2004 List twist again...
#94844
06/01/04 01:34 AM
06/01/04 01:34 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 6,679 Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Long Beach, Australia
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…like we did last summer [Razz] Here begins the 5th annual game recommendations list. For new members, the aim of this thread is to compile a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of us all. It is intended to be a resource to help people decide what game to play next. When I first came here, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games (my wife still wishes that was the case [Big Grin] ). I wanted not only to talk about games with other similarly afflicted folk, but find out what was good and what should I play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the collected wisdom of all participating boomers, and are down at the archive pages, and last years top 15 even found a place on the home page. The objective is to list 15 games that you would recommend to someone to play in this day and age. They are not necessarily your own favourite 15 games but they might be. You might however decide to recommend a cross-section of styles or types. You might love a particular game but believe it is too much a product of your own idiosyncracies to recommend, or you might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than a 386 machine. There is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is up to you. No game is excluded, if it meets the criteria of being an adventure game. We all know what that is when we see it, so don’t get too hung up on criteria. We are all friends after all. There are some rules though, and as always I reserve the right to make up more as we go . I don’t think that has actually ever happened (I might have clarified something) but like any lawyer it makes me feel important to be in control . 1. You can recommend a maximum of 15 games. You can choose to recommend less. 2. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game. 3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game. 4. Adventure games only please (other games will get there own list somewhere else later on thanks to nickie’s sucking up ). We keep the thread open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. It is compulsory to get more posts than the year before. So here in no particular order are my 15 recommendations. Riven The Longest Journey GK2: The Beast Within Syberia 2 Myst III: Exile Morpheus Byzantine Dark Fall BS3: The Sleeping Dragon Faust Blackstone Chronicles Zork Grand Inquisitor Schizm The Dark Eye
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94845
06/01/04 01:53 AM
06/01/04 01:53 AM
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Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 580
metamorphium
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Thanks Flotsam, here's my list. (numbers are here just for not exceeding the limit) 1. Zork Grand Inquisitor 2. Dark Fall 3. Grim Fandango 4. Death Gate 5. The Dark side of the moon 6. Schizm 2 7. Chronomaster 8. Dragonsphere 9. Beneath a steel sky 10. Myst 3: Exile 11. I have no mouth and I must scream 12. Zork: Nemesis 13. Gabriel Knight 1 14. Dreamweb 15. The Pandora Directive
Developing: ... www.cbe-software.comCreated J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars, Serena, Vampires!, J.U.L.I.A., J.U.L.I.A. Untold, Ghost in the Sheet
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94846
06/01/04 03:29 AM
06/01/04 03:29 AM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 20 Sheffield
Anastasia
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Shy Boomer
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Sheffield
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Ok, here's my list...
1)Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars 2)Broken Sword 2 3)The Secret of Monkey Island 4)The Curse of Monkey Island 5)Syberia 6)Toonstruck 7)Simon the Sorceror 2 8)Day of the Tentacle 9)Escape from Monkey Island 10)Gilbert Goodmate 11)Simon the Sorceror 1 12)Sam and Max hit the road 13)Beneath a Steel Sky 14)Grim Fandango 15)Broken Sword 3
"A child of 5 could understand this. Fetch me a child of 5!" - Groucho Marx
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94848
06/01/04 04:05 AM
06/01/04 04:05 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,468 Cambridge, England
Kickaha
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Good on you Flotsam! My fifteen (or fourteen or whatever . . .)
Alida Atlantis 2 Atlantis 3: The New World Day of the Tentacle Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Louvre: The Final Curse (aka The Messenger) Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island 3 Myst Exile realMyst Return to Zork Riven Temujin Zork Grand Inquisitor
Used to answer to "Peter Smith", now answers to "Peter Rootham-Smith"
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 04:44 AM
06/01/04 04:44 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,169 Sarasota, FL
Fairygdmther
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In no particular order:
1. The Longest Journey 2. Syberia 3. Syberia II 4. Obsidian 5. Sanitarium 6. Timelapse 7. Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis II) 8. Mysterious Journey (Schizm) 9. Mysterious Journey II (Chameleon) 10. Myst 11. Riven 12. Cydonia (Lightbringer) 13. Riddle of the Sphinx 14. Omega Stone 15. Amerzone
FGM
Come visit us at Mystery Manor My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light. Edna Saint Vincent Millay
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94851
06/01/04 05:01 AM
06/01/04 05:01 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 904 Philly
kwbridge
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Philly
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1. The Longest Journey 2. Grim Fandango 3. King's Quest VI 4. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars 5. Discworld Noir 6. Ark of Time 7. Syberia 8. The Curse of Monkey Island 9. Dark Fall 10. Zork Nemesis 11. Timelapse 12. The Dig 13. The Secret of Monkey Island 14. Sam and Max Hit the Road 15. Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 06:27 AM
06/01/04 06:27 AM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,565 Colden,N.Y.
Rckasea
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I know, only fifteen, so here we go. 1. Timelapse 2. Obsidian 3. Grim Fandango 4. Riven 5. The Longest Journey 6. Morpheus 7. Sanitarium 8. Black Dahlia 9. Syberia 10. Zork: Nemesis 11. Amerzone 12. Myst: Exile 13. Dark Fall 14. Myst (first love) 15. Auryn Quest (the fellowship) This gets harder to do every year!!
" If you decide not to chose, You still have made a choice"....Getty Lee
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94853
06/01/04 06:31 AM
06/01/04 06:31 AM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 7,764 Kentwood, Left my heart in New...
JohnBoy
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1-The Longest Journey 2-Syberia 3-Syberia 2 4-Amerzone 5-Stupid Invaders 6-NightLong 7-Broken Sword 8-Broken Sword 3 9-Runaway 10-Clue: Fatal Illusion 11-Atlantis 12-Beyond Atlantis 13-Beyond Atlantis 2 14-TimeLapse 15-Sanitarium
I Baag, Therefore I Am. Update: I Don't Baag Anymore, Therefore I Ain't! Update: I'm baaging again but just a little. JohnBoy ----------------
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94854
06/01/04 06:51 AM
06/01/04 06:51 AM
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Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 594 Oslo, Norway
Carolin
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Oslo, Norway
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1.The longest journey. 2.Dark Fall 3.Syberia 4.Nancy Drew-Message in a haunted mansion 5.Myst 3-exile.
Those are my all time favorite.
Caroline.
I haven't lost it, I just can't find it....
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 07:33 AM
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Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 16,287 winter springs fl.
connie
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1.The Longest Journey 2.Syberia 1 3.Syberia 2 4.Sanitarium 5.Amerizone 6.Darkfall 7.Dragon Riders of Pern 8.Broken Sword 1 9.Broken Sword 2 10.Broken Sword 3 11.The Black Mirror 12.Journey to the Center of the Earth 13.The 7th Guest 14.C.S.I. 2 15.Law and Order 2
Connie
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94856
06/01/04 07:45 AM
06/01/04 07:45 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 3,971 Brooklyn, New York
housewife
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Here is my list of a few new favorites...My old favorites, there more then 15.
1-Syberia 1 2-Syberia 2 3-Mysterious Journey 2 4-Myst 3 5-Black Mirror 6-Jack the Ripper 7-Conspiracies 8-Uru:Beyond Myst 9-Black Dahlia 10-The Arrival 11-Bioscopia 12-Chemicus 13-Phiscus 14-Traitors Gate 1 15-Reah
Playing now: Still Life 2..Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir:
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94857
06/01/04 08:04 AM
06/01/04 08:04 AM
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Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 334 the Netherlands
Betje
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Settled Boomer
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Posts: 334
the Netherlands
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In no particular order.
Bad Mojo Riven Zork Grand Inquisitor The Last Express Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive Day of the Tentacle Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo Temujin Dark Fall Grim Fandango Neverhood Obsidian Diskworld 1 Black Dahlia Feeble Files
The beaded curtain slams shut behind you. There's no turning back now...
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 08:35 AM
06/01/04 08:35 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 11,802 The Garden State
LadyKestrel
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The Garden State
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Oh, this was hard as I so wanted to include so many others I enjoyed. After much agonizing, here’s my final list in alphabetical order:
Alida Beyond Atlantis Connections Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Lighthouse: The Dark Being Morpheus Myst III: Exile Obsidian RealMyst Rhem Riddle of the Sphinx Riven Starship Titanic Timelapse Zork Grand Inquisitor
Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 08:49 AM
06/01/04 08:49 AM
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 11,505 Kirkwood, MO USA
flutist
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Adept Boomer
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Here is my list: 1. Grim Fandango 2. Longest Journey 3. Timelapse 4. Dark Fall 5. Zork Nemesis 6. Sanitarium 7. Syberia 8. Shivers I 9. Shivers II 10. Journeyman Project 2 ll. Journeyman Project 3 12. Myst 13. Lighthouse 14. Riddle of the Sphinx 15. Omega Stone
Corgis fill your life with Joy, your heart with Love, and your soul with Sunshine.
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 09:14 AM
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Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 3,171 an Illinois cornfield
Jen in Chgo
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1. Obsidian 2. Neverhood 3. Cassandra Galleries 4. The Longest Journey 5. Dark Fall 6. Sanitarium 7. Discworld Noir 8. Zork Grand Inquisitor 9. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon 10. Arthur's Knights (either one) 11. Faust 12. Timelapse 13. Grim Fandango 14. Nightlong 15. Reah Love, Jen
It's a hard-knock life. Wear wooden underwear.
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 09:28 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,286 U.S.A.
Gamehound
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Count me in - Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary
- Phantasmagoria 1: Pray It's Only A Nightmare
- Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
- Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
- Crystal Key II: The Far Realm
- Flight of the Amazon Queen
- Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
- Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island
There are other games I'd rather add, but they incorporate action elements. I'll stick with these 15. Gamehound
Can't find those rare adventures? Come visit me here for the tactics I use.
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 09:36 AM
06/01/04 09:36 AM
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Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 15,124 Hudson Valley, NY
DoreenS
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Graduate Boomer
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Posts: 15,124
Hudson Valley, NY
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Didn't think I would find 15, wound up cutting some out. Longest Journey Outcast Obsidian Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time Amerzone Gabriel Knight 2 Gabriel Knight 3 Tex Murphy: Overseer Grim Fandango Zork, Grand Inquisitor Syberia 1 Syberia 2 Broken Sword 1 Broken Sword 2 Black Mirror
Doreen
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 09:53 AM
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Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 1,584 Tacoma Wa. 98445
sami5901
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Heres my list. conspiracies Grim Fandango Dark fall The neverhood Black mirror syberia 1 syberia 2 sanitarium the longest journey Amerzone Egyptian Prophecy phiscus Chemicus Jack the Ripper Real Myst Many Many more I enjoyed this year. Diane
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94864
06/01/04 10:32 AM
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Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20 Los Angeles, CA
Skorp
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Shy Boomer
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 20
Los Angeles, CA
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NOTE: I've limited myself to only one game from a series.
In alphabetical order:
Black Dahlia Black Mirror Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars Dark Fall: The Journal Discworld Noir Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Father Grim Fandango Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time The Longest Journey Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island The Neverhood Obsidian Riven Runaway, a Road Adventure Zork Nemesis
Currently playing: Gabriel Knight 2 Drowned God Touche
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94865
06/01/04 10:34 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 73 Brentwood, CA
minichristy
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Shy Boomer
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Posts: 73
Brentwood, CA
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These are my favorites! Titanic: Adventure Out of Time Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templers Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon Syberia Syberia 2 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father GK2: The Beast Within GK3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned The Longest Journey The Curse of Monkey Island Monty Python: In Search of the Holy Grail Black Mirror Sanitarium Shiver 2: Harvest of Souls With all the great sounding games due out this year, this list may be different next year! Christy
Playing Dreamfall, Spider Solitaire (always), and Virtual Magic Kingdom
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 10:43 AM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,800 Ardsley, New York
Llewton
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Posts: 1,800
Ardsley, New York
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In no particular order: Black Dahlia Syberia Syberia 2 Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast within Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria 2 - Puzzle of the Flesh Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars Sanitarium Ripper The Black Mirror The Longest Journey Tex Murphy - The Pandora Directive Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon Discworld 2 Morality Bytes Discworld Noir
If the world didn't suck would we all fall off Now playing Post Mortem, Midnight Nowhere and Still Life
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
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06/01/04 10:50 AM
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,460 Westchester, NY
Linds
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Westchester, NY
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Here are mine----- Syberia Syberia 2 The Longest Journey Uru Harvest Grim Fandango The Black Mirror Gabriel Knight 3 Crystal Key 2 Jack the Ripper The Blackstone Chronicles Journey to the Center of the Earth Dracula- The Last Sanctuary Dracula Resurrection Darkfall Susan
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Re: 2004 List twist again...
#94868
06/01/04 11:02 AM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161 Herndon, VA
Skinter
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Shy Boomer
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,161
Herndon, VA
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Here are my fifteen in no particular order......
1. Myst III: Exile 2. Broken Sword I 3. Broken Sword II 4. Broken Sword 3 5. The Longest Journey 6. Shivers 7. Shivers II 8. Riven 9. Blackstone Chronicles 10. Dark Fall 11. The Black Mirror 12. Post Mortem 13. Monkey Island 1 14. King's Quest 6 15. Syberia
Lvl 55 Hunter in WOW
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