Sorry for the delay. I was just counting the tallys and saw the query re Uru.
I will count Uru and its add ons as one game; Uru Chronicles.
I will amend the rules at the start.

Thanks flotsam!

Hi all,
Pithy insights and summaries follow.
Nearly 160 games nominated so far, including 30 or so that weren't mentioned at all last year.
The Myst series of games are the most recommended across a whole series, and considering its comparatively short life (and the fact that it remains unavailable to many of us) Still Life is doing well.
Black Mirror, Dark Fall, TLJ, GK2 and Syberia have already been recommended by at least 20 boomers.
Good to see Ico, Ceremony of Innocence and Shadow of Destiny have been mentioned (I reserve to myself the luxury of editorialising), but the cockroach is yet to be seen.
Black is the colour of choice, and Dark is much preferred to Light.
Sleeping Dragons are preferred to the riding kind, but not by much, and clocks appear to be on the outer, but cursing is admired by many.
Several boomers frequent the saloon, but none the bar, and so far we prefer our titanics in space.
Stay tuned

flotsam, hi,

Not sure if the order matters, so I'll put them in order just in case:

1. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
2. The Pandora Directive
3. Realms of the Haunting
4. Day of the Tentacle
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
6. Myst
7. Monkey Island 2: Le'Chuck's Revenge
8. The Last Express
9. Riven
10. The Moment of Silence
11. Discworld Noir
12. The Longest Journey
13. Under a Killing Moon
14. Dark Fall: The Journal
15. Morpheus

Also not sure that you will classify Realms of the Haunting as adventure, but what the hey

Cheers,
metzomagic

I haven't been playing long enough to come up with 15 games I would recommend, but I'll add my 10 cents worth anyway...

1. The Longest Journey
2. Black Mirror
3. Sanitarium
4. Riddle of the Sphinx
5. Syberia
6. Cameron Files-The Pharaoh's Curse
7. Jack the Ripper
8. Cameron Files-Loch Ness
9. Nancy Drew-Treasure in the Royal Tower
10. Nancy Drew-The Final Scene
11. Dark Fall-The Journal
12. Return to Mysterious Island
13. (For the kiddie Boomers) Scooby-Doo-Showdown in Ghost Town

Winkie

I liked the editorializing! I'm a bit surprised myself by the absence of the cockroach.

1. Myst IV: Revelation
2. Riven
3. Uru
4. The Longest Journey
5. Syberia 1
6. Syberia 2
7. Still Life
8. Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
9. Runaway
10. Black Mirror
11. Sanitarium
12. Lighthouse
13. Shivers
14. Broken Sword 3
15. Blackstone Chronicles

Thanks flotsam!

Well, for what it's worth here are my picks (in no particular order)

1. Gabriel Knight 2
2. Gabriel Knight 3
3. Sanitarium
4. Dark Fall 1
5. Syberia 1
6. Syberia 2
7. The Longest Journey
8. Discworld Noir
9. Grim Fandango
10. Broken Sword 1
11. Broken Sword 2
13. Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive
14. CSI Miami
15. Zork Nemesis

Fil

Heres my list.....

1 Riven
2 Syberia 1
3 Syberia 2
4 Blackstone Chronicles
5 URU
6 Myst#4
7 Aura
8 Night long
9 Dracula Resurrection
10 Morpheus
11 Amerzone
12 Sanitarium
13 Shivers
14 Grim Fandango
15 Lighthouse

If its adventure to you metzo then its adventure to me

{not in any order}
1. Shivers
2. Shivers 2
3. Lighthouse
4. Pandora Directive
5. Overseer
6. Uru
7. Syberia
8. Syberia 2
9. Kings Quest 8
10. Aura
11. Auryn Quest
12. Schizm
13. Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs
14. Outcast
15. Gabriel Knight 3

{and a whole bunch more!}

Hi all,
One week down, 2 to go.
Top 3 so far are Syberia, TLJ and Dark Fall.
Keep those recommendations coming

Well, in my list there have been some shifts, but some have stayed right up there. SYBERIA II missed out because of my preference for 1st person, puzzle-laden, look-all-around-up-and-down games, though it comes up pretty high because of the plot and the great scenery. Anyway, my list:

1... BLACK DAHLIA
2... SCHIZM I
3... MYST II - RIVEN
4... BYZANTINE
5... MYST III - EXILE
6... THE LONGEST JOURNEY
7... GABRIEL KNIGHT III - BLOOD OF THE SACRED
8... SHIVERS I
9... GABRIEL KNIGHT II - THE BEAST WITHIN
10.. FAUST
11.. TIMELAPSE
12.. LEGEND OF THE PROPHET AND THE ASSASSIN
13.. ZORK NEMESIS
14.. AURA - FATE OF THE AGES
15.. CYDONIA - LIGHTBRINGER

I had to leave off some very good ones, such as RAMA, REAH, MYST, OBSIDIAN, LIGHTHOUSE, BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES, SYBERIA II, AND SANITARIUM, but that's how it goes when only 15 are allowed.

Nice to see avp

I used to try and put these in order, but its niggling to decided whether Broken Sword 3 is better than Broken Sword 2. So I am listing them as they occur to me.

Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island
Darkfall 1
Darkfall 2
Traitors Gate 1
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Salaambo
Grim Fandango
The Longest Journey
Egypt II
Riven
Pandora's Box
Runaway

In no particular order:
1-RealMyst
2-Zork Nemesis
3-Shivers I
4-Lighthouse
5-The Longest Journey
6-Syberia
7-Gabriel Knight: Beast Within
8-Amber: Journeys Beyond
9-Grim Fandango
10-Myst Exile
11-Dark Fall I
12-Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
13-Sanitarium
14-Morpheus
15-Riven

1 - The Longest Journey
2 - Syberia
3 - King's Quest 5
4 - King's Quest 6
5 - Grim Fandango
6 - Gabriel Knight 1
7 - Gabriel Knight 2
8 - Full Throttle
9 - Myst
10 - Legend of Kyrandia
11 - Zork Nemesis
12 - Zork Grand Inquisitor
13 - Broken Sword
14 - Broken Sword 2
15 - Broken Sword 3

I think to take the pain out of this we should do a "favorite 10 runners-up" list, too.

Myst
Riven
Syberia I
Dark Fall
Zork GI
Obsidian
King's Quest VI
Gabriel Knight, Sins of the Fathers
Timelapse
Journeyman Project III
Riddle of the Sphinx
Dig
Pandora Directive
Amber, Journey Beyond
Atlantis 2

Hi all, my list would be for the following titles.

The Longest Journey
X files
Monkey island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Gabriel Knight 3
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 3D
The Dig
Discworld 2
Police Quest 1 "Original non vga floppy version"
Indiana Jones: The Fate of Atlantis
Grim Fandango
Star Trek: A Final Unity

These are some of the best loved games i have played and should be played at least once to any adventure gaming fan.

Up to here

Well now that I've become a "Settled Boomer"! And a monster has been unleashed!LOL
I'ts time I list a few of my favorites!
List won't be nearly as long, but heck I just started!
My Favorites:
Atlantis Evolution
Alida
Dracula Resurrection
Dracula Last Sanctuary
Syberia

Currently Playing:
Harry Potter-Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter-Chamber of Secrets
(That is if I can ever learn how to fly without running into everything!LOL)
Escape from Monkey Island

Well that's my list for now! Still have several I've recently gotten but haven't played yet!
Thanks
Edie

Finding it hard to get even a mention of all my favorite series. Havent been able to play as many games this last year, but those that I have played have been very good.

Aside from the Myst series, the numbers just indicate I havent run out of slots yet!

1 Uru: Ages of Myst/ to D'ni/ Path of the Shell
2 Myst/realMyst
3 Riven
4 Zork Grand Inquisitor
5 Syberia
6 Grim Fandango
7 Curse of Monkey Island
8 Starship Titanic
9 Darkfall
10 Discworld Noir
11 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
12 The Egyptian Prophecy
13 Journeyman Project III: Legacy of Time
14 Beyond Atlantis
15 Riddle of the Sphinx


Honorable mention: in no particular order

Amerzone
Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon
Darkfall 2
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs
Nancy Drew: Deception Island
Nancy Drew: Scarlet Hand
Nanch Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch
Eric the Unready
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Day of the Tentacle
Feeble Files
Discworld 1 & 2
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV Revelation (havent finished, but Tomahna got them that vote)
Secret of Monkey Island (1)
LeChuck's Revenge (Monkey Island 2)
Escape from Monkey Island (4)
Syberia 2
Gilbert Goodmate
Lifestream
Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2
Runaway
Schizm/Mysterious Journey
Mysterious Journey 2
Zork Nemesis
Omega Stone
Return to Zork

Can we make this our favorite 42..err..44?

If there's a God, he has a PC and plays adventure games? Here's my list....

Dark fall lights out
Dark fall the journal
The secret of monkey island
Day of the tentacle
Indiana jones and the fate of atlantis
Syberia 1
The curse of monkey island
Alone in the dark 1
Monkey island 2 Le Chucks Revenge
The longest journey
Gabriel Knight 3
Sam n Max Hit the road
Broken sword 1
The dig
Broken sword 3

I'd forgotten about Shivers. I should have squeezed that in somewhere.

It suddenly dawned on me that there are two potential reasons for a list like this. First, to acknowledge artistic greatness, sort of like the American Film Institute's list of all time greatest movies (see www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx). Note that there are a lot of old movies on this list, going back to 1915. Or second, to help newer folks find games they might like. I suspect that a lot of the old hands already know what they like and probably have them. It doesn't matter how great a game is if you can't get it. So I'm modifying my approach some this year. I looked over some of my favorite sources and picked out some of my favorites that are still available commercially. Every one of these games is on my Top 15 list or pretty close. Let me emphasize that I am in no way associated with www.cdaccess.com or www.cdromshop.com. If you haven't played these games, get them while the getting is good.

Broken Sword: Circle of Blood CdAccess $20
Byzantine: The Betrayal CdAccess $20
Diskworld Noir CdAccess $20
Gabriel Knight 3 CdAccess $20
The Longest Journey CdAccess $20 a little bawdy, but epic
The Riddle of Master Lu CdAccess $20 caveat: tough game to run
Syberia lots of places
The Dig CDROMshop $24

OK, here's a couple of commercial games that the developers have generously released for free. You can get the ScummVM emulator software and the games here: www.scummvm.org/downloads.php
Beneath a Steel Sky By the folks that did Broken Sword
Flight of the Amazon Queen Very Monkey Islandish

Then finally, here are the ones near and dear to my heart that I have room left to list. These will be more difficult to find, but if you ever run across them don't hesitate.
The Secret of Monkey Island
Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Albert