![]() The game helped drive adoption of the CD-ROM drive, spawned a multimedia franchise, and inspired clones, parodies, and new video game genres, as well as spin-off novels and other media. Selling more than six million copies, Myst was the best-selling PC game for nearly a decade. It has been called one of the best video games ever made. Critics lauded the ability of the game to immerse players in its fictional worlds. Myst was a critical and commercial success. The game was initially created on Macintosh computers and ran on the HyperCard software stack, though ports to other platforms subsequently required the creation of a new engine. ![]() The game's design was limited by the small memory footprint of consoles (the original intended platform for the game) and by the slow speed of CD-ROM drives. They wanted to create a graphically impressive game with a nonlinear story and mystery elements. Myst marked a segue for the Miller brothers from the kids' games market to adult-targeted games. 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. The player interacts with objects and travels the environment by clicking on pre-rendered imagery. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst. ![]() It was developed by Cyan, Inc., published by Broderbund, and initially released in 1993 for the Macintosh. Myst is an adventure video game designed by the Miller brothers, Robyn and Rand. ![]()
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