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Myst

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This page is for the original game and its Masterpiece Edition. For the 2021 remake, see Myst (2021). For realMyst, see realMyst or realMyst: Masterpiece Edition.

Myst
Myst cover
Developers
Cyan Worlds
Publishers
Brøderbund
Engines
Mohawk Engine
Myst 25th Anniversary Update ScummVM[1]
Release dates
Mac OS (Classic) September 24, 1993
Windows 3.x 1994
Windows September 1995
Windows (ScummVM) September 11, 2018[1]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) September 11, 2018[1]
Reception
IGDB 55
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Myst
Myst on HowLongToBeat
Myst on IGDB
Myst guide on StrategyWiki
Myst on MobyGames
Myst on Wikipedia
Myst
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

Key points

Myst requires QuickTime 2 or higher; install from Apple's site if you don't have it already.
Can be run under ScummVM.
The original retail version uses a 16-bit installer. Use ScummVM to circumvent the installer.

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
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Windows 3.x
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Myst: Masterpiece Edition. Prepackaged with ScummVM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Myst: Masterpiece Edition. Prepackaged with ScummVM.[1]
Does not require the Steam client to run.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
A demo is available from ScummVM.

Version differences

Myst: Masterpiece Edition (initially released in 1999) is an enhanced version where the images are re-rendered in higher quality, the soundtrack remastered, sound effects enhanced, and some cinematics redone.
The retail version of Myst: Masterpiece Edition comes bundled with a "Making of" video on the disk.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63660/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63660/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
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
Widescreen resolution
The only available resolution is 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Runs in a bordered fullscreen window. Cannot be moved or resized.
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 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Use ScummVM.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Not available in the Masterpiece Edition
Japanese
Polish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Installing/running the game on modern Windows

Use ScummVM[2]
Both Myst and Myst: Masterpiece Edition are supported

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
macOS (OS X)
[3]
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 386DX 33 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7.0.1
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68020
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 colors
Sound (audio device) Sound Manager 3.0
Other QuickTime 1.6
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.13
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/63660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Myst 25th Anniversary Update - last accessed on 2019-09-17
  2. Myst - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2021-08-28
  3. Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023