Myst, Available Again for PC

Post by trog @ 03:48pm 04/12/09 | 23 Comments

The awesome GOG.com team have resurrected the classic PC game Myst - once the best-selling PC game of all time until it was knocked off by The Sims. If you're an old school PC gamer you'll probably remember it's amazing graphics, delivered on a high-tech single CD-ROM disc. For those who came in late:

Myst is a first-person graphic adventure game praised by gamers and by critics for its engaging story, incredible atmosphere and a general experience that resembles a work of art as much as a video game. All those aspects made the game a best-selling PC title throughout the 1990s. The player is put in the role of a stranger who gets magically transported to a mysterious island described in a book. To complete the game, the player must explore the seemingly deserted Myst Island and solve a wide range of challenging puzzles.

Our game page has more information and some screenies, and because it is a GOG game we also have a handy buy page for it. GOG.com games are DRM free and are revamped for modern operating systems; they have a great catalogue which is constantly expanding - so if you're feeling nostalgic, check them out.

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TiT
Posted 03:59pm 04/12/09

Yes i remember this game from primary school and Battle CHess...

bring back battle chess i remember playing battle chess where the when you take a piece they actually fight... could never find a chess game that does this..

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Hogfather
Posted 04:10pm 04/12/09

Yes i remember this game from primary school and Battle CHess...

Haha f*** you! I was into my second career when this game came out.

GET OFF MY LAWN YOUNG LAYABOUT! WHERE'S MAH SHOTGUN

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scuzzy
Posted 04:37pm 04/12/09

1x Caddy Loaded CD-ROM! f*** yes!

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Trauma
Posted 04:45pm 04/12/09

lolz my dad had this, in one of those massive boxes PC games used to come in.... ah the memories.

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TiT
Posted 04:50pm 04/12/09

ah yes i remember caddy loaded cd-rom i wasnt it so primary school kids didnt get there grubby fingers on the cd :)

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Focumba
Posted 06:38pm 04/12/09

Yup, single speed caddy load cdrom, with special interface card and cable, circa 1993 - $1100 thank you very much!

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koopz
Posted 06:39pm 04/12/09

Yup, single speed caddy load cdrom, with special interface card and cable, circa 1993 - $1100 thank you very much!

heh... the reason the get a sb soundcard

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Protius
Posted 06:43pm 04/12/09

I remember watching my cousin play this when I was about 6!

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Zylox
Posted 06:46pm 04/12/09

I still remember the review for myst in my first "Hyper" magazine.

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HerbalLizard
Posted 06:21am 05/12/09

Myst and the old tray mount cdrom f*** that takes me back a few years

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gamer
Posted 05:35pm 05/12/09

Return To Zork > Myst.

If i could play return to zork one last time... f*** that would make me happy.

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konstie
Posted 06:12pm 05/12/09

i loved playing little big adventure and twinsen's odyssey. both classics

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Raven
Posted 06:36pm 05/12/09

Return To Zork > Myst.

If i could play return to zork one last time... f*** that would make me happy.

Runs under VirtualBox on Win95/Win98SE.

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CHUB
Posted 07:20pm 05/12/09

I was a massive fan of the graphical zorks.

Zork Nemesis and Zork Grand Inquistor are amazing games.

I don't think I could even finish them again, my 12yo mind struggled for months but somehow completed it.

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maxe
Posted 07:41pm 05/12/09

lost a whole summer holidays to myst

me and 3 siblings, gathered around the Mac LC575, arguing all f*****g day

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Dazhel
Posted 11:25pm 05/12/09

I was a massive fan of the graphical zorks.

Want some Rye!? Course you do!
Here's to us!

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Mantorok
Posted 01:35am 06/12/09

"I've only got one milk cow, and she only eats carrots!"

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Any
Posted 10:23am 06/12/09

oh... oh... I sense we're near the lighthouse... ask that old fool how the road to the south is.. heh heh.

And yeah, its games like this for which I still have a p133 machine with an s3 virge, voodoo1 & sb awe64 gold sitting here for... good times

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Dazhel
Posted 10:39am 06/12/09

^ Commendable enthusiasm with keeping the old hardware alive. RTZ runs awesome on DOSBox too.

For the stubborn games, virtual PC (free) or vmware workstation ($) are a good option as well.

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Any
Posted 11:29am 06/12/09

mmm dunno how they work with glide & general midi... my awe64 gold plays midi better than my main pc with a 200mb soundfont.
From what I've seen, emulation never quite gives the same results as the real deal.

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gamer
Posted 08:23am 07/12/09

Want some Rye!? Course you do!

"I've only got one milk cow, and she only eats carrots!"

oh... oh... I sense we're near the lighthouse... ask that old fool how the road to the south is.. heh heh.

You guys just made my f*****g week. Cheers :)

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HurricaneJim
Posted 08:32am 07/12/09

^ Commendable enthusiasm with keeping the old hardware alive. RTZ runs awesome on DOSBox too.

For the stubborn games, virtual PC (free) or vmware workstation ($) are a good option as well.

I still have my XT w/ 360k floppies and 10 mb HDD, 386DX-40, P100, PIII-550, PIV-DualCore 3.2. My systems don't die they get retired to the spare PC room with their old games.

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Dazhel
Posted 11:47am 07/12/09

Now that's dedication.
DOSBox can sometimes be a pain to config the really low speeds just right, but it's been ages since I've seen an XT with a clackety clack keyboard.
You could probably cut that thing in half and count the rings! :)

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I've only got one milk cow, and she only eats carrots!"
oh... oh... I sense we're near the lighthouse... ask that old fool how the road to the south is.. heh heh.

Dammit. Installing in 3...2...1...

last edited by Dazhel at 11:47:23 07/Dec/09

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