Riven
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| Developers | |
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| Cyan Worlds | |
| Publishers | |
| Red Orb Entertainment | |
| 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 |
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| 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
- 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 | |
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| GOG.com | |
Updated for compatibility with modern systems. | |
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| Steam | |
Doesn't run on Windows XP. Pre-packaged with ScummVM.[2] Does not require the Steam client to run. |
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- A demo is available from ScummVM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.rvn[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only.[3] | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM. | ||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | QuickTime |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Mac OS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/63610/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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
- ↑ Riven: A Seqüência de Myst (Tectoy Wiki)