Myst

:This article is about the first computer game titled "Myst". For the entire series, see Myst franchise.

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Myst is a graphic adventure computer game created by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. It was developed by Cyan, Inc., a Spokane, Washington based studio, and published and distributed by Br?derbund. The Millers began working on Myst in 1991 and released it on September 24, 1993.

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Myst has sold over 6 million copies and held the title of best-selling computer game of all time throughout much of the 1990s. Its popularity led to the following:

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• Four sequels: Riven, ', ', and '.
• Two remakes: Myst Masterpiece Edition, and realMYST.
• ', and its expansion packs Uru: To D'ni and Uru: The Path of the Shell, are hybrid single-player games set in the Myst universe but in the modern day. They were later released in a single compilation called Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles. An online version of these games somewhat similar to a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) called Uru Live was planned and developed, but it was cancelled a short time after it went live, after a shortlived online beta. It was brought back in a limited capacity under the name Unt?l Uru.
• Three derivative novels, written by the Miller brothers together with David Wingrove and published by Hyperion, entitled ', ', and ' (with two more releases coming up, one of which will be ').
• Two comic books published by Dark Horse. A series of four was originally planned, but Cyan cancelled the series after issue #1 due to grievous artistic licenses taken by its designers and a refusal by Dark Horse to correct them.

Myst was the spark for a new genre, the first-person adventure-puzzle game. The games that followed this genre are often referred to by both fans and non-fans as "Myst clones".

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