2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Here tis - game recommendation time. The purpose of this thread is to compile a list of recommended games that those of us who haven’t played every adventure game can use to help determine what to play next. I first came to Gameboomers to get information on what games were out there and which of them were worth playing, and it is still a popular topic on the discussion board. Hopefully this list will help provide that information, based on the collective wisdom of us all. It is not strictly a favourites list, although most of your recommendations will be your favourite games. The critical thing is whether you would recommend it to someone who asked “please give me a list of good adventure games to play”. Tastes differ, so the list will cover all types of adventure games. The final list will be linked to reviews, so that someone who knows they like Tex Murphy can use the reviews to find similar games from the list. It will also be linked to a walkthru. I will do a numerical list and an alphabetical list like last year, and with help from the Mac-ers it will indicate which games can be played on their tangerine machines. The list is for adventure games, and without getting into definitions I think we know one when we see one. Rules are simple: 1. You can recommend a maximum 15 games (you can of course recommend less) 2. You cannot recommend a series with a single recommendation (if you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, you will need to list them separately). 3. Myst and RealMyst will be treated as being the same game. We will keep the thread open for 3 weeks, and I will provide intermittent updates. So without further ado, here is my list: Riven The Longest Journey GK2; The Beast Within Myst III: Exile Morpheus Byzantine Zork Nemesis Faust Ring Dracula; The Last Sanctuary Outcast The Neverhood Black Dahlia The Dark Eye Blackstone Chronicles Have fun flotsam [This message has been edited by flotsam (edited 06-20-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/01/01 03:56 PM
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Riven (Win & Mac) Riddle of The Sphinx (Win & Mac) Myst III Exile (Win & Mac) Shivers (Win & Mac) Beyond Atlantis (Mac coming soon) Zork Nemesis (Win & Mac) Morpheus (Win & Mac) Obsidian (Win & Mac) Timelapse (Win & Mac) Amber: Journeys Beyond (Win & Mac) The Castle (Mac Only) Lighthouse (Win & Mac) Gabriel Knight: The Best Within Amerzone Faust Hmmmm.....do you see a pattern there?...
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Well, I'm gonna assume that there's no age limit, so here it is: Atlantis: The Lost Tales Exile Indiana Jones and the Fates of Atlantis Jewels of the Oracle Lighthouse Monkey Island: Revenge of LeChuck (I think) realMyst Return to Zork Riven SPQR Timelapse Zork Grand Inquisitor Zork Nemesis Zork Zero (the text game) These are practically most of the adventure games I have anyways... oh well! Enjoy! ------------------ Medievia - http://www.medievia.com/ Viscount Choja Honorary Avatar of the Dragon Baron Cagen the Human Lightning Rod "...In life, we seek to understand the purpose, in death, the purpose seeks us out..." [This message has been edited by Magician (edited 06-02-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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I would highly reccomend thefollowing: Tex Murphy "Under A Killing Moon" Tex Murphy "Overseer" Tex Murphy "Pandora Directive" Gabriel Knight "Sins Of The Fathers" The Longest Journey Amber Journey's Beyond Secrets Of The Luxor Myst Disc World Noir Black Delhia Last Express Dracula Unleashed I guess you can see that I am sort of partial to Ole Tex
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/01/01 05:15 PM
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Well.....I can't recommend Myst III since I haven't had a chance to play it yet. Here are my recommendations: Beyond Atlantis Shivers Shivers II Myst Riven King's Quest Six Blackstone Chronicles Dracula: The Last Sanctuary The New Adventures of the Time Machine That's basically it for me! [This message has been edited by mac_attack (edited 06-01-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/01/01 05:32 PM
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I had alot of problems trying to narrow my list to 15 games so I decided to not list older games that don't meet todays graphic standards. In case anybody out there is into older classic games I would suggest Space Quest 1 The Sarien Encounter,SQ2 Vohauls Revenge,SQ3 Pirates of Pestulon,Kings Quest 2 Romancing the Throne,KQ4 Perils of Rosella,and Zac McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I also want to mention the games that couldn't make my top 15 but deserve mention SQ4 Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers,Dracula The Last Sanctuary,Sanitarium,Grim Fandango,Riddle of Master Lu,and The Dig. Well here are my selections: 1.Secret of Monkey Island 2.Monkey Island 2 LeChucks Revenge 3.Curse of Monkey Island 4.Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within 5.Discworld 6.Discworld 2 Mortality Bytes 7.Simon the Sorcerer 8.Simon the Sorcerer 2 The Lion,The Wizard,and the Wardrobe 9.The Longest Journey 10.Kings Quest 7 The Princeless Bride 11.Maniac Mansion 2 Day of the Tentacle 12.Broken Sword Circle of Blood 13.Legend of Kyrandia Book 1 14.Fable 15.Space Quest 5 The Next Mutation
I also wanted to point out that alot of these great games are available from the online game stores for under $10.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/01/01 05:40 PM
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The Longest Journey Bladerunner Grim Fandango King's Quest: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow Broken Sword: Circle of Blood Discworld Amerzone Curse of Monkey Island Amber: Journey Beyond Simon the Sorcerer
That's it for me - I haven't played that many games and these have been my favorites so far.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Here we go in no particular order...
Grim Fandango Curse of Monkey Island Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within Gabriel Knight 3 - Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Sanitarium Nightlong Discworld 2 - Mortality Bytes Dracula Resurrection Phantasmagoria Myst The Longest Journey Amerzone Faust Day of the Tentacle Traitor's Gate
Can't do Myst III since I haven't played it yet. Same with Dracula - Last Sanctuary.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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The Longest Journey Obsidian Myst III:Exile Feeble Files Secret of Monkey Island Monkey Island II:LeChuck's Revenge Curse of Monkey Island Zork Nemesis Lighthouse:The Dark Being The Dig Nightlong Rent A Hero Discworld Bad Mojo Timelapse
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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No particular order as it would be hard with some of these to rate one above the other.
Black Dahlia Sanitarium Tex murphy Pandora Directive Under a Killing Moon Overseer
Gabriel Knight: Beast Within Sins of the Father
Zork: Return to Zork Nemesis Grand Inquisitor
Phantasmagoria and Phantas. 2 Puzzle of the Flesh. Ripper Noctropolis ( might be really hard to find and straight DOS game but worth the attempt, really good)
Blackstone Chronicles
So far Faust and both Broken Sword games (Circle of Blood and Smoking Mirror)look really good but as I haven't finished them I'm hesitant to add to list.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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OK, here's my list of 15. This is fun, to think back over one's whole gaming experience. These are in approximate order of merit. But I've only played about 50 games so there are definitely gaps in my knowledge!
Curse of Monkey Island Escape from Monkey Island Day of the Tentacle Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Grim Fandango Riven Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Broken Sword: The Other One (forgot thename!) Traitor's Gate Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Beyond Atlantis Pandora's Box Myst
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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My 15 must plays (no order): 1. Shivers 2. Shivers 2 3. Cydonia (Lightbringer) 4. Morpheus 5. Faust 6. The Neverhood 7. The Longest Journey 8. Riddle of the Sphinx 9. Grim Fandango 10. Gabriel Knight - Beast Within 11. Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon 12. Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive 13. Cassandra Galleries (deserves mention) 14. Dracula Last Santuary 15. Sanitarium I haven't played many of the more recent games so those aren't on my list but I'm sure will be when I can get them! Of course I have about 20 more games to add but we all have to show self control now & then
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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here is the list of ones i've played and really enjoyed. 1. longest journey 2. gabirel knight 1 3. gabriel kinght 3 4. sanitarium 5. king's quest 6 6. gabriel knight 2 7. nightlong 8. blackstone chronicles 9. king's quest 7 10. silver (i am playing it now) 11. king's quest 5 12. simon the sorcerer 1 13. simon the sorcerer 2 14. pajama sam - all of them 15. spy fox
okay... guilty... i enjoyed playing my daughter's games too. heck, who do you think taught her how to play them! lol
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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I like the idea of listing them in alphabetical order as it is too hard to decide the order of preference, so here goes: (1) Amerzone (2) The Arrival (3) Beyond Atlantis (4) Byzantine (5) Cassandra Galleries (6) Dark Side Of The Moon (7) The Forgotten..It Begins (8) Frankenstein Through The Eyes Of A Monster (9) The Longest Journey (10) The Messenger (11) Myst (12) Rama (13) Riddle of the Sphinx (14) Riven (15) The Sacred Amulet Love,Betty Lou
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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If it were the best 22, this would be easy. Hmmm, how to cut 6 out? I guess I cheated a little here.
Timelapse The Dig Kings Quest VI Kings Quest VII Zork the Grand Inquisitor Amber,Journeys Beyond Myst Riddle of the Sphynix Twinsen's Oddysey Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Longest Journey Any one Tex Murphy Obsidian Shivers Thief 2, The Metal Age
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Boy oh boy, this was really tough for me. I did find out just how many, many games I have started and never finished, so my list isn't very much diff from last year. If that's due to not completing the games, or all the games I DID finish couldn't measure up to the oldies, uuummm ?????????
Journeyman 3-Legacy of Time TimeLapse Zork Nemesis Riven Myst DiscWorld Broken Sword 1 Broken Sword 2 Sanitarium Zork - Grand Inquisitor Atlantis 1 - Lost Tales Legend of Kyrandia 2 Shivers Faust Ring
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Hi there, Over 100 games mentioned already, with almost 30 of them not being on last years list. Some of those are obviously new releases, but "non-new" ones include Rent a Hero, Fable, Secrets of the Luxor, Noctropolis, Dark Seed and Twinsens Odyssey. Most recommended so far is The Longest Journey, with Myst, Riven and GK2 close behind. I am away with work this week so will post the next up-date next weekend.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Dracula Resurrection Dracula The Last Sanctuary GK1
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Not sorted in any order:
Grim Fandango Sanitarium Circle of Blood The Dark Eye Faust The Longest Journey Feeble Files Crusaders Myst 3: Exile Dracula: Resurrection Gabriel Knight 3 Journeyman 3 The Quivering Stupid Invaders
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Gawd this is hard... I simplified the series dilemma by picking IMHO the best of the bunch - figuring if you play one - you'll seek out the rest (I did)
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In no order of preference
1. GK2 - The Beast Within 2. Atlantis 2 3. Journeyman 3 4. The Dig 5. Curse of Monkey Island 6. The Longest Journey 7. Grim Fandango 8. S. Holmes: The Case of The Rose Tattoo 9. Black Dahlia 10. Pandora Directive 11. Zork Grand Inquisitor 12. Circle of Blood/ BS 1 13. Outcast 14. Spycraft (great realism game) 15. Exile (what was I thinking of - I left this off)
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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I haven't (yet) played 15 games I'd recommend, maybe next year? I do have some of your recommendations on my shelves Anyway, here's my list in alphabetical order: Day of the Tentacle Myst Obsidian (haven't finished playing yet but I'll still recommend it) Riven Simon the Sorcerer Simon the Sorcerer 2 Zork Grand Inquisitor Zork Nemesis Wouldn't it be interesting to make a list with all the games we'd never ever recommend to our worst enemys? Pernilla [This message has been edited by pernilla (edited 06-16-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Hi! Here is my list!I even tried to make a good order with the best first IMHO. 1.Riven 2.Black Dahlia 3.Myst 4.Gabriel Knight 2 5.Atlantis 2, Beyond Atlantis 6.Gabriel Knight 3 7.Gabriel Knight 1 8.The Longest Journey 9.Byzantine 10.Broken Sword 2 11.Broken Sword 1 12.Grim Fandango 13.Amerzone 14.Faust 15.Ring Just now I am playing two great games Myst3Exile and Under a Killing Moon.They will both have their places high up on the list after I have finished them. But where? This is difficult!!! Christina
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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My list of favorites:
1-Myst 2-Zork Nemesis 3-Shivers 1 4-Lighthouse 5-Longest Journey 6-Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within 7-Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive 8-Faust 9-Curse of Monkey Island 10-Grim Fandango 11-Morpheus 12-Sanitarium 13-Amber: Journey Beyond 14-Broken Sword: Circle of Blood 15-The Dark Eye
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Man oh Man - I'd have been so happy to see just ONE vote for Cracking the Conspiracy. <G> Well - that's my vote anyway.
And Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island 3...
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Ok...I have to weigh in with this one My all time favs not in any particular order... 1. Myst (it started me on this path of destruction <grin> 2. Riven 3. Exile 4. Journeyman Project 2 5. Journeyman Project 3 6. Rama 7. Timelapse 8. Obsidian 9. Shivers 1 10. Jewels of the Oracle 11. Jewels of the Oracle 2 12. Karma 13. Zork Nemesis 14. Zork Grand Inquisitor 15. 7th Guest I didn't realize how hard it was to narrow my choices down to 15 ...also just realized just HOW MUCH money I have spent over the years Andee ------------------ To Better Days and Happy Endings
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Wow, this one is hard. I guess for me it would be more of the older games. GK1 GK2 Tex Murphey Overseer Curse of MOnkey Island Discworld Noir Kings Quest 6, 7 Fate of Atlantis
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Hi I'm new and have always just read the board but this topic has made me want to post. My favorite list in order is Gabriel Knight2,Secret of Monkey Island,Discworld,Simon the Sorcerer,Kings Quest7,Monkey Island2 LeChuck,Day of the Tenacle,Kyrandia1,Curse of Monkey Island,Dracula Last Sanctuary,Space Quest3,Simon the Sorcerer2,Discworld2,Zak McKracken,and The Longest Journey.
Did anybody else ever play a game called Neuromancer? It was my first game ever.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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Ah, the list: I have been asked to edit my list and not include series so here goes <gumble, grumble> The Pandora Directive Under a Killing Moon Tex Murphy Overseer Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight The Beast Within Gabriel Knight 3 (senior moment) The Dig Realms of the Haunting Dark Side of the Moon DVD Cydonia Shannara Death Gate Mission Critical Zork Grand Inquisitor The Longest Journey If we could do honorable mention and I know we can't I would have chosen these, too. <grining as she's being passive-aggressive> Sherlock Holmes and the Rose Tattoo Ark of Time Timelapse Riddle of the Sphinx The Monkey Island Series Planescape Torment (felt like an adventure) Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Great, great games! [This message has been edited by Debra (edited 06-04-2001).] [This message has been edited by Debra (edited 06-19-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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I'm working on it, I'm working on it - have it down from 30 to 25. Flotsam since some folks didn't list a full 15 - could I borrow their extra slots hummmmmmm?????? Puleeeeeezzzee??????? Gandalf (my favorite Tolkien character), Crookshane, Cannon and Shadow WELCOME TO GAMEBOOMERS[This message has been edited by syd (edited 06-04-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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1. Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 2. Temujin 3. Zork Grand Inquisitor 4. Dark Side of the Moon 5. Nightlong 6. Egypt 2 7. Exile 8. Monkey Island 1 9. Day of the Tentacle 10. Faust
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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These are the some of the ones that stick in my memory, even though I haven’t played some of them in ten years. There are many other worthy candidates mentioned in other’s lists, and some yet unmentioned that I haven’t completed yet.
1. Broken Sword : Circle of Blood 2. Byzantine: The Betrayal 3. The Dig 4. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 5. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within 6. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 7. Grim Fandango This one made me upgrade my video card and buy a new joystick. 8. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis I played the floppy version. The CD version talks now. 9. The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 10. The Longest Journey 11. Monkey Island, The Secret of My first adventure game. Although dated, it will always have an honored space on my game shelf. 12. Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon I bought a new computer to play this one. It was worth it. 13. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive 14. Tex Murphy: OverSeer The first DVD game I know of. 15. Torrin’s Passage
The Tex games are my favorites of all time. I’m also pleased to see that many of the games in my To Play Pile (I’m only a semi-BAAGer, about 25) are somewhere in these lists. It will be interesting to see what the list looks like next year.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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My first four votes all go to Monkey Island games cause it is my all time best game series. Monkey one Monkey two Monkey Three Monkey Four Discworld one Discworld two Les Manley Search fot the King Simon the Sorcerer The Beast Within Longest Journey Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Genderbender Space Quest four Kings Quest seven Day of the Tentacle Countdown
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/07/01 09:58 PM
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I had to defer posting my list of 15 top games until I had a chance to do enough of MYST EXILE to know whether it would get in the list. Yes, although I have only completed the Voltaic Age, I am sure that it would make it. Since only the presence or absence on the list counts, i.e., no weighting as to order of merit, I will list them alphabetically.
BLACK DAHLIA BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES BYZANTINE CYDONIA FAUST MYST MYST EXILE OBSIDIAN RAMA REAH RING RIVEN SHIVERS TIMELAPSE ZORK NEMESIS
Ah, it is hard to stop there. The trouble is, I have enjoyed almost all the games that I have played, thanks to taking advantage of the recommendations of knowledgeable Boomers. Thank you kindly!
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -- Aristotle
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/08/01 12:32 AM
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Hi, Allowing for a small margin for errors, there are 138 games recommended so far. 48 have at least 5 recommendations,, 18 have at least 10 recommendations, 10 have at least 15, and The Longest Journey, GK 2 and Myst all have 20 or more. As an indication of the eclectic nature of the list, 58 games have a single recommendation.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 08:27 AM
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Circle of Blood Gabriel Knight 2 Grim Fandango Longest Journey Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island 2 Monkey Island 3 Monkey Island 4 Discworld 1 Discworld 2 Zak McCracken Maniac Mansion Day of the Tentacle Kings Quest 7 Simon the Sorcerer
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 09:11 AM
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This was not easy and I had to leave off a bunch of what I thought were great games. But here in no particular order are the ones that made it:
Grim Fandango Discworld 1 Discworld 2 Discworld Noir Under a Killing Moon The Pandora Directive Dracula:The Last Sanctuary Obsidian Simon the Sorcerer 1 Simon the Sorcerer 2 GK1 GK2 Broken Sword 1 (Circle of Blood) Broken Sword 2 (Shadow of the Templars) The Longest Journey
Dark Side : Risen Light Side: I can only please one person a day. Today isn't your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 11:03 AM
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Secret Of Monkey Island Monkey Island II Curse Of Monkey Island Grim Fandango Gabriel Knight II KQ7 Circle Of Blood Simon The Sorcerer Simon The Sorcerer II Sanitarium The Longest Journey Discworld Discworld II Dracula's Last Sanctuary Day Of The Tentacle
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 11:29 AM
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WOW! Is all I have to say! I already did my list of recommendations a long time ago. I keep looking back at the updated post and find games recommended that I have never even heard of. Can anybody tell what Day of the Tentacle is about? It sounds interesting.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 11:33 AM
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Mac Day of the Tentacle is Maniac Mansion 2 and is a crazy cartoonish style game. Very funny with excellent puzzles. At http://gamesdomain.com/gdreview/review_archives.html there is a great review of the game. ------------------ It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice. [This message has been edited by Space Quest Fan (edited 06-09-2001).] [This message has been edited by Space Quest Fan (edited 06-09-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 01:06 PM
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Hello flotsam ! Hello dear adventure gamers ! I also have make a little list with adventure game recommendations and hope that I can help a little bit in this way get a big and great collecton from recommendations : Now here they are : Adventure Game Recommendations 2001 from Moe Perry : 1.) : The Dark Eye ( my personal secret tip , with the deep , strange voice from William S. Bourroughs and real mystic atmosphere : you can read and hear thoughts from people if you lead the mouse over the forehead , after a story by Edgar Allen Poe ! ) 2.): Myst 3 ( I have not finished the game , but it is wunderfull to play and makes me even more happier then Riven ) 3.): Riven 4.): U.F.O.'s ( Gnap : the sweet bandit alien from out of space is really cool ) 5.): Armed & Delirious ( the craziest grandmother in the whole universe ) 6.): Stuipid Invaders ( very silly but with a nice sence of humor ) 7.): The Feeble Files ( as Floyd would say here if he could read this tread : " have a good orbit , citizin " 8.): Necronomicon 9.): Dracula ( both parts ) 10.): Amerzone 11.): Ring 12.): Atlantis ( both parts ) 13.): The Final Curse 14.): Grim Fandango 15.): Escape from Monkey Island ( part 4 ) And now here is the most important point for me from a good adventure game : Totally free 360 degrees turns ( like in Real Myst : pressure and hold down the left mouse button you go forwards : that was a great gameplay and sometimes I feel like I am flying through the Myst island ) Finnaly here comes a secreenshot from my all time favorite adventure game that i have ever played : Guess what it is ? : Oh yes you are quiet right : Of course it is REAL MYST Friendly greetings from Moe Perry P.S 1.: Dear flotsam : Do you will put the results form the recommendations collecton at some time anywhere in the world wide web online ? And if it is so can you plaese mail me or post the url from your results here on GAMEBOOMERS ? I am really curious about the results and I think it is a great and fine idea from you ! P.S. 2 : I juist become an link idea that I will give to all adventure gamers here : Here is one link to an interesting adventure archiv with over 600 adventure games : http://www.adventure-archiv.de/ It is a german website and I visit dailly this page , because there are lot of infos and good short discriptons of the games : what is good if you have to search fast for an certain game and has wunderfull screenshots there . You can also read the whole adventure archiv in the english language on this link : http://www.adventure-archiv.de/startenglish.htm And please don
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 04:17 PM
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1.Pandora Directive 2.Overseer 3.Under a Killing Moon 4.Byzantine 5.Shivers 6.Riven 7.GK2 8.GK3 9.Zork Nemesis 10.Amber 11.Faust 12.TLJ 13.Dark Side of the Moon 14.Beyond Atlantis 15.Timelapse I could name about 6 others but I will force myself to only list 15
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/09/01 10:28 PM
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Hi, 144 games mentioned by 56 members so far. Top 10 at the moment are:
The Longest Journey 30 GK2: The Beast Within 28 Myst 24 Riven 23 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 20 Zork Nemesis 19 Grim Fandango 19 Timelapse 18 Shivers 18 Faust 18
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/10/01 05:50 AM
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Ok Flotsam, You have caused some soul-searching in the Quandary household since you won't allow series or a top 50 Here is our list in alphabetical order: Black Dahlia Blue Ice Broken Sword 1 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Day of the Tentacle Discworld 1 Gabriel Knight 1 King's Quest VI Monkey Island 2 Pandora Directive Return to Zork Riven Shivers 1 Simon the Sorcerer 1 Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth Cheers ------------------ Rosemary & Gordon Quandary
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/10/01 03:13 PM
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In no particular order, here goes: 1.Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon 2.Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive 3.The Longest Journey 4.Discworld Noir 5.Discworld 1 6.Sam and Max Hit the Road 7.Sanitarium 8.Grim Fandango 9.Gabriel Knight 2 10.Circle of Blood 11.Toonstruck 12.Black Dahlia 13.Simon the Sorcerer 14.Curse of Monkey Island 15.Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
There were 2 action adventure titles I really wanted to include but decided against it so I would keep the list as pure adventure titles.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/11/01 09:21 PM
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1. Black Dahlia 2. Longest Journey 3. Timelapse 4. Pandora Directive 5. Under a Killing Moon 6. Zork Grand Inquisitor 7. Discworld One 8. Discworld Two 9. Simon The Sorcerer One 10. Secret of Monkey Island 11. Clue Chronicles Fatal Illusion 12. X-files the Game 13. Callahans Crosstime Saloon 14. Gabriel Knight One Sins of the Father 15. Gabriel Knight Two The Beast Within
"Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?" Currently playing: The next big thing
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/11/01 10:05 PM
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Hi all,
Guess I'll throw in my list also.
Kings Quest 2 Kings Quest 6 Space Quest 6 Quest for Glory 4 Gabriel Knight 2 Gabriel Knight 1 Phantasmagoria Puzzle of Flesh Under a Killing Moon Pandora Directive Tex Murphy Overseer The Longest Journey Kyrandia 2 Broken Sword Circle of Blood
You laugh because I'm different I laugh because you're all the same
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
John
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/12/01 09:50 PM
06/12/01 09:50 PM
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Hi there, We are halfway through the alloted time period. If you are holding off to finish a game to see if it qualifies for your list, you have about 10 days left flotsam
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/14/01 02:22 PM
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Hi everybody this is my first post at this site. I am voting for my all time best favorites so here goes: Discworld 2 Simon the Sorcerer Curse of Monkey Island The Beast Within a Gabriel Knight Mystery The Longest Journey Discworld The Revenge of Lechuck second Monkey Island game Circle of Blood Sanitarium Kings Quest Seven Simon the Sorcerer Two Day of the Tentacle Secret of Monkey island Kings Quest Two Legend of Kyrandia Volume One a Fables and Fiends game.
I wish we could vote for more than fifteen games . I fell like I had to leave alot of fine games off my list.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/15/01 03:35 PM
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Well what a choice!! Longest Journey (must be tops) Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis2) Feeble files (for fun) Egypt 2 Heliopolis Blackstone chronicles Monkey Island 3 DOTT Xanth - oldie but goodie! GK2 Faust- seven games of the soul Broken sword 1 Full Throttle Crystal Key Lighthouse And of course the Neverhood! Just wait until next year..... I have a stack to play, loads of scrummy games but if anything can top TLJ I will be impressed. [This message has been edited by tigger (edited 06-16-2001).] [This message has been edited by tigger (edited 06-16-2001).]
A bounce a day keeps the doctor away!! Playing Sims2, Sherlock, Phantom of Venice Reading Storm Breaking
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/15/01 04:05 PM
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These are my favorites. Have a bunch of new ones but I think these will always be at the top of the list Myst Riven Myst 3 Riddle of the Sphinx Shivers Rama Obsidian Amber Byzantine Secrets of the Luxor Bad Mojo TimeLapse Morpheous Gabriel Knight/Beast Within Zork Nemesis
Do or Dare but Dare to Do
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/15/01 08:27 PM
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Here are my favorites: Pandora Directive Shivers I Lighthouse Grim Fandango Return to Zork Journeyman 3 (Legacy of Time) Gabriel Knight II Gabriel Knight I Gabriel Knight III Under a Killing Moon Overseer Ripper Sanitarium Faust Amber
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/16/01 08:06 AM
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Here's my list! 1.Shivers 1 2.Discworld Noir 3.Tex Murphy Overseer 4.Phantasmagoria 5.Gabriel Knight 3 6.Black Dahlia 7.Atlantis 8.Zork Grand Inquisitor 9.Gabriel Knight 2 10.Blair Witch 1: Rustin Parr Justine
Currently playing Icewind Dale Currently reading Lord of the Rings Unextinguished Laughter shakes the skies.-Homer, The Iliad
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/16/01 08:57 AM
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These are all games I recommend. I prefer games that don't require you to use a walkthru. If the game is too hard I lose interest. Here goes:Legend of Kyrandia#1, Gabriel Knight#2,The Longest Journey, Kings Quest Chapter#7,DOTT, Simon the Sorcerer and Simon the Sorcerer#2,Circle of Blood,Monkey Island#1,2&3,Discworld and Discworld#2,Grim Fandango,and Sanitarium.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/16/01 09:41 AM
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Just look at all are list's of games older games are the best we've play, The newer one's are not up to standed, graphic's maybe, not the story line or game play. I think that's telling us something.
1 Legend of Kyrandia 2 2 Lara Bow Dagger of RA 3 The Dig 4 Gabriel Knight 1 5 Star Trek A Final Unity 6 Sherlock Holme's Rose Tatoo 7 Tex Under a Killing Moon 8 Timelaps 9 Black Dahlia 10 Riddle of Master Lu 11 King's Quest 7 12 Star Trek Elite Force 13 Titanic Lost in Time 14 Blade Runner 15 Heaven's Dawn
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/16/01 02:00 PM
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Here is my list, with the notation that I have yet to play some recent goodies like Longest Journey and Dracula 2: 1. Grim Fandango 2. Lighthouse 3. Amber 4. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive 5. Riddle of the Sphynx 6. Timelapse 7. Journeyman Project: Legacy of Time 8. Dracula Resurrection 9. Blackstone Chronicles 10. Broken Sword 2 11. The Curse of Monkey Island 12. Zork Nemesis 13. Ripper 14. Titanic 15. Riven Andy [This message has been edited by Andy (edited 06-16-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/16/01 05:07 PM
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Seeing as how I`m not an adventure game fan,this list will contain some games people may not know of! In random order(and amount!) Planescape:Torment Discworld series Vampire:The Masquerade-Redemption Blade Runner Grim Fandango Space quest series! Broken Sword 1&2 Fallout 1&2 Eye of the Beholder 2 Entomoph:Plague of the Darfall Betrayal at Krondor Resident evil series Final Fantasy series(up to 7) The longest Journey Silent hill Tex Murphy series Alone in the dark And of course,the immortal game:Pirates!!(the first exclamation mark is in the game title ) Phew!There`s more,but I can`t handle it! [This message has been edited by Cos33 (edited 06-16-2001).]
"If thinking too much gets you in the deadbook, and not thinking enough gets you likewise. then I should live forever!"
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/17/01 02:08 PM
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Here are mine. First is The Longest Journey. Two is The Journeyman Project3 Legacy of Time. Third is the Tex Murphy Series (all of them.Fourth is Atlantis (the original from Cryo in English of course) The Fifth is Blackstone Chronicles. The Sixth is Versailles. The Seventh is Amerzone
Michael
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/17/01 02:28 PM
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Michael
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hmmmmmm I just read that where you can't list all the Tex Murphy games in one slot then. Ok here is mine CORRECTED. 1.The Longest Journey. 2.The Journeyman Project3 Legacy of Time. 3 Tex Murphy Pandora Detective. 4 Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon 5.Original Atlantis from Cryo,Atlantis I 6.Versailles 7.Sanitarium 8.Blackstone Chronicles 9.Amerzone
Michael
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/17/01 07:35 PM
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Ok, here's my 2 cents worth. Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Father Gabriel Knight - The Beast Within Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Damned The Ward Myst III Lightbringer Messenger Riddle of the Sphinx Beyond Atlantis Sanitarium Tex Murphy - The Overseer Tex Murphy - Under a Killing Moon Traitors Gate Amerzone Faust - The Seven Games of the Soul Not in any particular order. Hugs, ET
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/18/01 02:37 AM
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Here's my list in no particular order:
Kings Quest VI Space Quest III The Longest Journey The Pandora Directive Curse of Monkey Island Full Throttle The Beast Within Grim Fandango Freddy Pharkas Broken Sword I Broken Sword II Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria II Sanitarium Secret of Monkey Island
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/19/01 12:27 PM
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Gabriel Knight 1&2 Circle of Blood DOTT Grim Fandango Simon the Sorcerer 1&2 Discworld 1&2 Money Island 1,2&3 The Longest Journey Kings Quest 7 Space Quest 5
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/19/01 11:50 PM
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Hi, Just to let you know I will post the final lists on Sunday my time. The jazzy linking ones will come later.
flotsam
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/21/01 12:31 AM
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Well since I've played a few new games since last year and now grouping a series isn't allowed my list is a little bit different than the last one. I am surprised with all the new games I did play this last year that some of them didn't make it to my list, as they seemed to be faves of quite a few other boomers here. Here goes: Thief Gold Black Dahlia Myst Exile Real Myst Beyond Atlantis Goblins 3(the third one) Ripper Obsidian Ring Shivers 2(the second one) Drakan Zork 1(the first one) Zork TGI Dracula the Ressurection Blade Runner Sassy
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/21/01 02:33 PM
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Here is my list
Timelapse Myst Myst Exile Zork Nemesis The Arrival The Neverhood Amerzone The Ward Gruntz Drowned God (When I finish it) The Feeble Files Discworld 2 Little Big Adventure 2 The Quivering (Vermin just made me remember how much I enjoyed this game)
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/21/01 06:45 PM
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Mine are: Beyond Time Cassandra Galleries Curse of Monkey Island Dracula the Last Sanctuary Myst Myst III Neverhood Obsidian Reah Riddle of the Sphinx Riven Secrets of the Luxor Timelapse Xiama Zork Grand Inquisitor
Cheryl
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Life is not measured by the breaths you take, it is measured by the moments that take your breath away.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/22/01 09:44 AM
06/22/01 09:44 AM
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Posts: 1,845 Leavenworth, KS
Barb
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Leavenworth, KS
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Gabriel Knight 2, The Beast Within Quest for Glory 4 Quest for Glory 2 Quest for Glory 1 King's Quest 8, Mask of Eternity Alone in the Dark 1 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine King's Quest 5 Dracula 2 Dracula 1 The Messenger Atlantis Atlantis 2
"Christof, do not play with thy food. 'tis unseemly".
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/23/01 12:00 AM
06/23/01 12:00 AM
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Joined: May 1999
Posts: 761 Santa Barbara, CA, USA
vermin
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I think I am the only person in the entire universe who liked THE QUIVERING enough to include it in their best of. What a shame.
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/23/01 11:54 PM
06/23/01 11:54 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,679 Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Hi there, The final lists appear below. The linking one will come later. There is a numerical list, and an alphabetical list. An asterix in the alphabetical list indicates it is available for Mac - thanks to MacDee for that info. I tried to use complete names where I could, and have listed alternative titles where relevant. I took a few liberties with the names in the alphabetical list in order to get sequels and series together (eg Myst 2). In the numerical list however the games are as I understand their correct title to be. I have listed every game recommended, although I suspect a few would not be classed as adventure. The only games I did not list were recommendations outside the rules. All errors are my own, but are hopefully extremely minimal. Nearly 100 members posted recommendations, and just over 170 games were recommended. The top game received 51 recommendations, which meant 1 in every 2 persons had it in their 15 recommended games. The top game was a bit of a surprise. I knew it would do well, but I would not have picked it at the start as ending up on top. Finally, as I said last year, every game here is one which at least one person thought was among the 15 they would recommend out of all the games they have played. Allowing for tastes, that means there are no duds, and it will be a long time before I run out of good games to play flotsam ps - apologies for the formatting. That too is my fault. I just couldn't master the UBB codes [This message has been edited by flotsam (edited 06-24-2001).]
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/23/01 11:56 PM
06/23/01 11:56 PM
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Posts: 6,679 Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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51 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 48 Longest Journey, The 40 Myst/realMyst 40 Riven 32 Shivers 31 Timelapse 30 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 29 The Curse of Monkey Island 29 Grim Fandango 29 Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive 29 Zork Nemesis 27 Black Dahlia 27 Myst 3: Exile 27 Sanitarium 25 Zork Grand Inquisitor 24 Faust: 7 Games of the Soul 24 Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers 22 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon 22 Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis 19 Tex Murphy: Overseer 19 Amber: Journeys Beyond 18 Riddle of the Sphinx 17 Discworld 16 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 16 Lighthouse 15 Amerzone: The Explorers Legacy 15 Byzantine: The Betrayal 15 Day of the Tentacle 15 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 15 Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island 15 Morpheus 15 Obsidian 15 Simon the Sorcerer 14 Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed…!? 14 Dracula: The Last Sanctuary 14 The Neverhood 13 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 13 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride 12 Blackstone Chronicles 12 The Dig 12 Dracula Resurrection 12 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge 11 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 10 Rama 9 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 8 Phantasmagoria 1: Prey its Only a Nightmare 8 Ring: The legend of the Niberlungen 8 Shivers 2: Harvester of Souls 8 Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe 7 Cydonia/Lightbringer 7 Discworld Noir 6 7th Guest 6 Atlantis 1: The Lost Tales 6 Blade Runner 6 Callahans Crosstime Saloon 6 Feeble Files 6 Legend of Kyrandia Book 1: Fables and Fiends 6 Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island 6 Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy 6 Ripper 6 Secrets of the Luxor 6 Titanic; Adventure out of Time 5 Dark Side of the Moon 5 Return to Zork 5 Traitors Gate 4 Cassandra Galleries 4 The Dark Eye 4 Last Express 4 Louvre: The Final Curse/The Messenger 4 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh 4 Reah 4 Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo 3 The Arrival 3 Bad Mojo 3 Beyond Time 3 Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy 3 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 3 Jewels of the Oracle 3 Kings Quest 2: Romancing the Throne 3 Legend of Kyrandia Book 2: The Hand of Fate 3 Pandora’s Box 3 Stupid Invaders 3 Xiama
2 Alone in the Dark 1, Ark of Time, Celtica, Drowned God: Conspiracy of Ages, The Forgotten: It Begins, Jewels of the Oracle 2, Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time, Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves, Nancy Drew 3: Message in a Haunted Mansion, Noctropolis, Outcast, Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness, Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon, Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation, The Quivering, Spycraft, Thief, Toonstruck, Torins Passage, Twinsen’s Odyssey, The Ward, Woodruffe and the Azimuth of Schnibble, Realms of the Haunting.
1 Alone in the dark 2, Armed and Delerious/Dementia, Azreal’s Tear, Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold/The Sacred Amulet, Beneath a Steel Sky, Blair Witch 2: Rustin Parr, Betrayal at Krondor, Blue Ice, Bureau 13, The Castle, Chaos, Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion, Comer, Countdown, Cracking the Conspiracy, Crusader: A Conspiracy in the Kingdom of Jerusalum, Dark Earth, Darkseed, Deathgate, Dracula Unleashed, Dust: A Tale of the Wired West, Eye of the Beholder 2, Entomorph: Plague of the Darfall, Fable, Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of a Monster, Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist, Goblins 3, Gruntz, Heaven’s Dawn, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jack Orlando, Kings Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder!, Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra, Legend of Kyrandia Book 3: Malcolm’s Revenge, Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin, Les Manley 1: Search for the King, Maniac Mansion, Mission Critical, Necronomicon, Nocturne, Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses, Physicus, Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon, Pirates!, Planescape Torment, Pompeii/Timescape, Prince of Persia, Prisoner of Ice, Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to be a Hero, Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire, Rent-a-Hero, Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender, Riddle of Master Liu, Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch, Silent Hill, Silver, Shannara, Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter, Space Quest 2: Vohauls Revenge, Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers, Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier, SPQR: The Empires Darkest Hour, Star Trek: Elite Force, Star Trek: Final Unity, The Time Machine, UFOs, Versailles 1685, Voyeur, Ween: The Prophecy, Xanth, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Zork 1, Zork Zero, Zork 2: Return to Zork
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/23/01 11:57 PM
06/23/01 11:57 PM
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Posts: 6,679 Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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6 *7th Guest 2 *Alone in the Dark 1 1 *Alone in the Dark 2 19 *Amber: Journeys Beyond 15 Amerzone: The Explorers Legacy 2 Ark of Time 1 Armed and Delerious/Dementia 3 *Arrival, The 6 Atlantis 1: The Lost Tales 22 *Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis 1 *Azreal’s Tear 1 Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold/The Sacred Amulet 3 *Bad Mojo 1 *Beneath a Steel Sky 1 Betrayal at Krondor 3 Beyond Time 27 Black Dahlia 12 Blackstone Chronicles 6 Blade Runner 1 Blair Witch 2: Rustin Parr 1 *Blue Ice 30 *Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 13 *Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror 1 Bureau 13 15 Byzantine: The Betrayal 6 Callahans Crosstime Saloon 4 *Cassandra Galleries 1 *Castle, The 2 Celtica 1 Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion 1 Countdown 1 Cracking the Conspiracy 1 Crusader: A Conspiracy in the Kingdom of Jerusalum 7 Cydonia/Lightbringer 4 *Dark Eye, The 1 Dark Earth 1 *Darkseed 5 Dark Side of the Moon 15 *Day of the Tentacle 1 Deathgate 12 *Dig, The 17 *Discworld 14 *Discworld 2: Missing, Presumed…!? 7 Discworld Noir 12 Dracula Resurrection 14 Dracula: The Last Sanctuary 1 *Dracula Unleashed 2 Drowned God: Conspiracy of Ages 1 *Dust: A Tale of the Wired West 1 Eye of the Beholder 2 1 Entomorph: Plague of the Darfall 3 Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy 1 Fable 1 Fallout 1 1 Fallout 2 24 Faust 6 Feeble Files 1 Flight of the Amazon Queen 1 *Frankenstein 1 Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist 2 *Forgotten: It Begins 24 Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers 51 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 16 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 1 Goblins 3 29 Grim Fandango 1 Gruntz 1 Heaven’s Dawn 9 *Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 2 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1 Jack Orlando 3 *Jewels of the Oracle 2 *Jewels of the Oracle 2 2 *Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time 15 *Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 1 Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves 3 Kings Quest 2: Romancing the Throne 1 Kings Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder! 11 *Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 13 *Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride 1 Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity 4 *Last Express, The 5 *Legend of Kyrandia Book 1: Fables and Fiends 3 *Legend of Kyrandia Book 2: The Hand of Fate 1 *Legend of Kyrandia Book 3: Malcolm’s Revenge 1 Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin 1 Les Manley 1: Search for the King 16 *Lighthouse 48 Longest Journey, The 4 Messenger, The/Louvre: The Final Curse 1 *Maniac Mansion 1 Mission Critical 15 Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island 12 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge 29 Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island 6 Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island 16 *Morpheus 40 *Myst 40 *Myst 2: Riven 27 *Myst 3: Exile 1 Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion 1 Necronomicon 14 Neverhood 6 Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy 1 Nocturne 15 *Obsidian 1 Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses 2 Outcast 3 Pandora’s Box 8 *Phantasmagoria 1: Prey its Only a Nightmare 4 *Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh 1 Physicus 1 Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon 1 Pirates! 1 Planescape Torment 1 Pompeii/Timescape 1 Prince of Persia 1 *Prisoner of Ice 1 Quest for Glory 1: So You Want to be a Hero 1 Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire 2 Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness 2 Quivering, The 10 *Rama 4 Reah 1 Rent-a-Hero 1 Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender 1 Riddle of Master Liu 18 *Riddle of the Sphinx 8 Ring: The legend of the Niberlungen 1 Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch 6 *Ripper 27 Sanitarium 6 *Secrets of the Luxor 1 Shannara 4 Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo 32 *Shivers 8 Shivers 2: Harvester of Souls 1 Silent Hill 1 *Silver 15 Simon the Sorcerer 8 Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe 1 Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter 1 Space Quest 2: Vohauls Revenge 2 Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon 1 *Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers 2 Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation 1 *Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier 1 SPQR: The Empires Darkest Hour 2 *Spycraft 3 Stupid Invaders 22 Tex Murphy 3: Under a Killing Moon 29 Tex Murphy 4: Pandora Directive 19 Tex Murphy 5: Overseer 1 The Time Machine 2 Thief 31 *Timelapse 6 *Titanic; Adventure out of Time 2 Toonstruck 1 *Torins Passage 2 Twinsen’s Odyssey 5 *Traitors Gate 1 UFOs 1 *Versailles 1685 1 Voyeur 2 Ward, The 1 Ween; The Prophecy 3 Xiama 1 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders 1 *Zork 1 1 *Zork Zero 5 *Zork 2: Return to Zork 25 Zork Grand Inquisitor 29 *Zork Nemesis
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/24/01 12:35 AM
06/24/01 12:35 AM
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Posts: 7,408 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
granny
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Fantastic, wonderful job, Flotsam. I can hardle wait for NEXT year. .. .. ------------------ granny goodwitch ( I'll have that Double BAAGed, please ) A woman NEVER shot a man while he was doing dishes!
Granny Goodwitch
A woman NEVER shot a man while he was doing dishes!
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Re: 2001 Gameboomer Recommendations
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06/24/01 04:37 AM
06/24/01 04:37 AM
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Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 963 Sweden
Mammamu
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Posts: 963
Sweden
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Well done!! Thank you so much Flotsam! It must have taken a long time to to make this very good compilation. As I have high opinion of my fellow-gamers' taste (at least in adventure games) I will consult this very often, before I buy or play a game. Love, Christina
Summer is best...in winter.
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