Real Myst added to GoG.com lineup

by Xav de Matos on Jan 13th 2010 6:00AM

Cyan Worlds' late-2000 remastered version of the classic adventure game, Myst, is now available for DRM-free purchase on Good Old Games. Real Myst takes the classic graphic adventure title and refines it with free-roaming and real-time 3D graphics, replacing the original's pre-rendered stills. According to GoG, this is the Myst designers Robyn and Rand Miller originally wanted to make. So, like George Lucas before it, Cyan Worlds reworks the original to take advantage of modern technology -- but with the added benefit of not ruining our childhoods in the process. The title is a steal at $5.99 and recommended for any adventure game junkie.

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Tags: adventure, adventure-games, cyan-worlds, gog, good-old-games, myst, real-myst, realmyst, robyn-and-rand-miller

Reader Comments (14)

As long as the rocket puzzle is easier, I'll be happy.

Amen

It's exactly the same.

You forgot to mention this also has another age, too.

Lucas....such a bastard.

Still one of my favorites back in the day I remember playing this game on the 3DO. But honestly as much as I love it, I can not see myself buying it again just because I remember how much a bitch some of those puzzles were.

Those puzzles are easier to figure out than why you bought/owned a 3DO.

Why? Who didn't want to own a 3DO when it came out. If you are comparing it to today's console yeah it sucked but you can say that with any old system.

I didn't want a 3D0 when it came out. If it makes you feel better, I also didn't want a TurboGraphix 16 when it came out either. :)

LOL damn I must be a gaming nerd then cause I rushed out to TG-16 :D still have it with the CD-Rom ad-on.

Ah, realMYST, good old times.
Anybody that's familiar with this game should know that it hasn't been working on Vista and hence neither on Windows 7. It even had problems on XP occasionally. Microsoft isn't to blame here, the game had a stupid bug that prevented it from starting most of the time. Unsurprisingly, the developer and publisher did nothing to fix the issue, it was discovered and fixed by a fan, someone called Jehon.
GoG is claiming Vista compatibility for realMYST, it'll be interesting to see if they'll use the patched exe file by Jehon or if they properly updated and recompiled the game. I hope it'll be the latter, but I fear they might be too lazy for that...