Last month it was reported that there are plans to relaunch the entire Myst collection on the PC. The good news for those who grew up playing the game is that this has since been confirmed, as a Kickstarter campaign for the Myst 25th Anniversary Collection has since been launched where players will be able to get their hands on the entire collection.
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Myst, Cyan is offering a never-been-done-before, historical anthology of the complete series. With this bundle, you get all 7 Myst games together for the first time and updated to run on macOS 10.13.
- Myst is a franchise centered on a series of adventure video games.The first game in the series, Myst, was released in 1993 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and their video game company Cyan, Inc.The first sequel to Myst, Riven, was released in 1997 and was followed by three more direct sequels: Myst III: Exile in 2001, Myst IV: Revelation in 2004, and Myst V: End of Ages in.
- Essentially, all titles including Myst III & IV are available to purchase - the exception being no original realMyst release. GOG has them as a 'buy series' option as opposed to Steam's bundle grouping as the '25th Anniversary Collection' (basically the same thing, just with or without a fancy title in your digital receipt).
According to the developers, “To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the epic game that became your world, Cyan is offering a never-been-done-before, historical anthology of the complete series, along with some special, Atrus-approved, authentic game artifacts! The collection and artifacts will be packaged in a unique box – available only through this Kickstarter, with a limited run, for a limited time. (Seriously, the games will be available later, but the special packaging and artifacts will not be sold again!)”
So what does the collection include? This includes pretty much every Myst game that has been released to date, which includes Myst (1993), Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997), RealMyst: Interactive 3D Edition (2000), Myst 3: Exile (2001), Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (2003), Myst 4: Revelation (2004), and Myst 5: End of Ages (2005).
However there is some bad news and that is if you game on a Mac, some of the titles released won’t be compatible with macOS. According to Cyan, “But for various reasons, maintaining some of those Mac titles now means rebuilding them from scratch – an option that, as a small indie studio, takes time or resources we just don’t have. And for games that were produced by other studios, even that option may not be possible.” The company will work towards creating more Mac compatible titles, but until then Mac gamers will be out of luck.
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game that was responsible for my wasted childhood, Cyan is releasing a special 25th anniversary collection of the entire Myst series.
Myst 25th Anniversary Collection Ebay
The set includes the following:
- Myst: Masterpiece Edition
- Riven: The sequel to Myst
- Myst 3: Exile
- Myst 4: Revelation
- Myst 5: End of Ages
- Uru: Complete Chronicles
- realMyst: Masterpiece
They even built a Linking Book which has a 800x480 LCD screen that plays video fly-throughs of the game which can also be purchased at the higher backing levels.
25th Anniversary Myst Game
I’ve actually started playing Myst again recently and am thoroughly enjoying it. While the DVD copies of the game included in the set are useless to me (I haven’t had a DVD drive in years) it’s a very tempting purchase as digital copies are also included.