Myst
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System(s): Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher:
Acclaim Entertainment (US)
Sunsoft (Europe)
Sunsoft (Japan)
Wooyoung System (South Korea)
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Unreleased versions
Sega Mega-CD
- Main article: Myst (Mega-CD).
A Sega Mega-CD version by Sunsoft was also in development. While featured at Summer CES 1994 and given a release date of January 1995
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[9], this port ended up being cancelled.
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Sega Mega LD
- Main article: Myst (Mega LD).
A virtually-complete prototype of Myst exists for the Sega Mega LD platform, developed by Brian A. Rice, Inc. and scheduled to be published by Pioneer. A video playback bug in the Pioneer LaserActive hardware which led to inconsistent screen transitions caused the game to be ultimately cancelled.[11]
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 | Myst |
Chinese (Traditional; Taiwan) | 密斯特 | Myst |
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?[12]
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Physical scans
Saturn version
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PlayStation Portable version
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
- ↑ http://www.cyberroach.com/new_laseractive_pics/usa/myst/myst.htm (Wayback Machine: 2017-11-25 18:52)
- ↑ ', "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
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 ', "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
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 ', "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
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 ', "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
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