Description
MYST IS ON SALE!
For a limited time we've lowered the price of Myst. Hurry, while supplies last!
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NEW VERSION (30% smaller, iPhone OS 3.0 compatible, and more... check out what's new below!)
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THANKS FOR SO MANY AMAZING COMMENTS!
Appletell - "I can’t put Myst down; I’m as hooked as I was when it first came out." (5 out of 5)
AppVee - "It truly is one of a kind in its approach and has definitely earned its way to becoming a tried and true classic." (4 out of 5)
PocketGamer - "Myst is huge in every way and if you're prepared to put in the work, you'll be generously rewarded with this revitalised adventure"
AppCraver - "if a sprawling and intriguing journey through an interactive world strikes your fancy, look no further. "
IGN - "The classic has never looked -- or played -- better." (8.5 out of 10)
Wired (GeekDad) - "Myst... as an iPhone App
I have spent an hour on the game and am happy I spent the [$]."
"Amazing" - Jbveezer
"So Close to Perfection; it will Blow Your Mind" - JSA
"Perfect" - EllChan
"The best game for the iPhone!!!" - AudiManJosh
"Simply Amazing!" - Hillstones
"Incredible" - spikermn
"Best App Ever!!" - zeldaw
"Absolutely amazing!" - Earthsiege
"A perfect adaptation of the original" - TedBater
"Brilliant" - Director_X
"Must have app!" - Shadowguy
"As amazing as I remember" - dalurker
"Perfect for the Platform!" - TomTomAppReviews
"Fantastic!!!" - jpratt1968
"Wonderful!" - ndoubleday
"Greatest Game for iPod touch yet!" - Slugzzz
"The iPhone and Myst... a perfect balance" - Vynom
(Before downloading read the NOTES below.)
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Welcome to Myst. Wherever you are.
Introducing Myst for the iPhone and iPod touch. The complete worlds of Myst, in all its original elegance, in the palm of your hand.
Remember how the surrealistic island became your world? The note, the garden, the books, the pages, the brothers, the choices? Now Myst can become your world no matter where in the world you are.
The original Myst sights and sounds have been meticulously re-assembled for a remarkable experience on the iPhone and iPod touch. Everything that you remember from the original Myst in a format where a simple touch or swipe moves you through the world.
Welcome back to Myst... wherever you are!
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Features
- All the original Ages & gameplay
- High quality images (better than original Myst)
- Full music & sound effects
- Original movies & animations
- Auto-save (when quitting or phone call)
- "Bookmark" system to save & restore progress
- Swipe to turn
- Auto-zoom in certain close-up areas
- Quick access to hint guide
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SPECIAL NOTES:
* Myst for iPhone & iPod touch is a very large application - more like a movie than a song or album. PLEASE BE PATIENT - download times and syncing times can be longer! It's possible for the downloading/syncing to PAUSE FOR UP TO 10 MINUTES.
* Because of the large size it's preferable to download on your computer using iTunes, and then sync with your iPhone. Downloading directly to your iPhone or iPod touch is possible via a wireless connection, but for best results keep your iPhone awake for the entire download.
* Because of the way the iPhone & iPod touch install apps, you will need to have about 1 gig of free space to install Myst. Once it's installed you can use the extra space again.
* If you'd like to "try before you buy" download Myst FREE and explore for free.
* Please visit the support site below for additional information.
What's New in Version 1.1.5
We've improved a few things!
+ Fixed crash when restoring black screen from bug in previous version.
+ Fixed crash when accessing forum or support page from in-game browser.
+ Fixed hour tens digit error in OS 3.0
+ Added "Reset Current Game" option in iPhone Settings
Customer Reviews
Myst Live
Back in the day when I was just a little gamer, Myst was the best-selling game of all time, so it’s no surprise that the iTunes adaptation adheres to the tradition of the original with a few enhancements for the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. Myst is a first-person interactive puzzle game that allows you to travel, explore and immerse yourself in a variety of detailed environments.
The story involves two missing brothers Sirrus and Achenar who both claim the other brother has killed him. You play the role of the Stranger, who uses a special book to travel to the island of Myst. As the Stranger, you use other special books written by Atrus, the father of Sirrus and Achenar, to travel to several worlds known as Ages. The four Ages are Selenitic, Stoneship, Mechanical, and Channelwood, and through clues found in each of these Ages, you gradually learn the sordid history of the game's characters.
Myst is mostly done through a series of static images intermixed to a lesser extent with animation and video clips that you discover along your journey. No directions or map are included in Myst so basically you make this game what it is. Throughout Myst, you interact with numerous objects, activate switches, and read notes and books. When I mention videos, there are clips located throughout the game that don’t make sense individually, but as with most of the puzzles, they are all interrelated. Your primary objective is to locate four books which link to the different worlds where you then look for other pages that will clear up the mystery of the missing brothers. There is no time limit or imminent danger, although depending on your choices, the game has several outcomes that may not be in the best interest of the Stranger.
You tap where you want to travel, pick up or access things, and the sound effects artfully convey enough of the eeriness and loneliness of the island. To get the full effect, I would suggest using headphones. The only menu item is the Option Icon in the lower right-hand corner. Under Options, up to four bookmarks/games can be saved as well as adjust the static screen transition speed and sound. The Zip feature enables you to instantly travel to previously viewed locations, which is both an advantage and disadvantage. Faster travel is great, but also raises the risk for missing important clues. Also helpful is a Hints button leading to a Web site that offers various tips. If you don’t save or are interrupted, the game will automatically start at the last location you visited.
For many of you, it’s likely that this is the first time you even heard of Myst. As with point-and-click interactive adventure games, Myst is a game best measured by the experience rather than the number of hours of gameplay. If you like heavy action, or prefer a structured approach to gaming, Myst is not for you. If you are on the fence about Myst, I would suggest you try another interactive adventure, Dream Chronicles, which offers a more of structured and guided approach. On the other hand, Myst is unstructured and more non linear in some respects so you have more freedom with your options and decisions. On that note, the memory footprint for Myst is significant so make sure you have enough room before you attempt to download. The download time on my DSL line took 80 minutes (15 minutes on cable) and required that I clear out memory on my device (I had 10gb of available space but still needed to delete items which I added back later).
One of the great things that the iPhone/iPod Touch platform has done is bring back many of the games from the past to today’s generation. Even with the advances in gaming over the past two decades since its initial release, Myst still holds its own against the big games of today.
Cyan Worlds gives us "Myst" again, with a few improvements.
Cyan Worlds has a great track record; their Myst series is arguably the pinnacle of first-person adventure gaming. Their projects - from Myst to Riven to Uru, have all pushed videogames forward as an art form. Their blend of storytelling, immersive and beautiful worlds, great sound and puzzle design, makes Cyan's games among the best in the adventure genre.
Of course "Myst" and the genre itself also have some detractors; some find the gameplay difficult and slow.
Fortunately for these players, this iPhone edition does have an easily accessible hint guide feature so you won't get stuck on any of the puzzles. It also has nifty autosaving and bookmarking features, so you aren't going to have to worry about accidentally losing your progress or not having enough slots to save games in (as was the case in RealMyst.)
This is basically a faithful port of the original "Myst", the classic that launched the series. The features are solid, and the touchscreen interface gives the game a more engaging, interactive feel than it used to have. The game design was good to begin with, and Cyan tweaks it where needed in order to make the game work well on the iPhone screen.
This means some puzzles, graphics elements, and clickable hotspots have been subtly modified. A few minor changes, like the absence of the butterflies on Myst Island, are detrimental, and the worlds are not in dynamic real-time 3d as in "RealMyst", but in most respects the game has improved, and is as good a "Myst" as one could hope to run on the iPhone platform.
32-bit graphics mean better color definition, though the graphics are otherwise not much different from their original form. Unlike "Myst Masterpiece", here the music tracks are not truncated into short clips to fit better color definition and full-screen video into the game, which means that this combines the best features of earlier versions of "Myst" together in one game. However, as a result, the game is also one of the largest games on the iPhone - at 700+ MB, it's a larger filesize than PC CD-ROM versions, so there's a lot of nice content, which will last a good while gameplay-wise, but it does take up a lot of space.
There have been a few bug reports but it's mostly a very stable, clean, polished app. And at $5.99, it's reasonably priced.
In short, this is a great update of a PC adventure gaming classic for the iPhone platform, and well worth buying.
Kudos to Cyan for making a good version of Myst for the iPhone, and we'd love to see more like this - an iPhone Riven, perhaps, or a brand-new Myst game for iPhone, or something with totally new game design and Cyan's usual great graphics - and of course we'd also love to see Cyan follow through on their plans to release the Myst MMO Uru as an open-source game. Hopefully this new edition of Myst will succeed (as it deserves to) and be the first of many great Cyan Worlds games on the iPhone - which would be fantastic for everyone here who wants quality iPhone games.
More!
Riven next please!!!!!!!
- $4.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Jul 19, 2009
- Current Version: 1.1.5
- 1.1.5 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 533 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Cyan Worlds, Inc
- Copyright © 2009 by Cyan Worlds, Inc. All rights reserved.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
