Periodically we swap our "Favorite Games" lists - for a change of pace I'm curious about AG's you have a fondness for that you feel you don't see often enough on other peoples lists. The games needn't be obscure or rare, though they may be, just under-appreciated in your estimation, perhaps even inspite of demonstrable weaknesses.

Here are a few I like but don't see posted all that often:

Residents - Bad Day on the Midway
Cydonia
Crystal Key 1
SPQR
Necronomicon
Azrael's Tear
Dogday
Outcry [of course...]
Phobos 1953/KGB 1953
Gadget
Barrow Hill

What I'm after *could* be determined by statistically analyzing the years and years of Fav's list on JA, but I'm too lazy for that. I'm hoping some fresh "B-Lists" may offer an insight into what we all feel, as a group, are missing from Fav lists in general - and a sort of shortcut to finding a game we may have overlooked. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't...

Very interesting idea! I'll have a go at it:

7th Guest
Aura 1
Amerzone
Barrow Hill
Broken Sword 3
In Memoriam
Mean Streets
Murder on the Orient Express
Perry Rhodan
Safecracker
Slip Space: The Burma-Shave Analogy
Spycraft
Timelapse

I like this topic...I will just keep my list to ten:

Drowned God

Lightbringer

Symbiocom

The Messenger

Mission Critical

Dark Side of the Moon

Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh

Nightlong

Physicus

Bioscopia

it's working...

tough one...

Shadow of Destiny

Secret Mission

A Vampire Story

So Blonde

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures

Belief&Betrayal

Black Dahlia

Chemicus

Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis)

Alida

Cracking the Conspiracy

Morpheus

Chaos a Fantasy Adventure

Lighthouse

Obsidian

Riddle of the Sphinx

Secrets of the Luxor

I have to second Wallace & Gromit, Riddle of the Sphinx, and Obsidian -- I should have included them on my list. Though a bit short and rather easy, I thought Wallace and Gromit was quite charming and very much in the spirit of the animation it was based on, a shame it didn't do better in terms of sales. Riddle of the Sphinx was rough around the edges but had some great exploration with a large game environment and interesting puzzles. And Obsidian...well, Obsidian is a personal top 5 adventure game, one of the most imaginative games I've played with some really original puzzles. I didn't include it because I have trouble thinking of it as a B-game. But it really doesn't get the attention it deserves these days.

Andromus - I think you have the right idea about the B-List aspect. I tried avoiding my personal top-10's except for a few that I rarely see on other lists. I could add Lighthouse and Mission Critical, and I Iike that Physicus and Chemicus are appearing.

Starship Titanic

Golden Gate

Riddle of the Sphinx

The Omega Stone

Alida

Morpheus

Lighthouse

Secrets of the Luxor

Bioscopia

Physicus

Chemicus

Agon games

The Messenger

Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb

Hmmm.  I notice that all but the last one of mine are first person puzzle-oriented games, which I find more immersive than third person.  Several of them would be in my top 20 games, but they seem to be neglected, the poor things.  I have played many third person games and enjoyed them, but they seem to be talked about more than these.