Myst

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Myst

System(s): Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable

Publisher:

Acclaim Entertainment (US)

Sunsoft (Europe)

Sunsoft (Japan)

Wooyoung System (South Korea)

Sega (Japan)

Developer:

Interprog

Hoplite Research

Licensor: Sunsoft

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

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

中文

한국어

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-11-22^[2]	¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e^[3]	T-1501G
US	1995-08-09^[4]		T-8101H
EU	1995		MK81081-50
DE	1995		MK81081-50
PT	199x
UK	1995-10-06^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]	MK81081-50
PL	1996	179zł179
BR	1996-03	R$64.9964.99	192056
KR	1996		T-26801H-08
TW	1996		T-26801H-16
JP	2006-06-15^[7]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800 (3,990)^[7]	ULJM-05094

Non-Sega versions
3DO Amiga (AGA) CD-i Jaguar CD Macintosh PlayStation Windows PC

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.

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^[9]) before also being cancelled.^[10]

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
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

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #79: "August 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #73: "August 1995" (1995-xx-xx)^[11]
Fusion (US) #0102: "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1994-01: "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (1994-11-17)

Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

40

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

30

^[14]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[15]

Fun Generation (DE)

40

^[16]

Fusion (US)

100

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

87

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

73

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

73

^[21]

Maximum (UK)

25

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

87

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

82

^[24]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

90

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

82

^[26]

Player One (FR)

95

^[27]

Power Up! (UK)

90

^[28]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[29]

Saturn+ (UK)

PAL

68

^[30]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[31]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

67

^[33]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

75

^[34]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[35]

Todo Sega (ES)

82

^[36]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

75

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VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[38]

	73
Based on 26 reviews

Myst

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Saturn, KR
Cover
Spinecard

Saturn, TW
Cover

PlayStation Portable version

PlayStation Portable, JP
Cover

Unreleased versions

Myst

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Mega LD
Publisher: Sunsoft
Planned release date(s): 1995-01^[39], 1995-07^[40], 1996
Genre: Interactive Movie^[41]
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.
Same article, translated to English

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

78

^[42]

	78
Based on 1 review

Myst

Mega LD version

Product Code: PEASJ1034 (Japan) / PEASU1034 (USA)

Mega LD, 02-110

Disc Front (unofficial) Back (unofficial)

Mega LD, 02-111

Disc Error creating thumbnail: convert: Insufficient memory (case 4) `/home/sonicret/domains/segaretro.org/public_html/images/b/b4/Myst_(02-111)_MegaLD_Front_(Unofficial).jpg' @ error/jpeg.c/JPEGErrorHandler/338. Error code: 1 Front (unofficial) Front, inset (unofficial)

Mega LD, Prelimary box art
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

634,628,400

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81081-50 V1.100

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

584,751,888

1994-10-25

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1501G V1.050

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

584,751,888

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1501G (Alt) V1.100

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

601,032,432

CD-ROM (KR)

T-26801H-08 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

588,171,696

CD-ROM (US)

T-8101H V1.001

?

CRC32	d5c31fb9
MD5	dcf04cf2865af16a87d2159615c9bdfa
SHA-1	6c6381d4a93ec330f828bdd102ff46ed85c9c010

876,707,840

UMD (EU)

?

CRC32	82b1e6c9
MD5	e351970fbc6784216dcde268b16c71a4
SHA-1	967488afb34359af89b2bad2289ef22235631f10

1,552,384,000

UMD (EU)

(v1.02)

?

CRC32	1355c734
MD5	45923ac5c3d4b99dc099ab78b12eef09
SHA-1	6b68c3611bb6a5075f57e7c0f95d5c8e3e3122f3

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)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (JP; 1994-11-17), 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
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), 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
↑ Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 6
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 17
↑ GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 7
↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 39
↑ CD Consoles, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 64
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-02" (JP; 1994-11-18), page 38
↑ Fun Generation, "06/95" (DE; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 107
↑ GamePro, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 78
↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 36
↑ MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 68
↑ Maximum, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-01), page 146
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 124
↑ Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 90
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "5/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-29), page 82
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 28, 1995" (UK; 1995-10-28), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 32
↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 59
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 66
↑ Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 37
↑ Sega Pro, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-07), page 63
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "9/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13
↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 46
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 37
↑ VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 71
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 11
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), 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)

Myst

Books: Myst. Putevoditel' (1997)

[:File:Myst_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Myst Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:SSM_JP_1994-01_941201.pdf_p9-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Extra issue of Beep! MegaDrive" (JP; 1994-11-17), page 9

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[:File:SSM_UK_01.pdf_p96-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 96

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20060702030157.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com:80.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fuljm05094.html-7] 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_.27MYST.27_FOR_SEGA_SATURN-8] Press release: 1995-05-10: ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN

[:File:MegaPower_UK_16.pdf_p6-9] Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 6

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p17-10] Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 17

[:File:GamePro_US_073.pdf_p7-11] GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 7

[:File:Fusion_US_0102.pdf_p39-12] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 39

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_12.pdf_p110-13] CD Consoles, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 110

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p64-14] Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 64

[15] Famitsu, "1994-12-02" (JP; 1994-11-18), page 38

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1995-06.pdf_p80-16] Fun Generation, "06/95" (DE; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:Fusion_US_0102.pdf_p107-17] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 107

[:File:GamePro_US_076.pdf_p66-18] GamePro, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:Joypad_FR_048.pdf_p78-19] Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 78

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-03.pdf_p36-20] MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 36

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-12.pdf_p68-21] MAN!AC, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-08), page 68

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_01.pdf_p146-22] Maximum, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-01), page 146

[:File:MegaForce_FR_43.pdf_p124-23] Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 124

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-12.pdf_p90-24] Mega Fun, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 90

[:File:Migr_5_RU.pdf_p94-25] Magazina Igrushek, "5/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:MeanMachinesSega37UK.pdf_p82-26] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-09-29), page 82

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_058.pdf_p102-27] Player One, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102

[28] Power Up!, "Saturday, October 28, 1995" (UK; 1995-10-28), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-02_19950215.pdf_p32-29] Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 32

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p59-30] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 59

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_22.pdf_p66-31] Sega Magazine, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-12), page 66

[:File:SegaPower_UK_73.pdf_p37-32] Sega Power, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-19), page 37

[:File:SegaPro_UK_50.pdf_p63-33] Sega Pro, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-07), page 63

[34] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "9/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13

[:File:TodoSega_ES_32.pdf_p46-36] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 46

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p37-37] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 37

[:File:VideoGames_US_81.pdf_p71-38] VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 71

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p11-39] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_165.pdf_p12-40] Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 12

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[digitiser1995-12-14-42] Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-14)

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Myst

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Legacy

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Saturn version

PlayStation Portable version

Unreleased versions

Images

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Mega LD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References