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4 unusual facts about Myst


Hunter Brown

The Codebearer Challenges are not an action, but more like Myst, where one must use logic, along with some help from the Hunter Brown books, to solve puzzles.

StrataVision 3D

One particular milestone was rendering the environment in the blockbuster game Myst entirely using StrataVision.

The Firesign Theatre

In 1996, a computer game written by Peter Bergman, Pyst, a parody of the game Myst, was released by Parroty Interactive.

Yerf World

In on-line computer gaming, the Yerfworld can refer to two ages in the game of Myst.


Characters of Myst

The live-action characters in the pre-rendered Myst titles were favorably received; Greg Kasavin of Gamespot said that the series' use of real actors and full-motion video endeared the characters to the player, giving the games a distinctively personal touch.

Cyan Worlds

During this time, three novels set in the Myst universe were co-authored by the Millers and David Wingrove.

Eddy County, New Mexico

Within the Myst and Uru series of computer games, Eddy County is the fictional location of The Cleft, a fissure near a dormant volcano leading down to the large D'ni Cavern.

Kevin Haskins

Messy's recent credits include music in The Crow III, What Lies Beneath, 2Gether, NBC’s Third Watch, Things Behind the Sun, Skechers USA, EVE.com, PlayStation 2, The Unreal Tournament sequel, Myst III’s "Exile" single, HBO, Disney, and an award-winning trailer for the Independent Film Channel.

Miller Brothers

Rand Miller, Ryan Miller, and Robyn Miller, who co-founded the company Cyan Worlds, which developed the computer game Myst

Rand Miller

On October 17, 2013, Miller announced the development of Obduction, intended to serve as the spiritual successor to the Myst series, via a Kickstarter campaign.

Robin Miller

Robyn Miller (born 1966), co-founder of Cyan Worlds, the creators of the Myst computer game

Silliwood

This was spurred on in large part by the success of CD-ROM games like Myst, and as a result gamers were given such quality productions as The Horde (starring Kirk Cameron), A Fork in the Tale (starring Rob Schneider), the infamous Night Trap (starring Dana Plato) and several games starring Tim Curry.

The Myst Reader

Myst co-creators and brothers Rand and Robyn Miller often created fictional worlds and stories as young children.

Torico

However, he praised the dialogue, which he described as "David Lynch meets David Mamet" and called the game a "twisted version of Myst".


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