Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

THEXDER

Sid Meier's Pirates!


Why: Pirates! is, quite simply, a marvel of game design, and one that refuses categorization. It's an action/adventure/life sim/role-playing/strategy/open world game, where you take control of a young buccaneer on the Spanish Main, and lead him to wealth, fame, glory, marriage, riches, national…

Scorched Earth

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

NETHACK

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Alone In The Dark

Quest for Glory series

X-COM: TERROR FROM THE DEEP

Lemmings

Why: Space Quest was a humorous text adventure filled with wit and cunning. It's incredibly challenging and requires many play-throughs in order to uncover all of it's secrets. You play as an unlikely hero, a janitor named Buck Rodgers. As the sole survivor of an alien attack on your ship, it is your duty to alert…

The Incredible Machine

Under a Killing Moon

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Why it's great:

Out of this World / Another World

Diablo II & Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (released on June 29, 2000 and June 27, 2001 respectively)

Sam and Max hit the road/Day of the Tentacle bundle.

The Quest For Glory Series.

Why: The Quest For Glory Series was an expansive set of games which gave us a multilayered experience where character class and development, exploration, and discovery were vastly rewarding, fun, and well written. You could also transfer your character from game to game, which made playing…