The List for 2012
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06/08/12 07:31 PM
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And we're off! For all those new boomers, and for the rest of us a year older, its that time where we answer the question for a newbie player "If I want to play an adventure game, what would you recommend". Playability is the key. Your oldie but completely impossible to get going on a modern machine favourite game might therefore not make the list, and variety might dictate that not every Myst clone should be included. But in the end its up to you - if you think a game you have played is worth recommending to someone else to play, you can put it on your list. But only if its an adventure game. We know what they are (Quake no, Monkey Island yes) and there is some latitude for those fuzzy round the edges games that are hard to define. There are some rules though, but first an announcement. For the last few years, The Lost Crown has topped the list and its always done well since its release. We have therefore decided that it is worthy of a spot in the Hall of Fame This has consequence, which brings us back to the rules: 1. Games in our Hall of Fame are ineligible, on the basis that we know they are worth playing else why would they be in there. Votes for those games won't be counted. Those games are: Amerzone Black Mirror Dark Fall: The Journal Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within Grim Fandango Longest Journey Lost Crown Myst Riven Sanitarium Syberia Syberia 2 Timelapse Zork Nemesis Zork Grand Inqusitor (being ineligible means you can spread your choices more widely, and we will list the Hall of Fame games alongside this years results when finished). 2. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less. 3. 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. 4. Episodic adventures will be counted as one game, and regardless of where they are up to in the series. These include Sam & Max Season 1, Sam & Max Season 2, Sam and Max - The Devils Playground, Wallace & Grommit, Strong Bad, Casebook, AGON, Tales of Monkey Island, Enter the Story, Back to the Future, City of Secrets, Adams Venture and Dream Machine. 5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game. 6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game. 7. Directors cuts and Special Releases will be counted as the same game. 8. Adventure games only (Dark Side games and Casual games get their own lists). 9. PC games please (although if you sneak a console game in I won't tell) If at all possible, please list in alphabetical order - it makes counting so much easier. In doing so, ignore "the" (so The Dark Eye would be under "D" for Dark) The thread stays open for about 3 weeks, and I will post updates as we go. Also, avoid editiing your lists after posting because Chief and I count as we go, and may miss a change. Batter up!
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Re: The List for 2012
[Re: flotsam]
#814251
06/08/12 08:56 PM
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1-Amber's Blood, A Carol Reed's Game
2-Black Mirror 3
3-Botanicula
4-Conspiracies 2, Lethal Networks
5-Dark Fall, Lights Out
6-Dark Fall, Lost Souls
7-J.U.L.I.A.
8-Myst 3 Exile
9-Nibiru
10-Rhiannon
11-Schizm-Mysterious Journey
12-Scratches
13-Sentinels Descendants in Time
14-Sherlock Holmes VS Arsene Lupin
15-Sherlock Holmes VS Jack The Ripper
16-Silver Lining
17-Still Life
18-Still Life 2
19- URU
20-Yoomurjak's Ring
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/08/12 09:28 PM
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Black Mirror 2 Book of Unwritten Tales Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Dracula: The Last Sanctuary Dracula: Origin Dracula: Resurrection Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Jack Keane Jolly Rover Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Lost Horizon Next Big Thing Post Mortem Sherlock Holmes: Awakened, The Sherlock Holmes: vs Arsene Lupin Sherlock Holmes: vs Jack the Ripper Tale of a Hero And as usual, thank you, flotsam & Chief for doing this. Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/08/12 11:52 PM
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Thanks for this opportunity again, flotsam and Chief !! GOG has tweaked some wonderful oldies to make them available for play on modern machines so my list includes several of them as I feel they are definitely "worthy" Art of Murder II : Hunt for the Puppeteer Black Circle [Carol Reed] Black Dahlia Book of Unwritten Tales Broken Sword Dig [The] Dragonsphere [GOG] Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers [GOG] Goin’ Downtown Journeyman Project 3 : Legacy of Time [GOG] King's Quest 6 [GOG] Lost Horizon Monkey Island Special Edition Phantasmagoria [GOG] Post Mortem Return to Zork [GOG] Simon the Sorcerer [GOG] Scratches Sherlock Holmes : The Awakened Torin’s Passage [GOG]
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 01:22 AM
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Book of Unwritten Tales, The Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Culpa Innata Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Edna and Harvey: The Breakout Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of Sacred, Blood of the Damned Goin' Downtown Gray Matter King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Lost Horizon Moment of Silence, The Overclocked Runaway: A Road Adventure Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate Silver Lining, The So Blonde Still Life Tale of a Hero flotsam and Chief.
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: The List for 2012
[Re: flotsam]
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06/09/12 02:08 AM
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7th Guest Anchorhead Barrow Hill Beneath a Steel Sky Bureaucracy Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Curses Day of the Tentacle Death Gate Discworld Gabriel Knight 1 Gobliiins Journeyman Project 3 Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Serrated Scalpel Riddle of Master Lu Sam & Max Hit The Road Secret of Monkey Island Star Trek Judgment Rites Yoomurjak's Ring
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Re: The List for 2012
[Re: flotsam]
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06/09/12 03:14 AM
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Never heard of Anchorhead wincey - looks intriguing so I am already in front!!
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 09:29 AM
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Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None Black Mirror II Culpa Innata Dear Esther Dracula: Origin Dracula: Resurrection Dreamfall Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Lost Horizon Moment of Silence Return to Mysterious Island Safecracker 2006 Scratches Secret Files: Tunguska Secrets of Da Vinci Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (aka Nemesis) Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper Still Life Yes, I snuck Dear Esther onto my list. Thanks flotsam and Chief for all of your hard work on this.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 09:44 AM
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Never heard of Anchorhead wincey - looks intriguing so I am already in front!! It's a really good game, great atmosphere. Though it looks like I'm alone in liking text adventures around here! I forgot about this one. Pity we couldn't have 21 games, it would have made my list for sure!
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 02:52 PM
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Thanks flotsam and Chief Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer Black Mirror 2 Black Mirror 3 Dracula Origin Post Mortem Scratches Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened Sherlock Holmes - Case of the Silver Earring Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper Secret Files: Puritas Cordis Secret Files: Tunguska Syberia Syberia 2
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 04:43 PM
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 06:14 PM
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Remember to double check the Hall of Fame games in flotsam's first post of the thread before placing your votes, everyone. I'm noticing a few games pop up which aren't eligible for voting!
"Bleat, Watson -- unmitigated bleat!" ~ Sherlock Holmes
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/09/12 06:20 PM
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and if I may add, please don't forget to post your list in alphabetical order. It's a big help when you do. Chief
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 03:16 AM
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It's really amazing how world forgot about Legend Entertainment games :\ So I'll make a short list of their games that are a must play. All the other games are already listed. Let's get started. 1. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (works in DosBox) 2. Mission Critical (works in DosBox) 3. Death Gate (works in DosBox) 4. Superhero League of Hoboken (works in DosBox) 5. Sword of Shannara (works in DosBox) 6. Every other, older game from Legend Entertainment (works in DosBox) 7. Indiana Jones and the fate of the Atlantis (works in DosBox or you can buy it on Steam) 8. Grim Fandango 9. Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition 10. Secret of Monkey Island 2 Special Edition ----------------------------- For more info on Legend Entertainment visit: Legend Entertainment History
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 10:31 AM
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It's really amazing how world forgot about Legend Entertainment games :\ So I'll make a short list of their games that are a must play. Hi sijacki, The Annual List isn't about games that are worthy and forgotten, though, it's about games that we'd recommend to other gamers because we've played them and like them and wouldn't mind seeing some of them in the Hall of Fame! Wow! I keep saying to myself, GK: Sins of the Fathers hasn't made the Hall of Fame yet! So I keep on voting for it. Hope springs eternal! Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 10:46 AM
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A Vampyre Story Barrow Hill Botanicula Dracula, Resurrection Dracula, The Last Sanctuary Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (me too, Gil!) Keepsake Machinarium Scratches The Book of Unwritten Tales
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 01:04 PM
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- 7th Guest (GOG or DotEMU version)
- Aura (DotEMU version)
- Atlantis 2 (aka Beyond Atlantis)
- Book of Unwritten Tales
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (GOG or DotEMU version)
- Lost Horizon
- Moment of Silence
- Morpheus
- Myst 3: Exile
- Obsidian
- Return to Mysterious Island
- RHEM 2
- Riddle of the Sphinx
- Safecracker 2006
- Schizm (aka Schizm: Mysterious Journey)
- (The) Secret of Monkey Island (original version in ScummVM or original version in LucasArts version that's updated to run on newer systems)
- Sentinel: Descendents in Time (aka Realms of Illusion)
- Shivers
- Still Life
- Uru
Some of these (like Morpheus, Obsidian, and Shivers) might have to be played inside Virtual PC on 64-bit Windows 7. But a newbie to gaming isn't necessarily a newbie to running Virtual Machines, so I'm including these games anyway. I'd like to have included Schizm 2, but it had that problem with saving in the elevator level causing a dead end. Though I love all the RHEM games, I'm just including my favorite, RHEM 2, which was the "easiest" for me overall (not that any of them were easy).
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 02:15 PM
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That is a very high recommendation indeed, and before it's even out yet! Are you sure you're not the voodoo lady? Wincey, I wish I was. That would be cool. I could cure all ailments. I would be known as the first person who found a cure for AIDS, and it would be a simple recipe: crocodile tongues, snake's venom, a toenail from an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend and Evian water. A voodoo lady needs a sponsor. The cost of living isn't cheap you know. Unfortunately, I'm not. I've just looked at the screenshots and the trailers, and I thought it looked like a great game. I'm going to get it off of Gamersgate when it comes out. It's the only place I know of that already has it for pre-order. http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DECS/the-dark-eye-chains-of-satinav
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 04:40 PM
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The Annual List isn't about games that are worthy and forgotten, though, it's about games that we'd recommend to other gamers because we've played them and like them and wouldn't mind seeing some of them in the Hall of Fame! Wow! I keep saying to myself, GK: Sins of the Fathers hasn't made the Hall of Fame yet! So I keep on voting for it. Hope springs eternal! Gil. I know, I know. I recommend them with all my hearth GK1, yeah I almost forgot about that game. Truly on of the best and hardest I've played.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 04:57 PM
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Is Dreamfall: The Longest Journey considered part of the Hall of Fame? Or just the original Longest Journey? TIA, Karen Just the original. Ana
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 05:40 PM
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Wow! I keep saying to myself, GK: Sins of the Fathers hasn't made the Hall of Fame yet! I agree, and I think the same about Obsidian -- another unique and amazing game. But GK1 is probably easier to get now that GOG and DotEMU both have DRM-free versions, updated to run on newer computers, available to download.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 07:22 PM
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About a dozen games with 5 or more votes so far, and all the recent Sherlocks seem to be doing well. Isabelle is clearly biding its time.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 10:43 PM
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The basis for the Hall of fame is here We decided to add Lost Crown this year as even though it doesn't have the longevity of some games, it has been top of the List the last two years and has only ever had Hall of Fame games finish in front of it. We debated waiting another year, but agreed it was a worthy entrant despite its "newness". Not sure what you mean by a compilation, but as the counter and compiler with Chief my initial reaction is
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/10/12 11:15 PM
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Not sure what you mean by a compilation, but as the counter and compiler with Chief my initial reaction is I just fainted and I don't even do it. Maybe a look at the Annual Games Recommendations in the Archives could sub for a (shudder) compilation. Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/14/12 02:25 AM
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Thanks for this annual list!
1. Alfred Hitchcock: The Final Cut 2. Black Dahlia 3. Darkness Within 4. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father 5. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred 6. Hero's Quest 7. Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra 8. Overclocked 9. Phantasmagoria 10. Phantasmagoria: Puzzle of Flesh 11. Post Mortem 12. Shadow of Destiny/Shadow of Memories 13. Sherlock Holmes vs. Arsene Lupin 14. Still Life 15. Tex Murphy: A Killing Moon
Currently playing "Dark Fall: The Journal" and "Phantasmagoria 2: Puzzle of Flesh".
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/14/12 06:35 AM
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There are already two sequels of the Jonathan Hunt Adventures, but in printed books:) They were published in Hungarian. Yoomurjak's Ring is the first one (the novel was based on the game) and the second is titled The Devil's Stone (none of them have been tranlsated yet, maybe some time...) And the second game is planned, based on this novel, so let's hope everything goes well!
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Re: The List for 2012
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Hello-o-o! Are my games going to win by default? Where is everybody? Not that I object, mind you. Gil.
"Best not to think about it. I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought."
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Re: The List for 2012
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/14/12 04:55 PM
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Re: The List for 2012
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" Thorsgoats" I love your handle! Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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@Space Quest, I should have voted for The Dig as well. I've been playing it for the past few days, and I love it! I'm a few years late on that, I know. Oh, well, next year. @Thorsgoats, that is an excellent quote you have there.
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/14/12 06:13 PM
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Not a lot of change from last year I'm afraid, I didn't have much time to play recently: Amber's Blood Barrow Hill Belief & Betrayal (Jonathan Danter) Darkfall Lights Out Darkfall - Lost Souls Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon GK: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned GK:Sins of the fathers King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride King's quest VIII mask of eternity Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate Rhiannon Scratches Sentinel Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Still Life The Book of unwritten Tales Yoomujak's Ring Thanks Flotsam for all your hard work making the list
Carla “Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”
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Re: The List for 2012
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Thanks flotsam and Chief for doing this. 01. Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis): Your Journey Awaits 02. Atlantis 3 (Beyond Atlantis 2): New Worlds Await You 03. Aura 1: The Fate of Ages 04. Broken Sword 1: Circle of Blood (Shadow of the Templars) 05. Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 06. Carol Reed 7: Blue Madonna 07. Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers 08. Legand of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends 09. Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir 10. Lighthouse: The Dark Being 11. Loom 12. Monkey Island 1, Secret of 13. Myst III: Exile 14. Myst IV: Revelation 15. Myst V: End of Ages 16. Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm 17. Omega Stone, the (ROTS 2) 18. Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches 19. Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure 20. Still Life 1 I hope some of these make it to the Hall of Fame for next year, to free up some spots for me.
Wouldn't that jar your mustard!
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Re: The List for 2012
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@Space Quest, I should have voted for The Dig as well. I've been playing it for the past few days, and I love it! I'm a few years late on that, I know. Venus, I remember when it first game out I thought the graphics and music were as good as it gets.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Just logged on and clearly better get back to counting. I give fair warning though that if Esther thinks she is ending up in front of everyones favourite girly named game, I may have to do something dastardly!
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Re: The List for 2012
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Thank you.
Also- I ask/propose that out of all the casual games- doesn't Escape from Ravenhearst approach adventure status?
I will return to list making now, Karen
Originally Posted By: gamern Is Dreamfall: The Longest Journey considered part of the Hall of Fame?
Just the original.
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Re: The List for 2012
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06/16/12 02:38 PM
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gamern, the casuals gave their own list in January. The MCF series is certainly a favorite amongst the casual crowd. Ana
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Re: The List for 2012
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I might indeed Mad! Fifty five games already mentioned that weren't on the list last year, some old some new. Games with more than 10 votes are GK1, Lost Horizon and Still Life. Games with more than five include Black Mirror 2 and 3, Hunt for the Puppeteer, Gray Matter, Dracula Origin, Monkey Isalnd 1, Secret FIles 1 and 2 and several of the Sherlocks. Edna Julia Carol Agatha and Esther are on the list but Nancy (and Isabelle) still to feature. 7 15 and 11 are on, but 3 9 15 and 80 not yet mentioned. All letters of the alphabet represented except for X.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Well here's mine.
15 Days Alter Ego Art of Murder Belief and Betrayal Black Mirror Broken Sword Gray Matter Kings Quest 6 Legend of Kyrandia 2 Lost Horizon Moment of Silence Next Life Nibiru Pandora Directive Phantasmagoria Post Mortem Runaway Secret Files Tunguska Still Life So Blond
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Re: The List for 2012
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Ankh1 Aura Book of Unwritten Tales Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon Destination Treasure Island Dracula Origin Dreamfall ECHO Egyptian Prophecy Faust: The Seven Games of Soul Legend of the Prophet & Assassin Mysterious Journey (Schizm) Paradise Return to Mysterious Island Rhem 3 Riddle of the Sphinx Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper Still Life 2 Yoomujak's Ring flotsam and Chief!
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Re: The List for 2012
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1. Alter Ego 2. Amber's Blood 3. Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok 4. Barrow Hill 5. Blue Madonna 6. Carte Blanche 7. Dark Eye 8. Dead Reefs 9. Martin Mystere 10. Memento Mori 11. Outcry 12. Rhiannon 13. Salammbo 14. Sherlock Holmes Nemesis 15. Sinking Island 16. The Colour of Murder 17. The Secrets of Da Vinci 18. Then There Were None 19. Still Life 2 20. Zelenhgorm
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Re: The List for 2012
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Amber: Journeys Beyond Blade Runner The Blackstone Chronicles The Colonel's Bequest The Dame Was Loaded The Dark Eye Discworld Noir Dreamfall Kings Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Kings Quest V Kings Quest VII: The Mask of Eternity Leisure Suit Larry I: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island Morpheus Police Quest I: In Pursuit of the Death Angel Police Quest IV: Open Season Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive Tex Murphy: The Overseer Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
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Re: The List for 2012
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Agon: They Mysterious Codex Alida Amber: Journeys Beyond Beyond Atlantis Botanicula The Dig The Feeble Files Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Lighthouse: The Dark Being Machinarium Morpheus Myst 3: Exile Myst 4: Revelation Obsidian Rhem 3: The Secret Library Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments Riddle of the Sphinx The Space Bar Starship Titanic Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
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Re: The List for 2012
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Sorry, had some technology problems. Am up to here and its about half way through.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Great - really like lists like this, you get so much input too...
1) Alpha Polaris 2) Bad Mojo 3) Blackstone Chronicles 4) Cameron Files - Secret at Loch Ness 5) Darkness Within - Pursuit of Loath Nolder 6) Faust - Seven Games of the Soul 7) Filmmaker 8) Ghost in the Sheet 9) I have No Mouth and I Must Scream 10) Jack Keane 11) Jazz and Faust 12) Last Half of Darkness - Tomb of Zojir 13) Martin Mystere 14) Midnight Nowhere 15) Morpheus 16) Neverhood 17) Obsidian 18) Perry Rhodan 19) So Blonde 20) Yoomurjak's Ring
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Re: The List for 2012
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Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred Lighthouse: The Dark Being Morpheus Myst Exile Rhem Rhem 2 Rhem 3 Shivers Shivers 2 Uru Thanks for all your work in compiling this list
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Re: The List for 2012
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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Anacapri the Dream Barrow Hill Culpa Innata Darkfall Lights Out Dreamfall Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Journey to the Center of the Earth The Last Express Memento Mori Murder in the Abbey Next Life Obsidian Overclocked Post Mortem Scratches Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper Still Life Tex Murphy Overseer Yoormurjak's Ring
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Re: The List for 2012
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Re: The List for 2012
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So difficult when there are so many wonderful older games....but will include a couple newer ones. Alida Broken Sword -- Shadow of the Templars Dreamfall -- The Longest Journey GK -- Sins of the Fathers Lost Horizon Machinarium Moment of Silence Nibiru Overclocked Rhem Rhem II Rehm III Rehm IV Rhiannon Uru et al Thank you Flotsam .
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Re: The List for 2012
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Anacapri And then there were none Aura Black Mirror 2 Black Mirror 3 Broken Sword 1 Byzantine, the Betrayal Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Discworld 2 Discworld Noir Echo, secrets of the lost cavern Filmmaker Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin Overclocked Pandora Directive Sacred Rings (Aura 2) Scratches Sentinel Shivers Titanic: adventure out of time
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Re: The List for 2012
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1. Ankh 1 2. Barrow Hill 3. Blackstone Chronicles 4. Botanicula 5. Dracula Origins 6. Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island 7. Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirits Eye 8. Last Half of Darkness: Shadow of the Servants 9. Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir 10. Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon 11.Machinarium 12. Moment of silence, The 13. Nibiru 14. Paradise 15. Runaway A Road Adventure 16. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate 17. Secret Files 1: Tunguska 18. Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis 19. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 20. Tales of Monkey Island Thanks flotsam and Chief! Ana
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Re: The List for 2012
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You made me laugh, HandsFree. I boggled at that, too. Here it is. Soviet Unterzoegersdorf Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Still no Isabelle if I was the sulky type I would refuse to publish the results Sorry, Flotsam, but there's no Mac version for me to play.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Actually, I just checked the rules and it doesn't say you can't recommend the same game more than once - so guess what that means I will post the results in the morning!
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Re: The List for 2012
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ok here is mine
Alida Byzantine Blackstone Chronicles Black Dahlia Dreamfall Faust Isabelle LHOD - Tomb of Zojir Loom Machinarium Morpheus Mysterious Journey Schizm The NEXT Big Thing The Neverhood Outcry Perry Rhodan RHEM Sentinel Still Life Yoormujaks Ring
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Re: The List for 2012
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Actually, I just checked the rules and it doesn't say you can't recommend the same game more than once - so guess what that means Twenty votes for Isabelle? She waltzes into the Hall of Fame? Gil.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Hi all, Another year, a new list, and a very first (and nothing to do with Isabelle)! It doesn’t get much closer than the final result. I still haven’t played one of them so perhaps that would have made the difference. The Sherlocks probably did the best as a group, and some older venerable games are making their way back up the list. Good games just keep on keeping on. Anyway, lets get on with it. As always, two lists follow, one numerical, one alphabetical. I have started the numerical list with the Hall of Fame games, and included the Hall of Fame games in the alphabetical list. They are marked **. I have used full as well as alternate titles where I have known them, and in the numeric list, I have tried to use actual titles, the games on my shelf having the final say (including those that are numbered). It isn’t perfect, but what is. I have taken some liberties with names in the alphabetical list to get series together where possible. It wasn’t always possible, so on a couple of occasions I have marked a game as a sequel. As I did last year, I have numbered the series games to assist people with the order in which they were developed. They may not be sequels, just additional games in a series. It can get confusing - there are a number of Dracula games, some in a series and some not. Ditto some others. Fan games complicate things a little further. Hopefully it is reasonably clear. Thanks to Chief who verified the count, and if errors remain, they are all mine.
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Re: The List for 2012
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** AmerZone: The Explorer’s Legacy ** Black Mirror ** Dark Fall: The Journal ** Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within ** Grim Fandango ** The Longest Journey **The Lost Crown ** Myst/RealMyst ** Riven ** Sanitarium ** Syberia ** Syberia 2 ** Timelapse ** Zork Grand Inquisitor ** Zork Nemesis
16 Dreamfall 16 Lost Horizon 16 Still Life
15 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 15 Secret Files: Tunguska
14 Gray Matter 14 Yoomurjak's Ring
13 Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 13 Scratches
12 Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin
11 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle 11 Black Mirror 2 11 Book of Unwritten Tales 11 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 11 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 11 Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
10 Culpa Innata 10 Dracula: Origin 10 Moment of Silence
9 Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir 9 Machinarium 9 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis 9 Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
8 Carol Reed: Ambers Blood 8 Dark Fall: Lights Out 8 Morpheus 8 Myst 3: Exile 8 Overclocked: A History of Violence 8 Post Mortem
7 Black Mirror 3 7 Dark Fall: Lost Souls 7 Monkey Island: The Secret of Monkey Island 7 Myst: Uru Chronicles 7 Nibiru 7 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches 7 Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure 7 Runaway: A Road Adventure 7 Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
6 Alida: The Enigmatic Giant 6 Amber: Journeys Beyond 6 Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer 6 Aura: Fate of the Ages 6 Black Dahlia 6 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 6 Carol Reed: Black Circle 6 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 6 Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon 6 Memento Mori 6 Mysterious Journey: Schizm 6 Obsidian 6 Return to Mysterious Island 6 Rhem 6 Rhem 3: The Secret Library 6 Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring
5 Anacapri: The Dream 5 Atlantis: Beyond Atlantis 5 Blackstone Chronicles 5 Botanicula 5 The Dig 5 Keepsake 5 Lighthouse: The Dark Being 5 The NEXT Big Thing 5 Paradise 5 Phantasmagoria: A New Nightmare 5 Rhem 2: The Cave 5 Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion 5 Shivers 5 Titanic: Adventure out of Time
4 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None 4 Alter Ego 4 Ankh: Reverse the Curse 4 Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder 4 Discworld 4 Dracula: Resurrection 4 Faust: Seven Games of the Soul 4 Jack Keane 4 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 4 Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye 4 Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends 4 Loom 4 Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle 4 The Curse of Monkey Island 4 Myst 4: Revelation 4 The Neverhood 4 Outcry/Sublustrum 4 Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments 4 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate 4 Simon the Sorcerer 4 So Blonde 4 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
3 7th Guest 3 15 Days 3 80 Days 3 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express 3 AGON: The Mysterious Codex (episodic) 3 Ankh: Heart of Osiris 3 Aura 2: The Sacred Rings 3 Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok 3 Belief and Betrayal 3 Byzantine: The Betrayal 3 Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon 3 Carol Reed: Blue Madoona 3 Destination Treasure Island 3 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites 3 Discworld 3: Noir 3 Dracula: The Last Sanctuary 3 Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern 3 Edna and Harvey: The Breakout 3 The Filmmaker 3 Goin’ Downtown 3 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 3 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride 3 Martin Mystere: Operation Dorian Grey/Crime Stories 3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge 3 Myst 5: End of Ages 3 Next Life 3 Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy 3 Perry Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim/ Immortals of Terra 3 Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of the Flesh 3 Riddle of the Sphinx 2: The Omega Stone 3 Sinking Island 3 Still Life 2
2 Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun, Atlantis 3: The New World , Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, Ceville, Conspiracies 2: Lethal Networks, The Dark Eye, Dear Esther, Death Gate, Dragonsphere, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Jolly Rover, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella, Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate, Mission Critical, Monkey Island: Tales of Monkey Island (episodic), Murder in the Abbey/ The Abbey, Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, Safecracker 2006, Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy, Shadow of Destiny/Shadow of Memories, Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe, Tale of a Hero, Tex Murphy: Overseer, The Whispered World
1 5 Magical Amulets, 11th Hour, A Quiet Weekend in Capri, Adam’s Venture (episodic), Alfred Hitchcock: The Final Cut, Alpha Polaris, Apprentice, The Arrangement, Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, Atlantis Evolutions, Atlantis: The Lost Tales, Bad Mojo, Ballads of Remus: When the Bed Bites, Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator: Deluxe, Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator: Horror at Number 50, Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator: Scourge of the Sea People, Blackwell: Deception, Blackwell: Unbound, Blade Runner, Bone, Broken Sword: The Angel of Death/Secrets of the Ark, Bureaucracy, Byzantine: The Betrayal, Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness, Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle, Carol Reed: Colour of Murder, Carol Reed: East Side Story, Carol Reed: Time Stand Still, Carte Blanche, Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual, City of Secrets, Cleopatra: A Queen’s Destiny/Riddle of the Tomb, Conspiracies, Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting, Crystal Key 2: Evany, CSI: Hard Evidence, CSI: New York, Curses, The Dame Was Loaded, Dark Side of the Moon, Dead Reefs, Diamon Jones: Amulet of the World, Diamon Jones: Eye of the Dragon, Diamonds in the Rough, Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon, The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses, Escape from Monkey Island, Everlight: Of Magic and Power, Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, The Feeble Files, Force Majeure 2: The Zone, The Forgotten : It Begins, Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure, Gemini Rue, Ghost in the Sheet, Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria, Gobliins, Golden Gate, Hector: Badge of Carnage, Hero’s Quest, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Isabelle, Jazz & Faust, Journey Down, Journey to Wild Divine: The Passage, Journey to Wild Divine: Wisdom Quest, J.U.L.I.A, Kaptain Braw, Kings Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder, KnightSquire, Labyrinth of Time, Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat, The Last Express, Last Half of Darkness 1: Shadows of the Servants, Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra, The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin, The Legend of Lotus Spring, Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land Lounge Lizards, Leisure Suit Larry 3: In Pursuit of Pulsating Pectorals, Lost in Time, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Serated Scalpel, Midnight Nowhere, Mirage, Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh, Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen, Noir: A Shadowy Thriller, Opera Fatal, Police Quest: Pursuit of the Death Angel, Police Quest 4 : Open Season, Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom, Rama, Reah, Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina’s Fate, Riddle of Master Liu, Salammbo: Battle for Carthage, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (episodic), Sam & Max Hit the Road, Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy, Shivah, Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls, Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens, Soviet Unterzoegersdorf, Space Bar, Starship Titanic, Star Trek Judgment Rites, Superhero League of Hoboken, Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths, Torin’s Passage, To The Moon, Ugly Prince Duckling, Vampyre Story, Voyage/Journey to the Centre of the Moon, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures (episodic), Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders, Zelenhgorm: Legend of the Blue Moon, Zork: Return to Zork
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Re: The List for 2012
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1 5 Magical Amulets 3 7th Guest 1 11th Hour 3 15 Days 3 80 Days
1 A Quiet Weekend in Capri 1 Adam’s Venture (episodic) 4 Agatha Christie 1: And Then There Were None 2 Agatha Christie 3: Evil Under the Sun 3 Agatha Christie 2: Murder on the Orient Express 3 AGON: The Mysterious Codex (episodic) 1 Alfred Hitchcock: The Final Cut 6 Alida: The Enigmatic Giant 1 Alpha Polaris 4 Alter Ego 6 Amber: Journeys Beyond ** AmerZone: The Explorer’s Legacy 5 Anacapri: The Dream (sequel to Quiet Weekend in Capri) 4 Ankh 1: Reverse the Curse 3 Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris 1 Apprentice 1 Arrangement, The 1 Art of Murder 1: FBI Confidential 6 Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the Puppeteer 1 Atlantis Evolutions 1 Atlantis 1: The Lost Tales 5 Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis 2 Atlantis 3: The New World 6 Aura 1: Fate of the Ages 3 Aura 2: The Sacred Rings
1 Bad Mojo 1 Ballads of Remus: When the Bed Bites 3 Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok 11 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle 3 Belief and Betrayal 2 Beneath a Steel Sky 1 Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator 1: Deluxe 1 Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator 4: Horror at Number 50 1 Ben Jordan Paranormal Investigator 6: Scourge of the Sea People 6 Black Dahlia ** Black Mirror 11 Black Mirror 2 7 Black Mirror 3 5 Blackstone Chronicles 1 Blackwell 4: Deception 1 Blackwell 2: Unbound 1 Blade Runner 11 Book of Unwritten Tales 1 Bone 5 Botanicula 13 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 6 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 2 Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon 1 Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death/Secrets of the Ark 1 Bureaucracy 2 Byzantine: The Betrayal
3 Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon 1 Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness 1 Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle 8 Carol Reed 8: Ambers Blood 6 Carol Reed 6: Black Circle 3 Carol Reed 7: Blue Madoona 1 Carol Reed 5: Colour of Murder 1 Carol Reed 4: East Side Story 1 Carol Reed 3: Time Stand Still 1 Carte Blanche 2 Ceville 1 Chronicles of Mystery 1: The Scorpio Ritual 1 City of Secrets 1 Cleopatra: A Queen’s Destiny/Riddle of the Tomb 1 Conspiracies 1 2 Conspiracies 2: Lethal Networks 1 Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting 1 Crystal Key 2: Evany 1 CSI: Hard Evidence 1 CSI: New York 10 Culpa Innata 1 Curses
1 Dame Was Loaded, The 2 Dark Eye, The ** Dark Fall 1: The Journal 8 Dark Fall 2: Lights Out 7 Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls 1 Dark Side of the Moon 4 Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder 1 Dead Reefs 2 Dear Esther 2 Death Gate 3 Destination Treasure Island 1 Diamon Jones: Amulet of the World 1 Diamon Jones: Eye of the Dragon 1 Diamonds in the Rough 5 Dig, The 4 Discworld 1 3 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites 3 Discworld 3: Noir 10 Dracula: Origin 4 Dracula 1: Resurrection 3 Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary 1 Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon 2 Dragonsphere
3 Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern 3 Edna and Harvey: The Breakout 1 Egypt 3: The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses 1 Everlight: Of Magic and Power
1 Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy 4 Faust: Seven Games of the Soul 1 Feeble Files 3 Filmmaker, The 1 Force Majeure 2: The Zone 1 Forgotten : It Begins
15 Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers ** Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 11 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 1 Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure 1 Gemini Rue 1 Ghost in the Sheet 2 Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island 1 Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria 1 Gobliins 3 Goin’ Downtown 1 Golden Gate 14 Gray Matter ** Grim Fandango
1 Hector: Badge of Carnage 1 Hero’s Quest
1 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream 3 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1 Isabelle
4 Jack Keane 1 Jazz & Faust 2 Jolly Rover 1 Journey Down 2 Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1 Journey to Wild Divine: The Passage 1 Journey to Wild Divine: Wisdom Quest 6 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 1 J.U.L.I.A
1 Kaptain Braw 5 Keepsake 2 Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella 1 Kings Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder 4 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 3 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride 2 Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity 1 KnightSquire
1 Labyrinth of Time 1 Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat 1 Last Express, The 1Last Half of Darkness 1: Shadows of the Servants 4 Last Half of Darkness 2: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye 9 Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir 6 Last Half of Darkness 4: Society of the Serpent Moon 1 Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra 4 Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends 2 Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate 1 Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin 1 Legend of Lotus Spring 1 Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land Lounge Lizards 1 Leisure Suit Larry 3: In Pursuit of Pulsating Pectorals 5 Lighthouse: The Dark Being ** Longest Journey, The 16 Longest Journey 2: Dreamfall 4 Loom ** Lost Crown, The 16 Lost Horizon 1 Lost in Time 1 The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Serated Scalpel
9 Machinarium 4 Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle 3 Martin Mystere: Operation Dorian Grey/Crime Stories 6 Memento Mori 1 Midnight Nowhere 1 Mirage 2 Mission Critical 10 Moment of Silence 7 Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island 3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge 4 Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island 2 Monkey Island: Tales of Monkey Island (episodic) 8 Morpheus 1 Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh 2 Murder in the Abbey/ The Abbey ** Myst/RealMyst ** Myst 2: Riven 8 Myst 3: Exile 4 Myst 4: Revelation 3 Myst 5: End of Ages 7 Myst: Uru Chronicles 6 Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm
1 Nancy Drew 7: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake 2 Nancy Drew 26: Tomb of the Lost Queen 4 Neverhood 5 NEXT Big Thing, The 3 Next Life 7 Nibiru 1 Noir: A Shadowy Thriller 3 Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy
6 Obsidian 1 Opera Fatal 4 Outcry/Sublustrum 8 Overclocked: A History of Violence
5 Paradise 3 Perry Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim/ Immortals of Terra 5 Phantasmagoria 1: A New Nightmare 3 Phantasmagoria 2: Puzzle of the Flesh 1 Police Quest 1: Pursuit of the Death Angel 1 Police Quest 4 : Open Season 8 Post Mortem
1 Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom
1 Rama 1 Reah 6 Return to Mysterious Island 1 Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina’s Fate 6 Rhem 1 5 Rhem 2: The Cave 6 Rhem 3: The Secret Library 4 Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments 7 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches 1 Riddle of Master Liu 7 Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure 3 Riddle of the Sphinx 2: The Omega Stone 7 Runaway 1: A Road Adventure 2 Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle 4 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
2 Safecracker 2006 1 Salammbo: Battle for Carthage 1 Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (episodic) 1 Sam & Max Hit the Road ** Sanitarium 13 Scratches 15 Secret Files 1: Tunguska 9 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis 2 Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy 7 Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript 5 Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion 2 Shadow of Destiny/Shadow of Memories 1 Sherlock Holmes 1: Mystery of the Mummy 6 Sherlock Holmes 2: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring 11 Sherlock Holmes 3: The Awakened 12 Sherlock Holmes 4: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin 11 Sherlock Holmes 5: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper 1 Shivah 5 Shivers 1 1 Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls 4 Simon the Sorcerer 1 2 Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe 1 Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens 3 Sinking Island 4 So Blonde 1 Soviet Unterzoegersdorf 1 Space Bar 1 Starship Titanic 1 Star Trek Judgment Rites 16 Still Life 1 (sequel to Post Mortem) 3 Still Life 2 1 Superhero League of Hoboken ** Syberia 1 ** Syberia 2
2 Tale of a Hero 4 Tex Murphy 3: Under a Killing Moon 9 Tex Murphy 4: Pandora Directive 2 Tex Murphy 5: Overseer ** Timelapse 5 Titanic: Adventure out of Time 1 Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths 1 Torin’s Passage 1 To The Moon
1 Ugly Prince Duckling
1 Vampyre Story 1 Voyage/Journey to the Centre of the Moon
1 Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures (episodic) 2 Whispered World, The
14 Yoomurjak's Ring
1 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders 1 Zelenhgorm: Legend of the Blue Moon ** Zork Grand Inquisitor ** Zork Nemesis 1 Zork: Return to Zork
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Re: The List for 2012
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07/08/12 06:01 PM
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Thanks, flotsam and Chief! Interesting results as always.
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Re: The List for 2012
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07/08/12 07:28 PM
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Thanks Flotsam for all your work.
I did notice that you have listed Blackstone Chronicles twice in the first list. One with 6 votes and one with 4. Does that mean it has 10? Then in the second, alphabetical, list it has 5.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Thanks so much, flotsam and Chief, for all your hard work Don't know how on earth you manage to squeeze it in !! [Certainly flotsam - with Isabelle so constantly in the background !! ] Anyway, it's always really interesting to study the results
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Re: The List for 2012
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Apologies for the errors. Its tricky counting as you go and then compiling a final numerical list. With all the cutting and pasting and moving things about, it hurts my (somewhat elderly) brain. Plus I have to look twice to make sure people didn't really mean to vote for Isabelle I will remedy the list asap.
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Re: The List for 2012
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Apologies for the errors. Its tricky counting as you go and then compiling a final numerical list. With all the cutting and pasting and moving things about, it hurts my (somewhat elderly) brain. Plus I have to look twice to make sure people didn't really mean to vote for Isabelle I will remedy the list asap. No apologies necessary Flotsam. I can only imagine how tricky and time consuming trying to keep a list like this straight is. I don't think I could have the patience to do what you seem to do so well. It could be worse...like if all of the over 7800 registered members here at GameBoomers gave you their top twenty lists.
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Re: The List for 2012
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flotsam, I cannot believe how much work you put into this list every year. Thank you, so much! And thanks to you, too, Chief! Gil.
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