Top Ten Adventures

@~To register your votes, just send in your choices, number them
@~1st to 10th and preferably give brief comments on why you voted
@~for each game. 10 points are awarded for 1st place down to 1
@~point for 10th place.

@~Apologies to David Wagner - I just found his Top Ten which he
@~sent in during the summer!!
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David Wagner's Top Ten

(I've linked games where there's been a second version.  Obviously
Civilization II is a better game than Civ I - but it wouldn't be
there without the original.)

DUNGEON MASTER - Having taken some hours to get together what
looked to me like a near-invincible team, I was so impressed with
the graphics and sound that I forgot to fight back and got wiped
out.

MILLENIUM 2.2 - The first game that forced me to play right
through the night - the "I can't stop now because I'll never
remember what I was trying to do." syndrome with which we are all
so familiar. Also a handy yardstick for judging just how firmly a
game has you hooked.

HISTORYLINE 1914-1918 - I've spent more time on this than on any
other game, and am still trying new approaches.

CIVILIZATION I and II - Not possible to further compliment this
game without descending to vulgarity - 'nuff sed.

DUNE 2 - Another through-the-nighter - it's almost impossible to
resist starting another of the later scenarios because the
previous one was so exciting, and you'd only won by superior guile
and cunning, and you wanted some more. Now.

THE BARD'S TALE - I actually first played this on the Spectrum
128, and it was always worth the horrendously long load time -
which might have to be repeated. An illustrated RPG - oh the
winder of computers!

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER TRILOGY - Staying alive whilst putting
together usable maps provided all the entertainment I needed in
parts 1 and 2. Truth to tell, I hated drawing maps, but knew they
were necessary, so by some rather fancy logic managed to convince
myself that the real aim of the game was to produce an accurate
set of maps, and that the nasties were there to stop me. Worked a
treat.

MASTER OF ORION I and II - That deeply satisfying sense of
murderous fulfilment when you finally get around to building the
"Ultimate Weapon", and then run around mangling the opposition
with it.

RAILROAD TYCOON and DELUXE - The railfan's dream come true. Too
wonderful for words.


WIZARDRY VI - Bane of the Cosmic Forge. Another mapping marathon
successfully negotiated. I particularly enjoyed the character
generator, and actually managed the completely unstoppable Fairy
Ninja once. Lots of lovely monsters to fight.
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@~The Top Ten for 1996/97 is, so far:
43 pts    Dungeon Master
24 pts    Lands of Lore
23 pts    Secret of Monkey Island
18 pts    Chaos Strikes Back
15 pts    Magic the Gathering, Might and Magic series
14 pts    Secret of Monkey Island 2, Bard's Tale
11 pts    Stonekeep
10 pts    Gabriel Knight 2, Ultima VII:The Black Gate, Sentinel,
          Mordens Quest, TimeQuest, Ultima Underworld 2,
          Command and Conquer:Red Alert
 9 pts    Day of the Tentacle, Aliens, Civilization 2,
          Ultima VI, Anvil of Dawn, Prisoner of Ice,
          Millenium 2.2, Eye of the Beholder trilogy
 8 pts    Dungeon Master 2, Guild of Thieves, Ultima V, Lords of
          Time, Colossal Cave, Civilization, Quake,
          Historyline 1914-1918
 7 pts    Ravenloft 2: The Stone Prophet, Lurking Horror, Jet Set
          Willy, Hammer of Grimmold, Sam and Max, Zork Zero,
          The Civilization series
 6 pts    Ishar 2, Elite, Frontier:Elite 2, Discworld, Veil of
          Darkness, Pirate Adventure, Toonstruck, Ultimate Doom
          (Doom/Doom 2), Warcraft 2, Dune 2
 5 pts    System Shock, Nord and Bert, Ultima Underworld I,
          Flight of the Amazon Queen, Zork 1, Settlers 1 and 2,
          Syndicate Wars
 4 pts    Ultima 8: Pagan, Populous, Lords of Midnight,
          The Dig, The Four Symbols, Black Dawn 2
 3 pts    Little Big Adventure, Wolfenstein 3D, Ishar 1
          Full Throttle, Transport Tycoon, CivNet,
          Betrayal at Krondor, Master of Orion 1 and 2
 2 pts    UFO:Enemy Unknown, Sim City, Drakken,
          Gabriel Knight 1, Death Gate, Eric the Unready,
          Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shadow of Yserbius,
          Descent, MechWarrior 2 The Clans, Railroad Tycoon and
          Deluxe
 1 pt     Captive, Emerald Isle, Theme Park, Midwinter 2, Larn,
          Fool's Errand, Wizardry VI

@~Votes so far by Alex van Kaam, Laura Duncan, Adrian Sill,
@~Greg Lord, David Stocks, Arnie, Steve McLaren,
@~John Ferris, Sue Medley, James Judge and David Wagner











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