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.

Brian Burke's Top Ten
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Having just had SynTax Issue 56 delivered and glanced at the Top
Ten, I reckon it's time to revisit this list. Whilst Dungeon
Master was, and is, a cracking game it's time it was replaced.

@~With such a lead, that could be an impossible task! ... Sue

So, for what it's worth, here's my 1998 re-evaluation with just a
little emphasis on RPGs!

1.  Might & Magic 6 - Mandate of Heaven
2.  Daggerfall
3.  Realms of Arkania series - Blades of Destiny, Star Trail &
    Shadows over Riva
4.  Anvil of Dawn
5.  Stonekeep
6.  Faery Tale 2 - Hand of Fate
7.  Ultima Underworld 1 & 2
8.  Gabriel Knight 2
9.  Dungeon Master
10. Eye of the Beholder series

A special commendation to Sierra for the Police, Space & Kings
Quest and Leisure Suit Larry series.

@~The Top Ten for 1996/98 is:
54 pts    Dungeon Master
31 pts    Secret of Monkey Island
24 pts    Chaos Strikes Back, Lands of Lore
21 pts    Secret of Monkey Island 2
19 pts    Day of the Tentacle
17 pts    Stonekeep
16 pts    Anvil of Dawn
15 pts    Magic the Gathering, Might and Magic series
14 pts    Bard's Tale
13 pts    Gabriel Knight 2
12 pts    Discworld 1, Sam and Max
11 pts    Captive
10 pts    Eye of the Beholder Trilogy : Ultima VII:The Black Gate,
          Sentinel, Mordens Quest, TimeQuest, Ultima Underworld 2,
          Command and Conquer:Red Alert, Little Big Adventure 1,
          Might and Magic VI:Mandate of Heaven
 9 pts    Curse of Monkey Island (MI3), Aliens, Civilization 2,
          Ultima VI, Prisoner of Ice, Millenium 2.2,
          Frontier:Elite 2, Discworld 2, Daggerfall
 8 pts    Dungeon Master 2, Guild of Thieves, Ultima V, Lords of
          Time, Colossal Cave, Civilization, Quake, Historyline
          1914-1918, Mindshadow, Realms of Arkania series
 7 pts    Ravenloft 2: The Stone Prophet, Lurking Horror, Jet Set
          Willy, Hammer of Grimmold, Zork Zero,
          The Civilization series

 6 pts    Ishar 2, Elite, 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, Faery Tale 2:Hand of Fate
 4 pts    Ultima 8: Pagan, Populous, Lords of Midnight,
          The Dig, The Four Symbols, Black Dawn 2, Black Knight
 3 pts    Humbug, Wolfenstein 3D, Ishar 1, Ultima Underworld
          series, 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, The Hugo Series, King's Quest VII
 1 pt     Emerald Isle, Theme Park, Midwinter 2, Larn,
          Fool's Errand, Wizardry VI, Lord of the Rings, Venom


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















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