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Snatcher!!!! That was the game that hook me on the whole adventure thing.

Wow. Thanks for the recommendation! Somehow I completely missed this game (not too surprising since I've never owned a Sega), but it is exceptional. I think I'll have to revise my top ten list accordingly!

1. Grim Fandango -- Genius on top of genius on top of genius. The stellar combination of killer graphics and a superb storyline that's worthy of film.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original from 1990) -- Insult sword fighting that can only come from the wit of Orson Scott Card!
3. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle -- A wonderful cartoony-style adventure game with hysterical historical allusions.
4. The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) -- Inspired voice acting with a graphics reboot that brought Monkey Island back in the late-90s!
5. Snatcher -- a sci-fi thriller wrapped in an adventure game! What a ton of fun!
6. The Longest Journey -- Who doesn't love saving the world? Er, worlds.
7. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original from 1991) -- "Leg or no leg, I trust you about as far as I could throw Manhattan."
8. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Gabriel Knight 1) -- Inspired integration of the New Orleans culture, cityscape, and architecture into its puzzles.
9. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective -- Proving that the genre is still alive and well in 2011, this DS title has crossover appeal to many gamers!
10. Sam & Max Hit the Road -- Hilarity ensues as the furry detectives take the case in this cartoony gaming classic!

Honorable Mentions:

11. The Neverhood -- The adventure genre meets over 3.5 tons of clay and 50,000 frames of animation. Incredible!
12. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis -- You get to choose the adventure game you want to play: puzzle-heavy, fighting-heavy, or team-based!
13. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Broken Sword 1) -- A wonderfully rich story that's sure to keep the player intrigued throughout.
14. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen collaborate to create the pinnacle of the King's Quest series.
15. Tales of Monkey Island -- A wonderful reboot of the Monkey Island series nearly ten years after the previous title!
16. Maniac Mansion -- The game that invented LucasArts' famed point and click (SCUMM) interface.

My adventure gaming binge continues, and so I update my list yet again!

1. Grim Fandango -- Genius on top of genius on top of genius. The stellar combination of killer graphics and a superb storyline that's worthy of film.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original from 1990) -- Insult sword fighting that can only come from the wit of Orson Scott Card!
3. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle -- A wonderful cartoony-style adventure game with hysterical historical allusions.
4. The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) -- Inspired voice acting with a graphics reboot that brought Monkey Island back in the late-90s!
5. The Longest Journey -- Who doesn't love saving the world? Er, worlds.
6. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original from 1991) -- "Leg or no leg, I trust you about as far as I could throw Manhattan."
7. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Gabriel Knight 1) -- Inspired integration of the New Orleans culture, cityscape, and architecture into its puzzles.
8. Sam & Max Hit the Road -- Hilarity ensues as the furry detectives take the case in this cartoony gaming classic!
9. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective -- Proving that the genre is still alive and well in 2011, this DS title has crossover appeal to many gamers!
10. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis -- You get to choose the adventure game you want to play: puzzle-heavy, fighting-heavy, or team-based!

Honorable Mentions:

11. The Neverhood -- The adventure genre meets over 3.5 tons of clay and 50,000 frames of animation. Incredible!
12. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Broken Sword 1) -- A wonderfully rich story that's sure to keep the player intrigued throughout.
13. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen collaborate to create the pinnacle of the King's Quest series.
14. Tales of Monkey Island -- A wonderful reboot of the Monkey Island series nearly ten years after the previous title!
15. Maniac Mansion -- The game that invented LucasArts' famed point and click (SCUMM) interface.

Continuing my adventure gaming binge, I'm updating and reshuffling my list yet again!

1. Grim Fandango -- An innovative blend of Mexican folklore and original writing. Just brilliant.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original from 1990) -- Insult sword fighting!
3. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle -- "Women go crazy over men with big signatures" - John Hancock
4. The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) -- Loved the leap Monkey Island made in the late-90s.
5. The Longest Journey -- Who doesn't love saving the world? Er, worlds.
6. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original from 1991) -- Killer sequel to the original.
7. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective -- Proving that the genre is still alive and well in 2011, this DS title has crossover appeal to many gamers!
8. The Neverhood -- The adventure genre meets over 3.5 tons of clay and 50,000 frames of animation. Incredible!
9. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis -- You get to choose the adventure game you want to play: puzzle-heavy, fighting-heavy, or team-based!
10. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Broken Sword 1) -- Even I fell in love with Nicole Collard.

Honorable Mentions:

11. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow -- The pinnacle of the landmark Sierra series that revolutionized it all.
12. Tales of Monkey Island -- A wonderful reboot of the Monkey Island series nearly ten years after the last title!
13. Maniac Mansion -- The game that invented LucasArts' famed point and click interface.

I've been on a veritable adventure gaming binge lately, checking many games off my list that I've been intending to play for a while now! I'm updating my list of top adventure games again:

1. Grim Fandango -- An innovative blend of Mexican folklore and original writing. Just brilliant.
2. The Longest Journey -- Who doesn't love saving the world? Er, worlds.
3. The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original from 1990) -- Insult sword fighting!
4. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle -- "Women go crazy over men with big signatures" - John Hancock
5. The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) -- Loved the leap Monkey Island made in the late-90s.
6. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original from 1991) -- Killer sequel to the original.
7. The Neverhood -- Genius collaboration of Hollywood and the software industry. Brilliant soundtrack.
8. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Broken Sword 1) -- Even I fell in love with Nicole Collard.
9. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow -- The highlight of the landmark Sierra series.
10. Tales of Monkey Island 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood -- Peak of Telltale's revival of the Monkey Island series!

Honorable Mentions:

11. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 5: 8 Bit Is Enough! -- A modern adventure game with throwbacks to the classics.
12. Maniac Mansion -- The game that invented LucasArts' famed point and click interface.

Well, since I wrote my original list six months ago, I've played three more adventures games and replayed a slew of them. I'm revising my list now!

My top ten (only includes games I've actually played):

1. Grim Fandango -- it's just otherworldly good (pun intended!)
2. The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original from 1990) -- Insult sword fighting!
3. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle -- "Women go crazy over men with big signatures" - John Hancock
4. The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3) -- Loved the leap Monkey Island made in the late-90s.
5. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original from 1991) -- Killer sequel to the original
6. Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Broken Sword 1) -- Even I fell in love with Nicole Collard
7. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow -- The highlight of the landmark Sierra series
8. Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 5: 8 Bit Is Enough! -- Amazing throwbacks!
9. Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation -- Commanding the garbage scow SCS Eureka!
10. Maniac Mansion -- The game that invented LucasArts' famed point and click interface.

Wow! Thank you everyone for your input in this epic thread! You've brought to light a lot of classic adventure games that I've never played (and now will), even despite the fact that I've been playing adventure games for over 25 years (my first was the 1985 Sierra release of The Black Cauldron, based on the Disney film of the same title).

Once I saw this thread, I had to get it in on it! Yes, I even passed that silly quiz to register in this forum JUST so I could make a single post in this thread! You guys are awesome for contributing to this thread and bringing it to life!

Just to add whatever little I can to this thread, here are a few of my favorites that I've played (ranked roughly in order of preference):
The Curse of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 3)
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (the original, I haven't played the 2010 remake)
Myst
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Space Quest: The Serian Encounter (Space Quest 1)
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough
Maniac Mansion
Escape from Monkey Island (Monkey Island 4)
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode 4: The Criminal Projective
The Secret of Monkey Island (Monkey Island 1, the original, I haven't played the 2009 remake)
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (Leisure Suit Larry 1)
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People - Episode 2: Strongbadia the Free

Wow! I honestly thought I was just going to list "a few" of my favorites, but I ended up listing twelve! Believe me, though, there are many more adventure games that I liked that are not on that list of my favorites!

After reading this thread, I'm now totally convinced that I need to go out and find/play the following games as well (these ones I haven't previously played!):
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (amazingly, I've played the original, but not its sequel!)
Grim Fandango
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Sam & Max (probably the entire series, or at least close to the entire thing)
Simon the Sorcerer
Discworld
Sanitarium
Broken Sword (I actually already have a copy of this game for the Wii, but haven't gotten around to it yet)

Thank you again everybody! I'm super excited now, and looking forward to exposing myself to a whole new world of classic adventure titles!