what screen configuration did you used to record this movie? i tried with hypercam2 and a 256 color screen config, but the clip looks wrong coloured. can CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?
I would like to see a film of Myst, but I do wonder how it would translate to screen. Would it be shot from the first person? In which case, it's too much like the game. If we see the stranger, it ruins his/her mystery.
I'm 12, what is this? Nah, just fucking with ya. I'm 14 and I say, myst is better than Call of Duty, and basically any other overrated game that parents shouldn't let their kids be playing. 14 year olds are not all fucktards with no life that would rather play mindnumbing games than a game that actually requires effort. :D glad to get that off my chest. (I can also spell on YouTube, am I cool now?)
@teencomment It is on Steam, and you should be able to get it via Amazon or something like that in a collection of some sorts, so you can play it's sequels as well. And you WILL want to, that I can promise.
@RammsteinLB That's where I bought Myst, Riven and Exile. And I think me and my dad bought it for $19.99, I have the original from REDORB too, which was made long before I was born.
@AmayaRamiel Well the game isn't old itself, but It feels old to me because I'm still young. Also I had many memories of this game when I was very small, so when I look back at this it seems older than it really is (if that makes any sense). Also MYST isn't the only game I have that is old. I have some NES classics as well.
The easiest way I find to get the old Myst games working is to use a Virtual PC with Windows 98 on it. Original Myst and Riven both work just fine without any complications.
And so you fall down a fissure. You hear a voice talk to you. You do not know what it is talking about or what this "book" really is. All else is irrelevant as you step in to the twilight zone :P
Usually playing this requires uninstalling Quicktime from your computer and reinstalling it using the outdated version that comes with the game. And also running the game in Windows 95 compatibility mode.
Most Myst forums contain plenty of threads on how to get the game to play on newer XP/Vista machines.
I remember my mom and brother playing this game years ago. I tried, but I had no idea what was going on, and gave up. Yet, I still thought it was EXTREMELY cool.
Now I'm reading the book that's the prequel, but it's really boring. THIS BEGINING IS AWESOME!!!
I too fall into a starry expanse.. But unlike him, my heart yearns to find out the last page. I have never beaten it, for I am not of him. But what is the beginning? That page was from the middle, and I hunger for the first pages.. If only I were to find a way to read those first few pages.. I would be content.
Oh gosh does this ever bring back a lot of memories. I wish that my old myst CD would still play properly on my computer. Perhaps I should go and buy RealMyst sometime...Or just get it for the ps3. Either way, this game is fantastic.
Good old Games has a lot of old computer games in reworked so they are compatible with Vista and XP. You can get Riven, ReaMyst, and Masterpiece Myst for 6-10USD.
I don't know if this will work on an old disc since I have a 10th anniversary edition, but reinstalling quicktime to the version on the disc is how I got mine to work. For some reason newer version of quicktime just leaves the screen blank.
@DinoThrasher The graphical requirments of the game are too inferior. You have to use a version of quicktime that is compatible I had to do the same thing. I've been playing this game since christmas 1993 and I still go back and play it every now and then. It is a very awesomely well programmed piece of entertainment.
the Myst book to earth violates all laws of astrophysics! Of course, the Fissure itself does too, because A, there's an Oxygen atmosphere, and B: No reflected sunlight on the "planets". For those who don't know, that's not a crescent moon in the beginning. Its a near-total solar eclipse. RealMYst shows this of the moon moving away from the sun.
Right, because Myst is all about following physical laws. Since it's SO possible to link between an infinite number of worlds by writing with special ink on special pages. And touch paintings to make them swirl and open doorways.
A. The starry expanse within the fissure is not meant to be outer space. It is meant to be an unexplained, non-detailed expanse almost -between- linking itself. It is a portal written into one of the books through a change in the writing by Atrus. It does have an oxygen atmosphere, or so it would seem, and gravity as well. B. The "planets" (ages) are scattered throughout the infinite universe... they revolve around different stars.
I agree with you on most accounts, although I was under a different impression for the source of the rift. As I understand it, Gehn wrote the Age of Riven, or at least wrote *in* it... but he wasn't the best writer. The fissure opened due to contradictions in his writing. At the beginning of Riven, and the end of Myst, Atrus is seen writing in the book of Riven, to attempt to keep it stable.
Hmmm.... Sounds right. It's been way too long since I read the books, I'm gonna have to steal- [ahem] BORROW them from my cousin again...
I thought that it was written in so that Atrus could... do that stuff that would spoil the plot if I said it... but it could be that he just used it to his advantage when it showed up.
oh, well you might try reading the note on the ground near the library. and go into the room to your left when you start out. if you get really stuck try a walkthrough.
"I realized the moment I fell into the fissure that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned. It continued falling into that starry expanse, of which I had only a fleeting glimpse. I have tried to speculate where it might have landed, but I must admit such conjecture is futile. Still, questions about whose hands might one day hold my Myst book are unsettling to me. I know my apprehensions might never be allayed, and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written"
I think it's worth it. If you have a Nintendo DS (any version), it's been ported there as well. This game is definitely dated, but still worth picking up and playing. If you're looking for a version that's more updated, try realMyst, it's Myst but with better graphics and real time weather physics. In other words, yes, pick it up, you'll be glad you did.
Yeah, I won't deny it's choppy though they do include the Rine age from realMyst but you don't have to jump through any hoops to get to the linking book. It's automatically there when you get back to Myst which I guess is both good and bad.
Athough U may not know this, but just before Riven came out, a defunct game company, "Rocket Science" produced a dream-oriented game called "OBSIDIAN", and placed a MYST joke in one of its levels. Namely, the falling Myst book, and an actor quote: "Bring me the blue pages...", both on a robot TV, AKA "vidbot". ;) I think Vidbots may come in handy for certain industries where personnel can't physically come there, ever.
Youtube is nice, because I can remind myself how the intro went without having to reinstall Myst on my PC... which takes time and would probably cut into my work tomorrow.
I used to play this game with my mom when I was really little. It was my favorite game. We really got into it. I think my favorite part back then was when you go into the fireplace and close the door, you can press the little squares. I used to make pictures with it. XD
Hi evryone...I love Myst and I was able to buy it, but now I have a PC with Windows XP...and the game does not work. Does anyone know how to make it work? Thank u all
PCs tend to be problematic when it comes to retro gaming. You might want to try finding a computer with an older OS, like Windows 95 or NT or something like that.
Hey there, I was having the same problem. It DOES work, though it might take some time to figure out what to do. Be sure to have it set to run in 256 colors and disable visual themes and see if that works. If that still doesn't do it for you just ask Google, there are a bunch of websites that tell you what to do.
Or perhaps from the Myst in the Collector's Edition? I can tell that this isn't the original Myst, that's for sure, 'cuz...well, let's just say this one has higher quality than the intro from the 256-color original release. (Or could this be the original Mac one?!)
It's crazy that every sound effect I heard in this game made me chicken of it even though my Dad helped me. Then again, the same goes for reality. I even resisted going to worship at church, and look at me now, I keep my ears open all the time! Must be growing up. I just hate being surrounded by incredibly loud sound, although I scared MYSELF by thinking that even though there was no sound in one part of a movie, I thought there was by cranking it way up. Fool I was, a scared little fool.
@ansonii48 This is the original; even the version from realMyst isn't that much different, really (changed up the credits though.) It's amazing how good the graphics were, even though it was at a pretty low resolution (which is why it's perfect for youtube :P)
I pray to get this for Nintendo DS, but what I can't figure out is how exactly it compares to its 3D counterpart, because it has Rime and the original Rolodex of pictures at once! I don't understand. I also hope to get Real Myst for CD, as Gametap held a suckish version covered with bugs.
The DS version is pretty good, and it does have Rime in it, but for some reason there a lot of bugs in it. It gets kinda annoying, since I've actually had to restart my DS because the game froze up on me.
i just installed myst but that video doesnt show up. it just starts with the book. and the books where the brothers are in. The phot just shows blackness. Do i need to set the settings on my computer or something?
yeah, and when URU Live ended last month, a line from Riven's end, "The ending can never truly be written." That should be taken more seriously! I mean, it came back from 2003, so why won't it happen again in the future? Oh, and RealMyst explains the words here much better, but that game is so hard to find these days. Mine is covered with glitches that make me want to smash the PC! rofl.
I saw it in a gamestop, and i think it had a camera + journal like Mysts 4 + 5, but my lil' sister refused to let me use it because hers-formerly mine-is the only one we got in the house. PS: The only Myst things I truly want aren't the games of 1-3, but a fancy-shmancy journal from the "Ages of Myst" pack + a Squee doll from Exile masterpiece 2003, that's all.
Man I loved how they connected Myst to Riven. The fact that it was actually you, the player, who fell into the fissure at the end of Riven. You are the one who gets linked away so your former self can begin at the beginning. Man such storytelling. I love these games. I have all 5 plus Uru and every now and then enjoy a walk through the ages. I still have my original note pad with all the notes from the first game in my desk. The memories from this game are jsut endless.
That's not what happened ... Atrus intended to trap his father in Riven so he jumped into the Fissure and linked out of Myst. He thought the book would be destroyed but it fell to Earth, leading to the events of the Myst game. The player doesn't see the fissure until the end of Riven.
i thought i was weird cuz the music scared me and still does...the whole game felt creepy but i was hooked...don't remember much about it now though..
I was three years old when I first played this game. The ending to the Cyan logo thing, with the dramatic timpani and big octave, scared the heck out of me.
I haven't beaten any other Myst game, or even tried any but Riven.
LMAO! i remember playing this game when i was little! like 8 years old i had no fuckin clue what to make of it lol! i would just go around and do random things never even knew what to do! lmao!
for some reason I was scared of playing it when I was a younger. Maybe its because of the sound effects during the playing. And one of the sound effects looks like the friday the 13th sound.
I used to hate the intro as well. Maybe because the computer I used for it was a piece of junk; for some reason, whenever I played Myst, it automatically turned the volume up to full. No wonder I was scared.
i like the music and story. I have Myst and Riven here at home. (siiiggghhh)I love going back to the olden days. My older sister used to love these games like crazy. Too bad Myst V can't be like the others.
Great game/ book. I read "The book of Atrus" which fills in some of the gaps that the game leaves. The book ends with this intro. Excellent intro, its soo mysterious.
Did you run it in 256 colors? I'm trying to record a 256 color program but am having trouble finding one. The one's I have tried screw up the color resolution...
if it wasn't for Gehn, the MYST series wouldn't have started!
while on riven, Atrus got away from Gehn by jumping INTO the star fissure (gehn was trying to get the myst book.), and using a linking book to get away. the myst book, rather then being destroyed, floated through the fissure and eventually ended up on earth, and viola! the game series started.
Haha, when we were kids, we thought Atrus there was the stranger, and that he was an astronaut... that was until we actually met him... like 7 YEARS LATER. This game was so hard.
Best game ever Literay
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spacemanbose 4 weeks ago
I would like to see a film of Myst, but I do wonder how it would translate to screen. Would it be shot from the first person? In which case, it's too much like the game. If we see the stranger, it ruins his/her mystery.
Also, the film would need to be 40 hours long.
SonOfFurzehatt 1 month ago
Apple Macintosh Performa 630 was my first Computer that i can call my own.Myst was my first Game and was the first game on CD of the World too.
Great Graphic, Sound and an very creative Story.
VinGee33 1 month ago
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spacemanbose 2 months ago
the beginning of something great...
MrLordoffantasy 6 months ago 3
The first game of a great series.
picjusbro 6 months ago
Love this game!
army00100 7 months ago
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How come a movie based on this game hasn't been made yet?!!!
acinom13 7 months ago
MYST is a hard game to understand the story, fuck this is a hard game in general!
TheLegendaryJames 7 months ago
@TheLegendaryJames
so this is the sense of Puzzle games isn't?
But after 18(!) Years still one of my favorite Game
VinGee33 1 month ago
i remember when this first hit the stores. i thought it was the most brilliant thing ever made.
sirMAXX77 7 months ago 3
I wonder if this is anything like The Dig.
dlong6184 8 months ago
old games ftw
LIGHTRONIX 8 months ago
Oh, the nostalgia.
aewilson95 8 months ago
Thumbs up if you think there should be a movie made about Myst and its many sequels. Mabey on focused on Uru
MarxSoulRulesFools 10 months ago 23
@MarxSoulRulesFools I'm writing a book :P
neoParasak 2 months ago
I'm 12, what is this? Nah, just fucking with ya. I'm 14 and I say, myst is better than Call of Duty, and basically any other overrated game that parents shouldn't let their kids be playing. 14 year olds are not all fucktards with no life that would rather play mindnumbing games than a game that actually requires effort. :D glad to get that off my chest. (I can also spell on YouTube, am I cool now?)
Dunthyon 10 months ago 3
I wonder if this game is still avaiable to be bought anywhere. It looks pretty good from what I've heard.
teencomment 11 months ago
@teencomment It is on Steam, and you should be able to get it via Amazon or something like that in a collection of some sorts, so you can play it's sequels as well. And you WILL want to, that I can promise.
frznbxy 10 months ago
@teencomment i work at best buy and we had the first 3 for a combo pack price of 20 dollars.
RammsteinLB 10 months ago
@RammsteinLB That's where I bought Myst, Riven and Exile. And I think me and my dad bought it for $19.99, I have the original from REDORB too, which was made long before I was born.
TheLegendaryJames 7 months ago
@TheLegendaryJames How old are you?! The game came out in 1993, that's not long ago! T_T I feel so old!
AmayaRamiel 6 months ago
@AmayaRamiel Well the game isn't old itself, but It feels old to me because I'm still young. Also I had many memories of this game when I was very small, so when I look back at this it seems older than it really is (if that makes any sense). Also MYST isn't the only game I have that is old. I have some NES classics as well.
TheLegendaryJames 6 months ago
@teencomment You can get it at GOG.com as well.
TheLegendaryJames 7 months ago
I just found out a fun fact between MYST and Revelation (besides the brothers) =3... but that'll be spoiling.
BlueSlyster 11 months ago
Thank you. Ah memories.
Echosofthemind 1 year ago
EPIC!
Mattamster 1 year ago
I'm a PC, I think a Mac game is nearly the most memorable game iv ever played.
1PlayerD 1 year ago
Why was the book meant to be destroyed?
XandWacky 1 year ago
@XandWacky So nobody could follow him.
khrrck967 1 year ago
@XandWacky Play Riven! Or better yet, read Myst: The Book of Atrus.
solidsnake58 1 year ago
@XandWacky So that Gehn couldn get his hands on it ;) Have you played Riven? Or read Book or Atrus?
toovann 1 year ago
Ah, the good old days when people made an amazing, best-selling game with just 8 people on the staff...
khrrck967 1 year ago
@khrrck967 8 people?
XandWacky 1 year ago
@XandWacky Judging from counting people in the credits. :P
khrrck967 1 year ago
My Myst book is full of 8th grade doodles. If you flip the pages you can see Pedobear sticking it to the Jonas brothers.
DavittFinol 1 year ago
@DavittFinol That is all pretty recent... Are you still in 8th grade...?
BackwardsT 1 year ago
I miss my youth!!!!
MrPlaystation3freak 1 year ago
The easiest way I find to get the old Myst games working is to use a Virtual PC with Windows 98 on it. Original Myst and Riven both work just fine without any complications.
259 1 year ago
Check out my rendition of the Myst theme!
titanicpiano14 1 year ago
Ah, yes. The sequel to Cosmic Osmo :)
Bearram1 1 year ago
The 3DO Version of Myst is exactly the same as this one
SuicideChild13 1 year ago
And so you fall down a fissure. You hear a voice talk to you. You do not know what it is talking about or what this "book" really is. All else is irrelevant as you step in to the twilight zone :P
Albus43 1 year ago 2
I want to play this game... where can I download it???
boyluckluck 1 year ago
@boyluckluck Buy it.
MisterPenguinMusic 1 year ago
@MisterPenguinMusic, yeah, that wasn't helpful... I was talking about illegal downloading, you fool...
boyluckluck 1 year ago
@boyluckluck No fucking way. I said you can't download it, so buy it.
MisterPenguinMusic 1 year ago
@boyluckluck:
Illegal downloading is illegal.
PeterRabbitTV 1 year ago
@PeterRabbitTV I know, but don't give a crap. Besides, where I come from is not an issue...
boyluckluck 1 year ago
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@PeterRabbitTV I know it is, but I don't give a crap. Besides, where I come from that is not an issue...
boyluckluck 1 year ago
Usually playing this requires uninstalling Quicktime from your computer and reinstalling it using the outdated version that comes with the game. And also running the game in Windows 95 compatibility mode.
Most Myst forums contain plenty of threads on how to get the game to play on newer XP/Vista machines.
prod1gy3000 1 year ago
He has the most awsome voice. Atrus, for me, is a bit of a child roll model. Passive, compassionate, ernest.. Loved that character so much :)
More games please! ^_^
shadowsoal2000 1 year ago
I remember my mom and brother playing this game years ago. I tried, but I had no idea what was going on, and gave up. Yet, I still thought it was EXTREMELY cool.
Now I'm reading the book that's the prequel, but it's really boring. THIS BEGINING IS AWESOME!!!
RobinHighFlyer 1 year ago
This is powerful. I'm in awe of his voice and language.
Wensby 1 year ago
This gives me goosebumps :D
singular23 1 year ago
greatest game opening of all time, ive played some crazy ass games and this openings still wins
michaelspadaro6 1 year ago
I remember being young, my parents got a windows 95, I had no idea what to do in this game yet it was still awesome!
EchoBoomer1987 1 year ago
Man, this opening makes a lot more sense if you played sequel.
ProkoLokor 1 year ago
This one is still my personal favorite because you are blind and must uncover and learn everything.
Luigi84289 1 year ago
Check Out My Rendition of the MYST theme!
titanicpiano14 1 year ago
I too fall into a starry expanse.. But unlike him, my heart yearns to find out the last page. I have never beaten it, for I am not of him. But what is the beginning? That page was from the middle, and I hunger for the first pages.. If only I were to find a way to read those first few pages.. I would be content.
Nokiemensful 1 year ago 8
Perhaps, the ending has not yet been written...
I remember being four and going 'This is so cool!' I forgot about the game for a while, but now, I'm going to hunt down a copy. ^^
jaydahsxcreator 1 year ago
Guys, Atrus's cat dies.
also, SPOILERS
CoMa7oSe 2 years ago 3
I admit the echo for atrus was overdone and made it a little creepy.
machiner6 2 years ago
I though he said at 0:39 "I know I have intentions like never to be laid" xD
xxxOhReallyxxx 2 years ago
i lol'd
michaelspadaro6 2 years ago
Oh gosh does this ever bring back a lot of memories. I wish that my old myst CD would still play properly on my computer. Perhaps I should go and buy RealMyst sometime...Or just get it for the ps3. Either way, this game is fantastic.
zeldafangirl109 2 years ago
Good old Games has a lot of old computer games in reworked so they are compatible with Vista and XP. You can get Riven, ReaMyst, and Masterpiece Myst for 6-10USD.
pirbird14 2 years ago
you can get it for iphone/ipod touch
ExtraEme 2 years ago
@ExtraEme and for the DS
SuperManga64 2 years ago
@zeldafangirl109
I don't know if this will work on an old disc since I have a 10th anniversary edition, but reinstalling quicktime to the version on the disc is how I got mine to work. For some reason newer version of quicktime just leaves the screen blank.
DinoThrasher 1 year ago
@DinoThrasher The graphical requirments of the game are too inferior. You have to use a version of quicktime that is compatible I had to do the same thing. I've been playing this game since christmas 1993 and I still go back and play it every now and then. It is a very awesomely well programmed piece of entertainment.
Luigi84289 1 year ago
I like the german version better, it's creepier.
Herget 2 years ago
Yep Atrus throws the book in the fissure because....Read the books ;)
snipedog 2 years ago
It's interesting that even though the first game revolved around Myst, the first age you see is Riven, through the fissure.
eedobaba7726 2 years ago 3
the Myst book to earth violates all laws of astrophysics! Of course, the Fissure itself does too, because A, there's an Oxygen atmosphere, and B: No reflected sunlight on the "planets". For those who don't know, that's not a crescent moon in the beginning. Its a near-total solar eclipse. RealMYst shows this of the moon moving away from the sun.
machiner6 2 years ago
Right, because Myst is all about following physical laws. Since it's SO possible to link between an infinite number of worlds by writing with special ink on special pages. And touch paintings to make them swirl and open doorways.
jyciusvid 2 years ago 2
In a more direct answer to your problems...
A. The starry expanse within the fissure is not meant to be outer space. It is meant to be an unexplained, non-detailed expanse almost -between- linking itself. It is a portal written into one of the books through a change in the writing by Atrus. It does have an oxygen atmosphere, or so it would seem, and gravity as well. B. The "planets" (ages) are scattered throughout the infinite universe... they revolve around different stars.
jyciusvid 2 years ago
I agree with you on most accounts, although I was under a different impression for the source of the rift. As I understand it, Gehn wrote the Age of Riven, or at least wrote *in* it... but he wasn't the best writer. The fissure opened due to contradictions in his writing. At the beginning of Riven, and the end of Myst, Atrus is seen writing in the book of Riven, to attempt to keep it stable.
ManaLocke 2 years ago
Hmmm.... Sounds right. It's been way too long since I read the books, I'm gonna have to steal- [ahem] BORROW them from my cousin again...
I thought that it was written in so that Atrus could... do that stuff that would spoil the plot if I said it... but it could be that he just used it to his advantage when it showed up.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to go reread stuff.
jyciusvid 2 years ago
Are you sure it doesn't just violate MOST laws of astrophysics?
Spymaster27 2 years ago
I love this game, but its hard I am having super colaberioutious badness trouble. can u help me
XandWacky 2 years ago
what's the problem?
radioactivegamer 2 years ago
i cant get started
XandWacky 2 years ago
do you just get a black screen or can you see a book?
radioactivegamer 2 years ago
i can get started by getting onto the island but idk what to do
XandWacky 2 years ago
oh, well you might try reading the note on the ground near the library. and go into the room to your left when you start out. if you get really stuck try a walkthrough.
radioactivegamer 2 years ago
Thank you SO much!! :)
Starlet127 2 years ago
Can anyone please tell me what he says after this? "Still questions "_______" might one day hold my MYST book are unsaidly to be..."
I have never been able to figure this out... thank you so much if you know!
Starlet127 2 years ago
Still, questions about whose hands might one day ...etc
Raneados 2 years ago
"I realized the moment I fell into the fissure that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned. It continued falling into that starry expanse, of which I had only a fleeting glimpse. I have tried to speculate where it might have landed, but I must admit such conjecture is futile. Still, questions about whose hands might one day hold my Myst book are unsettling to me. I know my apprehensions might never be allayed, and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written"
AlishaShatogi 2 years ago 73
"question about who;s hands might hold my Myst book are unseteling."
radioactivegamer 2 years ago
ahhhh....the good ol' dayz......
smokeyhtx 2 years ago
Anyone else have a soft spot for the type of old-timey 3D graphics that Myst has?
DonZabu 3 years ago 63
It looks so great and Im thinking about playing a less fast paced game. Is it still worth getting for pc?
theme99 2 years ago
You can get it for Circus Peanuts nowadays, so, why not?
DonZabu 2 years ago
I think it's worth it. If you have a Nintendo DS (any version), it's been ported there as well. This game is definitely dated, but still worth picking up and playing. If you're looking for a version that's more updated, try realMyst, it's Myst but with better graphics and real time weather physics. In other words, yes, pick it up, you'll be glad you did.
Phanto5692 2 years ago
The DS version is chopped up and buggy. Though realMyst is good, I still prefer the original myself.
jameskgeary 2 years ago
Yeah, I won't deny it's choppy though they do include the Rine age from realMyst but you don't have to jump through any hoops to get to the linking book. It's automatically there when you get back to Myst which I guess is both good and bad.
Phanto5692 2 years ago
@DonZabu damn you have no idea this the never hood and obsidian are all etched into my mind since i was five
fucktardickis 7 months ago
@DonZabu *Raises a hand* I do! I absolutely love the graphics in Myst.
Karekristensson 5 months ago
Athough U may not know this, but just before Riven came out, a defunct game company, "Rocket Science" produced a dream-oriented game called "OBSIDIAN", and placed a MYST joke in one of its levels. Namely, the falling Myst book, and an actor quote: "Bring me the blue pages...", both on a robot TV, AKA "vidbot". ;) I think Vidbots may come in handy for certain industries where personnel can't physically come there, ever.
machiner6 3 years ago
Youtube is nice, because I can remind myself how the intro went without having to reinstall Myst on my PC... which takes time and would probably cut into my work tomorrow.
JonMW2 3 years ago 2
true dat
qbnumba12 3 years ago
Man I love this so much
brings back so many good memories
LaxPro93 3 years ago
I can memorise this entire intro. I always thought it was awesome. =P
TheBucketHat 3 years ago
This game was and is absolutely brilliant.
AnAlexander 3 years ago
I used to play this game with my mom when I was really little. It was my favorite game. We really got into it. I think my favorite part back then was when you go into the fireplace and close the door, you can press the little squares. I used to make pictures with it. XD
Twethereal 3 years ago
Lol, I've had the opening monologue memorised since I was eight.
ardiar2011 3 years ago 4
Hi evryone...I love Myst and I was able to buy it, but now I have a PC with Windows XP...and the game does not work. Does anyone know how to make it work? Thank u all
hermitcrabred 3 years ago 3
PCs tend to be problematic when it comes to retro gaming. You might want to try finding a computer with an older OS, like Windows 95 or NT or something like that.
Boadicia 3 years ago
Hey there, I was having the same problem. It DOES work, though it might take some time to figure out what to do. Be sure to have it set to run in 256 colors and disable visual themes and see if that works. If that still doesn't do it for you just ask Google, there are a bunch of websites that tell you what to do.
thedoobieman5 2 years ago
ok. why i love this:1 i have the game and the box mint condish. 2 ...its myst. 3 first game i ever played.
i got as far as the jet keyboard.when i was 5
balss248 3 years ago
same, I played when I was about six...had no clue what was going on.
lynxcanadensis 3 years ago
lol same i did the keyboard by mistake
capitolxPx 3 years ago
ahahah
I was 6 and got to the selentic age, then I couldn't fugured it out so used a strategy guide the rest of the game
LaxPro93 3 years ago
This was taken from Myst Masterpiece Edition, right?
ansonii48 3 years ago
No...?
Aquilosion 3 years ago
Or perhaps from the Myst in the Collector's Edition? I can tell that this isn't the original Myst, that's for sure, 'cuz...well, let's just say this one has higher quality than the intro from the 256-color original release. (Or could this be the original Mac one?!)
ansonii48 3 years ago
Yeah, it's from the Mac one - I used to play it on System 7 years ago...
Aquilosion 3 years ago 3
No wonder.
ansonii48 3 years ago
It's crazy that every sound effect I heard in this game made me chicken of it even though my Dad helped me. Then again, the same goes for reality. I even resisted going to worship at church, and look at me now, I keep my ears open all the time! Must be growing up. I just hate being surrounded by incredibly loud sound, although I scared MYSELF by thinking that even though there was no sound in one part of a movie, I thought there was by cranking it way up. Fool I was, a scared little fool.
machiner6 3 years ago
@ansonii48 This is the original; even the version from realMyst isn't that much different, really (changed up the credits though.) It's amazing how good the graphics were, even though it was at a pretty low resolution (which is why it's perfect for youtube :P)
davidfuchs 1 year ago
SUCH AN AWESOME GAME
tlshaman 3 years ago
I pray to get this for Nintendo DS, but what I can't figure out is how exactly it compares to its 3D counterpart, because it has Rime and the original Rolodex of pictures at once! I don't understand. I also hope to get Real Myst for CD, as Gametap held a suckish version covered with bugs.
machiner6 3 years ago
The DS version is pretty good, and it does have Rime in it, but for some reason there a lot of bugs in it. It gets kinda annoying, since I've actually had to restart my DS because the game froze up on me.
PastramiXXX 3 years ago
brings back the memories.. ahh windows 95. so slow u were.
scottiebones 3 years ago
wow I remember having windows 3.1 and playing this!!!!!
jessie623623 3 years ago
Does anyone chat in the myst chat rm!
coolcats95661 3 years ago
i just installed myst but that video doesnt show up. it just starts with the book. and the books where the brothers are in. The phot just shows blackness. Do i need to set the settings on my computer or something?
hyrulehistorian 3 years ago
Your computer may not have Quicktime installed. All of the videos in Myst are Quicktime videos.
Unnoticed37 3 years ago
omg...I remember wathing my dad play this when I was really little!!
CatDemonDylan 3 years ago
So how well did the DS port sell? Should I get it?
ShinyRayquaza2 3 years ago
If you love Myst and own a Nintendo DS, you should really buy the DS version! I wish I could explore ages just by looking at mu books... =)
tails900 3 years ago
I mean MY books( not mu...)
tails900 3 years ago
muuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! (like a cow, lol)
astrotoadp6 3 years ago
MYLK
radioactivegamer 3 years ago
???
astrotoadp6 3 years ago
The sounds that play as the MYST letters pop up still give me chills...good stuff.
knb032000 3 years ago 5
This is high art.
F0xHunt 3 years ago 4
When I was younger I never comprehended anything that guy said except "The ending had not yet been written" XD
MAZZ0Murder 3 years ago 3
yeah, and when URU Live ended last month, a line from Riven's end, "The ending can never truly be written." That should be taken more seriously! I mean, it came back from 2003, so why won't it happen again in the future? Oh, and RealMyst explains the words here much better, but that game is so hard to find these days. Mine is covered with glitches that make me want to smash the PC! rofl.
machiner6 3 years ago
I believe they were remaking Myst for the DS, which would be cool
MAZZ0Murder 3 years ago
I saw it in a gamestop, and i think it had a camera + journal like Mysts 4 + 5, but my lil' sister refused to let me use it because hers-formerly mine-is the only one we got in the house. PS: The only Myst things I truly want aren't the games of 1-3, but a fancy-shmancy journal from the "Ages of Myst" pack + a Squee doll from Exile masterpiece 2003, that's all.
machiner6 3 years ago
does anyone know a store (not ebay) were i can get the myst games? my old copies of myst & riven were destroyed.
Deliman5 3 years ago
Yup, the ending has not yet been written because it's the first game. What would we do without you Atrus? ^^
lainiegirlr 3 years ago 3
Man I loved how they connected Myst to Riven. The fact that it was actually you, the player, who fell into the fissure at the end of Riven. You are the one who gets linked away so your former self can begin at the beginning. Man such storytelling. I love these games. I have all 5 plus Uru and every now and then enjoy a walk through the ages. I still have my original note pad with all the notes from the first game in my desk. The memories from this game are jsut endless.
Fuzzyfoot88 3 years ago
That's not what happened ... Atrus intended to trap his father in Riven so he jumped into the Fissure and linked out of Myst. He thought the book would be destroyed but it fell to Earth, leading to the events of the Myst game. The player doesn't see the fissure until the end of Riven.
nerimon 3 years ago 2
I never thought of that. But it makes sense now that you mention it. Cool, love to see a fellow Myst player
Fuzzyfoot88 3 years ago 2
haha no problem, and yeah it's awesome to meet like-minded people ^_^
nerimon 3 years ago 3
If you read the book it would make sense.
lainiegirlr 3 years ago
The opening music just chills me. It's so awesome
Winterheart89 4 years ago 4
Thank you so much for that.
HUGE nostalgia factor there...and god I love listening to those opening lines.
KefkeWren 4 years ago 2
i thought i was weird cuz the music scared me and still does...the whole game felt creepy but i was hooked...don't remember much about it now though..
Merche74 4 years ago 3
Still my favorite intro of all time, partially because of the music.
Shintaka9009 4 years ago
I was three years old when I first played this game. The ending to the Cyan logo thing, with the dramatic timpani and big octave, scared the heck out of me.
I haven't beaten any other Myst game, or even tried any but Riven.
All my nostalgia goes here.
Such sweet memories.
bobthedevastator1 4 years ago 5
Same here! I was about ten; no idea what I was doing, but the eerie mechanicality of the place kept drawing me in.
Good times.
Matispon 4 years ago 2
i know exactly what you mean. i was around 9 years old i think. the music always gave me the creeps and indeed that cyan intro...
Mattamster 4 years ago
It almost brought tears in my eyes...
GKostaras 4 years ago
i bought this game when it first came out before this intro existed
so this is the first time i'm seeing it
lazer59882 4 years ago
LMAO! i remember playing this game when i was little! like 8 years old i had no fuckin clue what to make of it lol! i would just go around and do random things never even knew what to do! lmao!
chansyrocks 4 years ago
i want to play the game still!!!!
this game was like...my childhood.
of course i didn't understand what the hell was going on but i love it dearly.
MYST.
to bad nobody knows what i am talking about when i mention it.
gladdylights 4 years ago
Same thing there! XD
BYMYSYD 4 years ago
Holy crap this brings back memories... This game RAISED me.
BlindDogFulton 4 years ago
for some reason I was scared of playing it when I was a younger. Maybe its because of the sound effects during the playing. And one of the sound effects looks like the friday the 13th sound.
vincelaf12 4 years ago
I used to hate the intro as well. Maybe because the computer I used for it was a piece of junk; for some reason, whenever I played Myst, it automatically turned the volume up to full. No wonder I was scared.
JosephPage 4 years ago
i like the music and story. I have Myst and Riven here at home. (siiiggghhh)I love going back to the olden days. My older sister used to love these games like crazy. Too bad Myst V can't be like the others.
grhjsklduhluerugh 4 years ago
Great game/ book. I read "The book of Atrus" which fills in some of the gaps that the game leaves. The book ends with this intro. Excellent intro, its soo mysterious.
FoardenotFord 4 years ago
this game used to scare me win i was little i never finished it i would like to know the story.
EDNOOOOO 4 years ago
the game used to scare me too. the music nearly always gave me goose bumps when i was little...then again, realMYST gives me even more now...
ansonii48 3 years ago
I loved this game and it's intro when i was a boy.
aagghhaaggghhh 4 years ago
check my myst vid =]
jamjamjamieee 4 years ago
What software did you use to record this?
Did you run it in 256 colors? I'm trying to record a 256 color program but am having trouble finding one. The one's I have tried screw up the color resolution...
Winboloer2 4 years ago
I have Myst for classic Mac, and the intro is simply a video file on the CD! No recording was necessary.
Aquilosion 4 years ago
if it wasn't for Gehn, the MYST series wouldn't have started!
while on riven, Atrus got away from Gehn by jumping INTO the star fissure (gehn was trying to get the myst book.), and using a linking book to get away. the myst book, rather then being destroyed, floated through the fissure and eventually ended up on earth, and viola! the game series started.
spacehelmetforacow 4 years ago
Haha, when we were kids, we thought Atrus there was the stranger, and that he was an astronaut... that was until we actually met him... like 7 YEARS LATER. This game was so hard.
elpistachio 4 years ago
yes, until you figure out you don't even NEED to go to any of the ages, just grab the white page & go to Dunny. lolol
astrotoadp6 4 years ago
it's spelled "D'ni".
spacehelmetforacow 4 years ago