Cyan's Classic 'Myst' Arrives in App Store
The classic game of Myst has arrived in the App Store. Myst is a 1993 game that was originally developed for the Mac under Apple's HyperCard application. While rather simplistic by today's standards, the game was both a critical and commercial success becoming the best selling computer game up until that time.
A video of the game shows it from the launch which should bring back memories for fans of the original game:
The game comes in at a massive 727MB and 1.5GB free on your iPhone or iPod Touch for installation.
App Store Link: Myst, $5.99
The game starts you on a strange island where you must explore your surroundings, solve puzzles and figure out the backstory.
The interface is entirely point-and-click driven. Switches, clues and other hints are explored by tapping on interesting items on the screen. There are also many puzzle elements that must be solved in order to complete the game.
A video of the game shows it from the launch which should bring back memories for fans of the original game:
The game comes in at a massive 727MB and 1.5GB free on your iPhone or iPod Touch for installation.
App Store Link: Myst, $5.99
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36 months ago
Awesome, I'm getting that. But 727MB... thats insane! Developers need to make apps a small size because if all the good 3D games were like that, you could only have 5 games. Or Apple needs to make an iPhone with a larger HD.
36 months ago
Awesome, I'm getting that. But 727MB... thats insane! Developers need to make apps a small size because if all the good 3D games were like that, you could only have 5 games. Or Apple needs to make an iPhone with a larger HD.
I'm guessing optimizing it for size would've taken more work than they'd have liked.
36 months ago
Definitely buying this game...
Space is not an issue for me... 700+mb or not -
of course with the hopeful release of spotify in the near future, means i will be able to support many more games/apps this size - i would rather have a brilliant classic opposed to one scaled down and minimised due to size restrictions...
Space is not an issue for me... 700+mb or not -
of course with the hopeful release of spotify in the near future, means i will be able to support many more games/apps this size - i would rather have a brilliant classic opposed to one scaled down and minimised due to size restrictions...
36 months ago
Oh yes, that does jog memories. I love the music from the original Myst.
BTW is this the 3D-ified version of the game?
Edit: Oh no, its the actual original! Woah.
BTW is this the 3D-ified version of the game?
Edit: Oh no, its the actual original! Woah.
36 months ago
As long as it's such a large size because the music is high quality, I'm fine with it!
Not that I have an iPhone or Touch, but I still approve.
Not that I have an iPhone or Touch, but I still approve.
36 months ago
oh man i loved Myst. does anyone know where i can get it for Leopard. preferably free.
on a side note does anybody remember the sequel to Myst called Riven? i didnt like it as much.
EDIT: looked around and there does not seem anywhere that one can play it online. but since the iPhone runs os x i would think that pretty soon that one will be available to download or play online.
on a side note does anybody remember the sequel to Myst called Riven? i didnt like it as much.
EDIT: looked around and there does not seem anywhere that one can play it online. but since the iPhone runs os x i would think that pretty soon that one will be available to download or play online.
36 months ago
I want the 7th Guest now that would bring back memory's. I wonder if I still know the puzzles.
36 months ago
I'm guessing optimizing it for size would've taken more work than they'd have liked.
The game isn't 3D, it's prerendered. "Optimizing it for size" would've been as simple as using Imagemagick and doing something like:
convert -resize 50% -quality 80 input.jpg output.jpg
Which they probably DID do. There are thousands of images in Myst. The original game was massive too. It's the nature of the beast that is Myst.
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