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| publishers=Brøderbund, Midway Games, Mean Hamster Software, Sunsoft | | publishers=Brøderbund, Midway Games, Mean Hamster Software, Sunsoft | ||
|designers=Robyn Miller, Rand Miller | |designers=Robyn Miller, Rand Miller | ||
| | | platforms=MacOS, Windows, Saturn, PlayStation, Jaguar CD, AmigaOS, CD-i, 3DO, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, iPhone | ||
| release-date=MacOS: September 24, 1993<br>Windows: 1994<br>3DO: March 17, 1995<br>PlayStation (NA): September 30, 1996<br>PlayStation (PAL): November 15, 1996 | |||
| genres=graphic adventure, puzzle | | genres=graphic adventure, puzzle | ||
| mode=Single-player | | mode=Single-player | ||
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| media=CD-ROM | | media=CD-ROM | ||
| input=Keyboard, mouse | | input=Keyboard, mouse | ||
| followed | | series=Myst | ||
| followed=[[Riven: The Sequel to Myst]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Myst''''' is a pre-rendered adventure computer game, with a simple point-and-click interface. Developed by [[Cyan]]) and published by [[Brøderbund]], it was released on September 24, 1993 after roughly two years of work. Its tremendous success sparked four sequels, several re-releases and bundles, a complete remake, three novels, a spin-off computer game series, and arguably an entire new genre of games heavily inspired from ''Myst's'' simplicity and style of puzzles, the solving of which is required in order to progress in, and complete, the game. | '''''Myst''''' is a pre-rendered adventure computer game, with a simple point-and-click interface. Developed by [[Cyan]]) and published by [[Brøderbund]], it was released on September 24, 1993 after roughly two years of work. Its tremendous success sparked four sequels, several re-releases and bundles, a complete remake, three novels, a spin-off computer game series, and arguably an entire new genre of games heavily inspired from ''Myst's'' simplicity and style of puzzles, the solving of which is required in order to progress in, and complete, the game. | ||
''Myst'' also very subtly introduced | ''Myst'' also very subtly introduced an entire civilization's story and history to the player, the [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]]. The D'ni-related themes are much further developed in the first sequel, ''[[Riven: The Sequel to Myst|Riven]]'', in the three novels and in the ''[[Uru]]'' spin-off series. The events of Myst take place in 1806 AD, or 9462 DE. | ||
''Myst'' was widely acclaimed for the then-unusual amount of graphical detail. It was one of the first games to ship on CD-ROM, rather than floppy disks, and actually came bundled with some CD-ROM drives of the time, which were still an unusual piece of hardware to have in the home PC market. | ''Myst'' was widely acclaimed for the then-unusual amount of graphical detail. It was one of the first games to ship on CD-ROM, rather than floppy disks, and actually came bundled with some CD-ROM drives of the time, which were still an unusual piece of hardware to have in the home PC market. | ||
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The game begins at and revolves around [[Myst]] Island. The [[Stoneship]], [[Mechanical]], [[Selenitic]], and [[Channelwood]] [[Age]]s are featured (all four of which contain numerous clues to solving the game); those of [[Haven]] and [[Spire]] are hinted at though not expanded upon until ''[[Myst IV: Revelation]]''; and [[Earth|D'ni]] (more specifically: [[K'veer]]) is seen at the end, with the imprisoned [[Atrus]] sitting there at a desk. | The game begins at and revolves around [[Myst]] Island. The [[Stoneship]], [[Mechanical]], [[Selenitic]], and [[Channelwood]] [[Age]]s are featured (all four of which contain numerous clues to solving the game); those of [[Haven]] and [[Spire]] are hinted at though not expanded upon until ''[[Myst IV: Revelation]]''; and [[Earth|D'ni]] (more specifically: [[K'veer]]) is seen at the end, with the imprisoned [[Atrus]] sitting there at a desk. | ||
''Myst'' has been ported to [[Myst DS|Nintendo DS]] (May 13, 2008) and iOS (May 3, 2009), and has been remade as [[realMyst]] and [[realMyst: Masterpiece Edition]]. | |||
''Myst'' has been | |||
== References == | == References == |