Top 10 adventure games of the 20th century

Posted by Rich Carlson.
First posted on 01 January 2000. Last updated on 19 March 2008.
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Adventure genre has undergone both a revolution and an evolution since the days of Colossal Cave on a PDP-10 back in 1972. Over the past 2 decades, countless numbers of gamers have devoted endless hours inside the fascinating realms of interactive fiction. With the dawning of the new millennium, it is only fitting to reflect on these achievements and the few titles which have defined this genre.…

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No The Longest Journey= fail.
the rest of the list is okay though.

United States By Ian • On 23 June 2008 • From seattle, USA

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yo long time i have not this website just want to tell you i’m 10 years only

bye

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Malaysia By NICHOLAS CHENG YEE SHEN • On 16 June 2007 • From kuala lumpur,malaysia

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THIS WEB SITE IS INTERRESTING

Malaysia By NICHOLAS CHENG YEE SHEN • On 12 November 2006 • From KUALA LUMPUR,MALAYSIA

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wow great web site

Malaysia By nicholas cheng yee shen • On 12 November 2006 • From kuala lumpur,malaysia

Just wanted to add that this list is based on a poll of both game industry folks and PC gamers, a list of people drawn from my gaming-oriented email group and other folks I know.  They chose the winners.  I just had one vote.

A lot of games, like Gabriel Knight, King’s Quest, Myst, Full Throttle and even the venerable Planetfall were in the #11-#20 range, and so close sometimes, votewise, that one was tempted to lengthen the list.  But folks like the Top 10 list format (silly as it can be), and you have to draw the line somewhere I guess.

Take care & happy gaming!

RC

United States By Rich Carlson • On 20 July 2006 • From Kirkland USA

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This list sucks! if you don’t consider the myst series to be in the top 10 adventuregames of all time, you should be ashamed that call yourself an adventurelover

Netherlands By adrie • On 27 February 2006 • From Holland

I coudn’t agree more with the 10 ten, I’ve played most of those and your sites given me some stuff to download aswell as I haven’t played some of them ; ) I’m kind of glad that “Day of the tentacle”, “Sam and Max” and “Indiana Jones” were there. It’s just a shame more adventure games aren’t out nowadays, but there are lots I still wan’t to try.

Great Britain (UK) By Ilparatzo • On 27 December 2003 • From Somewhere

wtf, where’s Sam and Max and Full Throttle?!

By DokZero5 • On 15 December 2002 • From Netherlands

You have a good site for adventure gamers, but still one thing is a bit disappointing. You call you’re selves Adventure Collective, but I can’t see anybody mentioning anything about such classics like Sam and Max Hit the Road or Full Throtle. Why? Other great Lucasarts games are missing too.

By Timo Kallionp • On 05 December 2002 • From Finland

Wheres Grim Fandango - its a class adventure game.

By Anonymous • On 13 July 2002 • From Somewhere