Riven
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This page is for the original. For the remake, see Riven (2024).
Developers | |
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Cyan Worlds | |
Publishers | |
Red Orb Entertainment | |
Retail re-release | Ubisoft |
Digital | Cyan Worlds |
Engines | |
Mohawk Engine[1] | |
Myst 25th Anniversary Update | ScummVM[2] |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 29, 1997 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 29, 1997 |
Windows (ScummVM) | September 11, 2018[2] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | September 11, 2018[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Myst |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Myst | 1993 |
Riven | 1997 |
realMyst | 2000 |
Myst III: Exile | 2001 |
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst | 2003 |
Myst IV: Revelation | 2004 |
Myst V: End of Ages | 2005 |
Myst Online: Uru Live | 2007 |
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition | 2014 |
Myst (2021) | 2021 |
Riven (2024) | 2024 |
Key points
- Riven requires QuickTime 2.5 or higher; install from Apple's site if you don't have it already.
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Official forums
- MYSTAges - A wiki for the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Requires disc swapping. See Run game without discs. Released on 5 CDs. | |||
Retail | DVD edition with improved FMVs. See Run game without discs. | |||
GOG.com | Updated for compatibility with modern systems. | |||
Steam | Doesn't run on Windows XP. Pre-packaged with ScummVM.[2] Does not require the Steam client to run. |
- A demo is available from ScummVM.
Essential improvements
Run game without discs
- The original CD release runs entirely from the CDs by default, necessitating frequent disc swapping. The DVD release has no disc swapping but still runs from the disc. To play the game without them, do the following:
Install and copy files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.rvn[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | Saves under SAVEGAME folder in game directory. | |
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | The only available resolution is 640x480. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | FMVs capped at 30fps. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | 7.1. steam version. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only.[4] | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation for CD-version and DVD-version also available. | |||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 5 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM. | ||||
macOS (OS X) | [5] | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | QuickTime |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 100 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 75 MB | 2.7 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible | |
Other | 4X CD-ROM |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.5 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 9 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 65 MB | 2.7 GB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA display |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.13 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6.6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (63610) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Mohawk/Games - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-03-02
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Myst 25th Anniversary Update - last accessed on 2019-09-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Nonstopmaximum on 2024-4-19
- ↑ Riven: A Seqüência de Myst (Tectoy Wiki)
- ↑ Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023