sydney, Australia
Magician
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Well, I'm gonna assume that there's no age limit, so here it is: Atlantis: The Lost Tales Exile Indiana Jones and the Fates of Atlantis Jewels of the Oracle Lighthouse Monkey Island: Revenge of LeChuck (I think) realMyst Return to Zork Riven SPQR Timelapse Zork Grand Inquisitor Zork Nemesis Zork Zero (the text game) These are practically most of the adventure games I have anyways... oh well! Enjoy! ------------------ Medievia - http://www.medievia.com/ Viscount Choja Honorary Avatar of the Dragon Baron Cagen the Human Lightning Rod "...In life, we seek to understand the purpose, in death, the purpose seeks us out..." [This message has been edited by Magician (edited 06-02-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94392
06/01/01 04:50 PM
06/01/01 04:50 PM
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Southern Exposure
lexxy
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Southern Exposure
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I would highly reccomend thefollowing:
Tex Murphy "Under A Killing Moon"
Tex Murphy "Overseer"
Tex Murphy "Pandora Directive"
Gabriel Knight "Sins Of The Fathers"
The Longest Journey
Amber Journey's Beyond
Secrets Of The Luxor
Myst
Disc World Noir
Black Delhia
Last Express
Dracula Unleashed
I guess you can see that I am sort of partial to Ole Tex
carol
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Currently playing The Moment Of Silence
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94395
06/01/01 05:15 PM
06/01/01 05:15 PM
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Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
Skinter
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Herndon, VA
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Well.....I can't recommend Myst III since I haven't had a chance to play it yet.  Here are my recommendations: Beyond Atlantis Shivers Shivers II Myst Riven King's Quest Six Blackstone Chronicles Dracula: The Last Sanctuary The New Adventures of the Time Machine That's basically it for me! [This message has been edited by mac_attack (edited 06-01-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94397
06/01/01 05:32 PM
06/01/01 05:32 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,958
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Space Quest Fan
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Upper Arlington, Ohio
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I had alot of problems trying to narrow my list to 15 games so I decided to not list older games that don't meet todays graphic standards. In case anybody out there is into older classic games I would suggest Space Quest 1 The Sarien Encounter,SQ2 Vohauls Revenge,SQ3 Pirates of Pestulon,Kings Quest 2 Romancing the Throne,KQ4 Perils of Rosella,and Zac McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I also want to mention the games that couldn't make my top 15 but deserve mention SQ4 Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers,Dracula The Last Sanctuary,Sanitarium,Grim Fandango,Riddle of Master Lu,and The Dig. Well here are my selections:
1.Secret of Monkey Island
2.Monkey Island 2 LeChucks Revenge
3.Curse of Monkey Island
4.Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
5.Discworld
6.Discworld 2 Mortality Bytes
7.Simon the Sorcerer
8.Simon the Sorcerer 2 The Lion,The Wizard,and the Wardrobe
9.The Longest Journey
10.Kings Quest 7 The Princeless Bride
11.Maniac Mansion 2 Day of the Tentacle
12.Broken Sword Circle of Blood
13.Legend of Kyrandia Book 1
14.Fable
15.Space Quest 5 The Next Mutation
I also wanted to point out that alot of these great games are available from the online game stores for under $10.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94399
06/01/01 05:40 PM
06/01/01 05:40 PM
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Philly
kwbridge
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Philly
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The Longest Journey
Bladerunner
Grim Fandango
King's Quest: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow
Broken Sword: Circle of Blood
Discworld
Amerzone
Curse of Monkey Island
Amber: Journey Beyond
Simon the Sorcerer
That's it for me - I haven't played that many games and these have been my favorites so far.
kim
(Anti) Social Development
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94401
06/01/01 06:00 PM
06/01/01 06:00 PM
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Posts: 337
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
vik
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Settled Boomer
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Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
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Here we go in no particular order...
Grim Fandango
Curse of Monkey Island
Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3 - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Sanitarium
Nightlong
Discworld 2 - Mortality Bytes
Dracula Resurrection
Phantasmagoria
Myst
The Longest Journey
Amerzone
Faust
Day of the Tentacle
Traitor's Gate
Can't do Myst III since I haven't played it yet. Same with Dracula - Last Sanctuary.
Kevin
Now playing: Too bloody many (sigh)
Now reading: Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 9th edition (1995)
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94402
06/01/01 06:08 PM
06/01/01 06:08 PM
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NJ USA
presto
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Settled Boomer
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NJ USA
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The Longest Journey
Obsidian
Myst III:Exile
Feeble Files
Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island II:LeChuck's Revenge
Curse of Monkey Island
Zork Nemesis
Lighthouse:The Dark Being
The Dig
Nightlong
Rent A Hero
Discworld
Bad Mojo
Timelapse
"Halfway through life's journey I came to myself in a dark wood, where the straight way was lost."--Dante's Divine Comedy
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94404
06/01/01 06:14 PM
06/01/01 06:14 PM
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Ardsley, NY, USA
Gameman007
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No particular order as it would be hard with some of these to rate one above the other.
Black Dahlia
Sanitarium
Tex murphy Pandora Directive
Under a Killing Moon
Overseer
Gabriel Knight: Beast Within
Sins of the Father
Zork: Return to Zork
Nemesis
Grand Inquisitor
Phantasmagoria and Phantas. 2 Puzzle of the Flesh.
Ripper
Noctropolis ( might be really hard to find and straight DOS game but worth the attempt, really good)
Blackstone Chronicles
So far Faust and both Broken Sword games (Circle of Blood and Smoking Mirror)look really good but as I haven't finished them I'm hesitant to add to list.
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If the world didn't suck would we all fall off?
Currently playing Hitchcock, Syberia, Dark Fall, Byzantine, The Dame Was Loaded and Atlantis 3.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94405
06/01/01 09:54 PM
06/01/01 09:54 PM
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Central Pennsylvania
esube
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OK, here's my list of 15. This is fun, to think back over one's whole gaming experience. These are in approximate order of merit. But I've only played about 50 games so there are definitely gaps in my knowledge!
Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Grim Fandango
Riven
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword: The Other One (forgot thename!)
Traitor's Gate
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion
Beyond Atlantis
Pandora's Box
Myst
esube
"I could help you if I had my salmon"
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94408
06/02/01 08:32 AM
06/02/01 08:32 AM
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an Illinois cornfield
Jen in Chgo
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My 15 must plays (no order): 1. Shivers 2. Shivers 2 3. Cydonia (Lightbringer) 4. Morpheus 5. Faust 6. The Neverhood 7. The Longest Journey 8. Riddle of the Sphinx 9. Grim Fandango 10. Gabriel Knight - Beast Within 11. Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon 12. Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive 13. Cassandra Galleries (deserves mention) 14. Dracula Last Santuary 15. Sanitarium I haven't played many of the more recent games so those aren't on my list but I'm sure will be when I can get them! Of course I have about 20 more games to add but we all have to show self control now & then 
It's a hard-knock life. Wear wooden underwear.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94409
06/02/01 09:37 AM
06/02/01 09:37 AM
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Arkansas - U>S>
rainbowlady
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here is the list of ones i've played and really enjoyed.
1. longest journey
2. gabirel knight 1
3. gabriel kinght 3
4. sanitarium
5. king's quest 6
6. gabriel knight 2
7. nightlong
8. blackstone chronicles
9. king's quest 7
10. silver (i am playing it now)
11. king's quest 5
12. simon the sorcerer 1
13. simon the sorcerer 2
14. pajama sam - all of them
15. spy fox
okay... guilty... i enjoyed playing my daughter's games too. heck, who do you think taught her how to play them! lol
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94410
06/02/01 10:37 AM
06/02/01 10:37 AM
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Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
Betty Lou
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Sacramento, CA USA
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I like the idea of listing them in alphabetical order as it is too hard to decide the order of preference, so here goes:
(1) Amerzone
(2) The Arrival
(3) Beyond Atlantis
(4) Byzantine
(5) Cassandra Galleries
(6) Dark Side Of The Moon
(7) The Forgotten..It Begins
(8) Frankenstein Through The Eyes Of A Monster
(9) The Longest Journey
(10) The Messenger
(11) Myst
(12) Rama
(13) Riddle of the Sphinx
(14) Riven
(15) The Sacred Amulet
Love,Betty Lou
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
#94411
06/02/01 01:42 PM
06/02/01 01:42 PM
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Piney Woods of East Texas
joanieS
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If it were the best 22, this would be easy. Hmmm, how to cut 6 out? I guess I cheated a little here.
Timelapse
The Dig
Kings Quest VI
Kings Quest VII
Zork the Grand Inquisitor
Amber,Journeys Beyond
Myst
Riddle of the Sphynix
Twinsen's Oddysey
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Longest Journey
Any one Tex Murphy
Obsidian
Shivers
Thief 2, The Metal Age
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