Adventure Gaming Catch-All

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I grew up on adventure games; my very first experience with a computer game was with Zork. I remember freaking out the first time I was eaten by a grue (I was five), and since that seminal moment I've been hooked. There seem to be quite a few people on this forum with a fond memory of adventure games, but there's no thread that's really serving that. This is an attempt to remedy the deficiency, culled on a day that I had to appear to be working but had no actual work (gotta love salary jobs). Adventure games, although they've tried to kill themselves, are still alive and kicking—particularly in Europe, which is where most newer adventure games are originating.

I've split it into several categories: The "top ten", so to speak, great games, good games, and new or unreleased games that are awaiting a verdict on where they should go. No list for bad adventure games, of course, for they are legion. I know this is incomplete at this point, and somewhat opinionated, but it's what I could come up with in a day. I'd love for the hive mind to be continually updating and fine-tuning this list. Let's say (unless everyone disagrees) that a change/addition has to be submitted and seconded by someone else before it's actually made—more for my sanity than anything else.

Right now these are just lists, but if a lot of people request it I'm happy to add things like release year, links to where you can buy the games, a DS section, etc. Just let me know. Hopefully this will continue to thrive for a while. Vive l'aventure!

Absolute Must-Plays (the all-time greats):

  • 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors (2010) [color=blue]NDS[/color] — (Amazon)
  • Amber: Journeys Beyond (1996) — (in jewel case at Amazon)
  • Alone in the Dark (1992)
  • Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (1996) — (buy The Director's Cut on Steam) (runs on SCUMMVM) (get 1 and 2 at Amazon)
  • Day of the Tentacle (1993) — (runs on SCUMMVM)
  • Full Throttle (1995) — (runs on SCUMMVM) (Buy)
  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993) — (now on GoG!) (if you have the original version, use the installer found here)
  • Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within (1995) — (now on GoG!) (if you have the original version, use the installer found here)
  • Grim Fandango (1998) — (use the installer/launcher found here)
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) — (runs on SCUMMVM) (Buy at Steam)
  • King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992) — (buy the whole set, I-VII, at Amazon) (or on Steam)
  • The Last Express (1997) — (buy at GoG) (buy at DotEmu)
  • The Longest Journey (1999) — (on GoG) (included in Dreamfall: GotY edition at Amazon) (same package on Steam—can buy game solo there too, for $9.99)
  • Loom (1990) — (runs on SCUMMVM) (buy at Steam)
  • Myst (1993) — (at Amazon) (Masterpiece edition at GoG) (also in the iPhone app store)
  • Myst 2: Riven (1997) — (GoG - now available!)
  • The Neverhood (1997)
  • The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) — (Special Edition now on Steam!)

Highly Recommended (series titles omitted if on the above list):

  • Agatha Christie: Muder on the Orient Express (2006) — (Amazon) (cheaper here, also comes in three-pack)
  • Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy (1999) — (Buy) (or at GoG)
  • Aztec (1982)
  • Barrow Hill (2006) — (Amazon)
  • Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) (free on GOG)
  • (Beyond) Atlantis II (1999) — (buy 1 and 2 at Amazon—cheaper than just buying 2 anywhere else)
  • Blade Runner (1997)
  • Bone: Out from Boneville (2005) — (Steam)
  • The rest of the Broken Sword series: The Smoking Mirror (1997), The Sleeping Dragon (2003), and The Angel of Death (Secrets of the Ark in the US) (2006) — (2 and 3 are on GOG) (Buy 4) (2 and 3 on Steam)
  • Byzantine: The Betrayal (1997) — (at Amazon: check out the other sellers for better prices)
  • Ceville (2007) — (Buy as DD) (Steam)
  • The Colour of Murder (2008) — (DD at BigFish)
  • Culpa Innata (2007) — (Steam)
  • Dark Fall: the Journal (2003) — (GoG)
  • Dark Fall: Lights Out (2004) — (GoG)
  • The Dig (1997) — (buy at Steam)
  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) — (GotY edition at Amazon) (same package on Steam)
  • Duckman: The Legend of the Fall (1997)
  • Emerald City Confidential (2009) — (Steam)
  • Fahrenheit (The Indigo Prophecy in the US) (2005) — (Steam)
  • Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (1993)
  • Gabriel Knight 3 (1999) — (GoG)
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995)
  • The Journeyman Project Trilogy (includes the Turbo! version of the first one) (1992-1998) — (2 at GoG)
  • The rest of the King's Quest series (maybe not 7) (1984-1998) — (buy the whole set, I-VII, at Amazon) (or on Steam) (Buy The Mask of Eternity)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — (buy at Steam)
  • The Jules Verne collection from Microïds (via the Adventure Company): The Secret of the Nautilus (2002), Return to Mysterious Island (2004), Journey to the Moon (2005), and Return to Mysterious Island 2 (2009) — (Buy at official Microïds site, can also be found elsewhere)
  • Machinarium (2009) — (Steam)
  • Maniac Mansion (1987)
  • The rest of the Monkey Island series: Lechuck's Revenge (1991), The Curse of Monkey Island (1997), Escape from Monkey Island (2000)
  • Morpheus (1998)
  • The rest of the Myst Series: Exile (2001), Revelation (2004), Uru (2003) (now on GoG), End of Ages (2005)
  • Obsidian (1996)
  • The Penumbra series: Overture (2007), Black Plague (2008), and Requiem (2008 expansion to Black Plague) — (All three on Steam) (Buy all three here)
  • The Quest for Glory series (1989-1998)
  • Return to Zork (1993)
  • RHEM (2003), RHEM 2: The Cave (2005), and RHEM 3: The Secret Library (2007) — (Buy 2 and 3 here)
  • Runaway (2001), Runaway II: The Dream of the Turtle (2007), Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate (2009/2010) (Steam and Steam) (1 on GOG) (3 available for DD at Adventure Shop)
  • Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
  • Sam & Max: Seasons 1 and 2 (2006-) — (Steam) (Telltale) (Season 1 now out for Wii!)
  • Sanitarium (1998) — (GoG)
  • Scratches (2006) (Director's Cut if you can get it) — (buy at Amazon)
  • Shannara (1995)
  • Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1991)
  • Star Trek: Judgement Rites (1993)
  • Syberia and Syberia II (2002, 2004) — (buy both at Amazon for a ludicrously low price)
  • A Tale of Two Kingdoms (2007)
  • The Tex Murphy series: Mean Streets (1989), Martian Memorandum (1991), Under a Killing Moon (1994), The Pandora Directive (1996), and Overseer (1998) — (now all up at GoG!)
  • Timelapse (1996)
  • Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths (2002)
  • Toonstruck (1996)
  • Vikings (1998)
  • Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988)
  • Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal (2002)
  • The Zork Anthology: Zork (1980), Zork II (1981), Zork III (1982), Beyond Zork (1987), Zork Zero (1988), and...Planetfall? (*shrug*) — (buy at GoG)
  • Zork Grand Inquisitor (1997)
  • Zork Nemesis (1996)

Solid Adventuring (or You Could Do Worse Than...):

  • 11th Hour (1995)
  • The 7th Guest (1993)
  • Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (2005)
  • The AGON series: London Scene, Adventures in Lapland, Pirates of Madagascar (all released in 2007 as a pack called The Mysterious Codex for sale at Amazon), and The Lost Sword of Toledo (2008) — (buy at Amazon)
  • Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine (2006)
  • Ankh and Ankh 2 (2005, 2008)
  • Azrael's Tear (1996)
  • Bioscopia (2002) — (buy at Amazon)
  • Blackwell Unbound (2006)
  • Bone: The Great Cow Race (2006)
  • Conspiracies (2003)
  • Cracking the Conspiracy (unrelated) (1999)
  • Death Gate (1994)
  • The Delaware St. John series: The Curse of Midnight Manor (2005), The Town with No Name (2005), and The Seacliff Tragedy (2007)
  • Diamonds in the Rough (2008)
  • The Discworld seres: The Trouble With Dragons (1995), Missing Presumed...!? ([i]Mortality Bytes in the US) (1996), Noir (1999)
  • Faust: The Seven Games of the Soul (2000)
  • The Gene Machine (1996)
  • The Goat in the Grey Fedora (2004) — free flash game, play or download here
  • Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado (2001)
  • The Heart of China (1991)
  • In Cold Blood (2000) — (GoG)
  • KGB (1992)
  • Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servants (2008), and LHoD: Beyond the Spirit's Eye (2008) — both links go to developer's site containing info, DD and retail purchase pages
  • All the Law & Order games
  • The Leisure Suit Larry Series (only the Al Lowe stuff) (1987-1996)
  • The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure (2008)
  • Magicama: Beyond Words (2007)
  • The Secret of the Nautilus (2002) — (buy at Mïcroids)
  • The entire Nancy Drew Series (19 and counting!) (1998- ) — (purchase page at Her Interactive, can be found bundled cheaper elsewhere) (like, for instance, on Steam)
  • Outcry (2008) — (Buy)
  • Pentari: First Light (text only) (2003)
  • The Police Quest series (1987-1993) — (get the whole set at Amazon) (or on Steam) (or conveniently packaged at GoG)
  • The Quivering (1998)
  • Reah (1999)
  • Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches (Buy)
  • Riddle of the Sphinx 1 and 2 (2000 and 2003)
  • Samarost 2
  • Shivers (1995)
  • The Simon the Sorceror series — (buy 1, 2 and 3 at GoG) (download 4 at Adventure Shop)
  • Sinking Island (2008) — (Amazon)
  • The Space Quest series (1986-1995) — (get the whole thing at Amazon) (or on Steam)
  • Still Life (2005) — (Amazon)
  • Vigil: Blood Bitterness (2006)
  • The White Chamber (very, very trippy) — FREE!

The Jury's Still Out (new/upcoming games):
[list]
[*]Wallace and Grommit's Grand Adventures (Steam)
[*]Still Life 2 (Buy)
[*]Overclocked: A History of Violence (Buy)
[*]The Whispered World
[*]Three Cards to Midnight
[*]The Book of Unwritten Tales
[*]Return to Secret Island 2
[*]Syberia 3
[*]Gray Matter
[*]The Path (Steam)
[*]Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey
[*]Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge
[*]Culpa Innata 2
[*]The Immortals of Terra: A Perry Rhodan Adventure (Buy) (Amazon)
[*]Strongbad's Cool Game for Attractive People series (season one on Steam)
[*]A Stroke of Fate
[*]Alternativa

I remember my adventure gaming very fondly.

I used to buy Sierra adventure games direct from Sierra and I also loved the Lucasarts games along with the 7th Guest/11th Hour series immensely. I remember not immediately embracing the point and click interface because I loved the puzzle of finding the right command to type. Hell, I used to do speed runs on the beginning area of Police Quest 2!

Great thread! I'm sure there are a lot of lesser known developers that have some great adventure games out there that I've yet to try, and this list is certainly expansive. Great work!

The sad thing about this list is that many of these titles are so difficult to acquire.

Good list. I think including information on availability would be helpful as well, to assist anyone looking to partake of any of this adventure-y goodness. Of course, that would be another monumental task.

Oh, and I finally spotted something you were missing. The Dig. I'd put it in highly recommended. Oh, and Indiana Jones: The Fate of Atlantis. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Maybe some other early Lucasarts games I am forgetting off the top of my head.

Where are you drawing the line between Adventure & Action/Adventure? Honestly I would consider Psychonauts an adventure game but there is a significant amount of platforming in there as well. Are you just sticking with point & click?

Are we talking point-and-click adventure games? If so then there are some mistakes on the list. American McGee's Alice, for example, is really a platformer not an adventure game.

I started off on text adventure games (now lovingly known as interactive fiction) as well. While I do have some memories of Zork, the games that stick out in my mind are Moonmist, Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Heads nor Tails of It and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Those are the three IF games I played most as a kid. Couldn't tell you how many hours I spent playing Moonmist trying to find all the different endings. That game really captivated me as it had NPCs that moved around and interacted with both you and the world... it was really fascinating.

After that, probably the next adventure game I played was Tass Times in Tone Town on our Apple //c. I also recall this being the first game I played that supported a mouse. It was also really challenging from what I remember with some tricky time-sensitive challenges.

Next was Maniac Mansion on the NES and we had the version that let you put the hamster in the microwave Next was probably Neuromancer on our Apple //gs, which I have vague memories of.

Then we get into the golden age: Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Indiana Jones. I missed out on Grim Fandango when it first released but played it a few years later and it now sits as my favorite game of all time. 7th Guest must've been around the same time as I remember playing through that a few times as well. Gotta love cheesy FMV!

Adventure games are also the first games that got my wife into video games as well. I picked up Monkey Island on the PS2 and she absolutely fell in love with it. We went on to play through Grim Fandango, The Longest Journey, Syberia and a couple of the Broken Sword games. Lots of good times playing through these and we're always keeping an eye out for more adventure games we can enjoy.

Unfortunately I missed out on many games like most of the Monkey Island series, King's Quest and Gabriel Knight. It's a shame that there are so many barriers to getting these running on modern machines. I think Monkey Island is rumored to come to XBLA; I'd love to see these classic adventure games find new life. It's also far more convenient for me to play on a console sitting on our couch so my wife and I can easily play together so I'm hoping we see more transition to consoles as well.

I'd love to see more point-and-click adventure games on the Wii. The Strong Bad games worked very well on that platform; the WiiMote works as a decent substitute for a mouse.

Hey, somebody else remembers Duckman! ...too bad the second playthrough takes about as long as an actual episode of the show.

I respectfully submit that your list is missing Jack Keane - a recent German adventure that is obviously heavily inspired by Monkey Island.

http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/933128-jack-keane/index.html

Unfortunately, what I got from skimming the reviews is that the English voice work and translation is lacking compared to the native German (which is how I played it).

Your glaring, glaring ommission of the Quest for Glory series is...disturbing.
My favorite Sierra series, and their combination of Adventure and RPG elements remains unparalleled to this day. The pure adventure elements might not be as strong as some of the King's quest, but the whole package is just phenomenal.

Thanks, everyone, for the input. Keep it coming.

casktapper wrote:

Oh, and I finally spotted something you were missing. The Dig. I'd put it in highly recommended. Oh, and Indiana Jones: The Fate of Atlantis. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Maybe some other early Lucasarts games I am forgetting off the top of my head.

Dysplastic wrote:

Your glaring, glaring ommission of the Quest for Glory series is...disturbing.

Thanks, I forgot those. I suspect there will be a fair bit of this at the beginning, as my memory was already stretched to the limit compiling the above. I'll add all this in a minute. For the time being, games like this I remember I'll go ahead and add without needing a second vote.

casktapper wrote:

Where are you drawing the line between Adventure & Action/Adventure? Honestly I would consider Psychonauts an adventure game but there is a significant amount of platforming in there as well. Are you just sticking with point & click?

It's a good question, and one that hopefully this thread can resolve. There are plenty of games that kind of toe the line. For the time being I've stuck mainly with things that are inventory-based, largely story-driven, and often point-and-click. But as it goes on I'm certainly open to the idea of expanding that somewhat.

As far as finding the games, I'll probably start researching that and piecemealing links up in the next few weeks. A surprising number of the games above are fairly new, within the last 4-5 years. I own most all the older stuff, and it usually plays pretty well on 32-bit systems (i.e. XP). I've had serious trouble with Vista, but hopefully the "XP" function of Windows 7 will solve some of that.

I would take issue with BS4: The Angel of Death / Secrets of the Ark under highly recommended. That game was awful with the one saving grace that George's script was still pretty good.

The worst problem with it was that everything was so completely lifeless since switching to a 3D engine, compared with the earlier 2D hand-drawn games. That and the fact that pretty much EVERY freakin' puzzle in the game is a variation on "distract X with Y to collect item Z". In addition, every character seemed to be a "zany" stereotype (camp, irish priest / goodfellas gangsters / stern matronly nun with nervous skinny young subordinate nun, and so on).

Also, and this must be some mistake, you seem to have - an accident I'm sure - placed Fate of Atlantis under Highly Reccommended rather than Absolutely Must Play. An oversight, I am certain

Broken Sword is available on the DS and I give it two thumbs up. It's got an in-game hint system and about 8-10 hours of gameplay. The interface is all with the stylus and effectively done. Must buy for adventure game fans.

JimmDogg wrote:

Broken Sword is available on the DS and I give it two thumbs up. It's got an in-game hint system and about 8-10 hours of gameplay. The interface is all with the stylus and effectively done. Must buy for adventure game fans.

That's the Director's Cut, right? I'm thinking about picking it up for the extra content, but the loss of the very good voiceovers is a big blow.

Isn't the Legend of Zelda games considered Adventure? Definitely more than American McGee's Alice.

MC wrote:

That's the Director's Cut, right? I'm thinking about picking it up for the extra content, but the loss of the very good voiceovers is a big blow.

That's correct, no VO. There are some additional animations though.

You've got Blackwell Unbound up there, but I'd recommend strongly that guy's entire catalog. I would even go so far as to list his first game, The Shivah, in the all-time greats category.

Another really interesting one is The Experiment, which played around with the idea of player control in some cool ways.

Edit: And some for the could-be-good-could-be-awful upcoming list: Alternativa and Memento Mori.

I have a real soft spot for Shivers. I'd put it in the "solid" category myself.

I love the point-and-clickers. It was the genre that made me become a lifelong gamer in the first place.

adam.greenbrier wrote:

The sad thing about this list is that many of these titles are so difficult to acquire.

Yup, and even if you acquire them they can sometimes be a complete nuisance to get up and running properly.

Minarchist wrote:

That's the Director's Cut, right? I'm thinking about picking it up for the extra content, but the loss of the very good voiceovers is a big blow.

I plan on picking up the Wii version at some point. Broken Sword is probably my favourite adventure game of all time. Of course, the problem with Revolution continously repackaging that game as it's primary source of revenue means getting people a copy of the original is borderline impossible right now. I'm sure that's why it's not on GoG.

From what I've read in a couple of places, the script & dialog in the DS version of broken sword has been dumbed down quite significantly in places Vs the original, but I can't confirm that 100% since I've not seen it for myself.

Another one I would move up a level in the list is "The Dig" which I think is absolutely brilliant, partly I think because it was pretty much the only really "serious" adventure game Lucasarts did.

I loved the whole "exploring a long dead alien civilisation" thing. Superb soundtrack too.

I don't see Beneath A Steel Sky or Lure of the Temptress on that list. (I would put BaSK under "Highly Recommended" and LoTT under "solid") Both of those should still be free to download off of GoG if memory serves.

Has anyone played Secret Files: Tunguska? I'm curious about the Wii version, but I haven't heard much about the PC original.

adam.greenbrier wrote:

Has anyone played Secret Files: Tunguska? I'm curious about the Wii version, but I haven't heard much about the PC original.

If memory serves I believe it got a lot of middle of the road reviews - not an awful game, but not particularly exciting either.

In case this is helpful, here's a list of the "pure" adventure games listed on GoG at the moment:
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/ge...

£5.99 games
Jack Orlando - A Cinematic Adventure (never played it, quality unknown)
The Feeble Files 5.99 (been in my pile of shame for YEARS, never gotten around to playing it)
Runaway : A Road Adventure (started it but never finished, not a bad game at all)
Broken Sword 2 & 3 (2 is ok, 3 is a box-pushing simulator).
Simon the Sorcerer 2 (pretty good from what I remember. Simon voiced by Rimmer from Red Dwarf)
Simon the Sorcerer 3D (bilge - avoid)
Kingdom - The Far Reaches (looks awful, like those rubbish Zelda games, but never played it).
Waxworks - (If I recall this wasn't too bad a game, but never played it personally)

Free Games
Teen Agent (never played it, quality unknown but hey - the price is right)
Beneath a Steel Sky (MUST play adventure game)
Lure of the Temptress (has some strange mechanics but not a bad game).

Steam has a small number of obscure / older Adventure games as well. Excluding the more recent stuff (Wallace & Gromit, Strongbad, etc) I noticed : The Penumbra games, The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis & The Awakened (played the second recently - rough around the edges but not bad, Holmes vs Cthulhu :) ), Dracula Origin, Jack Keane, Culpa Innata, Runaway 1 & 2

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And I just remembered, you totally need to add Machinarium to the list of upcoming games to keep an eye on.
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I think Zack & Wiki deserves a mention. It's one of those well reviewed but mysteriously overlooked titles. I had a good time with it.

Is anyone else interested in an adventure game dealing with a pseudo-historical plot to assassinate Hitler? Look no further than A Stroke of Fate. There does not appear to be an exact release date yet (second quarter of 2009).

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adam.greenbrier wrote:

I have a real soft spot for Shivers. I'd put it in the "solid" category myself.

stevenmack wrote:

Another one I would move up a level in the list is "The Dig" which I think is absolutely brilliant, partly I think because it was pretty much the only really "serious" adventure game Lucasarts did.

Done and done. I thought Loom was pretty serious, though.

kuddles wrote:

Broken Sword is probably my favourite adventure game of all time.

Indeed. Hence the avatar.

stevenmack wrote:

I don't see Beneath A Steel Sky or Lure of the Temptress on that list. (I would put BaSK under "Highly Recommended" and LoTT under "solid") Both of those should still be free to download off of GoG if memory serves.

Definitely BoSS, forgot about that one. I'll need some corroboration on LoTT, though; I haven't played it, and what I heard isn't all that good. I'll download it when I can find the time.

Switchbreak wrote:

You've got Blackwell Unbound up there, but I'd recommend strongly that guy's entire catalog. I would even go so far as to list his first game, The Shivah, in the all-time greats category.

Is every game on that website his game? Or do they sell other things too? That reminds me, Emerald City Confidential was great. Interesting stuff up there, let me know if you can.

Thanks everyone, several updates made otherwise.

It seems that the first useful thing to add will be where to purchase/download and where to find modern OS mods. I'll get on that when I have a chance, probably early next week; it'll take some time. A lot of these are surprisingly easy to find, but there have been a few that fell through the cracks.

Also, if you're throwing a suggestion up, especially for the "Jury's Still Out" category, a link is helpful, as several of you have done. Thanks again everyone! Maybe we can get a Adventure Game vent channel going sometime.

Started with a few easy-to-find options at Amazon, linked in the OP. Most of the Sierra collections are $19.99 or less, which is a great deal for 5-7 games (depending). No Quest for Glory, though.

Other notable deals: TLJ and Dreamfall combined for $29.99, and both Syberias for $7.49. If you don't already own the Syberias I will hate you forever if you pass that deal up. They are truly great games.

Can't forget the Star Trek point and clicks from the early nineties.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity

Apparently the first two (and a ton of other old adventure games from this list) can be downloaded for free from Miniclip (http://www.miniclip.md/downloads/cat...). I was reminded of these games by the What They Play podcast and the great feature they put together on the history of Star Trek games (http://www.whattheyplay.com/features...), which included the links to download the games.

Minarchist wrote:
Switchbreak wrote:

You've got Blackwell Unbound up there, but I'd recommend strongly that guy's entire catalog. I would even go so far as to list his first game, The Shivah, in the all-time greats category.

Is every game on that website his game? Or do they sell other things too? That reminds me, Emerald City Confidential was great. Interesting stuff up there, let me know if you can.

Well, Dave Gilbert founded Wadjet Eye, and is the writer/programmer on all of their games except Emerald City Confidential, for which he is the "creative lead." Other people worked on them, though.

How about a list of good DS adventure games?

(Please!)

Good list here. There are a ton of games I'd been meaning to play but never did. Most recently I liked the Penumbra and Broken Sword games.

HP Lovecraft has been an influence on many good adventure games, from The Lurking Horror, Shadow of the Comet, and Prisoner of Ice to the original Alone in the Dark and Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

I'll try Beneath a Steel Sky very soon, its got a great reputation.

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