Myst
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System(s): Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher:
Acclaim Entertainment (US)
Sunsoft (Europe)
Sunsoft (Japan)
Wooyoung System (South Korea)
Sega (Japan)
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Developer: Cyan Worlds Sunsoft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse Saturn Backup Memory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Adventure[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Myst (ミスト) is a groundbreaking adventure game developed by Cyan Worlds and ported to the Sega Saturn by Sunsoft in 1994 as a Japanese launch title.
Acclaim Entertainment had also planned for Myst to be a launch title in the US[6], but was seemingly caught-off guard by Sega releasing the console early.
Contents
Gameplay
Myst was notable upon its original PC release for several key reasons. First, it was distributed on CD-ROM - one of the first games to do use the medium effectively. Rather than attempt to render 3D scenes in real-time, Myst relies on pre-rendered scenery making it look leagues ahead of its competition at the time.
Myst's point-and-click interface seen in the PC game does not translate to home console versions, so the Saturn copy is seen as an inferior product as a result. It claims, however, to be compatible with the Shuttle Mouse, even in Europe, where the peripheral was not released.
History
Legacy
Myst was followed by Riven: The Sequel to Myst, which also saw a release on the Sega Saturn.
A supposedly 99% complete prototype of Myst exists for the Mega LD platform. It is said that a LaserActive hardware bug which led to inconsistent behavior of screen transitions caused the game to be canceled. A Sega Mega-CD version by Sunsoft was also in development, and featured at Summer CES 1994 before also being cancelled.
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Sega published the PlayStation Portable port (handled by Midway) in Japan.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Myst | Myst |
English (US) | Myst | Myst |
Japanese | ミスト | Myst |
Korean | 미스트 | |
Chinese (Traditional; Taiwan) | 密斯特 |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Myst/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #73: "August 1995" (1995-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[8]
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Physical scans
Saturn version
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PlayStation Portable version
Unreleased versions
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System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Mega LD |
Publisher: Sunsoft |
Planned release date(s): 1995-01 A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?
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[37], 1996
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Status of prototype(s): Two Mega LD prototypes found |
Promotional material
Preview in LA Express Vol. 12.
Physical scans
Mega-CD version
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Based on 1 review |
Mega LD version
Product Code: PEASJ1034 (Japan) / PEASU1034 (USA)
Mega LD, 02-111 |
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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634,628,400 | CD-ROM (EU) | MK81081-50 V1.100 | ||||||||||
✔ |
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584,751,888 | 1994-10-25 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-1501G V1.050 | |||||||||
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584,751,888 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-1501G (Alt) V1.100 | ||||||||||
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601,032,432 | CD-ROM (KR) | T-26801H-08 V1.000 | ||||||||||
✔ |
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588,171,696 | CD-ROM (US) | T-8101H V1.001 | ||||||||||
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876,707,840 | UMD (EU) | |||||||||||
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1,552,384,000 | UMD (EU) | (v1.02) | ||||||||||
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881,426,432 | UMD (JP) |
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation Portable
- Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)
- Myst on PlayStation.com: JP
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 9
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 65
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 96
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/uljm05094.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-07-02 03:01)
- ↑ Press release: 1995-05-10: ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 17
- ↑ ', "August 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 7
- ↑ ', "August 1995" (; 1995-0x-xx), page 39
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 110/111 (110)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 64
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 107
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 78
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 146
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 82/83 (82)
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 11 (13)
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 110
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 38
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 80
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 66
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 36
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 68
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 124
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 90
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 94
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 82
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 102
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 1
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 32
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 59
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 37
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 63
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 13
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 46
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 71
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 11
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 12
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 87 (88)
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-14)
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