Priority List and Chronological List

My original intention for this blog was to play through every CRPG and adventure game ever made in chronological order.  Obviously that was never going to happen, but I stuck with it for a while and made it through most of my list up to 1979.  After a while I got bored of playing subpar obscurities, and I introduced a Priority List, a list of the games that I actually want to play before I die.  I interspersed those with the chronological list, and continued in that manner for a time before ennui caught up with me again.

THE PRIORITY LIST

Currently, I'm focusing solely on the Priority List.  I intend to cycle back to the Chronological List one day when I have more time, but for now I prefer to focus on games that I'm excited to play, or that have more historical significance.  As of this update, these are the Priority List games that I've already played:

  • Priority CRPG 1: Akalabeth (1979)
  • Priority Adventure 1: Mystery House (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 2: Rogue (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 2: The Wizard and the Princess (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 3: Ultima (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 3: Mission: Asteroid (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 4: Wizardry: Proving Ground of the Mad Overlord (1981)

My schedule for the Priority List going forward, up to the end of 1981, looks like this:

  • Priority Adventure 4: Strange Odyssey (1979)
  • Priority Adventure 5: Mystery Fun House (1979)
  • Priority Adventure 6: Pyramid of Doom (1979)
  • Priority Adventure 7: Zork: The Great Underground Empire (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 8: Ghost Town (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 5: Dunjonquest: Morloc's Tower (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 9: Savage Island Part 1 (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 10: Adventure (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 6: Dunjonquest: Hellfire Warrior (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 11: The Prisoner (1980)
  • Priority CRPG 7: Odyssey: The Complete Apventure (1980)
  • Priority Adventure 12: Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 13: Cranston Manor (1981)
  • Priority CRPG 8: Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 14: Savage Island Part 2 (1981)
  • Priority CRPG 9: Dunjonquest: The Keys of Acheron (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 15: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (1981)
  • Priority CRPG 10:Dunjonquest: Sorcerer of Siva (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 16: Golden Voyage (1981)
  • Priority CRPG 11: Dragon's Eye (1981)
  • Priority Adventure 17: Softporn Adventure (1981)

THE CHRONOLOGICAL LIST

I had a schedule worked out for my chronological list to the end of 1979.  I'll leave it below, and it's possible that one day if I live long enough I'll cycle back to it.

  • Game 60 - Sorcerer's Castle Adventure
  • Game 61 - Spelunker
  • Game 62 - Spider Mountain Adventure
  • Game 63 - DUNGEON
  • Game 64 - Two Heads of the Coin
  • Game 65 - Haunted House
  • Game 66 - Pyramid 2000
  • Game 67 - Avatar
  • Game 68 - Warp
  • Game 69 - Treasure Dungeon 2
  • Game 70 - Colossal Cave Adventure 500 point version
  • Game 71 - Knight's Quest (left over from 1978)
  • Game 72 - Colossal Cave Adventure (left over from 1975)
  • Game 73 - Colossal Cave Adventure 366 point version (left over from 1977)
  • Game 74 - Colossal Cave Adventure 550 point version

1 comment:

  1. PK ThunderJune 6, 2022 at 4:31 PM

    For what it's worth if you feel compelled to chip away at the chronological list, Lost Dutchman's Gold is a pretty easy one-sitting playthrough. My wife and I spent an evening with it some months back and enjoyed it for what it is.

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