Nice list..

definately agree with most of the choices!

There was a game I played on the C64 that was really different and way ahead of its time - Neuromancer, based of the William Gibson book, that might have made it on - anyone remember that?

yes, and it was brilliant... and many other great adventure games in the time of C64 and Amiga.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/neuromancer
Actually it says that that there was a DOS version and it was Interplay so maybe we can hope it might turn up
Also just noticed that 'I Have no Mouth and i Must Scream' isn't on the list...

just to state, my all time favourite :)

http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/dragonworld

It was an amazing text adventure.... Uhh, and I can see, there was a DOS Release too... need to find it :)

Yes it is at #69.

Stacking is coming to Steam in March.

Also, a lot of the games that people were disappointed not to have made the list were still in the "You might also like" section for each spot on the list. So that is kind of like honorable mentions.

The most disappointing thing is how few of the titles that could be on GOG are. I'm hoping GOG will use this list as a guide when getting new adventure games!!

No Actually "I Have no Moutn, and I Must Scream" is a #69 whatever THAT is :-P
Or in other words, I am blind I am sorry, awesome news about Stacking BTW!

Since noone had time to do this, I'll updated the list with the links to gog games.

If OP want to, he can update first post with that list.


The list:
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100. Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
99. Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
98. The Space Bar
97. Runaway: A Twist of Fate
96. Gold Rush
95. Ripley's Believe it or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu
94. Faust (aka Seven Games of the Soul)
93. Toonstruck
92. The Dig
91. The Feeble Files
90. Spycraft: The Great Game
89. The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
88. Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, The Wizard, and the Wardrobe
87. Penumbra: Black Plague
86. Dark Fall
85. The Dark Eye
84. Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery
83. The Black Mirror
82. The 7th Guest
81. Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire
80. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
79. Gemini Rue ( http://wadjeteyegames.com/gemini-rue.html )
78. Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
77. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
76. Drawn: The Painted Tower
75. Kings Quest: Quest for the Crown
74. Shadow of the Comet
73. Discworld II
72. Maniac Mansion
71. Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!
70. Amber: Journey's Beyond
69. I Have no Moutn, and I Must Scream
68. Shadow of Destiny
67. Pepper's Adventures in Time
66. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
65. Hotel Dusk: Room 215
64. The Book of Unwritten Tales
63. Black Dahlia
62. Obsidian
61. Loom
60. Another Code
59. Myst III: Exile
58. Star Trek: Judgment Rites
57. Indigo Prophecy (aka Fahrenheit)
56. In Memoriam
55. Syberia II
54. Samorost 2 ( http://www.humblebundle.com/store/product/Samorost2 )
53. Return to Mysterious Island
52. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
51. Zork Nemesis
50. Infocom Text Adventures
49. Sam & Max: Season Two
48. Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
47. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
46. The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
45. The Curse of Monkey Island
44. Simon the Sorcerer
43. John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles
42. Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
41. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
40. Myst IV: Revelation
39. Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
38. Full Throttle
37. Stacking
36. Sanitarium
35. The Neverhood
34. Amnesia: The Dark Descent ( http://store.frictionalgames.com/?game_url=1 )
33. L.A. Noire
32. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
31. Portal
30. Bad Mojo
29. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
28. Sam & Max Hit The Road
27. Discworld Noir
26. Heavy Rain
25. Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
24. Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
23. Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
22. The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
21. Blade Runner
20. Still Life
19. Beneath a Steel Sky
18. Myst
17. Machinarium ( http://www.humblebundle.com/store/product/Machinarium )
16. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
15. Syberia
14. The Secret of Monkey Island
13. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
12. Zork Grand Inquisitor
11. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
10. Portal 2
09. Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
08. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
07. The Last Express
06. The Day of the Tentacle
05. Riven
04. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
03. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
02. The Longest Journey
01. Grim Fandango

I guess it's not that bad :) 27 of 100, and we'll get more if LucasArts move it's ass and start taking our money :]

Added links to some games (DRM free)

You could link that text based Zork anthology to 'Infocom text Adventures' it would be sort of right!

Never played those, but AFAIK there were more than ZORK text adventures


Speaking about Portal games, I never played those, but I know ppl consider them as very good games, so I wouldn't be against listing them. But I think that those games should be removed from the list, if such classics as Zak McKraken, or Little Big Adventure are not included. Same for Alone in the Dark.

From my personal best adventure games ever it's missing Dune and Inherit the Earth.

It seems they wanted to make a list which fits all subgenres and systems. Personally I also don't count some of the puzzle games as adventure, as example the portal games and the Nintendo DS games. Btw gog is doing fine especially from the top games there are only the valve (portal) and lucasarts games missing. Also you need to substract the console games. But you can also see that there are some already possible games (Sierra/Activison; Myst-series?) in that list.

Edit: Missing and not yet mentioned games: From the classics so far the ripper and from newer games the secret files series. But that's are just my two cents, best-of lists are always disputable and only good to find unknown games. I really liked they gave a good overview about each game.

Neat, Ghost Trick is on there.

I would have liked to see 999 on there as well, but GT is good enough.

Oh absolutely, but the contents of the anthology is part of the broard and vauge 'Infocom text Adventures' entry so would still be a relevent link for people looking for what that ment and was about - maybe you'd have to include a note or asterisked footnote to explain that there are many other Infocom text adventures in existance!
Also the Anthology randomly includes Stationfall but not Planetfall (or is it the other way around) what's THAT about?
Interestingly the first game on the list that GOG doesn't have (starting at no1 and working backwards) that isn't Lucus Arts or Vavle is 'Machinarium' which is from 2009 and an indie, GOG is yet to release anything that new (non CD Projekt that is) and doesn't do Indies, this is at no 17...

...Then its Blade Running at 21, which is EA but may have fallen foul of the film licensing rights expiring, sadly, I really like Blade Runner!

Seems like I have a lot of work to do. I imagine The Longest Journey will be the next game I play... or Machinarium. I already have that one downloaded on Steam.

Even though I am a Monkey Island fan I have to say that Grim Fandango's first position is well deserved, I remember playing it some years ago and I was impressed with its style and humor. Sadly I wasn't able to complete the game due to a problem on my computer, I should start it again one of these days.

Happy to see The Longest Journey so highly ranked, I have it on GOG and I think it will be one of the next games I'll play!