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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: looney4labs] #157407
06/10/07 06:41 PM
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OK Here Is MY Game List:

(1) Last Half Of Darkness<Spirits EyE>OK If I can't use this Game
Then Just Cross it Off as one of My games...
(2) Syberia
(3) Runaway 2
(4) Destination Treasure Island
(5) Ugly Duckling
(6) Mystery Of The Druids
(7) Secrets Of Atlantis
(8) Broken Sword 4
(9) Scratches
(10) Moment Of Silence
(11) Nibirui
(12) Agatha Christie..And Then There were none
(13) Grim Fandango
(14) Gabriel Knights 3
(15) Discworld Noir
(16) Keepsake
(17) Barrow Hill
(18) Black Mirror
(19) Post Mortem
(20 Black Dahlia

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Last edited by Darleen2003; 06/10/07 07:19 PM.

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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: looney4labs] #157408
06/10/07 06:42 PM
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This is my first list, I'm so excited!!!
In no particular order:

1. Curse of Monkey Island
2. Grim Fandango
3. Zork: Grand Inquisitor
4. The Neverhood
5. Toonstruck
6. Aura: Fate of the Ages
7. Sentinel: Descendants in Time
8. Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon
9. Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail
10. Stupid Invaders
11. Schizm
12. Mysterious Journey II
13. Riven
14. Myst Online: Uru Live

Candy grin

Last edited by Nora Charles; 06/10/07 06:45 PM.

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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Nora Charles] #157409
06/10/07 06:43 PM
06/10/07 06:43 PM
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Northeast NJ
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Nora ...HUN It has to be 20...


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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: looney4labs] #157412
06/10/07 06:50 PM
06/10/07 06:50 PM
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Out of curiousity I must ask.....shouldn't this be 2007?

EDIT: Darleen, they can have one if they want...just not over 20.

Ana wave

Last edited by BrownEyedTigre; 06/10/07 06:50 PM. Reason: note to Darleen

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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Darleen03] #157413
06/10/07 06:50 PM
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Darleen,

No it doesn't need to be 20.


Quote:
Flotsam's wrote:

1. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less.


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My Ana! - We missed that. hahahaha.

Last edited by MaG; 06/10/07 06:52 PM.
Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Darleen03] #157415
06/10/07 06:53 PM
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Rule #1 says it's okay to choose less than 20 Dar.
My head already hurts from trying to come up with 14. crazy

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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Nora Charles] #157420
06/10/07 06:56 PM
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OH Sorry Guys...I thought 20....

oops Ignore me...lol


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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Darleen03] #157439
06/10/07 07:26 PM
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The Garden State
Agon: The Mysterious Codex
Alida
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2)
Feeble Files, The
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Obsidian
RealMyst
Rhem
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Space Bar, The
Starship Titanic
Timelapse
Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
Zork Grand Inquisitor


Carpe chocolate.
Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: LadyKestrel] #157461
06/10/07 08:20 PM
06/10/07 08:20 PM
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Thanks for the changes, barbarosso. And for the evocative expression. grin

Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: Becky] #157466
06/10/07 08:27 PM
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Thanks Barbarossa!
And thanks to the muckys for changing the year - must have been me that was tired and emotional crazy
And I will count Uru Online as a seperate game as proposed.


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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: flotsam] #157471
06/10/07 08:32 PM
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Look me straight in the eye when you call me mucky.

It is an endearment, right? evil

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: flotsam] #157478
06/10/07 08:46 PM
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Mucky? think

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: MaG] #157486
06/10/07 09:00 PM
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United Kingdom
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Hi smile

Mucky MaG ....

DOES have a sort of ring to it rotfl rotfl

[Sorry I'm such a cheeky disgrace .... Can't help it evil]

Cheers.

Mad wave


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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: LadyKestrel] #157497
06/10/07 09:17 PM
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My list of favorites, no particular order (although, I must say Grim Fandango has got to be my all time favorite)

1. Grim Fandango
2. Return to Zork
3. Riddle of the Sphinx
4. Nightlong
5. Syberia
6. The Curse of Monkey Island
7. Rhem
8. Broken Sword The Sleeping Dragon
9. Amerizone
10. The Last Express
11. Riven
12. Broken Sword 4
13. Black Dahlia
14. Shivers
15. The Longest Journey
16. The Omega Stone
17. Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths
18. Jazz and Faust
19. Conspiracies
20. Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Final Cut


This was fun to look back and remember some of the fun I have had!
thanks

Koalanut


So many games, so little time....
Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: MaG] #157579
06/11/07 02:49 AM
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Guilty, Marian (Crystal Skull) whistle One of the funniest games I've ever played. Actually I included several that didn't get good reviews - they were wrong of course. rotfl


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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: nickie] #157692
06/11/07 09:45 AM
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Don't think I have 20 smile

1. Post Mortem
2. Still Life (I dearly hope there will be a third one)
3. Syberia
4. Grim Fandango
5. Gabriel Knight I
6. Gabriel Knight II
7. Broken Sword I
8. Broken Sword II
9. Secrets of DaVinci
10. Cameron Files I
11. Cameron Files II
12. Obsidian
13. Runaway
14. Longest Journey

wave thanks Flotsam



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Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: DoreenS] #157727
06/11/07 11:12 AM
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Gabriel Knight #2 Beast Within
Broken Sword Circle of Blood
Broken Sword Smoking Mirror
Simon The Sorcerer #1
Simon The Sorcerer #2 Lion,Wizard,Wardrobe
Discworld
Discworld #2 Missing Presumed
Sanitarium
Runaway Road Adventure
The Longest Journey
The Black Mirror
Syberia
Tony Tough Roasted Moth
Secret of Monkey Island
Curse of Monkey Island
LeChucks Revenge
Longest Journey #2 Dreamfall
Ankh
Grim Fandango
Syberia #2

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: flotsam] #157738
06/11/07 11:38 AM
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Nickie, I'm all for funny in games! I did load up The Crystal Skull a LONG time ago. The sum total of my recollection consists of having been bitten by a snake (?) and seeing Edward James Olmos in a loincloth. rotfl It was an interesting first impression. wink

If I can get the game running, I will give it another try this year. smile wave

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: Marian] #157741
06/11/07 11:58 AM
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Well yes, I could have been unduly influenced because of the loincloths. rotfl I sometimes like to have a game that makes me laugh the whole way through, and not many do (the four that did on are the list). I'll sure be interested to hear what you think Marian. wave


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Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: nickie] #157803
06/11/07 02:53 PM
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southeast USA
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My problem is deciding which games not to include. I'd like to list all the old LucasArts adventures, but that would take up too many slots. I hate leaving out The Dig, with its wonderful soundtrack, the one of a kind Loom, and Day of the Tentacle, probably the funniest game I've ever played. So I decide by using criteria like "TLJ, Riven, and Syberia don't need my help because several other people are sure to recommend them."

I also wanted to list a variety -- humorous and not, puzzle-oriented and not, and most importantly, new as well as older games. Generally I only listed one member of a series, though you can see I have 2 or 3 exceptions. (I assume someone who enjoyed GK1 would seek out the other two GK games. But I know of people who enjoyed Zork GI but not Zork Nemesis and vice versa...)

Here are the older (pre year 2000) games I'd recommend (minus those I didn't have room for)

Amerzone
Secret of Monkey Island
Curse of Monkey Island
Gabriel Knight 1
Grim Fandango
Morpheus
Myst/RealMyst
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
Sanitarium
Shivers
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor

And below are the newer ones:

Aura
Dark Fall
The Egyptian Prophecy
Keepsake
Return to Mysterious Island
RHEM 2
Tunguska

Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't have a separate list of games that are generally easy to get running on newer computers without needing DOSBox or fussing with compatibility mode, etc. But Microsoft's patches have made this difficult to predict even with relatively recent games, what with needing to run them as administrator and such. The LucasArts games may actually be easier to get running than some of the new games now, thanks to ScummVM. And GK1 and GK2 now have the fan-made XP installers.

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: nickie] #157812
06/11/07 03:08 PM
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Here are mine:

1. Keepsake
2. Barrow Hill
3. Scratches
4. Riddle of the Sphinx
5. Grim Fandango
6. Omega Stone
7. Longest Journey
8. Shivers I
9. Shivers II
10. Dracula Resurrection
11. Dracula The Last Sanctuary
12. The Dig
13. Time Lapse
14. Lighthouse
15. Sanitarium
16. Zork Nemesis
17. Agon The Mysterious Codex
18. Darkfall
19. Lights Out
20. Beyond Atlantis 2

I had to leave off a bunch of good ones.

Bets


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Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: flutist] #157826
06/11/07 03:32 PM
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My List:

1. Syberia
2. Syberia 2
3. Black Mirror
4. Dream Fall
5. Keepsake
6. Aura
7. Aura 2
8. Nancy Drew games
9. Still Life
10.Amazone
11.Paradise
12.Tunguska
13.Post Mortem
14.Schizm
15.Myst
16.Riven
17.Runaway
18.Secret of Da Vinci
19.Delaware St. John: Case of Mystery Manor
20.Delaware St. John: The town with no name.

I could play all these games, over and over again, and never get tired of them..

Liz


Playing now: Still Life 2..Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir:
Re: The return of the List - 2008 game recommendations [Re: flotsam] #157928
06/11/07 07:12 PM
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Here's my list:

1. The Longest Journey
2. Dreamfall
3. Dracula: Resurrection
4. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
5. The Blackstone Chronicles
6. Necronomicon
7. The Black Mirror
8. Nibiru
9. Syberia
10. Syberia 2
11. A Quiet Weekend in Capri
12. Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servants
13. Barrow Hill
14. Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
15. Amerzone
16. Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
17. Road to India
18. Keepsake
19. The Sacred Rings
20. The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness

Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: flotsam] #158147
06/12/07 08:55 AM
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Thanks for doing this yet again, flotsam. I love reading everyone else's choices.

The first two will always be my top 2 favorites, no matter how many games I play. The others are listed alphabetically.

01. Myst I
02. Myst II: Riven
03. Amerzone
04. Ankh 1
05. Aura 1
06. Beyond Atlantis (aka Atlantis II)
07. Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood
08. Broken Sword 2, The Smoking Mirror
09. Kyrandia 1, Legand of
10. Lighthouse: The Dark Being
11. Loom
12. Monkey Island 1, Secret of
13. Morpheus
14. Myst III: Exile
15. Riddle of the Sphinx
16. Schizm (Mysterious Journey 1)
17. Still Life
18. Syberia I
19. Syberia II
20. Timelapse



Wouldn't that jar your mustard!
Re: The return of the List - 2007 game recommendations [Re: Jema] #158316
06/12/07 03:40 PM
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Great start - I had better get counting.


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