Obduction is a game deliberately crafted in the style of Myst
and is from Cyan, the creators of Myst. It has the 'feel'
of Myst navigation, while exchanging point and click for 3D
graphics. I highly recommend it.
Posted on 10/18/2017 9:53:25 AM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
As I was listening to the music from my 3,100 song library the music and sounds from MYST came up. It really brought back memories of playng the game. The game itself became a huge hit almost single handedly creating the video game industry and making the CD-ROM acceptable. When I played it in '93 I think I was on Windows 3.1 or maybe even DOS so the visual presentation was outta this world back in those days.
I still have the CD and one of the unique features of XP is that if the game is played/run XP will reformat the video to match the requirements of the game which is near 25 years old. But XP is another discussion. Since I have forgotten all the puzzles that have to be solved I'm toying with playing it again. But I sit at the computer too much as it is.
Hrm.... I just made a LOST joke, but now looking at that again, I’m wondering if MYST was ever colonized and turned into a Sports Resort for Miis.
They should have a new game called RINO where you are President and you can’t get your agenda through because of RINOs, and you have to go through all this crap to get things done. “Oh no, here comes Democrat operative John McCain to vote no AGAIN! What will you do?”
Myst and a similar game, the 7th guest were the "killer apps" of their day forcing computer owners to finally chip in for a CD-ROM drive. Before that, computer game companies really hadn't figured out how to incorporate the added benefit of the CD-ROM into a game. When it was used at all, it was typically to add a few sputtering bit of unattractive video here and there. But Myst changed that, using the extra storage of the CD-ROM to load entire hi-definition (for the era) environments.
I recently tried to play Myst again. It doesn't really hold up that well by modern standards and comes across more as tech demo of what the technology of the day was capable of than an actual game.
I played Zork on an Altair - THAT tells you how old it is. Myst did have shockingly beautiful graphics when it came out a generation later (human generation, not computer).
Yeah, it was the first game to force me to buy a hint book. Beautiful to look at and listen to but frustrating.
I meant to ping you to #23. So here’s a ping. *ping*
Achtung Komarade!
>Kill troll with sword
“The game itself became a huge hit almost single handedly creating the video game industry and making the CD-ROM acceptable.”
Bwahahahahaa... yes the BILLIONS of dollars made in video games before 1993 didn’t happen.... and of course the CDROM didn’t exist prior to 1993 either.... What a whole on example of sheer stupidity
We used to play KQ after work in the office because it was the only computer powerful enough to play it (IBM Model 55). All we had at home were XT 10’s with 5 1/4” floppies. KQ came on 3.5” diskette.
Yup, even got ported to iOS
That they were. Played both to completion. 7th Guest had a great ending, well, actually, so did Myst. Choose...wisely...
Seems like a modernized version would be popular. Especially nice with the newer and faster hardware.
Here is the music.
Intro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdfgFr2-EU
Complete playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1E2F81F280184A96
>hit dragon with sword.
you have no sword!
LOL!
Loved Myst and Riven, then Half Life with it’s puzzles and shooting.
I wish I had that time back though, video games can suck away your most precious years.
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