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Exploring the Surreal World of MYST on Oculus Quest 2
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We should pause a moment, however, to clarify what "new" means here. The world of Rime is indeed new to Cyan's contemporary overhaul of Myst, but the history of this island stretches back a ...
It was Myst, the groundbreaking point-and-click adventure game that Brøderbund published in its first incarnation–for the Mac–25 years ago today, on September 24, 1993.
Beyond Myst and Riven, there are three more games in the series. Those are—in order— Exile, Revelation, and End of Ages.
Myst puts the player in the role of an unnamed person who is accidentally transported via a magical book to an isolated, seemingly uninhabited island. With no way back, the player is forced to ...
Myst came to market in 1993, which was a banner year in PC gaming—1993 also brought us X-Wing, Doom, Syndicate, and Day of the Tentacle, among others.
For 13 years, Myst fans have been working on The Starry Expanse Project, a Riven remake in the style of realMyst. While that project has always been unofficial, it did have Cyan's blessing. Over ...
Digital Trends chats with Myst co-creator and Cyan co-founder Robyn Miller about the game's legacy on the eve of his post-mortem talk at the 2013 Game Developer's Conference.
Millions of people played Myst, but it’s hard to say how many actually finished it. To a lot of players it was enough to just walk around this weird island and marvel at the lifelike CG oddities.
At nearly 30 years old, Myst remains a remarkable experience, made all the more accessible and enthralling in this modern iteration. This is the best way to play Myst—especially in VR.
The original Myst came out in 1993 and rapidly became the best-selling computer game of all time, until finally being beaten out by the first Sims game in 2002.
I recently sat down to talk—at length—with Rand Miller, co-creator of Myst and head of development studio Cyan Worlds. Below you’ll find 6,000 or so words on everything from his new game ...