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: Interprog Hoplite Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Cyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse Saturn Backup Memory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Adventure[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Myst (ミスト) is a Sega Saturn full-motion video graphic adventure game developed by Interprog. A port of the titular 1993 Cyan game Myst, the game was first published in Japan by Sunsoft in 1994, and was a launch title for Sega's new 32-bit system.
Acclaim Entertainment had also planned for Myst to be a launch title in the US[8], but was caught off-guard by the system's infamous early launch in May 1995, and published the game in the United States three months later in August.
A sequel, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, also received a port to the Sega Saturn by the same developer in 1998. Later in 2006, Sega published a Sony PlayStation Portable port of Myst, developed by Hoplite Research.
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
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 (with a release date of January 1995
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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?[11]
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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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Genre: Interactive Movie[38] |
Status of prototype(s): Two Mega LD prototypes found |
Images
- Myst Legacy MLD cancellation.png
An brief note announcing the cancellation of Sega Mega LD games Legacy and Myst, published in LA Express Vol. 14.
Promotional material
Preview in LA Express Vol. 12.
Physical scans
Mega-CD version
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Mega LD version
Product Code: PEASJ1034 (Japan) / PEASU1034 (USA)
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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
- ↑ File:Myst Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 9
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/MjH0aRW37V0/m/0MSz2t9lnj4J
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/JzHO19siSFc/m/WDh31PaANxkJ
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 96
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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 6
- ↑ ', "" (; ), 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
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 64
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 38
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 80
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 107
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 66
- ↑ ', "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (; 1994-11-17), page 78
- ↑ ', "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 146
- ↑ ', "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
- ↑ https://henly.at.webry.info/upload/detail/004/931/03/N000/000/000/132196339243613123485_ktr040.jpg.html (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-24 11:09)
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-14)
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