The Making of Myst - Pt. 1

[TheConfoundedWizard]

Just finished the game!

[henrijs]

would be cool if original files turned up somewhere and somebody would port them into some modern engine for live walking in myth isle...

[sparton1199]

i bet strong bads 386 could play this

[MilleniumLP]

Best Game ever!

[cucciolo85]

Simply a wonderful game!!!!

[acasouk]

Sirrus, Achenar, Gehn, and Saavedro did not like this video!

[8GVirus]

ahhhhh this clip brings back gooooooooood memories of the good old gaming days. the first game has the best music and musical ideas ever. simply brilliant

[8GVirus]

ahhhhh this clip brings back gooooooooood memories of the good old gaming days

[halomasterchief14]

I wonder if there can be a game where a cell phone, you dial a number would link you to another world? ehh how do you charge it then? You would need an address book...

[kxmode]

I remember watching this at an Egghead software while deciding whether to buy Creature Shock or another game.

[TerryBogard675]

This came with the game didn't it? I remember watching it hundreds of times.

[tailsmilesprower24]

i would kill for that gray scale image!!!

[darkshewbacca]

I wonder if they realized at the time that they were making one of the greatest, most remembered and most influencial games of all time

[TheWayofTheStickman]

arround part 6:10 the "Strata Vision" is also a machine in the Sequel Riven. There is a machine that actually does exactly what they are talking about.

[LakatosIsti]

@TheWayofTheStickman There's actually something very similar in Myst as well. Right at the beginning of the game you can witness it. It's just that it extrudes an entirely different landscape.

[leapinglemur452]

I remember watching this when it came with the original game. Oh how I love Myst! It is so magical! Playing this game is like zen, I don't know, it's amazing!

[123456cephiro]

this guys are the closest to god the make a living world with su much content Fuck George lucas this shit is greater them the freaking Lord of the rings people are so mind closed that they dont dare to enter this world and explore it

[robduude]

@123456cephiro pretty sure a lot of people played this game it sold a lot of copies it just took a while

and if they didnt play it it wouldnt be closed minded just that they might not like it,closed minded is assuming that everyone should play this game.

[123456cephiro]

@robduude agree this work of art should bee experience by everybody even if they dont like it ,something like general culture,just to open his mind to a world of ideas...

[SanAndreasRobbePlay]

Compare this to how game makers make a game today:

-Use the same game engine

-Use half the same weapons

-Add graphics update.

These fucker's did everything from scratch, and made the best game of an entire century.

Props.

[xDanielx2016]

Try playing Unreal Tournament on the computer shown on 3:00 lol

[BuddLightbrain]

Is this still being produced for that later os systems, if not is should be, great introduction for students as an introduction to interactive multimedia.

The Team should re-release it! : )

[reinux]

i don't remember how many times i watched this back before i lost all 3 copies of the game.

[lonelysith66]

Playing MYST was the happiest time of my life.

^_^

[MilleniumLP]

@lonelysith66 me too! :)

[autotitslinger]

@lonelysith66 dono why but it made mee feel good too, It has to do with how the actual environment of the worlds and its epicness lol.

[timothy22597]

@lonelysith66 Playing MYST was the most antisocial time of my life. o.o

[timothy22597]

@timothy22597 Correction: "is".

[lonelysith66]

@timothy22597 Is that good or bad?

[timothy22597]

@lonelysith66 Good question... and one that is debatable, I think.

[jdzero]

Cyan knows how to build worlds. ;)

[kucoru16]

My god, look how long it took just to display the wireframe. This must have taken for freaking ever to render.

[necro2607]

@kucoru16 No doubt. Makes you think about today's tools with realtime interaction with fully-shaded objects and environments while you work. Today there's just no excuse for sub-par 3d design. ;)

[carmelzer]

I think myst games were so wonderful and incredible that we're( the fans) looking for more a lot of year later... Personally I'm surfing the web searching for videos and music. Myst was a part of my life. I will keep all the collection 4 ever.

[NitekMuscle]

What's interesting to me is that with a smaller budget, the developers of Myst trounced the game offerings of larger companies, such as Activision's Return to Zork.

[keithktam]

and yes, the gray scale map, early displacement map, i guess........

[keithktam]

its interesting to see the Real Myst graphic which is a real time rendering graphic, is better than the original Myst which is a pre-rendered one.........

of course, the person which is me would say these kind of crap, is because i didn't live in the time of the first Myst, sure it was a great graphic impact to those who played it when it was the first released. did play Mummy: tomb of the Pharoah though when it came out.

[DavittFinol]

This was my Mario.

Best game ever.

[Noise789]

my mom was one of the bets testers for this game in england, she passed her love for the myst series down to me (:

[x9x8x7x61]

Great game, good memories

[LIGHTRONIX]

2:46 "That's a dictionary on the table" hahahaha love it.

[BuddhaMaster84]

@LIGHTRONIX

So Atrus really reads a Dictionary?

[lonelysith66]

@BuddhaMaster84 Well, that explains everything!

LOL XD

[mats1e]

i am a huge myst fan

[auranit]

@mats1e me too

[WriterOfMadness]

Myst... best game serie ever...

[Tittlekopf]

This movie shows how brilliant two guys were at a time when computer didnt have gigabytes and gigahertz. The made a fantastic (its really almost perfect) game with a small amount of tools

[kstahmer]

There were six Myst games beginning with Myst in 1993 and ending with Myst V: End of Ages in 2005. I played them all. Many - me included - believe Riven was the best game in the series, but without Myst, there would have been no Riven. Myst set the technical standard for computer games. After Myst, shoddy graphics and weak storylines became anachronistic.

[SkyGuyandSnips]

WOW! THIS IS GREAT!!

[titanicpiano14]

Check Out My Rendition of the Myst theme!

[nitro912gr]

the sound is not in sync with the video or it is just me?

[CrossFeast]

Ahhhh haven't seen that intro in like 7 years,

[mookie34545]

Despite my usual Mac-hating, I have to say, out of my 4 copies of Myst 1, the Mac version was superior to the Windows version. Yes, I have 3 other copies, one broken, one working, one masterpiece edition.

Oh, and btw, I'm an Über Myst fan.

[mark84j]

Also!! Does anybody know what happened to the original traveler from Myst 1? He falls into the abyss in Riven, but is there any acknowledgment of his fate?

[Lian1286]

I always thought that the star fissure sent him/her back to their own world, and that they kept in touch with Atrus and Catherine by sending letters back and forth. If you watch the intro to Myst 4, you hear Atrus reading a letter he wrote to the traveler that mentions the events of Myst 1.

[mark84j]

Ahh ok. I stopped playing after 3 so thanks for the info! I always felt a slight sense of being jipped once Riven was over. You went through all this trouble only to fall into an endless abyss, but since traveller returned to his home, that clears that up :)

[mark84j]

Jesus. I still think about the MUSIC. Not only has the game itself stayed with me, but the MUSIC will always be my favorite out of any game.

[superjesse64]

Why did Myst DS have to be so bad?

[saitohxD]

Played this on Sega Saturn...was amazing!

[berner]

These games seem like they're on par with mensa :o

I am intrigued!

[psychocruzer]

i can't believed that they made the game on a mac and released for the pc

[Philomortis]

It was also released for mac. I know it's hard to believe, a video game on a mac!

[spectre257]

Macs used to be so fun to play games on back in the day :|

[malmvaegen]

Why? It was made on Macs. :s

[eedobaba7726]

Had bezier interpolation not been invented in 1992? It seems all of the flyby's use linear interpolation.

[1PlayerD]

man,anyone here wish the old days like from were myst was was still here?caus i kinda do

[NitekMuscle]

I want play Myst on a hulking 52' display. lol

[Bobertmcgee42]

get ready for 640*480 pixalation!!!!

[ghost037]

I heard about this game in a documentary then found it at a Value Village for about 4 bucks and I played it for what seemed like forever on my old laptop. I'd love to buy it for my ipod so I can kill time at school.

[RJTamm93]

I think they made it for iPod and iPhone?

[gwdone]

This game.... Oh my,, Favorite ever! Riven, Exile, URU / to Dn'i & Path of The Shell (all merged together) is great as well. The music and visuals will give you that same strange isolated feeling that's so attractive.

PLEASE BRING BACK MYST ONLINE !!!! PRETTY PLEASE!!!

[F0gstridEr]

Hahahhahaha!!!!!!! RETRO! :)''

i remeber i loved this game. that whas the reason why i got a PC :)

"cd-room" lol

[sudiin]

The first ever computer game I was introduced to by my high school teacher, we took turns playing this during recess breaks... never again will exist such a revolutionary and serene game. We solved puzzles in class...

[Luvcupramen]

Memories! I remember being in Elementary School waiting to go home just to play it!

[KesherMedia]

I still think it rules!!!

[Luvcupramen]

Oh yeah right on!

[cjaybee]

Does anybody remember or still play the manhole?

[johnbeyer]

I almost cry when I see this. I was young back then, I'm 18 now, but wow. after playing all the myst games as a great fan, seeing this is just..amazing.

Long live the not yet written ending!

[dodgydogman]

myst 5 is the last in the series ...

[eedobaba7726]

Watching this video when I was like 5 years old, on the old Myst CD, it was the first time I was interested in 3D graphics... Such awesome games.

[MystDragon3k]

Right behind you on that one bro!

[mrcombs777]

fucking coolio

[Myzelfa]

I miss this feature. I have the original release of Myst with this on it but it doesn't work on most computers! So sad.

[Jerrycosyweegirl]

You can get it on the iPhone now.

[AssassinJubo]

wait can anyone tell me why myst is so good. i cant wait to try it on the ipod touch but i need to know why people said that this was one of the best games until 2002. PLZ REPLY!!!

[proghead7]

well since you insist....myst like most successful videogames gets its popularity through depth of environment and ease of immersing the player into the digital world. the atmosphere is so lush and well designed that it is a total escape from reality. the graphics, music, and puzzles are all outstanding, but one thing you should know is that this is a cult following type game, and may require you to take a few days to appreciate its beauty

[necro2607]

@proghead7 Maybe for some people. For me, it took about 1 second to appreciate the beauty and awesomeness of Myst. Hell, the intro video and animation of "flying" to Myst Island, in 1993, was enough for me to be just completely awestruck and COMPLETELY STOKED. :)

[XxJenniebbzxX]

It just totally absorbs you so much that you forget where you are. I was playing myst 3, and my mate tapped me on the shoulder and I just jumped a mile lulz!

Also, no other game in existence can make you genuinely overjoyed, curious, sad or even afriad ( The age of Narayan D: ). No other game can keep you thinking about it in school and work.

And finally the characters are so real, and if you've played through all 5 games you genuinely feel for them.

[XxJenniebbzxX]

I must warn you though, the myst port to nintendo DS was shit so maybe the ipod one will be a bit meeh.

And if your an action fan, (who just plays COD 5 and likes to blow shit up) it probably isn't your thing :/

I mean in an age called spire you get to blow stuff up with this bomb chair thingy but it'll take you WEEKS to work out how to use it :D

[Zwartepiet58]

This game is very nice and has the nicest graphics , especially for 1993.!!!

[alexcandy1411]

I played this such a long time ago, and the game still draws me in! Now thats what I call awesome.

[LordOffLife]

OLD School...better than actual games with direct x10

[th3divin3p0w3r]

I have to admit, this game it an ultimate creation in itself, its like perfect world captured in a game, including the magnificant beauty of creation and the music is out of this world =D just thought id let you all know.

[Marstone2456]

The idea of the train in the Spaceship Age by one of the Myst game designers came probably from seeing the animated character Flounder in The Little Mermaid.

[Cinemaniac7]

I remember playing Myst on my Macintosh computer when it came out...I was 9 years old. There was no internet then. I was addicted to it!

[CJackSparrow79]

fucking cool, one of the best games i've ever played

[guugolpl0x]

Myst has incredible graphics.

[Deppizzymo]

People may argue with this, but I see no reason why the first 2 Myst games, and the 3 books shouldn't be placed among the best for video game storylines of all time. (I don't see how there could be any legitimate competition, and if you dare mention Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid I can point out to you 100 quotes that will make you cringe in disgust at their cliché-corniness.)

[ardiar2011]

I agree! Although I've always been adventure game biased.

[exitwest]

I agree completely! It's no secret that the creators of LOST based it largely on the first MYST game. The cannon for games 1-4, and even Uru plus the 3 books is really amazing. And it's groundbreaking as one of the first truly multimedium stories created. We take for granted what Heroes is now, but MYST blazed the trail.

I'm a bit sad they haven't written a 4th and final book.

[Deppizzymo]

Right! I played Myst III recently and I really overlooked the story in it. I've never played Myst IV but plan on very soon. I actually played Myst III so long ago, and was biased because I remember it not being made by Cyan, but going back and playing I feel they did a phenomenal job with it. It's a shame Presto couldn't survive to make more games. Excited for Myst IV now after playing (and being hugely letdown) but Uru. I honestly couldn't bear to play with those controls for more than 5 mins.

[robduude]

myst is pretty cliche too...

evil brothers trapping their father?

going into books?

trapped on island in the middle of nowhere?

the whole game is a cliche...

still VERY awesome though and this video brings back SOOOOO many memories :D

[Deppizzymo]

I don't really consider them cliché at all when compared to other video games. Yeah maybe if you compare them to the history of film and literature, but at least they have something fresh and new to add to the video game industry.

[93riven]

actually, the concept of worlds written in books is pretty interesting. after all, language defines our world as well (at least to some extent)

[Deppizzymo]

The game that still inhabits my memories. There really was no better game out there in 1993 for PC. Just LOOK at this game in its context. In 1993 this was the most revolutionary piece of multimedia art in existence. I am only sorry that after Riven the games kinda went downhill, as did the adventure genre as a whole. Without Cyan's seriousness, and Lucas Arts' lack of, games may be very different today than they are.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Yeah, guys, don't worry, the puzzles weren't too easy.

The Myst series is a wonderful environmental epic adventure, but I'll always remember it for its infuriating difficulty.

[happymyster]

A dictionary! Ha, I always thought that book looked awfully big.

[d2clannet]

Myst rocks! all of them what is tehre mor to say. It just rocks :D

[d2clannet]

opps sorry for the typos

Myst rocks! all of them what is there more to say. It just rocks :D

[mrjustin5]

COSMOSABRAVO - you posted this video - the sound is very, very out of synchronization at most points in the video.

Its great to see older stuff like this posted. I am shocked they didnt use 3D Studio for DOS to make the game, it does have a limited detail that I think 3d Studio would be more realistic.

I used 3DS DOS and AUTOCAD in those days when that game came out and I've nearly forgotten the HORRIBLE time to wait for the PC to DRAW a single wireframe window view. Terrible stone-age days.

[Deppizzymo]

You know, I wonder if during the early stages of development, if they got completely frustrated (and nearly gave up?)... Seeing a scene load after 3 hours+ then implimenting it into the game as one frame has to be very depressing, especially considering the idea hadn't really been capitalized on during that time. So it was really a risk to waste all those hours rendering the game frame by frame, a risk I'm sure they weighed in on considerably during the course of the development.

[POLE7645]

Well, they used Macintosh computers, so they used StrataVision 3D (today known as Strata 3D).

[DevilMaster]

This is something I read on a gaming forum. Someone asks: "I need info about RealMyst. I have Myst, what's the difference?"

Here's the answer he got: "I don't know, I played it and... except for the 3D environment, I found no difference. Maybe a hidden Era, but I never found it. Everything is exactly like Myst."

ROTFL! What a noob! I bet that if someone asks him "What's the difference between Megan Fox and the Pope?" he'll reply: "I don't know, except for the gender, I found no difference."

[DevilMaster]

RealMyst is the best. I originally played Myst (the Saturn version) and I couldn't understand what was so great about it, it felt like a number of unconnected postcards, where you click on a random spot on a picture and you switch from a postcard to another.

Some time later, I tried RealMyst. Let me tell you, RealMyst ROCKS! It's absolutely immersive, you really feel like you are in this other, mysterious dimension with strange machines, and you can move around freely... it's absolutely great!

[divanrod]

fuck yeah

thanks myst for helping out my imagination growth as a child :)

[Muskelman19]

I loved Myst... well I'm still loving it. this is the greatest game i've ever played and it will be the greatest game ever.

[Mank25]

Their 3D stuff was way ahead of its time.

[RockyMHorse]

This game is wicked.

[phoenixwot]

The music and graphics of Myst are the best

[lovemeg5186]

I will say this time and time again. I Loved playing this game.I wish I still had the games I would play them over and over. These games had a lot of value to me and always will. I wish there were more games like this.

[xoterimillaox]

my dad worked on myst... in the credits and all

[bioman10154]

you lucky punk! who is he? i would have loved to have taken part in the production of Myst

[BuddhaMaster84]

@xoterimillaox I like to recreate MYST Island in the most living and breathing detail possible on Unreal Engine 3, which is one of the most powerful 3d engines available.

I played MYST some 10 years and are completely obsessed with everything about it. Im experienced in UE for 10 years

I wrote Robyn Miller but haven't got any answer.

Real models would be very useful for original proportions

I would love doing that

[predator763]

This Entire Series Rocks!, the books are great!, Uru live is asome even though its goin down in 2 months,,boo!, but dude u r sooo lucky to live next to the greatest ppl ever and that made the greatest history and series ever

[sonicartist91]

i cant believe that thes guys live about a half hour away from me!! and here is a big shocker i know them cause the go to my church!!

[DeoMachina]

Awesome.

[Biopharmer]

what religion?

[lonelysith66]

@sonicartist91 Whoa, really?!

:O

[LusikkaMage]

So who was the inventor of height-mapping? They kind of talked about it like it was a totally original idea, but I wouldn't have guessed that they made it.

[BYMYSYD]

I like the part when they were talking about make the pre-rendered seens. Wow these guys really were ahead of there time I making this game. I play this game, and I still think this is the best video game ever made.

[Sengotan]

Myst..best puzzle games ever

I'm playing at Myst 4 right now...and i am at Serenia

[Alexyvil]

Sweet

[stromboldt]

The amazing thing that none of these haters seem to realize is that a good chunk of this game was done by these two brothers and few other friends. Keep in mind the year was around 1992 and the state of the art in personal computing was the Pentium 90 MHz. What they accomplished is nothing short of amazing.

[DeoxysvRayquaza1]

We play Myst 4 in my class.

[zcat18]

This brings back memories. It's not an Easter Egg, though. It was also part of the PC version. I believe the "making of" was a second CD in the package.

[DrVinceTyres]

Yeah it was on the pc version as well

[jowie74]

loved loved LOVED it :-)

Shame video out of sync.

[realityfiend12]

Unforutnately you have to actually think about how to get places in the game

Not our fault you didn't figure that out ;)

[hirotarobg]

just becouse you are stupid and can't figure out anything doesn't mean that the game is stupid

[heatmiser86]

Grow some hair on your balls and then come back and I might actually consider your comment worthwhile.

[hirotarobg]

wow you must be realy stupid if you think I'd write my real age here! ha ha ha ha ha

[stantz]

it's out of sync as I believe this is the easter egg found on the old PS version of the game (afaik) and that was horrendously out of sync too..

[cosmosabravo]

this is an actual .mov file from the original mac version, it just went out of sync when i uploaded it. I'll upload a new version sometime when I feel like it.

[DevilMaster]

Could you upload the actual .mov file to Megaupload and give the URL to that in the description of this video?

[Errornix]

Wow, I haven't played MYST in years!

Cool video.

[aarondirebear]

the audio is unsynchronozied