…like we did last summer [Razz]

Here begins the 5th annual game recommendations list. For new 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 what game to play next.

When I first came here, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games (my wife still wishes that was the case [Big Grin] ). I wanted not only to talk about games with other similarly afflicted folk, but find out what was good and what should I play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the collected wisdom of all participating boomers, and are down at the archive pages, and last years top 15 even found a place on the home page.

The objective is to list 15 games that you would recommend to someone to play in this day and age. They are not necessarily your own favourite 15 games but they might be. You might however decide to recommend a cross-section of styles or types. You might love a particular game but believe it is too much a product of your own idiosyncracies to recommend, or you might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than a 386 machine. There is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is 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 criteria. We are all friends after all.

There are some rules though, and as always I reserve the right to make up more as we go . I don’t think that has actually ever happened (I might have clarified something) but like any lawyer it makes me feel important to be in control .

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. Adventure games only please (other games will get there own list somewhere else later on thanks to nickie’s sucking up ).

We keep the thread open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. It is compulsory to get more posts than the year before.

So here in no particular order are my 15 recommendations.

Riven
The Longest Journey
GK2: The Beast Within
Syberia 2
Myst III: Exile
Morpheus
Byzantine
Dark Fall
BS3: The Sleeping Dragon
Faust
Blackstone Chronicles
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Schizm
The Dark Eye

Thanks Flotsam,
here's my list.

(numbers are here just for not exceeding the limit)

1. Zork Grand Inquisitor
2. Dark Fall
3. Grim Fandango
4. Death Gate
5. The Dark side of the moon
6. Schizm 2
7. Chronomaster
8. Dragonsphere
9. Beneath a steel sky
10. Myst 3: Exile
11. I have no mouth and I must scream
12. Zork: Nemesis
13. Gabriel Knight 1
14. Dreamweb
15. The Pandora Directive

Ok, here's my list...

1)Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
2)Broken Sword 2
3)The Secret of Monkey Island
4)The Curse of Monkey Island
5)Syberia
6)Toonstruck
7)Simon the Sorceror 2
8)Day of the Tentacle
9)Escape from Monkey Island
10)Gilbert Goodmate
11)Simon the Sorceror 1
12)Sam and Max hit the road
13)Beneath a Steel Sky
14)Grim Fandango
15)Broken Sword 3

• Dark Fall
• Gabriel Knight 1 Sins of the Fathers
• Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
• Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
• Myst
• Myst 3 Exile
• Phantasmagoria
• Rhem
• Riven
• Shivers
• Shivers 2 Harvest of Souls
• Syberia
• Syberia 2
• URU
• Zork Nemesis

flotsam

Good on you Flotsam! My fifteen (or fourteen or whatever . . .)

Alida
Atlantis 2
Atlantis 3: The New World
Day of the Tentacle
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Louvre: The Final Curse (aka The Messenger)
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 3
Myst Exile
realMyst
Return to Zork
Riven
Temujin
Zork Grand Inquisitor

well, if anyone can post, here's my list...
(in that order)
1. discworld noir
2. syberia(1)
3. The Longest journey
4. Runaway
5. The Curse of Monkey island
6. Grim Fandango
7. Syberia (2)
8. Gabriel Knight (1)
9. Loom (although it's real old, the storyline beats every game i've played to date)
10. Gabriel Knight (2)

Only ten,sorry

In no particular order:

1. The Longest Journey
2. Syberia
3. Syberia II
4. Obsidian
5. Sanitarium
6. Timelapse
7. Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis II)
8. Mysterious Journey (Schizm)
9. Mysterious Journey II (Chameleon)
10. Myst
11. Riven
12. Cydonia (Lightbringer)
13. Riddle of the Sphinx
14. Omega Stone
15. Amerzone

FGM

1. The Longest Journey
2. Grim Fandango
3. King's Quest VI
4. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
5. Discworld Noir
6. Ark of Time
7. Syberia
8. The Curse of Monkey Island
9. Dark Fall
10. Zork Nemesis
11. Timelapse
12. The Dig
13. The Secret of Monkey Island
14. Sam and Max Hit the Road
15. Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo

I know, only fifteen, so here we go.
1. Timelapse
2. Obsidian
3. Grim Fandango
4. Riven
5. The Longest Journey
6. Morpheus
7. Sanitarium
8. Black Dahlia
9. Syberia
10. Zork: Nemesis
11. Amerzone
12. Myst: Exile
13. Dark Fall
14. Myst (first love)
15. Auryn Quest (the fellowship)
This gets harder to do every year!!

1-The Longest Journey
2-Syberia
3-Syberia 2
4-Amerzone
5-Stupid Invaders
6-NightLong
7-Broken Sword
8-Broken Sword 3
9-Runaway
10-Clue: Fatal Illusion
11-Atlantis
12-Beyond Atlantis
13-Beyond Atlantis 2
14-TimeLapse
15-Sanitarium

1.The longest journey.
2.Dark Fall
3.Syberia
4.Nancy Drew-Message in a haunted mansion
5.Myst 3-exile.

Those are my all time favorite.

Caroline.

1.The Longest Journey 2.Syberia 1 3.Syberia 2 4.Sanitarium 5.Amerizone 6.Darkfall 7.Dragon Riders of Pern 8.Broken Sword 1 9.Broken Sword 2 10.Broken Sword 3 11.The Black Mirror 12.Journey to the Center of the Earth 13.The 7th Guest 14.C.S.I. 2 15.Law and Order 2

Here is my list of a few new favorites...My old favorites, there more then 15.

1-Syberia 1
2-Syberia 2
3-Mysterious Journey 2
4-Myst 3
5-Black Mirror
6-Jack the Ripper
7-Conspiracies
8-Uru:Beyond Myst
9-Black Dahlia
10-The Arrival
11-Bioscopia
12-Chemicus
13-Phiscus
14-Traitors Gate 1
15-Reah

In no particular order.

Bad Mojo
Riven
Zork Grand Inquisitor
The Last Express
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Day of the Tentacle
Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
Temujin
Dark Fall
Grim Fandango
Neverhood
Obsidian
Diskworld 1
Black Dahlia
Feeble Files

Oh, this was hard as I so wanted to include so many others I enjoyed. After much agonizing, here’s my final list in alphabetical order:

Alida
Beyond Atlantis
Connections
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
RealMyst
Rhem
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Starship Titanic
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Here is my list:
1. Grim Fandango
2. Longest Journey
3. Timelapse
4. Dark Fall
5. Zork Nemesis
6. Sanitarium
7. Syberia
8. Shivers I
9. Shivers II
10. Journeyman Project 2
ll. Journeyman Project 3
12. Myst
13. Lighthouse
14. Riddle of the Sphinx
15. Omega Stone

1. Obsidian
2. Neverhood
3. Cassandra Galleries
4. The Longest Journey
5. Dark Fall
6. Sanitarium
7. Discworld Noir
8. Zork Grand Inquisitor
9. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
10. Arthur's Knights (either one)
11. Faust
12. Timelapse
13. Grim Fandango
14. Nightlong
15. Reah

Love, Jen

Count me in

• Blackstone Chronicles

• Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary

• Grim Fandango

• Sanitarium

• Phantasmagoria 1: Pray It's Only A Nightmare

• Post Mortem

• Black Dahlia

• Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers

• Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

• Crystal Key II: The Far Realm

• Rent-A-Hero

• Flight of the Amazon Queen

• Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist

• Ace Ventura

• Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island

There are other games I'd rather add, but they incorporate action elements. I'll stick with these 15.


Gamehound

Didn't think I would find 15, wound up cutting some out.

Longest Journey
Outcast
Obsidian
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Amerzone
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Grim Fandango
Zork, Grand Inquisitor
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Black Mirror

Heres my list.

conspiracies
Grim Fandango
Dark fall
The neverhood
Black mirror
syberia 1
syberia 2
sanitarium
the longest journey
Amerzone
Egyptian Prophecy
phiscus
Chemicus
Jack the Ripper
Real Myst
Many Many more I enjoyed this year. Diane

NOTE: I've limited myself to only one game from a series.

In alphabetical order:

Black Dahlia
Black Mirror
Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
Dark Fall: The Journal
Discworld Noir
Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Father
Grim Fandango
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
The Longest Journey
Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island
The Neverhood
Obsidian
Riven
Runaway, a Road Adventure
Zork Nemesis

These are my favorites!

Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templers
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
Syberia
Syberia 2
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
GK2: The Beast Within
GK3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
The Longest Journey
The Curse of Monkey Island
Monty Python: In Search of the Holy Grail
Black Mirror
Sanitarium
Shiver 2: Harvest of Souls

With all the great sounding games due out this year, this list may be different next year!

Christy

In no particular order:
Black Dahlia
Syberia
Syberia 2
Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast within
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria 2 - Puzzle of the Flesh
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
Sanitarium
Ripper
The Black Mirror
The Longest Journey
Tex Murphy - The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon
Discworld 2 Morality Bytes
Discworld Noir

Here are mine-----

Syberia
Syberia 2
The Longest Journey
Uru
Harvest
Grim Fandango
The Black Mirror
Gabriel Knight 3
Crystal Key 2
Jack the Ripper
The Blackstone Chronicles
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Dracula- The Last Sanctuary
Dracula Resurrection
Darkfall

Susan

Here are my fifteen in no particular order......

1. Myst III: Exile
2. Broken Sword I
3. Broken Sword II
4. Broken Sword 3
5. The Longest Journey
6. Shivers
7. Shivers II
8. Riven
9. Blackstone Chronicles
10. Dark Fall
11. The Black Mirror
12. Post Mortem
13. Monkey Island 1
14. King's Quest 6
15. Syberia

and mine

Sanitarium
Morpheus
Timelapse
Shivers 1
Dark Fall
Byzantine
Amber
Blackstone Chronicles
The Final Cut
Phantasmagoria 1
Kings Quest The Princeless Bride
Broken Sword 2
Amerzone
Pilgrim
The Legend of the Prophet and the Assasin

Thank you so much, flotsam, for doing this again!!

flotsam said:
"The objective is to list 15 games that you would recommend to someone to play in this day and age."
I tried to keep this in mind!

No special order:

The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Mystery of the Druids
Pleughberg: Dark Ages-- freeware; gaspop.com
Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
Gabriel Knight 3
Morpheus
Nancy Drew: The Message in a Haunted Mansion
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Myst III: Exile
Dark Fall
Riddle of the Sphinx
Syberia
Syberia II

Where is a link for last years so I can refresh my memory.

Check thr frontpage - www.gameboomers.com, scroll down and see the List More Twisty by Flotsam. To check the whole thread - click on the title link.

Thanks again, Flotsam!

Here's my list:

Riven
Obsidian
Rhem
Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Zork Nemesis
Neverhood Chronicles
Death Gate
Myst3: Exile
Myst/RealMyst
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Runaway
Syberia
Pandora Directive
Sanitarium

And mine:

The Longest Journey
Runaway
Dark Side of the Moon
Gabriel Knight 2
Phantasmagoria
Kings Quest 6
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Space Quest 5
Quest For Glory 3
Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy Overseer
Leisure Suit Larry 5
Kyrandia 2
Monkey Island 3
Broken Sword 2

It is tough to narrow it to 15 with all the great games out there. Here are my top 15.

Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
The Longest Journey
Syberia
Secret of Monkey Island MI1
LeChucks Revenge MI2
Curse of Monkey Island MI3
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
Day of the Tenacle Maniac Mansion 2
Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood
Legend of Kyrandia Book One
Zac McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Grim Fandango

Honorable Mention to:
Black Mirror,Sanitarium,Kings Quest 7, Tony Tough, and the Space Quest series.

Thanks I never go to the front page, so I didnt know it was there. Your link doesnt work you left the http// off.

http://www.gameboomers.com/

Here's my favorite games
1. Blackstone Chronicles
2. Dark Fall
3. Harvest
4. Nancy Drew Danger on Deception Island
5. Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs
6. Mystery of the Mummy
7. Loch Ness
8. Titanic
9. Temujin
10. Tony Tough
11. Syberia
12. Broken Sword 3(Love Crate puzzles)
13. The Black Mirror
14. Sanitarium
15. Egyptian Prophecy

Sanitarium
Blackstone Chronicles
Riddle of the Sphynx
Beyond Atlantis
Inherent Evil
Phantasmagoria (Pray its only a nightmare)
Syberia
Black Mirror
Obsidian
Lighthouse
Syberia 2
Crystal Key
Schizm
The Egyptian Prophecy
Amerzone

It's hard to pick just 15. And hard to choose which won't be included, like the Journeyman Project games, Toonstruck, Timelapse, Amerzone, Discworld, Ripper, Tex Murphy, etc. are also so good. (I'm not sure how well Tex Murphy, Ripper, and Toonstruck work on XP though, or this list might look a little different).

I'm assuming all of these will work on a modern XP computer, either with an emulator or au naturel.
In alphabetical order -

Beyond Atlantis (aka Atlantis II)
Day of the Tentacle
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred...
Grim Fandango
The Longest Journey
Morpheus
Myst (or Myst Masterpiece or RealMyst)
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
Sanitarium
Secret of Monkey Island
Shivers
Siberia 1

You can tell I like both puzzle types and story types.

I'm afraid my list is a little short.. But.. here goes!

Syberia
Syberia 2
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Nancy Drew: Treasure in a Royal Tower
Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger
Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion
Nancy Drew: The Final Scene
Amerzone
Post Mortem
ZanZarah
Dark Fall
A Nick Bounty mini-mystery: Case of the Crabs (online free mini-adventure)
Pandora's Box
Road to India

I guess it wasn't that short after all!

Myst
Riven
Full Throttle
Morpheus
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Grim Fandango
The Neverhood
Myst 3
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Zork Nemesis
Byzantine: The Betrayal
Riddle of the Sphinx
Bad Mojo
Longest Journey
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

No particular order.
1 The Longest Journey
2 Gabriel Knight 1
3 Gabriel Knight 2
4 Gabriel Knight 3
5 Broken Sword 1
6 Broken Sword 2
7 Syberia 1
8 Syberia 2
9 Jack the Ripper
10 Ripper
11 Dark Fall
12 Sanitarium
13 Blackstone Chronicles
14 Darkside of the Moon
15 Grim Fandango

Here's my list, in no particular order:

Sanitarium
Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred/Damned
Syberia
Syberia 2
Black Mirror
The Omega Stone
Myst 3 Exile
The Longest Journey
Auryn Quest
Dark Fall
Post Mortem
The Cult (online free download)
Mysterious Journey 2
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Riddle of the Sphinx

Melanie

Thanks for doing this again, Flotsam!

Oh boy! It is TOUGH to cut this to just 15

Okay, cutting to games that are probably still available and run on modern computers...

Hi

A very difficult to choose fifteen only from me would be :

Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Broken sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel knight 2
Discworld 1
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Under a Killing Moon
Bladerunner
Return to Zork
Journeyman Project 3
Runaway
Indiana Jones and Fate of Atlantis
Sherlock Holmes Case of Rose Tattoo

But thanks for the opportunity, and for you being so generous yet again, flotsam

Cheers.

Mad

Would Blood Rayne be an adventure game or RPG?

It had action and was an adventure you went everywhere.

Blood Rayne is certainly not an adventure game.

Then since my question was answered here is my list.

1) Arther's Knight's
2) GK 1: Sin's Of The Father
3) GK 2: The Beast Within
4) Dracula The Last Sanctuary
5) Blackstone Chronicles
6) Sanitaium
7) Black Dahlia
8) The Forgotten
9) Phantasmagoria
10) Phantasmagoria 2 A Puzzle Of Flesh
11) Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
12) Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
13) Tex Murphy: Overseer
14) Faust
15) Realms of the Haunting

Josie

For the past few years, there had been little change to my list, But I played the GK series last year so I have to make room in my top 15:

Riven
Real Myst
Exile
Rhem
Dark Fall
Obsidian
Riddle of the Sphinx
Timelapse
Morpheus
Zork Nemesis
Gabriel Knight 2 Beast Within
Black Dahlia
Schizm
Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred
Beyond Atlantis

This is getting so hard lately


1.Syberia
2.URU Live
3.Dark Fall2
4.Zork GI
5.Pandora Directive : Tex
6.Gabe Knight 2
7.Atlantis 3
8.Black Dahlia
9.Journeyman 3
10.Grim Fandango
11.Broken Sword 3
12.Riven
13.Discworld Noir
14.Curse Monkey Island
15.The Longest Journey

In no particular order...here is my list for this latest "Twisty." LOL

1. Sanitarium
2. Black Mirror
3. Runaway
4. Myst III: Exile
5. The Longest Journey
6. Seven Games of the Soul (a.k.a. Faust)
7. Grim Fandango
8. Dark Fall
9. Broken Sword I
10. Broken Sword II
11. Syberia
12. Amerzone
13. Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
14. Phantasmagoria I
15. Phantasmagoria II

Interesting to me, is the fact that I dropped off two of the classics that I chose last year in favor of Black Mirror and Runaway, which I believe were the "cream of the crop" from last year's "harvest." It's always good to see some newer games finding their way into the list!!

Thanks so much for compiling this list. I always try to put this in approximate order, but it gets more approximate as time goes on.

Curse of Monkey Island
Escape from Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Broken Sword I
Broken Sword 2
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Salammbo
Traitors Gate I
Egypt 2
Grim Fandango
Broken Sword 3
Riven
Runaway
The Longest Journey
IJ and the Fate of Atlantis

Thank you Flotsam for all the effort. This is my first list.

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
3. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
4. Eric the Unready
5. Sam and Max Hit the Road
6. Full Throttle
7. Sanitarium
8. Pepper's Adventures in Time
9. Versailles 1685
10. EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
11. Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick
12. The Longest Journey (haven't seen ending yet)
13. Loom (haven't seen ending yet)
14. King's Quest 7
15. Zero Critical

Here's my List:

• 1. Dark Fall
• 2. X Files The Game
• 3. LightHouse
• 4. Zork Nemesis
• 5. Myst
• 6. Riven
• 7. Ghosts
• 8. Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred and of the Damned"
• 9. Atlantis: The Lost Tales
• 10. Jack the Ripper
• 11. Ripper
• 12. Syberia
• 13. Syberia II
• 14. Post Mortem
• 15. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of The ROse Tatoo

Inferno

here's my list:

Phantasmagoria
Syberia
Syberia II
Gabriel Knight II
7th Guest
Under a killing moon
Pandora Directive
Dracula Resurrection
Black Dahlia
The Arrival
Riddle of the Sphinx
Morpheus
King's Quest series
Space Quest series
Darkfall

Hi.
What a great idea to create such a list!
Here's mine:

Syberia 1
Syberia 2
The longest Journey
Dark Fall
Post Mortem
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Bioscopia
Amerzone
Grim Fandango
Schizm 1
Runaway
Dracula The Last Sanctuary
The Black Mirror
Schizm 2

Good luck! :kiss:

MY TOP 15 2004 that I have played

1. Longest Journey
2. Syberia
3. RealMyst
4. Uru
5. Riven
6. Monkey Island 2
7. Broken Sword
8. Day Of The Tentacle
9. Simon The Sorcerer 2
10. Broken Sword 3
11. Dark Fall
12. Monkey Island
13. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
14. Grim Fandango
15. The Watchmaker

Well this is the first time I've contributed to the list, so here goes:

1) Myst
2) Shivers
3) Lighthouse: The Dark Being
4) Return to Zork
5) Zork Nemesis
6) Zork: Grand Inquisitor
7) Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
8) Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
9) Tex Murphy: Overseer
10) Bad Mojo
11) Morpheus
12) Amber: Journey's Beyond
13) Darkfall
14) Blackstone Chronicles
15) Faust/Seven Games of the Soul

Grim Fandango
Under a Killing Moon
Discworld Noir
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Death Gate
Eric the Unready
Gateway
The Dig
Monkey Island 2
Quest for Glory 1
Blade Runner
Chronomaster
The Longest Journey
Broken Sword 1

Here is my list of top 15 in no particular order:

1. Amerzone
2. Syberia
3. Syberia 2
4. Blackstone Chronicles
5. Black Mirror
6. Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon
7. Grim Fandango
8. Curse of Monkey Island
9. Runaway
10. Broken Sword 1
11. Salammbo
12. Dracula Resurrection
13. Dark Fall
14. Journey to the Center of the Earth
15. Escape from Monkey Island

My first list as a Boomer....in no special order...

Syberia
Amerzone
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight 3
The Longest Journey
Myst: Riven
Myst: Exile
Seven Games of the Soul
Black Mirror
Bioscopia
Mysterious Journey - Schizm
Post Mortem
Salammbo
Omega Stone
Dark Fall

GO LAKERS!

Here is my list in no particular order....
1. The Longest Journey
2. Real Myst
3. Riven
4. Exile
5. Blade Runner
6. Journeyman Project 2 - Buried in Time
7. Journeyman Project 3 - Legacy of Time
8. Amerzone
9. Darkfall
10. Grim Fandango
11. Curse of Monkey Island
12. Zork Grand Inquisitor
13. Gabriel Knight 3
14. Uru
15. Lighthouse

1.Riven
2.Amerzone
3.Night long
4.Dracula res.
5.Blackstone chr.
6.Lighthouse
7.Syberia
8.Sanitarium
9.Shivers
10.Morpheus
11.Dark fall
12.myst
13.broken sword #1
14 . . #2
15.Bad mojo

1. The Black Mirror
2. Myst 3
3. Black Dahlia
4. Sanitarium
5. The Longest Journey
6. Dark Fall
7. Syberia
8. Syberia 2
9. Obsidian
10. Morpheus
11. URU
12. Grim Fandango
13. Gabriel Knight 3
14. Broken Sword 1
15. Broken Sword 2

Thanks for doing the list again this summer

Boy, turn your back for a few days and look what happens.
I had better get cracking on my first pithy insight.
Stay tuned!

Thank's flotsam,

1. Syberia
2. Syberia 2
3. The Longest Journey
4. Riven
5. Lighthouse
6. Uru
7. Runaway
8. Black Mirror
9. Dark Fall
10. Blackstone Chronicles
11. Sanitarium
12. Journeyman Project 3 :Legacy of Time
13. Shivers
14. Schizm
15. Beyond Atlantis

Kay

Whilst I was tallying up where we are at this stage I kept thinking "why didn't I vote for that one??". Limiting to 15 really is hard
So far more than 160 games have received recommendations. The top 3 are Longest Journey, Syberia and Dark Fall. Three freeware games have received a vote, and 43 games have been mentioned that weren't mentioned last year. Tex and Gabe are still polling well, as is Guybrush. George and Nico remain solid vote pullers as well, and all but one of Nancy's outings has already received at least one recommendation. New releases this year are probably doing better than in previous years. To the best of my knowledge the oldest game recommended comes from 1987, and the newest game recommended hasn't been released yet!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />
More later

These may not be my 15 favorites, but I certainly enjoyed them all and highly recommend them.

Myst
Riven
Grim Fandango
The Neverhood
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Torin's Passage
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis
Curse of Monkey Island
Lighthouse
Obsidian
Timelapse
The Longest Journey
Faust

Thank you flotsam. You do a magnificent job every year - especially on the pithy remarks.

This is it:

Amber
Black Mirror
Blackstone Chronicles
Dark Eye
Dark Fall
Discworld Noir
Inherent Evil: The Haunted Hotel
Loch Ness Cameron Files 1
Morpheus
Post Mortem
Quiet Weekend in Capri
Sanitarium
Syberia 1
Uninvited
Watchmaker

Here are my recommedations, in no particular order......

1. Black Mirror
2. Syberia
3. The Longest Journey
4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth
5. Discworld Noir
6. Zork Nemesis
7. Gabriel Knight 2--The Beast Within
8. Amber Journeys Beyond
9. Dark Fall
10. Morpheus
11. Blackstone Chronicles
12. Sanitarium
13. Shivers
14. Phantasmagoria
15. Nancy Drew Treasure In A Royal Tower

Dawn :kiss:

I'm going to pass this year Steve. Life got in the way and I am so behind playing games that I couldn't make a fair list.

You do a wonderful job and we are so grateful for all your hard work!

~Dee

Thanks flotsam for taking this on again this year!

Here are my games:

Myst
Riven
Exile
Timelapse
Gabriel Knight II
The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
Black Dahlia
Atlantis II
Atlantis III
Riddle of the Sphinx
Dracula Resurrection
The Longest Journey
Syberia
Syberia II
The Black Mirror

Sequoia

Thanks again, my pithy hero!

Touche
Neverhood
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Broken Sword 1
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
The Longest Journey
Duckman
King's Quest 7 (The Princeless Bride)
Quest for Glory 4 (Shadows of Darkness)
Black Mirror
Salammbo
Shivers 1
Arthur's Knights 1

This is a VERY difficult task to limit to 15, but here goes! (In no particular order)

1. The Neverhood (okay, this one IS #1 !)
2. Blackstone Chronicles
3. Morpheus
4. Ripper
5. King's Quest 6
6. Leisure Suit Larry 7
7. Curse of Monkey Island (MI3)
8. Discworld I
9. Grim Fandango
10. Ceremony Of Innocence (such a BEAUTIFUL story)
11. Phantasmagoria I
12. Sanitarium
13. The Longest Journey
14. Pepper's Adventures In Time
15. Nancy Drew - The Final Scene

Okay, here's my 15:
1-Myst
2-Zork Nemesis
3-Lighthouse
4-Shivers
5-Dark Fall
6-Amber
7-Gabriel Knight 2
8-Siberia
9-Siberia 2
10-Longest Journey
11-Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
12-Grim Fandango
13-Riven
14-Myst Exile
15-Morpheus

1)Longest Journey
2)Sanitarium
3)Zork Grand Inquisitor
4)Shivers
5)Gabriel Knight 2
6)Azrael's Tear
7)Arthur's Knights 1
8)Discworld
9)Discworld 2
10)Sherlock Holmes Case of the Rose Tattoo
11)Eric the Unready
12)Death Gate
13)Syberia 1
14)Syberia 2
15)Pandora Directive

Thank you for your time and effort, Flotsam.

My list, in the order I'm thinking of them. Hope I don't forget any.

1. Syberia
2. Syberia 2
3. Post Mortem (this never makes the top, and I love this game!)
4. Obsidian
5. Myst, realMyst
6. Uru
7. Dark Fall
8. Sanitarium
9. Grim Fandango (possibly the best game of all time)
10. Myst III: Exile
11. Amerzone
12. The Longest Journey
13. Broken Sword III
14. Morpheus
15. Bad Milk

Wow, this is really hard. I think I have a list and then I read someone else's and remember a game I forgot! But here goes:

1. Riven
2. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
3. The Longest Journey
4. dark fall
5. Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2)
6. Syberia
7. Myst
8. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred etc.
9. Amber, Journeys Beyond
10. Rhem
11. Syberia 2
12. Sanitarium
13. Morpheus
14. Runaway
15. Grim Fandango

WW

In no particular order:

Broken Sword Circle of Blood
Darkfall
Zanzarah
Realmyst
Riven
Syberia
Syberia 2
The Messenger
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Uru
Riddle of the Sphinx
Amerzone
The Black Mirror
11th Hour (loved that piano puzzle!)

thanks flotsam for doing this again!

In no particular order, here goes:
1. The Longest Journey
2. Discworld Noir
3. Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
4. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
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 Black Mirror

Here they are in no particular order .

• Grim Fandango
• Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
• Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
• Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
• The Neverhood
• Conquests of the Longbow
• Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
• Lighthouse
• Under a Killing Moon
• Sanitarium
• The Dark Eye
• Sam n Max Hit the Road
• The Last Express
• Zork: Grand Inquisitor

(Edit-Had to include CCS over something else ).

I did read every reply, thinking a game I forgot might pop up,, but didn't happen. I choose my games by whether or not I want to replay them, and this year's list has only one change from last year.

Journeyman Project 3 - Legacy of Time
Zork Nemesis
Riven
Timelapse
Real Myst
Broken Sword I
Broken Sword II
Myst III: Exile
Sanitaium
Kyrandia 2-Hand of Fate
Amber Journeys Beyond
Shivers
Zork Grand Inquisitor
The Neverhood
Faust-7 Games of the Soul

In order:

Myst
Riven
Exile
Syberia
Syberia 2
Amerzone
Black mirror
Schizm 2
Dark fall
Rhem
Messenger
Atlantis 3
Omega stone
Longest journey
Mystery of the mummy

I figured I'd better get my list in before the next "pithy observation" comes out

No particular order other than the first 8 are 3rd person and the next 7 are 1st person:

The Longest Journey
Discworld Noir
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Syberia
Under a Killing Moon
The Pandora Directive
The Black Mirror
Shivers i
Dark Fall
Riddle of the Sphinx
Timelapse
Amerzone
Mysterious Journey II
Myst III : Exile

Timelapse
Obsidian
Syberia
Lightbringer
Schizm
Secrets of the Luxor
Neverhood
Syberia 2
Reah
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Amerzone
Riven
Mysterious Journey 2
Darkfall
Uru

That's my list, not many changes.

Cheryl

Heres my 15

Black Dahlia
The Longest Journey
Black Mirror
Syberia
Syberia 2
Discworld Noir
Gabriel Knight 3
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Shivers 1
Monkey Island 3
Dark Fall
Mysterious Journey 2
Beyond Atlantis
Lighthouse

Just a little change from my last list, I've definitely been working too much!

In alphabetical order (too hard to decide my favorites):

Amber
Beyond Atlantis
Blackstone Chronicles
Dark Fall
Faust
Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within
Lighthouse
Morpheus
Myst
Myst 3 - Exile
Riddle of the Sphinx
Sanitarium
Shivers 1
Syberia 1
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Thanks flotsam

No particular order...

Gabriel Knight 2
Dsicworld
Longest Journey
RealMyst
Sanitarium
Faust
Syberia
Syberia 2
Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs
Atlantis 2
Curse of Monkey Island
Full Throttle
Neverhood
Black Mirror
DarkFall

OK, I'm Not going to change my mind again...

Hey Syd, I don't believe ya don't have The Scroll on your list. Thought it was one of your favorite all time games!!!!!! Sorry, couldn't resist, LOL).

Happy Gaming All,
Bill

Llewton, Just Don't mention the Scroll.. It is the most picky game ever Forever Worlds is going for the title though...

This is awful, I should never have waited so long, every time I read someone else's response, get a reminder and go and change my list again. So, here goes - my first time:

Riven
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Dark Fall
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 3
Uru
Myst
The Longest Journey
Sanitarium
The Last Express
Black Mirror
MJ 2
The Final Cut
ND - Ghost Dogs

It is Bill, it is -

maybe we should have a top 10 worst games-- games you would only recommend to your worst enemy then the quivering can be at the head of that followed by the scroll which is a masterpiece compared to the quivering.

Its only early days but that doesn't stop me reaching conclusions.
One such is that the gaming universe is starting to take note. Consider Sanitarium. An old game, yet it already has more recommendations than last year. It might drop on and off peoples recommendations for all sorts of reasons, but it is reasonable to assume that it is less likely to be added to the list of a person who didn't recommend it last year and who had already played it, than it is to be on the list of someone who hadn't played it last year. Which means that persons who hadn't played it found out about it somehow. Lighthouse is the same. Dare we presume...??
What else? Top 3 remains pretty much the same, and no one will as yet admit that The Scroll is a favourite. Good to see Ceremony of Innocence getting a mention, and perhaps surprising that Rama hasn't yet been. 120 games have more than one recommendation, and the game with the most votes which I haven't played is Discworld Noir.

Sanitarium's popularity may have something to do with it being rereleased in the U.S. and Canada.

Picking 15 for "general audience" recommendation is a heck of a lot easier than picking my favorite 15. Trying to cut THAT list down is like ripping my heart out.

Myst
Exile
Riven
Obsidian
Zork the Grand Inquisitor
Gabriel Knight, Sins of the Father
Gabriel Knight, Blood ofthe Sacred
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Dark Fall
Syberia I
Timelapse
Riddle of the Sphinx
Shivers I
Grim Fandango
The Dig

Thanks once again, Flotsam!!

In no particular order:

Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Broken Sword 3
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
The Dig
Clue(do): Fatal Illusion
Titanic: Adventures out of Time

I don't think my list has changed since last year. Thanks Flotsam.

The Longest Journey
Day of the Tentacle
Myst/Real Myst
The Curse of Monkey Island
Rama
Timelapse
Riddle of Master Lu
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Zork: Grand Inquisitor
Zork: Nemesis
Obsidian
Toonstruck
Grim Fandango

Here's my list:

The Longest Journey
Byzantine - The Betrayal
Physicus
Discworld Noir
Grim Fandango
Jack Orlando
The Last Express
Nightlong - Union City Conspiracy
Pilgrim
Salammbo
Zork - Grand Inquisitor
Post Mortem
Secret of Monkey Island
Broken Sword 1
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Good point Colpet - I didn't know that. That will teach me to conjecture .
And Rama got mentioned.
But I was right about Discworld Noir
2 weeks to go, and Kate motors on.

Don't you mean Kate Walks on.. and on... and on....

I liked Rama, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone unless I knew they were OK with math and converting to and from numbering systems other than base 10.

The Twisty List isn't just a list of which games are your favorites. It's a list of games you'd recommend for a newcomer to adventure games to try.

Oh, oh, oh, oh I see a few other people voted for Post Mortem!

I love Post Mortem (yes I do think it had some flaws) but it didn't make it to the top last year, and I don't think it will this year. At least there are more people than just me who like it!

This is my first contribution to the twisty list.

In no particular order:

Shivers
Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Syberia
Syberia II
Obsidian
Myst
Myst 3: Exile
7th Guest
11th Hour
Bad Mojo
Amber

The Dig
Monkey Island 2
Discworld II
Day of the Tentacle
Riven
Grim Fandango
Obsidian
Amber
Syberia
GK3
Blackstone Chronicles
Pandora Directive
Broken Sword
Shivers
The Last Express

Amerzone
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Myst III: Exile
Mysterious Journey (Schizm)
Rhem
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Starship Titanic
Syberia
The Longest Journey
Timelapse
URU
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Zork Nemesis

I just love it when you do this every year - it encourages me to go to my game closet & game shelves elsewhere and update my list of games I have, love/keep, started and/or yet to play and my list of games I am eagerly awaiting release......
So here is my list in alphabetical order (not in order of my favoritest):
1.The Arrival 2.Beyond Time 3.Byzantine The Betrayal 4.Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 5.The Crystal Skull 6.Dark Fall The Journal 7.Dark Side Of The Moon 8.Gast The Ghost 9.Grim Fandango 10.The Longest Journey 11.Neverhood 12.Riddle Of The Sphinx 13.Space Bar (haven't finished it yet, need to replay it on WIN95) 14.Shivers I 15.Temujin
Thanks for doing this list again this year.
Love, Betty Lou

worst thing is, when I read everyone elses list, I think Think I was in a 'want to be scared' mood when I wrote mine!!

Dark Fall
Grim Fandango
Myst
Riven
Syberia
Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight 1 Sins Of The Fathers
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Timelapse
Amerzone
Cassandra Galleries
Amber: Journey's Beyond
Comer
Nancy Drew 3: Message In A Haunted Mansion
Nancy Drew 7: Ghost Dogs Of Moon Lake

These are my choices from top to bottom.

Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Black Mirror
Tony Tough
Kings Quest 7
Gabriel Knight 2
Longest Journey
Simon The Sorcerer 1
Syberia 1
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Simon The Sorcerer 2
Runaway
Broken Sword 1

We are about half way and the most recommended games in some of those series with 3 games or more are Broken Sword 2, Discworld Noir, Gabriel Knight 2, Journeyman 3, Monkey Island 3, Riven and Pandora Directive.

1) Timelapse (All-Time favorite)
2) Myst
3) Myst 3 Exile
4) Lighthouse
5) Obsidian
6) Secrets of the Luxor
7) RAMA
8) Neverhood
9) King's Quest 7 (The Princeless Bride)
10) Riddle of the Sphinx
11) Deep Space Nine: Harbinger
12) The Last Express
13) Connections
14) Road to India
15) King's Quest 6

I don't know how this got posted twice, but let me ask -- did anyone else recommend secrets of the Luxor? A great game!!!

1. Zork Grand Inquisitor
2. A Quiet Weekend in Capri
3. Grim Fandango
4. Day of the Tentacle
5. Riven
6. Myst
7. Uru
8. Sanitarium
9. Timelapse
10. Runaway, a Road Adventure
11. Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo
12. Byzantine
13. Stupid Invaders
14. Syberia
15. Bad Mojo

Am up to here 90 boomers posted so far.

Some tough choices at only 15, but here's my cut. Lots of others I'd like to mention that are still available retail, like Nightlong and The Sydney Mystery. And also the FREE release of Flight of the Amazon Queen.

Zork Grand Inquisitor
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Discworld Noir
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Secret of Monkey Island
The Longest Journey
Broken Sword: Circle of Blood
Amerzone
Syberia
The Journeyman Project: Buried in Time
Byzantine the Betrayel
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis
Grim Fandango

Albert

1. Myst
2. Riven
3. Timelapse
4. Schizm
5. Atlantis II
6. Myst III: Exile
7. Morpheus
8. Riddle of the Sphinx
9. Lightbringer
10. Faust
11. The Longest Journey
12. The Crystal Key
13. The 7th Guest
14. Beyond Atlantis II
15. Dark Fall

Also in no particular order!

Thanks Flotsam for doing this again, I know its a lot of work, but it is appreciated. Here are my favorites not in any particular order.

1. Shivers
2. Riven
3. Reah
4. Obsidian
5. Dark Fall
6. Sanitarium
7. Timelapse
8. The Neverhood
9. Zork: Grand Inquisitor
10. Grim Fandango
11. Black Dahlia
12. Morpheus
13. Schizm
14. Syberia
15. Lighthouse

Karen

1. Shadow of Destiny
2. Uru
3. Black Mirror
4. Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon
5. Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2)
6. Faust
7. RealMyst
8. Riven
9. Dark Fall
10. Myst 3: Exile
11. Runaway
12. Zork Grand Inquisitor
13. Grim Fandango
14. Escape from Monkey Island
15. The Longest Journey

Good thinking Granny - I am on it <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/bravo.gif " />

flotsam, I read you, so here I am. granny, you're absolutely right - I, for one have been spending far too much time in the Pandora-Stitchman realm (it's so addictive)!

Anyhow, here's my list.

1. Myst (my first game and it will always be No. 1 for me.)

The rest are alphabetical:

2. Beyond Atlantis (aka Atlantis 2)
3. Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood (aka Shadow of the Templars)
4. Broken Sword 2, The Smoking Mirror
5. Kyrandia 1
6. Monkey Island 1, Secret of
7. Riddle of the Sphinx
8. Riven
9. Schizm
10. Timelapse

The last 5 I haven't played yet, but feel certain if I had they'd be in my top 10 and I would recommend them to others.

11. Dark Fall
12. Morpheus
13. Obsidian
14. Syberia 1
15. Syberia 2

Whew! Now I'm on record.

Jema

Oh boy, this is harder than I thought:
In no order but favorites:

Dark Fall
Black Mirror
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Syberia
The Longest Journey
Harvest
Beyond Atlantis
The Cameron Files-loch ness
Nancy Drew-The Royal Tower
Grim Fandango
Myst
The Forgotten
Nancy Drew-ghost dogs at Moon Lake


Ingie

In no particular order:

- Riven
- Myst (RealMyst)
- Gabriel Knight 2 (The Beast Within)
- Tex Murphy Overseer
- Shivers 1
- Shivers 2
- Syberia 1 (haven't played #2 yet)
- Darkfall
- Black Mirror
- Schizm (#1)
- Exile
- Dracula Resurrestion
- Dracula The Last Sanctuary
- Phantasmagoria 1
- Lighthouse

Here are my nominees, as I feel Today:

1 -Riven
2 -Schizm
3 -Myst
4 -Dark Fall
5 -Myst Excile
6 -Pandoras Directive
7 -Riddle of the Sphinx
8 -Rhem
9 -Morpheus
10-Gabriel Knight 3
11-Discworld Noir
12-The Beast Within
13-Blackstone Chronicles
14-The Last Express
15-Full Throttle

Cheers

One week to go.
On a quick count 187 games have been recommended.
43 games have been recommended by at least 10% of particpants, 4 games by over half of those participating, and the top game (so far) has been recommended by nearly 65%.

Riven is the best by far for me. All others I've played have paled by comparison.


Rayy

Here's my two cents worth:
Myst
Zork: Grand Inquisitor
Dark Fall
The Longest Journey
Atlantis II
Byzantine
Gabriel Knight II
Escape from Monkey Island
Dust: A Tale of the Weird West
Tex Murphy Overseer
Runaway
Nancy Drew- Ghost Dogs
Broken Sword II
Arthur's Knights I
Syberia

I will post the final tally early Monday morning my time, which is on Sunday evening for many of you.
This will give me time to get the non-adventure thread kicked off before going off line for a few days while I move house.
As for the running tally well Kate just keeps on keeping on

Good luck with the house move Steve!! I'm amazed you can manage to fit the Twisty List in with all the packing you will have to do!! :kiss:

Thanks Tig - one has to get ones priorities right

Hope the games are packed up safely

Yes indeed - they the ONLY thing I am packing myself!

on your move, Flotsam

Are you moving far?

A whole 2 kilometers believe it or not.
I finally got tired of competing with 3 females for one bathroom

ps - final tallys coming in 24 hours!!