Hi all,
Taking Syd's word that real GBers never get tired of lists, here is this years thread.
For those who haven't been here before, the aim is to provide a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of us all. It is intended to help those of us who haven't played every game ever made decide what to play next. Lasts years results, with links to walkthroughs and reviews, can be found above in the links menu.
The key is to list games that you would recommend to others to play in this day and age. Your all time favourite game that can only be played on a Commodore 64 should not therefore be included.
There are rules, but there are no prizes

1. You can recommend a maximum of 15 games. You can choose to recommend less.
2. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game.
3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game.

4. (This rule has been added as a result of the following posts). In addition to the 15 you may then add 3 non-adventure games.

We keep the thread open for three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates and pithy insights.
So here are my 15.

Riven
The Longest Journey
GK2: The Beast Within
Myst III: Exile
Morpheus
Byzantine
Zork Nemesis
Faust
Blackstone Chronicles
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
The Dark Eye
The Neverhood
Black Dahlia
Isabelle

Here are my 3 non-adventures:

Outcast
Twinsuns Odyssey
Thief

Have fun

flotsam

Hey Flotsam! Can this list include action games, too?

If action games are going to be allowed, then so should RPG's.

Hi Flotsam!

I bet the answer is NO! but I'd like it to be yes.

TLJ
Dracula Resurrection
Myst Exile
Nightlong
Zork GI
Nancy Drew: Haunted Mansion
Shivers 2
Seven Games for the Soul (Faust)
Grim Fandango
The Curse of MI
Inherent Evil
Broken Sword: Smoking mirror

I'm going to throw my vote in on the side of allowing any type of game to be listed. Adventure gamers aren't the only ones who read and post at GameBoomers so everyone should be able to list their favorite games no matter what genre they are.

[syd hurries and hides in her closet before flotsam reads what she said and starts throwing empty cd cases at her]

I agree with Syd, Adventure games are not my only
passion, I enjoy action adventure and once in a while an RPG.

I think action/adventures should have their own Twisted List.

I think RPG's should have their own Twisted List.

Otherwise you'd need a lot more than a 15 game maximum.

Hi Folks

It's Rosemary and Gordon here jumping to the defence of adventure games again

What! the adventure twisty list including action and rpgs? This would cause a divorce in this household because I love rpgs and Gordon wouldn't want to put them in our list!

Seriously, it's a good idea but doesn't the action/rpg twisty list belong on the action/rpg forum? Why not have two lists, one on each forum? This is the adventure discussion board and the adventure twisty list is an institution now, what a shame to change it because adventures deserve a list of their own.

Our adventure list coming soon ...

Rosemary

Hi all,
Trust Syd to make things complicated <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" />
The list was originally constructed to be for adventure games, as this site is predominantly about adventure games. So we wikll keep it that way.
But in deference to the large number of adventure game players that are prepared to come out of the dark and admit they do sometimes stray and play something else, and as I make the rules you will be allowed to list 3 non-adventure games AFTER your 15 adventure recommendations. I stress after so that I can keep the lists straight. And 3 is only a few I know but it needs to be manageable.
And no debate will be entered into as to what is and isn't an adventure, so don't even dare to try <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/pacify.gif" />
Seriously though, I trust the amended rules will cater for everyone, whilst maintaining the original purpose of the list.
I have ammended the rules above and added my games.

flotsam

Just so you don't think I'm trying to sneak one past you, would you consider the Quest for Glorys hybrids or RPGs rather than adventures?

Here's my list. I had a really hard time placing them in any kind of order. #1 and #2 are really tied for first place, and #3 to #10 are tied for second place.

1) Myst 2 : Riven
2) Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
3) Shivers 1
4) Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
5) Myst 1
6) Lighthouse
7) Schizm
8) Myst 3: Exile
9) Phantasmagoria 1
10)Tex Murphy: Overseer

I also enjoyed 11) Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, although I never finished this game being unable to beat the demon at the end. Also 12) Dracula Resurrection, 13) Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Two other great games were 14) Beyond Atlantis and 15) Atlantis

I still have Beyond Atlantis 2 sitting on my shelf because I can't get it to play on my curent machine. I'm looking forward to Watchmaker and Syberia, but these don't count yet.

Row

Here Goes my list in no order.

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

Here is my non adventure one's I call them non adventure one's as I was made to go to the RPG forum for help.
1.) Clive Barker's Undying
2.) American McGee's Alice
3.) Baulder's Gate
Josie

Flotsam,

ONly 3 non adventure games. You have got to be kidding. How in the world could I only pick 3.

Now what about action adventure games. Last year on the list were gmaes like Outcast and ROTH. So are those not allowed anymore in the top 15 then?

Hello again,
I know 3 isn't a lot Zanthia but I was simply trying to make room for everyone, whilst at the same time sticking to the original intention of creating an adventure game list.
You are right that some hybrid games got on the list last year and I expect they will again. Not everyone has the same idea about what constitutes an adventure game. Everyone will construct their list according to their own definitions. The result will be an eclectic mix of tastes and opinions.

flotsam

Hi ya', Flotsam.

Can't wait to see the results of this year's effort on your part! Much appreciated!

Since this is the Adventure Discussion forum, the weight being on Adventure games seems entirely appropriate! Mayhaps another Boomer would like to develop a Twisty List for RPG/Action and Other at some point in time?

Love, Witchen =O)

Hey, FLOTSAM, what happened to SCHIZM? I seem to recall that it was #7 on your list last year.

Advpuzlov, I just had to find room for Isabelle. You will notice Ring has gone too, which remains one of my favourites but would I recommend it to others to play over some other games??
Schizm is in the same boat - one of my all time best games but I was looking to balance my list a bit so something had to give.
BTW, Ring went to accomodate Black Dahlia so you should be pleased

This was a very difficult task, but I finally got my list down to only 15 (in no particular order):

1. The Neverhood
2. Grim Fandango
3. Curse of Monkey Island
4. Escape From Monkey Island
5. The Longest Journey
6. Nancy Drew: Final Scene
7. Nancy Drew: Message In A Haunted Mansion
8. Faust
9. Phantasmagoria
10. Morpheus
11. Sanitarium
12. Tex Murphy: Overseer
13. Last Express
14. Clandestiny
15. Discworld Noir

And for my 3 non-adventures:

1. Theme Hospital
2. Midtown Madness
3. Last Call

Here's my list :
1. Shivers
2. Black Dahlia
3. Blue Ice
4. Celtica
5. ROTS
6. Temujin
7. Gabriel Knight 1
8. Gabriel Knight 2
9. TLJ
10. MOTD
11. Faust
12. Zork Nemesis
13. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
14. Quest for Glory lV
15. Amerzone

and the non-adventures: Ceremony of Innocence, Night Cafe and TLC.

Is it already that time again!?

Here's my list;

1. Faust - seven games of the soul
2. Blackstone Chronicles
3. Riven
4. Gabriel Knight 2
5. Morpheus
6. Zork Nemesis
7. Black Out (danish game)
8. Amber - Journeys beyond
9. Obsidian
10. Myst
11. Timelapse
12. Lighthouse
13. GK3
14. Exile
15. Schizm

I like to post my list:

1) Beyond Time
2) Timelapse
3) Riddle of the Sphinx
4) Exile (Myst III)
5) Zork - Grand Inquisitor
6) Legacy of Time (Journeyman Project III)
7) Myst
8) Riven
9) Xiama
10) Nacah
11) Neverhood
12) The crystal key
13) Comer
14) Sanitarium
15) Celtica

Non Adventures:
1) Outlaws
2) Sims
3) Anno 1602

Sylvia

Hi Flotsam,

Here is our list in alphabetical order:

Black Dahlia
Blue Ice
Broken Sword 1
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Curse of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Discworld 1
Dracula Resurrection
Gabriel Knight 2
The Longest Journey
Pandora Directive
Return to Zork
Riven
Shivers 1
Simon the Sorcerer 1

Non-Adventure:
Might and Magic VI
Baldur's Gate II
Wizardry 8

The last three are Rosemary's alone, I had no say in the matter.

Cheers

Gordon

1) Riddle of Master LU
2) Myst
3) GK2
4) Day of the Tentacle
5) Full throttle
6) Curse of monkey Island
7) TLJ
8) Obsidian
9) Zork GI
10) Frederick Pohl's Gateway
11) Kings Quest 1
12) Broken Sword 1
13) Timelapse
14) The Last Express
15) The Neverhood

Twisty List in NO particular order

1. Neverhood
2. Zork GI
3. Cassandra Galleries
4. Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive
5. Grim Fandango
6. Faust
7. Paris 1313 (if only for the wall climb puzzle)
8. Loom
9. Shivers
10. Nightlong
11. The Longest Journey
12. Sanitarium
13. Arthur's Knights - Tales of Chivalry
14. Dracula - Last Sanctuary
15. Sherlock Homes - Rose Tattoo

Other twists: (pathetic but I usually stick to Adventures)
1. The Sims Livin Large
2. King's Quest Mask of Eternity
3. Redguard - only cause I'm playing it now.

Love, Jen

Eek, I'm always nervous at doing these, the fear is that I change my mind a week later and beat myself up. Oh well. Here goes...

1 : Zork Nemesis
2 : Riven
3 : Amber : Journeys Beyond
4 : The X-Files
5 : Titanic : Adventure out of Time
6 : Blackstone Chronicles
7 : Morpheus
8 : Timelapse
9 : Real Myst
10 : Obsidian
11 : Dracula : resurection
12 : Frankenstein
13 : Black Dahlia
14 : Lighthouse
15 : Reah

Phew, that wasn't as bad as I thought! My 3 action/'non traditional adventure' games would be :

1 : Jedi Knight : Outcast
2 : Thief : The Metal Age
3 : Half Life : Opposing Force

Jonathan

Here is my list, In order:

1) Grim Fandango
2) Last Express
3) Myst
4) Loom
5) Secret of Monkey Island
6) Gabriel Knight 2
7) Pandora Directive
8) Toonstruck
9) Shivers
10) Morpheus
11) Day of the Tentacle
12) Maniac Mansion
13) Secret of Monkey Island 2
14) Phantasmagoria 2
15) Amber Journeys Beyond

As for non-adventure, I would like to add Rollercoaster Tycoon... What a fun game

I like that I idea. Now I can tell what is adventure and what is action/RPG. HERE IS MY LIST IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

1-THE MESSENGER
2-ZORK GRAND INQUISTOR
3-TEX MURPHY'S GAMES
4-THE CAMERON FILES
5-SCHIZM
6-THE LONGEST JOURNEY
7-PROJECTMAN GAMES
8-DARKSIDE OF THE MOON
9-THE ARRIVAL
10-TRATORS GATE
11-LIGHTBRINGER
12-NANCY DREW GAMES
13-MORPHEUS
14-BEYOND ATLANTIS
15-MYST GAMES

Liz

In no particular order, since I loved all the fun and entertainment that all of these games brought me.

MY ADVENTURE GAME TWISTY LIST 2002
1) Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
2) Riddle of the Sphinx
3) Myst 3: Exile
4) The Longest Journey
5) Amber: Journeys Beyond
6) Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers
7) Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
8) Circle of Blood: Broken Sword 1
9) Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
10) Nancy Drew: The Final Scene
11) Nancy Drew: The Haunted Mansion
12) Amerzone
13) Dracula Resurrection
14) Grim Fandango
15) Temujin

MY NON-ADVENTURE GAMES TWISTY LIST 2002
1) Max Payne
2) No One Lives Forever
3) Warcraft

For what it's worth here are my choices:

1) Drac: The Last Sanctuary
2) Grim Fandango
3) The Longest Journey
4) Discworld 1
5) Discworld 2
6) Discworld Noir
7) Riddle of the Sphinx
8) Arthur's Knights: Tales of the Chilvary
9) Arthur's Knights: The Secrets of Merlin
10) Broken Sword 1: Circle of Blood
11) Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror
12) Simon the Sorcerer 1
13) Simon the Sorcerer 2
14) Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Father
15) Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

Oops forgot my non-adventure

Outcast
Realms of the Haunting
Thief Gold

My list...

The Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Faust
Morpheus
Sanitarium
Day of the Tentacle
Toonstruck
Amerzone
Myst series
Atlantis 2 (aka Beyond Atlantis)
Timelapse
Obsidian
Discworld series
Gabriel Knight series
Monkey Island series

No room for Shivers or Simon 1+2 or Tex or Nightlong or etc...
Oh well...

Here's my action/adventure list

Outcast
Drakan

( both of which have god mode, hehe )

Here comes my list:

Riven
Obsidian
Longest Journey
Grim Fandango
Zork Nemesis
Neverhood Chronicles
Death Gate
Exile
Myst
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Schizm
Amerzone
Pandora Directive
Sanitarium
The Dig

Cheers, Gerald.

I really like the idea of adding a few non-adventures to the recommendations. I am primarily an adventure game player, but also enjoy other genres. It'll be great to get some recommendations from adventure game players for other types of games. Here's my lyst.

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

Non-Adventures
1. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
2. Outcast
3. Diablo 2 with Lord of Destruction Expansion

Flotsam, you always to a great job on these lysts. Thanks for all of your effort.

Byzantine
Blackstone chronicles
Zork Grand Inquistor
Dracula Ressurrection
Riddle of the sphinx
Sanitorium
N.D. Haunted mansion
N.D. The finale scene
N.D. Treasure in Royal Tower
Temujin
Broken sword 1
Broken sword 2
Amber
The longest journey
Amerzone
So hard to chose many more good ones.
Diane <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/woozy.gif" />

1 Amerzone
2 Nightlong
3 GK: The Beast Within
4 Return to Zork
5 Nautilus
6 Beyond Atlantis
7 Star Trek: Judgement Rites
8 Dark Side of the Moon
9 The Forgotten
10 Ripley's Believe it of not The Riddle of Master Lu
11 The Sacred Amulet
12 Dracula Last Sanctuary
13 The Longest Journey
14 Messenger
15 The Curse of Monkey Island

Non-Adventure Games:

Outcast
Dragon Riders of Pern
Betrayal in Krondor

I hate limiting myself to even 15 arghhhh.

There were a lot of great games last year.

Ok Ok If Syd can do it - so can I....

In no order of preference,,,

1. The Longest Journey
2. ROTS
3. Myst: Exile
4. Beyond Atlantis 2/Atlantis 3
5. Secrets of Alamut (legend of the Prophet may come as one game with the first)
6. Arthur's Knights 2: Secrets of merlin
(since I can only have space to pick one)
7. Grim Fandango
8. Curse of Monkey Island
9. Zork Grand Inquisitor
10. Black Dahlia
11. Discworld Noir
12. Circle of Blood 1
13. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
14. GK The Beast Within
15. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Even this list was tough to limit to three:

Action/Adventure hybrids, action

1. No One Lives Forever
2. Outcast
3. In Cold Blood

Here goes my list for 2002:
1. Pandora Directive (all the Tex Games are great)
2. Zork GI
3. Dracula: Sanctuary
4. Deathgate
5. GK 1 (all the GK series are great)
6. Curse of Monkey Island
7. Loch Ness
8. Realms of the Haunting
9. Temujin
10. Dark Side of the Moon DVD
11. Cydonia (Lightbringer)
12. The Dig
13. Zork Nemesis
14. Shanarra
15. Sherlock Holmes: The Rose Tattoo

My list changed based on replay-ability. I revert
to these when I need a pick me up.

Non-Adventure Games List:
1. Baldur's Gate 1
2. Baldur's Gate: Shadows of Amn
3. Dungeon Siege

The Dark Side is a great place to be. Come on
over. It really feels like an adventure.

Its great that more of the games GameBoomers play will be on a list (RPG/Action List).

A problem I see is classifying games. It appears that games in the future are going to make it ever harder.

So, I suggest there be one list of favorite games. On this list are the favorite games of the Boomer voting. The end result list will have a ranking of the most popular games of the GameBoomers.

To see the most popular adventure game, go down the list and whatever game you consider adventure you come to first, then that is the most popular.

If you want to see the most popular Action game, then go down the list until you come to a game you consider an action game and that is the most popular action game.

And so forth. That way, The SIMS is included, as is Stronghold and (why not) Snood!

Just my two cents worth as I am afraid it just gets harder from here.

Hello everyone!

I've only read the discussion board before, but I couldn't help myself from posting this list.

I've tried to limit myself to games that are fairly "modern", and should be playable on most new computers. To make this a little easier for myself, I've only included one game each from my favourite series.

So, here we go:

1. The Longest Journey
2. Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within
3. Blade Runner
4. King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
5. Leisure Suit Larry (remake)
6. Grim Fandango
7. Curse of Monkey Island
8. Tex Murphy: Overseer
9. Sanitarium
10. Black Out
11. Discworld Noir
12. Quest For Glory IV: Dragon Fire
13. Black Dahlia
14. Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
15. Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

Non-adventures:
1. Anachronox
2. System Shock II
3. Deus Ex

Here's mine! Thanks for letting us include a few non-adventures as well!

1. The Longest Journey
2. Dracula: Resurrection
3. Amber: Journeys Beyond
4. Atlantis 3(Beyond Atlantis 2)
5. Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower
6. Nancy Drew: Message In A Haunted Mansion
7. Broken Sword One: Circle Of Blood
8. Arthur's Knights I: Tales of Chivalry
9. The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
10. RealMyst

Non-Adventures:
1. No One Lives Forever
2. Tomb Raider: Chronicles
3. Thief: The Dark Project

Well Mikael,

Glad that this thread motivated you to post here.



Now that you have been lured out - bwah-ha-ha Don't be a stranger. Nice fave list BTW.

Laura

TWISTY LIST 2002

only ten i am afraid, So many I have yet to play.

1 MYST
2 SIMON THE SORCERER 3D
3 RIVEN
4 MYST EXILE
5 BROKEN SWORD
6 CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND
7 FEEBLE FILES
8 GRIM FANDANGO
9 BROKEN SWORD SMOKING MIRROR
10 ESCAPE FROM MONKEY ISLAND

NON ADVENTURE GAMES

ONI (CANT GET ENOUGH OF THIS GAME!!!)
NO ONE LIVES FOREVER
HALF LIFE

Enjoy your lives, and help others enjoy theirs.

Here is my list in no particular order.

1- Shivers
2- The Neverhood
3- The Longest Journey
4- Obsidian
5- Faust
6- Myst III: Exile
7- Timelapse
8- Grim Fandango
9- Reah
10-Broken Sword l
11-Broken Sword 2
12-Schizm (most beautiful game I ever saw)
13-Morpheus
14-Zork Grand Inquisitor
15-Black Dahlia

Karen

Well guess I'll add my two bits.

The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 2
Nightlong
Escape From Monkey Island
Phantasmagoria
Tex Murphy Pandora Directive
Kings Quest 6
Space Quest 6
Simon The Sorcerer II
Kings Quest 2 (First adventure game I ever played)
Broken Sword II
Kyrandia II
Dark Side of the Moon
Freddy Pharkas (I want Al Lowe to get at least 1 vote)
Quest for Glory III

Other Categories:

Tomb Raider III
Realms of the Haunting
Betrayal In Antara

Ok here goes..

Myst
Riven
Myst3
last express
zork nemesis
gk2
gk3
zork grand inquisitor
amerzone
lighthouse
tex murphy overseer
black dahlia
broken sword 1
broken sword 2
atlantis 1

(not necessarily in that order)

My adventures:

Myst
Riven
MystIII
Reah
Rama
Schizm
Amber
Amerzon
Faust
Neverhood
ROTS
TLJ
TimeLapse
Atlantis II
ZGI

Non Adv:

Flight Sim 2000
Sim Earth
DarkStone

P.S. I love them all.

Shivers
Gabriel Knight: Beast Within
Myst
Riven
Timelapse
The 7th Guest
The Longest Journey
Dracula Resurrection
Black Dahlia
Amerzone
Exile
Atlantis II
Beyond Atlantis
Road to India
Riddle of the Sphinx (although it played terribly on my computer)

non-adventure games:

Snood (I'm hopelessly addicted!)

Sequoia

Here's my list of favorite games.
1.Blackstone Chronicles
2.Temujin
3.Nancy Drew, Haunted Mansion
4.Nancy Drew, The Final Scene
5.Safecracker
6.Necronomicon
7.Jack Orlando- Directors Cut
8.Myst III Exile
9.Vampire Diaries
!0.Sanitarium
11.Lighthouse
12.The Sacred Amulet
13.Connections
14. Dracula Resurrection
15.Egypt 1156 BC

Non Adventure games
1 Rollercoaster Tycoon
2 Pandora's Box
3 Mall Tycoon

Here's mine. It's a mix of my faves and what I think other people would like. There are several I suspect would make this list but I haven't played them yet, like the Disworlds, the rest of the Tex Murphys
Byzantine, The Neverhood, Callahan's, Reah, etc.

So then here they are.

TLJ (Still my all time fave!)
Obsidian
GK3
Shivers
Amber: Journey Beyond
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Myst III
The Riddle of Master Lu
Alice: An Interactive Museum
Drowned God
The Dark Eye
Faust: Seven Games of the Soul
Beyond Atlantis 2
Riven
Black Dahlia

No non-adventure games yet. Maybe later.

Mike

Here's my adventure game list, it's more or less in order.
1. The Longest Journey
2. Blade Runner
3. Real Myst / Myst
4. Buried in Time - Journeyman Project
5. Riven
6. Tex Murphy - Overseer
7. Grim Fandango
8. Lighthouse
9. Legacy of Time - Journeyman Project
10. Amerzone
11. Exile
12. Shivers
13. Zork - Grand Inquisitor
14. Titanic
15. Sanitarium

Non Adventure Games
1. Baldur's Gate I
2. Baldur's Gate II
3. Diablo II and the LOD Expansion Pack

1.Discworld 1
2.King's Quest 7 (The Princeless Bride)
3. Circle of Blood (Broken Sword 1)
4.Duckman
5. Discworld 2
6. Touche
7.Gk 1 (Sins of the Fathers)
8. GK2 (The Beast Within)
9. Master of Dimensions
10.Quest for Glory 4
11.Fable
12.Nightlong
13.Neverhood
14.The Longest Journey
15. Crystal Skull

The 3 non adventure are easy:
Might and Magic 6
Might and Magic 8
Might and Magic 7

Thanks Flotsam for all your hard work!

My list follows:

Myst (of course!)
Shivers
Zork Nemesis
The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 2
Lighthouse
Myst Exile
Riven
Amber:Journeys Beyond
The Dark Eye
Morpheus
Grim Fandango
Timelapse
Faust
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Under a Killing Moon
Byzantine: The Betrayal
Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within
Phantasmagoria (the first one)
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Ripper
Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest
Rent-a-Hero
Paris 1313
The Longest Journey
The Messenger
Mirage
Tender Loving Care

The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 2 - Beast Within
Nightlong
King's Quest 6 - Heir today gone tomorrow
Blackstone Chronicles
Sanitarium
Gabriel Knight 1 - Sins of the father
Broken Sword - Smoking Mirror
Gabriel Knight 3 - Blood of the damned
Fable
King's Quest 7 - Princeless Bride
Sinkha
King's Quest 5 - Absence makes the heart go
yonder

I haven't had much time to game this year, but here's my list not in any particular order.....

Riven (Win & Mac)
Riddle of The Sphinx (Win & Mac)
Myst III Exile (Win & Mac)
Shivers (Win & Mac)
Beyond Atlantis (Win & Mac)
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

To date I have 52 or 53 games on my closet shelf that I will keep and play again....and you want to limit me to only 15? Well......OK - here goes (in alphabetical order not order of most favorite):
The Arrival; Black Dahlia; Byzantine The Betrayal; Dark Side of the Moon; Frankenstein Through The Eyes of a Monster; Gabriel Knight 1; Gabriel Knight 2; Gabriel Knight 3; Grim Fandango; The Longest Journey; Morpheus; Neverhood; Riddle of the Sphinx; Shivers I; Temujin
Love, Betty Lou

Here's my two cents worth:

1. Arthur's Knight's: Tales of Chivalry
2. Atlantis I
3. Curse of Monekt Island
4. Discworld Noir
5. Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
6. Gabriel Knight I
7. Gabriel Knight II
8. Grim Fandango
9. Jack Orlando - Director's Cut
10. The longest Journey
11. Myst
12. Neverhood
13. Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
14. Tex Murphy: Overseer
15. Zork Grand Inquisitor

(Flotsam: I have a question about Isabelle. Can I email you?)

1. Azrael's Tear
2. Blade Runner
3. Realms of the Haunting
4. Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
5. Dark Side of the Moon
6. Obsidian
7. Riven
8. Myst
9. Dracula: Resurrection
10. Blackstone Chronicles

Non-adventure:

1. Chip's Challenge
2. Lines
3. Blix

And why is this called a "twisted list?"

A few of these could probably be replaced, but I will wait for final judgement till I have completed more of the newer (and older) ones. I still have dozens loaded, and a big bunch in some stage of play.
But as everyone SHOULD play these anyway.....................

JMan 3-Legacy of Time
Zork Nemesis
Riven
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Myst III: Exile
Myst
Timelapse
Discworld 2
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Kyrandia 2-Hand of Fate
Faust
Sanitarium
Shivers
Torins Passage (dreep, come here)

My list (no particular order):

Rama
Timelapse
Myst
Riven
Myst III Exile
Obsidian

and for the young at heart:

Muppet Treasure Island
E.T. Phone Home Adventure

Oops nearly forgot ... must of course add Xiama to my first list

1. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templar (Circle of Blood)
2. Obsidian
3. Sanitarium
4. Riven
5. Myst III: Exile
6. Gabriel Knight 2
7. Gabriel Knight 3
8. The Neverhood
9. Morpheus
10. Black Dahlia
11. Ripper
12. Death Gate
13. Azrael's Tear
14. Byzantine
15. Zork Nemesis

Only THREE non-adventure?!?!? What a cruel rule. Well, I could name thirty, but here's three:

1. Pandora's Box
2. Deus Ex
3. Anachronox
4. System Shock 2
5. Thief 2
6. Might and Magic 6
7. Heroes of Might and Magic III
8. Gothic
9. Outcast
10. Baldur's Gate
11. Baldur's Gate II
12. Diablo
13. Diablo II
14. Planescape: Torment
15. Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Oops, I have such trouble with counting.

Well, this is my first time participating. There are many I haven't played. But of those I have, this list is in order:

1. Rama
2. Myst
3. Zork Grand Inquisitor
4. Riven
5. Zork Nemesis
6. Obsidian
7. Myst Exile
8. Cassandra Galleries
9. Torin's Passage
10. The Longest Journey
11. Lighthouse
12. Amerzone
13. Safecracker
14. Timelapse
15. Ring

Non-adventure: Pandora's Box (of course)

Hi all,
I will post something tomorrow about how things are going so far. Sorry for being slack. Real life can be such a distraction at times

flotsam

This list has been very helpful to me for buying games, not that I needed any help in my BAAGdom.

While I have loads of games I have not played that many.

I tried to put this in order :

Amerzone
Tex Murphy - Under a Killing Moon
The Ring
Sanitarium
Blackstone Chronicles
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Neverhood
Sherlock Holmes - Rose Tattoo
Jack Orlando
Nightlong
Gene Machine
Bad Mojo
Normality
Black Dahlia (for atmosphere, story and acting, NOT the impossible puzzles)

And the reasons why I play so few adventure games:

Puzz 3d Bavarian castle
Think-x
Age of Empires
Pandora's Box

Hi, my top 15 adventure:

1. Tex Murphy Martian Memorandum
2. Myst
3. Nightlong
4. Quest for Qlory I
5. Gabriel Knight I
6. Blade Runner
7. Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon
8. The Longest Journey
9. Tex Murphy Overseer
10. Simon Sorcerer I
11. Black Dahlia
12. Sherlock Holmes Riddle of the Crown Jewels
13. Beyond Atlantis
14. Curse of Monkey Island
15. Border Zone

Hi Gang..Here's my ever-changing list of "top adventures:"

1. Riven (this one doesn't change position )
2. The Longest Journey
3. MYST III: Exile
4. Gabriel Knight 2
5. Traitor's Gate
6. The Arrival
7. Broken Sword 1
8. Riddle of the Sphinx
9. The Neverhood
10. Bad Mojo
11. Timelapse
12. Cydonia
13. Lighthouse
14. Shivers
15. RAMA

Let's see....in no particular order...

Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within (my favorite)
Grim Fandango
Curse of Monkey Island
Nightlong
The Longest Journey
Sanitarium
Myst
Myst III Exile
Phantasmagoria
Traitor's Gate
Gabriel Knight 3 - Blood of the Sacred...
Dracula Resurrection
Faust
Amerzone
Discworld II

Looks a lot like last yr's list...course a lot of contenders are sitting waiting to be played...dang BAAGS...

I've got a little list... (in approximate order-still haven't played Exile... and so many others!)

1. Curse of Monkey Island
2. Day of the Tentacle
3. Escape from Monkey Island
4. Riven
5. Grim Fandango
6. Broken Sword
7. Traitor's Gate
8. The Longest Journey
9. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
10. Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
11. Myst
12. Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
13. Journeyman Project III
14. Clue Chronicles: The Fatal Illusion
15. Space Quest 6

and the three non-adventures
1. Roller Coaster Tycoon
2. Pharaoh
3. Hoyle Casino

Nice to see the twisty list back again. Here are my choices:

1. Grim Fandango
2. Blade Runner
3. Disc World Noir
4. GK2

Hi there,
Well the update is a bit later than I promised but better late than never
52 people have contributed so far (we can do much better than that!!) and already 158 adventure games have received recommendations.
At this early stage, The Longest Journey may well run away with the top recommendation, with nearly 70% of persons putting it on their list.
The top 5 in order is:

The Longest Journey
GK2: The Beast Within
Myst 3: Exile
Myst/RealMyst
Riven

Close behind comes Grim Fandango and Zork Grand Inquisitor.
I haven't looked at the non-adventures yet.

flotsam

ps - Glenna, please feel free to e-mail re Isabelle.
And its called a Twisted List for no other reason than to distinguish it from all the other lists we contribute to

Retrospective re-evaluation yields the following list, valid today, who knows tomorrow.

Here are mine, I think some are different from my list last year:

Not in any order

1) Gabriel Knight 2
2) Pandora Directive
3) Tex Murphy Overseer
4) Under a Killing Moon
5) Morpheus
6) Sanitarium
7) Discworld Noir
8) Shivers 1
9) Zork Nemesis
10) Faust - Seven Games of the Soul
11) Zork Grand Inquisitor
12) Amerzone
13) The Longest Journey
14) Titanic - Adventure Out of Time

Hi all -

TimeLapse
Obsidian
Drowned God
Rama
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Journeyman Proj 3 - Legacy
Atlantis II (Beyond Atlantis)
The Watchmaker
Shivers 1
Riven

Hey Gang

Heres my list, not in any order
(1+. SYBERIA)
1. GK2 - THE BEAST WITHIN
2. RAMA
3. LIGHTHOUSE
4. SHIVERS
5. GK3 - BLOOD OF THE SACRED, BLOOD OF THE DAMNED
6. BROKEN SWORD - SHADOW OF THE TEMPLARS
7. ZORK NEMESIS
8. PHANTASMAGORA I
9. BROKEN SWORD 2 - THE SMOKING MIRROR
10. URBAN RUNNER
11. KINGSQUEST 7 - THE PRINCELESS BRIDE
12: TORINS PASSAGE
13: SHIVERS 2
14: THE DIG
15: GK1 - SINS OF THE FATHERS

RPG,
EVERQUEST: KUNARK/VELIOUS (HATE LUCLIN!!)
ELDER SCROLLS III : MORROWIND

My adventure game list (in no particular order:

The Dig
Blade Runner
GK2

Heres my list, not in any particular order:
Gabriel Knight 1
Gabriel Knight 2
Under a Killing Moon
Pandoras Directive
Overseer
Shivers 1
7th guest
Realms of the Haunting
Byzantine
Black Dahlia
Blade Runner
Zork Nemisis
Alone in the Dark 1
Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark - New Nightmare

Theres a few more, Like the Nancy Drews games
but 15 is all I get.

Here is my contribution to the Twisty List 2002!

In no particular order:

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

Dawn

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

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

Brain's stopped at 14. Sorry.

Peter.

Fifteen adventures:

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

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

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

R

As of today, in no order at all:

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

Only have two non adventure

Twinsen's Odyssey
Outcast

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

Text Adventure Games:

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

Adventure Games:

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

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

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

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

No special order:

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

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

Addicted Boomer
Member # 67

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

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

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

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

Louis

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

Beverly in Florida currently playing Watchmaker

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

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

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

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

My 15 adventures:

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

3 Non-adventures:

System Shock 2
Fallout
Baldur's Gate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Favourite NON-adventures include:

Barbie Riding Club
Barbie Fashion Designer
Barbie as Sleeping Beauty

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

Jack

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

Happy Gaming, Claudette

In no particular order.
Obsidian
Schizm
Myst Exile
Riven
3 Skulls of the Toltecs
Reah
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Neverhood
Secrets of the Luxor
Amerzone
Riddle of the Sphinx
Zork Nemesis
Lightbringer
Rama

I wonder which one of these will be replaced by Syberia?

Hugs, Cheryl

Singer, my daughters want to know where to get those Barbie games!!

Flotsam, GEEEEEEEZ..... some things are better left to email, y'know??? <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/pacify.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="" title="" src="graemlins/pacify.gif" /> Just when I thought I'd gotten away with that little slip-up.

For the record, I don't know anything about Barbie games, Barbie dolls, Barbie clothes sets, or other Barbie paraphernalia. Who's Barbie???

Jack

My favorite of all time is
1. Lighthouse

Then:
2. Shivers 1
3. TimeLapse
4. Amerzone
5. The Longest Journey
6. The Journeyman Project 3
7. Necronomicon
8. Morpheus
9. Riven
10.The Cameron Files,Secret At Loch Ness
11.Myst
12.Dracula Resurrection
13.Beyond Atlantis 1
14.Shivers 2
15.Black Dahlia

1,206.Time Machine

Adventures:

Discworld Noir
The Quivering
The Longest Journey
Zork: Grand Inquisitor
The Dark Eye
Broken Sword: Circle of Blood
Phantasmagoria
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabrie Knight 3
Sanitarium
Stupid Invaders
Grim Fandango
Journeyman Project 3
Road to India
Feeble Files

Non-Adventures:

Anachronox
Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Complete
Planescape: Torment

I'm with Singer... I haven't played all the games I'd like too! Any way...

My most favorite games are:

1. Zork Nemesis
2. Gabriel Knight - Beast Within
3. Rama
4. Lighthouse
5. The Longest Journey
6. Black Dahlia
7. Byzantine
8. Riven
9. Amber
10.Broken Sword 2

Most Loved Oldies: LOOM

Most hated: The ending of MYST

All right! Who hasn't posted their list, yet? Get moving will ya?

Hello Boomers, I count 76 contributors so far for our Twisty list. Come on everyone who hasn't joined in yet, please give us a list of your favorite adventure games, and for those of you who may not have posted to this site, please join us, this is a fantastic group of people who love adventure gaming.