Here we are again. Doesn't time fly.
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.
Its also a bit of fun.
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 I should play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the collected wisdom of all participating boomers.
You bet 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.
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. Adventure games only please (other games get there own list later).

The thread stays open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. It is always compulsory to get more posts than the year before.
So here to get things started are my 15 recommendations.

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

Hi

Thanks for this thread Flotsam

Gabriel Knight Sins of the Father
Gabriel Knight Beast Within
Discworld
Discworld II
Broken Sword
Broken Sword II
Lost Files Sherlock case of Rose Tattoo
Simon the Sorcerer
Kings Quest V
Kings Quest VI
Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis
Legend of Kyrandia
Journeyman III Legacy of Time
Runaway
The Black Mirror

Cheers.

Mad

Here's my favorite games

Blackstone Chronicles
Darkfall
Black Mirror
Runaway
Cameron Files (Loch Ness)
CSI (Dark Motives)
Egyptian Prophecy
Harvest
Hitchcock- The Final Scene
Jack the Ripper
Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Secret of Shadow Ranch
Danger on Deception Island
Law & Order 3
Salammbo
Syberia 1

This is my first one of these, so here goes

Dark Fall
Uru: Ages of Myst
Sanitarium
Timelapse
Rama
Riddle of The Sphinx
Obsidian
Post Mortem
Myst
Mission Critical
Aura Fate of Ages
The Longest Journey
The Black Mirror
Beyond Atlantis
Jack Orlando Directors' Cut

Here's my list.

Blackstone Chronicles
Black Dahlia
Still Life
Dark Fall
Jack the Ripper
Syberia
Reah
Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within
Phantasmagoria 1
Zork Nemesis
Riven
Myst IV Revelation
Last Half of Darkness
URU
Syberia 2

Blackstone Chronicles
Dark Fall II: Lights Out
Phantasmagoria 1
Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within
Callahans Crosstime Saloon
The Crystal Key II
WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure
RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren
Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy
The Cameron Files 2: Pharaoh's Curse
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Ace Ventura
Full Throttle


Gamehound

Myst
Riven
Myst 3: Exile
Amerzone
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Beyond Atlantis (aka Atlantis 2)
Schizm 2 (aka Mysterious Journey 2 or Chameleon)
Sentinel
Morpheus
Obsidian
Secret of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Gabriel Knight 2
Sanitarium

This is very very hard. Can I edit as I remember others I loved even more? Just kidding, Flotsam, I don't want to drive you crazy.


Not in order of preference:

1. Still Life
2. Phantasmagoria 1
3. Gabriel Knight 2 (Beast Within)
4, The Longest Journey
5. Black Dahlia
6. Obsidian
7. Dark Fall 1 (The Journal)
8. Morpheus
9. Syberia 2
10. Blackstone Chronicles
11. Sanitarium
12. Jack the Ripper
13. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
14. Return to Zork
15. Phantasmagoria 2 (Puzzle of the Flesh)

I feel like I betrayed some of my best friends by not mentioning them.

Melanie

Aw Melanie, don't . I know what you mean though - I'm leaving some off because although they are personal favorites, they're too hard to find or to get to play with these newer computers, like Master of Dimensions( flotsam, I got it in print anyway). Without further ado:

Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
The Moment of Silence
Touche
Duckman
The Longest Journey
Broken Sword 1 (Circle of Blood)
The Crystal Skull
King's Quest 7
Return to Zork
Arthur's Knights 1
Neverhood
Black Mirror

1. Darkfall 1 (The Journal)
2. Black Dahlia
3. Gabriel Knight 1 (Sins of the Fathers)
4. Gabriel Knight 2 (Beast Within)
5. Phantasmagoria 1
6. Phantasmagoria 2
7. The Longest Journey
8. Simon the Sorcerer 1
9. Simon the Sorcerer 2
10. Dracula 2 (The Last Sanctuary)
11. Broken Sword 1
12. Discworld Noir
13. Amerzone
14. Kings Quest 7
15. Mystery of the Druids

Phew...that took some deciding, I could have gone on and on and on

Sue

Return to Mysterious Island
King's Quest VI
Myst IV
Black Dahlia
Still Life
Dark Fall
Curse of Monkey Island
Zork Nemesis
The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Broken Sword
Discworld Noir
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Day of the Tentacle
Journeyman Project III: The Legacy of Time

Riven
Syberia
Sentinel, descendants in time
Myst
Syberia II
Black Mirror
Longest Journey
Riddle of the Sphinx II Omega Stone
Schizm I
Zork Nemesis
Myst III Exile
Myst IV Revelation
Rhem
Dark Fall, The Journal
L'amerzone


Thanks Flotsam


Chief

Here's my list:
Uru Ages of Myst, D'ni & POTS
Temujin
Shivers 1
Conspiracies
The Arrival
Beyond Time
Byzantine, The Betrayal
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Dark Fall The Journal
Dark Side of the Moon
Grim Fandango
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Of The Mummy
The Longest Journey
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Dragonriders of Pern
There were at least 5 others I would have recommended but the rules are "only 15".
(re-edited May 29th)
Love, Betty Lou

OK this year I'm going to wing it... probably the best way to get a true list out of me!!!

Gabriel Knight 2
Longest Journey
Dark Fall
Lifestream
Remedy
Syberia
Syberia 2
Myst 3 Exile
Dig
Starship Titanic
Grim Fandango
Phantasmagoria 2
Nancy Drew Ghost dogs of Moon lake
Faust
Alida

Tig

Here are my recommendation

Schizm
Riven
Myst
Dark Fall
Riddle of the Sphinx
Rhem
Zork Nemesis
Pandoras Directive
Still Life
Discworld Noir
The Beast Within
Blackstone Chronicles
The Last Express
Dark Fall Lights Out
Full Throttle

Just a question -- Is Uru Complete Chronicles considered a compilation of separate games (you have to vote separately for Ages of Myst, To D'ni, and Path of the Shell the way Betty Lou did). Or is it really one game? (Betty Lou could just vote for Uru, which opens up two other slots for her to vote.)

My list is narrowed down to 16. Agonizing.

Personally, I'd consider Uru Complete Chronicles one game. The Ages Beyond Myst portion is really the only bit with a real beginning, middle and ending, IMHO. The other bits are expansion packs, and I would make a distinction between an "expansion pack" and a "game." (tho on the other hand, while I'd certainly recommend Uru Ages Beyond, including POTS makes me have second thoughts....)

So here's my list, anyway (which starts oddly similar to Flotsam's, I notice...)

Riven
GK2: The Beast Within
The Longest Journey
Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2)
Darkfall
Myst
Syberia
Sanitarium
Rhem
GK1: Sins of the Fathers
Aura, Fate of the Ages
GK3: Blood of the Sacred etc.
Amber, Journeys Beyond
Uru Complete Chronicles
Curse of Monkey Island

WW

Well, here goes;

1. Myst iv Revelation
2. Still Life
3. Moment of Silence
4. The Longest Journey
5. Alida
6. Journey to the Center of the Earth
7. Mysterious Journey 11
8. Aura Fate of the Ages
9. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
10. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred
11. Black Dahlia
12. Syberia
13. Syberia 2
14. Blade Runner
15. Black Mirror

That was really hard. I love all my games, & replay them more than once. Judy

Still Life
The Secret of Monkey Island
Discworld Noir
The Longest Journey
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Syberia
Grim Fandango
Simon the Sorcerer
The Day of the Tentacle
Broken Sword 1
Discworld 1
The Black Mirror
The Moment of Silence
The Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Beneath a Steel Sky

Here's my list:
1)Gabriel Knight the Beast Within
2)Lost Eden
3)Syberia
4)Syberia 2
5)Zork Grand Inquisitor
6)Phantasmagoria
7)Phantasmagoria Puzzle of Flesh
8)The Black Mirror
9)The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
10)Amerzone
11)Grim Fandango
12)Beyond Atlantis
13)Runaway
14)The Feeble Files
15)Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phangoria

Cathy

OK, this is my first list too, so here goes.

Gabriel Knight - The Beast Within
Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Sacred
URU Complete Chronicles
The Dig
The Longest Journey
Broken Sword
Syberia
Dark Fall 1 - The Journal
Schizm 2 - Chameleon
Post Mortem
MYST
Broken Sword 1
MYST IV Revelation
The Moment of Silence
Full Throttle

Well, that's it. I'm going to stop changing my mind, it really is quite hard to come up with just 15. Thanks a lot Flotsam.

Teresa

URU
Myst Revelation
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Amerzone
Grim Fandango
Return to Mysterious Island
Alida
Black Mirror
Still life
Atlantis 2
Dark fall
Obsidian
A quiet weekend in capri
Nancy Drew Danger on Deception Island

Beyond Atlantis
Uru
Myst Exile
Syberia
Syberia II
The Egyptian Prophecy
Aura
Mysterious Journey Chamelion
Black Mirror
Crystal Key II
Darkfall Lights Out
Riven
Return To Mysterious Island
Amerzone
Beyond Atlantis II

Working on Zork Nemesis now.

Amerzone
Beyond Atlantis
I have no mouth and I must scream
Inherent Evil
Still Life
Syberia
Black Mirror
Jack the Ripper
Black Dhalia
Sanitarium
Blackstone Chronicles
Riddle of the Sphinx
Phantasmagoria-Pray its only a nightmare
Lighthouse
Dracula the Last Sanctuary

Thank you flotsam for taking this on again. Did you have any idea what you were getting yourself into when you did the first one??!!

I don't seem to have many new favorites to add on to the list this year, but I've not played Still Life yet and I see that is a favorite of a lot of gamers.

1. Syberia
2. The Longest Journey
3. Syberia II
4. Myst
5. Riven
6. Exile
7. Myst Revelation
8. The Black Mirror
9. Atlantis II
10. Shivers
11. Timelapse
12. Gabriel Knight II
13. Black Dahlia
14. Amerzone
15. Dracula Resurrection

Sequoia

Riven
Myst Exile
RealMyst
Schizm
Rhem
Dark Fall
Zork Nemesis
Obsidian
Black Dahlia
Timelapse
Riddle of the Sphinx
Beyond Atlantis
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Gabriel Knight 2 Beast Within
Neverhood

Are you sure we can’t make it 50 instead of 15, Flotsam? I always feel like I'm leaving out old friends. Well, anyway, here's mine:

Alida
Beyond Atlantis
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
Starship Titanic
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Still Life
Jack the Ripper
Real Myst
Lifestream
Remedy
Syberia
Realms of the Haunting
Black Dahlia
Amerzone
Broken Sword Smoking Mirror
Black Mirror
Dark Fall Lights Out
Ripper
The 11th Hour
Jazz and Faust

Aaaahhh,,thank you Flotsam! You rock! Really, thnaks for doing this, I look forward to this every year!!!

Still Life
The Longest Journey
Syberia
Blackstone Chronicles
Sanitarium
DarkFall2: Lights Out
Black Mirror
Journeyman Project3: Legacy of Time
Blade Runner
Jazz and Faust
Curse of Monkey Island
CSI ( the first one)
Paris 1313
Black Dahlia


I want to put Zanzarah on this list, since it's a hybrid of so many genres, can it qualify?

My list, in no particular order........

1. Black Mirror
2. Morpheus
3. Amber Journeys Beyond
4. Syberia
5. Blackstone Chronicles
6. Still Life
7. Dark Fall 1 The Journal
8. Dark Fall 2 Lights Out
9. Shivers
10. Inherent Evil
11. Phantasmagoria
12. Clue Chronicles Fatal Illusion
13. Wild Wild West The Steel Assassin
14. Nancy Drew Treasure In A Royal Tower
15. Nancy Drew Message In A Haunted Mansion

It's so hard to narrow it down to just 15!

Dawn

My 15 cents:

Riven
Obsidian
Rhem
Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Zork Nemesis
Myst Revelation
Syberia 2
Death Gate
Myst Exile
Myst/RealMyst
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Runaway
Pandora Directive
Sanitarium

This was painful as well...I hated to cut out some of my old favorites

Blackstone Chronicles
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
The Moment of Silence
Discworld Noir
Amerzone
Runaway - A Road Adventure
Egyptian Prophecy
Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword, Sleeping Dragon
Broken Sword, Smoking Mirror
Last Half of Darkness
Grim Fandango
Salammbo
Black Mirror

Thanx flotsam
Ana

Ok- its my first time- so be gentle-

CSI Crime Scene Investigation
CSI Dark Motives
7th Guest
11th hour
Rama
shivers
Shivers 2
Myst 4 Revelation
Timelapse
Starship Titanic
Lifestream
Syberia
Temujin
Beyond Atlantis II
Dark Fall
Dark Fall Light Out

My List..

1*Still Life
2*Runaway
3*Dracula:The Last Sancuary
4*Black Dahila
5*DarkFall 2
6*Schizm
7*The Moment of Silence
8*Syberia
9*Syberia 2
10* Sentinel
11*Black Mirror
12*Myst: Revelations
13*Exile
14*Post Mortem
15*Aura:Fate of the Ages

Liz

Yipee! Me likes making lists! Ere we go!

1.Syberia 2
2.Beyond Atlantis 2
3.Beyond Atlantis
4.Dracula Resurection
5.The Cameron Files 2, Pharaoh's Curse
6.ICO
7.Dracula 2, The Last Sactuary
8.The Cameron Files, Secret at Loch Ness
9.The X-Files
10.Shadow of Destiny
11.The Longest Journey
12.Syberia
13.Nancy Drew, Ghost Dogs of Moonlake
14.Nancy Drew, Secret of the Scarlet Hand
15.Nancy Drew, The Final Scene

May you all find many new, excellent, and scruptous (with just a hint of garlic) games this year! Appy Gamin!

The Longest Journey
Syberia
Syberia II
Sanitarium
Still Life
The Moment of Silence
Aura
Egyptian Prophesy
Sentinel
Stupid Invaders
NightLong
Amerzone
Broken Sword
Broken Sword III
Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion

1. Toonstruck
2. Pandora Directive
3. Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
4. Longest Journey
5. Zork Grand Inquisitor
6. Sanitarium
7. Arthur's Knights 1
8. Curse of Monkey Island
9. Death Gate
10. Syberia
11. Sherlock Holmes Case of the Rose Tattoo
12. Discworld
13. Discworld 2
14. Blackstone Chronicles
15. Dust a Tale of the Wired West

Really tough to narrow it down, and there are many more favorites where that came from. Thank you, Flotsam, for doing this once again.

Guess I'm still stuck on the old faves, haven't completed any of the new (newer?) games in almost a year that could replace them.

Journeyman III Legacy of Time
Riven
Zork Nemesis
Timelapse
Myst/RealMyst
Broken Sword 1- Circle of Blood
Broken Sword II- Smoking Mirror
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Myst III - Exile
Sanitarium
Shivers
Beyond Atlantis
The Neverhood
Amerzone
Callahans Crosstime Saloon

Thanks again Flotsam :kiss:

Zork, Grand Inquisitor
Broken Sword, Circle of Blood
Broken Sword, Smoking Mirrow
Syberia
Gabriel Knight, Beast Within
Gabriel Knight, Blood of the Sacred
Obsidian
Return to Mysterious Island
Longest Journey
Journeyman Project 3, Legacy of Time
Amerzone
Remedy
Tex Murphy, Overseer
Cameron Files, Loch Ness
Cameron Files, Pharaohs Curse

Uru
Riven
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Shadow of Destiny
Tony Tough and the night of Roasted Moths
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Grim Fandango
Sherlock Holmes: Silver Earring
Runaway
Dark Fall
Alida
The Longest Journey
RealMyst
Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon

Hi there,
Well we are off to a good start. I will start counting today and post a little summary of where we are at tonight

This is so tough because some of the classic games that I would say everyone should play just don't hold up graphically to todays standards. So here goes with my favorites:

1. Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
2. Discworld 1
3. Discworld 2
4. LeChucks Revenge Monkey Island 2
5. The Longest Journey
6. Syberia
7. The Black Mirror
8. Curse of Monkey Island Monkey Island 3
9. Broken Sword 1 Circle of Blood
10. Simon the Sorcerer 2 The Lion,the Wizard and the Wardrobe
11. Day of the Tenacle Maniac Mansion 2
12. Legend of Kyrandia Book 1
13. Secret of Monkey Island Monkey Island 1
14. Simon the Sorcerer 1
15. Runaway A Road Adventure

I also want to list the games I left off since they are older and not up to the graphic standards of todays games. These games might be older but they are well worth playing if you have missed them.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders-
Awesome Puzzles.
The Dig- Excellent music and atmosphere.
Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths
Challenging puzzles and funny voice acting.
Grim Fandango- A classic.
Fable- Short but fun.
Kings Quest 2- An oldie but goodie.
Kings Quest 7- Sierra games were always fun.
Dracula 1 & 2- I especially loved 2.
Space Quest Series- Monkey Island/Discworld
humor mixed with wicked puzzles.

1.Gabriel Knight 3
2.CSI Miami
3.CSI Dark Motives
4.Laura Bow Dagger of Amon Ra
5.Monkey Island 3
6.Discworld Noir
7.Dark Fall
8.Dark Fall 2
9.Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
10.The Longest Journey
11.Syberia
12.Morpheus
13.Rama
14.Lighthouse
15.Gabriel Knight 1

Caroline.

Taking the plunge:

Obsidian
Discworld Noir
Sanitarium
Aura Fate of the Ages
Morpheus
Grim Fandango
Auryn Quest
Reah
Zanzarah
Amber Journey Beyond
Mystery of the Druids
Shivers
Broken Sword
Still Life
Lifestream

happy trails,

Carolyn

Longest Journey
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Simon The Sorcerer 1
Simon The Sorcerer 2
The Beast Within
Black Mirror
Syberia
Day Of The Tenacle
Runaway
Kyrandia 1
Broken Sword 1

ARGH!!!! So hard....

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

Love, Jen

My list, it's my first time.

This list is not updated, as I have not
played the newest games (from the last half
year yet and also many others that I did not
had time to play)

• 1. The Black Mirror
  2. Blackstone Chronicles
  3. Sanitarium
  4. Syberia 1
  5. Broken Sword 1
  6. Dark Fall
  7. Post Mortem
  8. Jack the Ripper
  9. Dark Fall 2
  10. Alone in the dark 4
  11. Mystery of the Mummy
  12. Faust
  13. Amerzone
  14. Runaway
  15. Zork grand inquisitor

1. Sanitarium
2. The Blackstone Chronicles
3. Zork Grand Inquisitor
4. Zork Nemesis
5. Timelapse
6. Morpheus
7. Alfred Hitchcock The Final Cut
8. Dark Fall
9. Shivers 1
10.Faust
11.PostMortem
12.Midnight Nowhere
13.Circle of Blood
14.Phantasmagoria
15.Amber

It's hard to narrow it down to 15!

Here's my list (in no particular order, except NEVERHOOD is always #1!)

1. Neverhood
2. Grim Fandango
3. Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island
4. Blackstone Chronicles
5. Morpheus
6. Amber Journey Beyond
7. King's Quest VI
8. Sanitarium
9. Ripper
10. Ceremony of Innocence
11. Discworld I
12. The Longest Journey
13. Nancy Drew Final Scene
14. Phantasmagoria I
15. Leisure Suit Larry VII

Here's mine in no particular order
Dark Side of the Moon
The Longest Journey
The Pandora Directive
Moment of Silence
Legend Of Kyrandia 2
Still Life
King's Quest 2
King's Quest 6
Gabriel Knight 2
Syberia
Space Quest 3
Runaway
Phantasmagoria
Discworld
Freddy Pharkas

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

Me and Mrs. Fongo were hanging out at the Adventure Mansion this evening, and thought we'd put together our top 15 for the year.

After a series of complex negotiations, brutal eliminations, and a few tears (I felt much better after she got me some ice cream), we got it together.

After all that, the list looks pretty similar to last year:

Full Throttle
Riven
Syberia
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Morpheus
Myst IV Revelation
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Dark Fall
Grim Fandango
Zork Nemesis
Byzantine: The Betrayal
The Neverhood
Bad Mojo
Longest Journey
Tex Murphy: Overseer

Dark Fall, Syberia and Myst IV were the additions this year, with Myst (a little dated), Myst Exile (we preferred Revelation), and Riddle of the Sphinx walking the plank.

In no particular order:

-Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
-Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
-Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
-Grim Fandango
-The Longest Journey
-Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
-Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
-Syberia
-Syberia II
-Missing: Since January
-Still Life
-King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
-The Secret of Monkey Island
-Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
-Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island

Hi ho,
We reach the half way point (more or less) and the No 1 recommendations from previous years all continue to do well, Myst being the least recommended of the previous "winners" so far.
Syberia narrowly heads the list from TLJ.
Special mention to Fongo for the avatar and mentioning the cockroach.

GK1
GK2
GK3
Grim Fandango
TLJ
MI3
MI2
KQ6
TM: Pandora Directive
TM: Overseer
Broken Sword
Syberia II
Nancy Drew: Deception Island (I hate picking just one, because I love pretty much all of them equally, they each have their own charms and faults)
JP3: Legacy of Time
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Here's mine in no particular order:
Syberia
Syberia 2
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Dark Fall
The Fifth Disciple
Arthur's Knight 1
King's Quest 7
King's Quest 8 Mask of Eternity
Post Mortem
Still Life
Black Mirror
The Longest Journey
Gooka:The Mystery of Janatris

but I can think of a lot more that I enjoyed a lot...

A very hard choice to list only 15.

Tex Murphy

One week to go -keep em coming!

1. The Longest Journey
2. Day of the Tentacle
3. The Curse of Monkey Island
4. Rama
5. Timelapse
6. The Riddle of Master Lu
7. Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
8. The Beast Within- A Gabriel Knight Mystery
9. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
10. Zork: Grand Inquisitor
11. Zork: Nemesis
12. Obsidian
13. Toonstruck
14. Grim Fandango
15. Death Gate

Here are my recommendation

need for speed underground 2
sims 2
GTA 4
counterstrike 2
area 51

Here is my list:
Moment Of Silence
Syberia
Midnight Nowhere
Gabriel Knight I
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Tex Murphy Under A Killing Moon
Noir
Blackstone Chornicles
Real Myst
Lights Out
Black Mirror
Tex Murphy Overseer
Runaway A Road Adventure
Sanitarium
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive

owww, right that mark on the wall. i forgot that...


im goin on....

It was hard to choose my 15 best adventures games but here is my list:


Rhem
Syberia
Syberia 2
Dark Fall
Sentinel Descendants in Time
Myst
Riven
Myst III Exile
URU
Aura
Alida
Cameron Files Pharoah's Curse
Lights Out
Omega Stone
Mysterious Journey

I love this kind of posts.So here is my list in most favorite-less favorite order:

1. The longest journey
2. Myst 4:revelation
3. Gabliel Knight 3
4. Post Mortem
5. Syberia
6. Myst 3:exile
7. Full Throttle
8. Day of the Tentacle
9. Broken Sword1
10.Grim Fandango
11.Myst
12.Monkey Island4
13.Runaway:A road adventure
14.Riven
15.Atlantis 3

Here's mine. Not in order.
1. Riddle of the Sphinx
2. The Omega Stone
3. Sanatarium
4. Timelapse
5. Zork Nemesis
6. The Longest Journey
7 Syberia
8 Syberia II
9. Journeyman Project 3
10 Dracula Resurrection
11. Dracula The Last Sanctuary
12. Shivers
13. The Dig
14. Grim Fandango
15. Timeline

Bets

Nearly done - I will post final lists on Sunday my time.

Hi guys,

Here is my list:

1. The Longest Journey
2. Syberia
3. Syberia 2
4. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
5. Phantasmagoria 1
6. Amerzone
7. Sanitarium
8. X-Files
9. Riddle of the Sphinx 1
10. Amber: Journeys Beyond
11. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
12. Dark Fall: The Journal
13. Byzantine: The Betrayal
14. The Messenger
15. Black Mirror

CU

danyboy

I can't list 15, but my favorites would be be Amerzone, Dark Fall The Journal, Syberia 1, Syberia 2, and Black Mirror--

Thanks Flotsam and Becky--

I really havn't played enough adventure games to come up with 15, but I'll list my favorites so far-I have some of the games people have listed, but havn't played them yet -(my BAAGing got out of hand when I first became addicted to playing games.) I also have among my favorites some action games, but here is not the place to list those.

Syberia 2
Riven
Exile
Zork Nemisis
Under a Killing Moon
Journeyman 3
The Longest Journey

Here's my list

1. Riven
2. Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon
3. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
4. Myst
5. Black Dahlia
6. Broken Sword I
7. Gabriel Knight II
8. Myst Exile
9. Syberia
10.Last Express
11.Broken Sword II
12.Gabriel Knight I
13.Obsidian
14.Syberia II
15.Black Mirror

My list, in no particular order:

The Secret of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
RealMyst
Full Throttle
King's Quest 6
Spellcasting 101
Death Gate
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Dragonsphere
Heart of China
Sorcerer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Loom
Spycraft: The Great Game
Toonstruck

Unfortunately my list will be swallowed up by the collective, but I assure you you can't go wrong with any of those games.

Here is my selection:

1. Riven
2. Tex Murphy: Under a killing moon
3. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
4. Tex Murphy: Overseer
5. Broken Sword I
6. Broken Sword II
7. Gabriel Knight I
8. Gabriel Knight II
9. Amerzone
10.Syberia
11.Syberia II
12.Bizantine
13.Neverhood
14.Phantasmagoria I
15.The Longest Journey

Regards,
Jose

My list - not much different from last year - alphabetical except for the top two, which remain my 1 and 2 favorites.

1. Myst
2. Riven
3. Amerzone
4. Beyond Atlantis (aka Atlantis II)
5. Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood (aka Shadow of the Templars)
6. Broken Sword 2, The Smoking Mirror
7. Kyrandia 1, Legand of
8. Monkey Island 1, Secret of
9. Morpheus
10. ND: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
11. Riddle of the Sphinx
12. Schizm, Mysterious Journey
13. Syberia I
14. Syberia II
15. Timelapse


I've been in a playing slump for the last 5-6 months and there are still a lot of games I haven't played like Exile, Dark Fall 1 and 2, Obsidian, and the list goes on.

Thanks for doing this again, flotsam!

Jema

Ok,
1. Myst
2. Riven
3. Syberia 1
4. Timelapse
5. Black Dahlia
6. Morpheous
7. Amerzone
8. TLJ
9. The Last Express
10. Alida
11. Obsidian
12. Exile
13. Of Light and Darkness
14. Revelation
15. Auryn Quest

Holy moly I pertanear missed this. Here are my recommendations in no particular order.

Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Broken Sword 3
Discworld Noir
Myst IV
Longest Journey
Dark Fall
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Faust
Black Mirror
Day of the Tentacle
Grim Fandango
Bad Mojo
Curse of Monkey Island

Lucky last syd, and good to see.
The votes are in and the ballot box is closed. Numbers were down on last year which just means I will cajole you lots next year. It remains fun and its always a pleasure.
What to say? Still Life made a strong appearance for a game still not played by many, and whilst the top 3 remained the same, there was movement below that. 50 or so games were mentioned that weren’t mentioned last year, some obviously new, but many old and obviously revered.
Isabelle wasn’t mentioned but you should play it if you can.
As always there is a numerical and an alphabetical list. I have taken some liberties with names to get series games together on the alphabetical list, and because of some personal prejudices; I refuse to call the Schizm games Mysterious Journey 1 and 2, and Beyond the Beyond of Atlantis 2 Too (or whatever its called) is too [blip] confusing.
Alternate names are listed where I could, as are full names wherever possible. Errors are all my own.
All the games must be worth playing – they were mentioned by somebody from among all the games they have played. Given they keep releasing new ones I fear I will never catch up, but I only have myself to blame if I play a dud.
Happy playing