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2006 List - game on!
#95271
06/09/06 04:52 PM
06/09/06 04:52 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,738
Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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OP
Staff Reviewer
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,738
Long Beach, Australia
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Hi all,
Here we for our 7th (thats right, 7th) list of game recommendations.
For new or forgetful members, the aim of this thread is to compile a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of us all. It is intended to be a resource to help people decide which game to play next.
When I first joined GB, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games. I wanted to find out what was good and what to play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the thoughts of all participating boomers.
The method is simple. You list 15 games you would recommend to someone looking for opinions on which games to play. They are not necessarily your own top 15 games but they might be. You might decide instead to recommend a cross-section of styles or types, from all the games you have played. You might not recommend one of your personal favourites because your passion for the game is too much a result of your own idiosyncracies at the time you played it, or the result of a summer romance or too much wine. You also might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than a 386 machine. But there is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is entirely up to you.
No game is excluded, if it meets the criteria of being an adventure game. We all know what that is when we see it, so don’t get too hung up on the detail.
There are some rules though:
1. You can recommend a maximum of 15 games. You can choose to recommend less.
2. 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.
3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game.
4. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game.
5. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game.
6. Adventure games only please (Dark Side games get their own list later).
The thread stays open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. I count as we go so try not to edit your recommendations once you post. And as I say every year (so it must be true) it is compulsory to get more posts than the year before.
Finally, I usually post first to get things started but this year I am going to post last, as I need the extra 3 weeks to finish a couple of games that might well make the list [Smile]
So someone else gets the first post honour.
And away we go
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95272
06/09/06 05:01 PM
06/09/06 05:01 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,834
Québec
Chief
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Adept Boomer
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Posts: 11,834
Québec
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Hi Flotsam, just log in to see your post. So, why not post my games : Riven Syberia Sentinel, Descendants in time Myst Syberia 2 Black Mirror Keepsake Longest Journey Schizm 1 Myst 3 Exile Myst 4 Revelation Paradise Rhem L'Amerzone Nibiru And thanks for doing this  Chief 
Chief
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95273
06/09/06 05:29 PM
06/09/06 05:29 PM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 1,075
the netherlands
josefien
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Posts: 1,075
the netherlands
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It's always Flotsam who makes the gang going.
I'm so happy to be back again. It has been such a long and terrible time. I feel, like coming home.I didn't play a game for more than a year. I could concentrate anymore.But I bought all new games of course. It just gave me the feeling to stay a bit a gamer. Now I want to play seriously again. I missed you all and I'm happy to be with you again
josefien
josefien
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95274
06/09/06 05:29 PM
06/09/06 05:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 842
Ohio
Dudemom_2000
Settled Boomer
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Settled Boomer
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 842
Ohio
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Here's mine: 80 Days Myst Uru/& Uru Path of the Shell (counted as 1) Longest Journey Rhem Myst 3 Exile Myst 4 Revelation Agatha Christie And Then There Were None Still Life Aura Syberia Syberia II Nibiru Sentinal Descendants in Time I am looking forward to the final list, Flotsam! 
Dudemom_2000
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"Face it, I'm older and I have more insurance!" Evelyn Couch 'Fried Green Tomatoes'
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95275
06/09/06 06:05 PM
06/09/06 06:05 PM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,958
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Space Quest Fan
Graduate Boomer
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Graduate Boomer
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 16,958
Upper Arlington, Ohio
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 Here we go: The Longest Journey Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within Simon the Sorcerer 1 Simon the Sorcerer 2 Discworld 1 Discworld 2 Monkey Island 1 Secret of Monkey Island Monkey Island 2 LeChucks Revenge Monkey Island 3 Curse of Monkey Island Runaway A Road Adventure Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood Black Mirror Legend of Kyrandia 1 Fables and Fiends Maniac Mansion 2 Day of the Tentacle Syberia
It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95277
06/09/06 06:24 PM
06/09/06 06:24 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,286
U.S.A.
Gamehound
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Addicted Boomer
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,286
U.S.A.
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And we're off, and in no particular order...
Blackstone Chronicles
Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary
Dark Fall II: Lights Out
Phantasmagoria 1
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within
WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure
Full Throttle
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
REDJACK: Revenge of the Brethren
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Broken Sword I (aka Circle of Blood)
Broken Sword II: THe Smoking Mirror
Rent-A-Hero
Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion
Gamehound
Can't find those rare adventures? Come visit me here for the tactics I use.
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95279
06/09/06 09:47 PM
06/09/06 09:47 PM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,987
United Kingdom
Mad
Sonic Boomer
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Sonic Boomer
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,987
United Kingdom
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Hi  Fifteen is just not enough any more Flotsam  [The order counts for nothin'  ] Broken Sword Black Dahlia Discworld Egyptian Prophecy Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers Indy Fate of Atlantis JP III Legacy of Time Kings Quest VI Legend of Kyrandia Monkey Island Monkey Island II Return to Zork Lost Files Sherlock Holmes : Rose Tattoo Simon the Sorcerer Tex Murphy : Under a Killing Moon Cheers. Mad
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95283
06/10/06 01:52 AM
06/10/06 01:52 AM
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Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 594
Oslo, Norway
Carolin
Settled Boomer
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Settled Boomer
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 594
Oslo, Norway
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*And then there were none
*Dark Fall
*Black Mirror
*Sanitarium
*Gabriel Knight 3
*Broken Sword 1
*Scratches
*Monkey Island 3
*Return to mysterioys island
*Voyage
Caroline.
I haven't lost it, I just can't find it....
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95285
06/10/06 07:20 AM
06/10/06 07:20 AM
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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My favorites are
Blackstone Chronicles
Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs
Nancy Drew Blue Moon Canyon
Nancy Drew Deception Island
Paradise
Black Mirror
Syberia
Darkfall 1
Sanitarium
Broken Sword 3
CSI 1
Alfred Hitchcocks The final Cut
The Arrangement
Deleware St John 1
Faust
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95286
06/10/06 08:12 AM
06/10/06 08:12 AM
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,257
North Carolina
bkrytr
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Addicted Boomer
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Posts: 1,257
North Carolina
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This is my first time doing 'The List'. OK, here goes:
Dracula Resurrection
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Max Payne2
The Messenger
Jack the Ripper
The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
Barrow Hill
Post Mortem
Still Life
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Broken Sword
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
I really enjoy mornings. I just wish they came later in the day.
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95287
06/10/06 08:13 AM
06/10/06 08:13 AM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,314
NY
Springchicken
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Addicted Boomer
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Posts: 1,314
NY
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Here are my favorite and some left behind, no special order
Mystery of Druids
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight 2:The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3
Black Mirror
Siberia
Siberia
Why resist temptation? There will always be more. Don Herold.
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95288
06/10/06 08:19 AM
06/10/06 08:19 AM
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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I re-registered just to reply to this topic. Darkfall (Darkfall 1: The Journal) Darkfall 2 (Darkfall 2: Lights Out) AMBER: Journeys Beyond Scratches Barrow Hill Riven Celtica Morpheus Obsidian Shivers Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls Comer Alida Qin Myst
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95289
06/10/06 09:06 AM
06/10/06 09:06 AM
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Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
Betty Lou
Adept Boomer
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Adept Boomer
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 11,366
Sacramento, CA USA
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Here's my list, not necessarily in order of preference:
Uru (and 2 EX Packs)
Scratches
Keepsake
Dragonriders of Pern (to me this was Adventure)
Voyage
Dark Fall
Conspiracies
Barrow Hill
Around The World in 80 Days (even tho I could not finish it, not fast enough for timed scene)
Temujin
Shivers1
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Grim Fandango
Byzantine, The Betrayal
Beyond Time
Thanks to Flotsam for doing this for us again! :kiss:
Love, Betty Lou :kiss:
I am 'the HAT lady"! and "who loves ya BABY?!"
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95290
06/10/06 09:44 AM
06/10/06 09:44 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 22
Montreal, Canada
Roxiepoo
Shy Boomer
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Shy Boomer
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 22
Montreal, Canada
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Thanks Flotsam for making the ball rolling. It is indeed a very useful list. Here is mine (in no particular order): Scratches Voyage Still Life Post Mortem Myst Lighthouse Dracula Resurrection Dracula: The Last Sanctuary Dark Falls 1 Faust Black Dahlia Broken Sword Longuest Journey Grim Fandango Titanic, Adventure in Time Roxie
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95291
06/10/06 09:50 AM
06/10/06 09:50 AM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 4,720
london uk
chrissie
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Addicted Boomer
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Posts: 4,720
london uk
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This is a first for me! Here goes: Syberia 1 Discworld Noir The Longest Journey Broken Sword 1 Still Life Dracula - Resurrectiom The Messenger (Louvre) Last Half of Darkness Nibiru Tears of Betrayal Black Mirror Secrets of Da Vinci - The Forbidden Manuscript Agon - The Mysterious Codex Gabrielle Knight - Blood of the Damned Jack the Ripper I only included one game in a series as I thought if you like that one you will seek out the others!
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95292
06/10/06 10:02 AM
06/10/06 10:02 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,506
hunched over my computer
wysewomon
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Addicted Boomer
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Posts: 3,506
hunched over my computer
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Here's mine. Some additions, some the same. Probably about half and half...
Riven
Gabriel Knight 2, The Beast Within
The Longest Journey
Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis)
Sentinal, Descendants in Time (Realms of Illusion)
Hope Springs Eternal
Lifestream
Dark Fall, the Journal
Obsidian
Keepsake
Syberia
Still Life
Broken Sword 2, The Smoking Mirror
Runaway
Nancy Drew: Blackmore Manor
Wow, that went fast...
WW
"So then he says it's enough to take aim! What's that supposed to mean?!?"
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95293
06/10/06 10:09 AM
06/10/06 10:09 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 7,764
Kentwood, Left my heart in New...
JohnBoy
BAAG Specialist
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BAAG Specialist
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 7,764
Kentwood, Left my heart in New...
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I Tell ya, my list has not changed much over the years.
The Longest Journey
Syberia
Syberia II
Clue: Fatal Illusion
Stupid Invaders
Amerzone
Still Life
Sanitarium
NightLong
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
The Moment of Silence
The Egyptian Prophesy
Atlantis
Beyond Atlantis
Beyond Atlantis II
I Baag, Therefore I Am. Update: I Don't Baag Anymore, Therefore I Ain't! Update: I'm baaging again but just a little.
JohnBoy
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Re: 2006 List - game on!
#95295
06/10/06 11:19 AM
06/10/06 11:19 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 3,971
Brooklyn, New York
housewife
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Addicted Boomer
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 3,971
Brooklyn, New York
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Here's My List!
* 80 Days *
* Dreamfall *
* Keepsake *
* Syberia *
* Syberia II *
* Paradise *
*Myst 4 Revelations *
*Black Mirror *
* Nibiru *
* Aura *
* Still Life *
* The Moment of Silence *
* The Longest Journey *
* Jack the Ripper *
* Sentinel *
Playing now: Still Life 2..Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir:
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