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Sign in to saveMyst is a 1993 adventure video game developed by Cyan and published by Broderbund for Mac OS. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst. The player interacts with objects and traverses the environment by clicking on pre-rendered imagery. Solving puzzles allows the player to travel to other worlds ("Ages"), which reveal the backstory of the game's characters and help the player make the choice of whom to aid.
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Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle game developed by Cyan and released in 1993. Players explore a mysterious island filled with interactive environments, books, and clues that reveal its story. The gameplay focuses on solving logic-based puzzles and uncovering the fate of two trapped brothers. It features pre-rendered visuals and a non-linear structure that encourages exploration and observation. Myst became one of the best-selling PC games of its era and influenced the adventure game genre.
- Released
- 1993
- Genres
- Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
- Platforms
- Windows Mobile, Atari 2600, Philips CD-i, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, LaserActive, Amiga, Atari Jaguar CD, Sega Saturn
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Mohawk
- Franchise
- Myst
- Developer
- Cyan Worlds
- Publisher
- Acclaim Entertainment, Tec Toy, Brøderbund Software, Mean Hamster Software, PXL computers
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Myst
- Video game.caption
- Box art, showing an aerial view of the island of Myst, one of the key settings of the game
- Video game.image
- MystCover.png
- Video game.developer
- Cyan
- Video game.director
- Rand MillerRobyn Miller
- Video game.designer
- Rand MillerRobyn Miller
- Video game.artist
- Robyn MillerChuck Carter
- Video game.producer
- Laurie Strand
- Video game.composer
- Robyn Miller
- Video game.series
- Myst
- Video game.genre
- Adventure
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Development
- Background
- Production
- Audio
- Release
- Remakes and ports
- 3D remake for virtual reality and other platforms
- Reception
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Myst is a 1993 adventure video game developed by Cyan and published by Broderbund for Mac OS. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst. The player interacts with objects and traverses the environment by clicking on pre-rendered imagery. Solving puzzles allows the player to travel to other worlds ("Ages"), which reveal the backstory of the game's characters and help the player make the choice of whom to aid.
Designers Rand and Robyn Miller had started in game development creating black-and-white, largely plotless works aimed at children. They wanted Myst to be a graphically impressive game with a nonlinear story and mystery elements aimed at adults. The game's design was limited by the small memory footprint of video game consoles and by the slow speed of CD-ROM drives. The game was created on Apple Macintosh computers and ran on the HyperCard software stack, though ports to other platforms subsequently required the creation of a new engine.
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