Here is my contribution to the Twisty List 2002!

In no particular order:

1. Amber Journeys Beyond
2. The Messenger
3. Morpheus
4. Shivers
5. Blackstone Chronicles
6. Zork Nemesis
7. Cameron Chronicles
8. Nancy Drew--Treasure In A Royal Tower
9. Nancy Drew--Message In A Haunted Mansion
10. Inherent Evil
11. Dracula Resurrection
12. Dracula Last Sanctuary
13. Mystery Of The Nautilus
14. Zork Grand Inquisitor
15. Hitchcock The Final Cut (I actually enjoyed
this game!!!)

Dawn

Just escaped from a long long long meeting here at the office. IN no particular order here goes:

Riven
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Temujin
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Titanic: Adventure out of Time
realMyst
Myst 3 Exile
Day of the Tentacle
Atlantis 2
Atlantis 3
Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy
Louvre: The FInal CUrse (The Messenger)
Nancy Drew: The Haunted Mansion
Dark Side of The Moon

Brain's stopped at 14. Sorry.

Peter.

Fifteen adventures:

Gabriel Knight 1 and 2 (Hated 3)
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive, Under a Killing Moon, and Overseer
Nautilus
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquistor
I'm gonna cheat a bit and list Syberia thought it's not technically out yet, because yes, the DEMO alone was THAT good.
Duckman
Feeble Files
Any Nancy Drew game
Ripper
Temjuin (I'm a sucker for mysticism and FMV)
Mylk (shareware- best Myst parody ever)

3 Non adventures:
1) Freedom Force! (For Freedom!)
2) Majesty
3) Sim Golf

RPG's and action game reccomendations are in that thread.

R

As of today, in no order at all:

1. Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
2. Secrets of the Alamut
3. Clue Chronicles
4. The Longest Journey
5. Riven
6. Gabriel Knight 3
7. Zork; Grand Inquisitor
8. Nightlong
9. Sanitarium
10 Grim fandango
11 Dust
12 Atlantis, The Lost Tales
13 Journey Project 3:Legacy of Time
14 Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry
15 Space Quest 5, The Next Mutation

Only have two non adventure

Twinsen's Odyssey
Outcast

Ok, here goes my Twisted List INPO 'cos I really enjoyed all of them and still replay most of them:

Text Adventure Games:

• 1.The Colossal Caves
• 2. Wishbringer (text)

Adventure Games:

• 1.Riven
• 2.MYST
• 3.Ripper
• 4.Beyond Time
• 5.Amber: Journeys Beyond
• 6.Myst: The Exile
• 7.Gabriel Knight: The Sins of the Fathers
• 8.Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
• 9.Gabriel Knight: The Blood of the Damned (The Easter Eggs in here were the best!)
• 10. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
• 11. The Messenger
• 12. The Cameron Files: The Mystery of Loch Ness
• 13.Syberia
• 14.Dark Fall
• 15.Shivers II

** sorry, but I had to update my list because of Syberia and Dark Fall two amazing games I would heartily recommend (and I'm only 1/4 thru!!!)
RPG's or Action/Adventure(I guess...I don't know what else to call them):

• 1. American Mcgee's Alice
• 2. Nightmare Ned
• 3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Geez Louise, just not enough spaces for all the games I really like!!!
Inferno

No special order:

Riven
The Longest Journey
Morpheus
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Grim Fandango
Byzantine
Zork Nemesis
Black Dahlia
The Curse of Monkey Island
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Riddle of the Sphinx
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Nancy Drew--Message in a Haunted Mansion

I haven't had a chance to play many new games, or really many games at all this year.

Addicted Boomer
Member # 67

Icon 1 posted June 18, 2002 12:49 PM Profile for Marcie Email Marcie Edit/Delete Post In no special order of preference other than alphabetical (which IS my preference LOL)
Beyond Atlantis II
Beyond Time
Black Dahlia
GK (beast within)
GK3
Lighthouse
Morpheus
Phantasmagoria (puzzle of flesh)
Sanitarium
Temujin
Zork Nemesis
Zork (return to)

That’s 12
Non Adventure:
Pandora’s Box
Snood
Collapse

There are lots of crietea to base these on, but I tried to stick to one main thing.. which ones did I have the most fun playing, in spite of any drawbacks or glitches! Here they are!

The Longest Journey
GK2: The Beast Within
Circle of Blood (also titled "Broken Sword")
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy UAKM
Grim Fandango
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Atlantis II
Amerzone
GK 1 (Sins of the Father)
GK 3
Curse of Monkey Island
Gilbert Goodmate
Jack Orlando
Mystery of the Druids

Louis

Here is my list:
Shivers
Amber Journey's Beyond
Black Dahlia
Timelapse
Dracula The Resurection
Dracula The Last Sanctuary
Tex Murphy The Pandora Directive
Nancy Drew Message in a Haunted Mansion
Ripper
Temujin
Morpheus
Grim Fandango
Beyond Atlantis
Broken Sword Circle of Blood
7th Guest
Non-Adventure:
Pandora's Box
Jewels of the Oracle

Beverly in Florida currently playing Watchmaker

My list of adventure games - short by gameboomer standards - I have lots more to play!

Adventure Games
- Myst
- Obsidian
- Grim Fandango
- Bad Milk
- The Longest Journey
- Amerzone
- Myst III Exile
- Sanitarium
- Syberia (gambling that I'll love this from the demo)
- Dark Fall (gambling that I'll love this from the demo)

Non Adventure Games
- Morrowind
- Bejeweled (for the Palm OS, don't know if this is allowed)
- Zap2016 (for the Palm OS, don't know if this is allowed)

Glad to see that someone else listed Obsidian. I love the game, and it's rarely mentioned. It's also really, really hard to find, I'm so glad I have my copy.

My 15 adventures:

Azrael's Tear
Riven
Sanitarium
Black Dahlia
Grim Fandango
Myst
Pandora Directive
Gabriel Knight 3
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Nightlong
Morpheus
Gabriel Knight 2
Under A Killing Moon
The Longest Journey
Journeyman Project 3

3 Non-adventures:

System Shock 2
Fallout
Baldur's Gate

Now thats much better I will give a further update shortly.

In no particular order, here goes:
1.Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
2.Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
3.The Longest Journey
4.Discworld Noir
5.Discworld 1
6.Sam and Max Hit the Road
7.Sanitarium
8.Grim Fandango
9.Gabriel Knight 2
10.Circle of Blood
11.Toonstruck
12.Black Dahlia
13.Simon the Sorcerer
14.Curse of Monkey Island
15.Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

THis is the identical list from last year. I sure wish it didn't have to be but there were no games IMHO that came out last year that were worthy of being on this list.

As far as non adventueres go, asking for 3 is impossible for me to narrow down. I think I will follow Ray's counting scheme

This list is limited to recent releases from the past few years. ALl are RPG's unless otherwise mentioned.
Anachronox
Baldur's Gate 2( with TOB)
Deus Ex ( action with RPG elements)
Fallout
Freedom Force ( strategy with RPG elements)
Gothic
Heroes of Might and Magic complete( turn based fantasy strategy)
Icewind dale( with add ons)
Morrowind
Planescape Torment
Might and Magic 7
No One Lives Forever(action)
Outcast (action adventure)
Planescape Torment
Wizardry 8

As with many others, I haven't played all the games I'd like, but here's my pick of the litter so far:

In alphabetical order (I'm abandoning my usual order of starting in the middle and going around in circles... )

Amerzone
Blade Runner
Curse of Monkey Island (yah, Murray!)
The Dark Eye
Faust
Feeble Files
Gabriel Knight 1
Grim Fandango
The Longest Journey
The Neverhood
Rent-a-Hero
Sanitarium
Tex: Pandora Directive
Touche
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Favourite NON-adventures include:

Barbie Riding Club
Barbie Fashion Designer
Barbie as Sleeping Beauty

... whoops... I'm thinking aloud again, aren't I? Pretend you didn't read those last three... ...

Jack

In no particular order here is my list.
1. GK2 he Beast Within
2. Myst 1
3. Arthurs Knights
4. Beyond Atlantis
5. Riven
6. Pandora Directive
7. Broken Sword 1
8. Broken Sword 2
9. Clandestiny
10. Secrets of Alamut
11. Timelapse
12. Discworld 1
13. Discworld 2

Happy Gaming, Claudette