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Myst: Masterpiece Edition (1999)

Myst: Masterpiece Edition (1999)

Myst: Masterpiece Edition (1999)

Myst: Masterpiece Edition is a 1999 point-and-click video game made by Cyan Worlds.

Myst: Masterpiece Edition is the 1999 remaster of the 1993 original, presenting Myst Island and its four linked Ages in 24-bit color with a remastered score and improved sound. A mysterious book washes up containing a world to step into, and exploration reveals the ruins of a civilization and the fragments of a family conflict recorded in scattered journals and hidden chambers. Puzzles grow from the internal logic of each Age rather than from abstracted challenge, and the game asks patience and close observation more than any traditional game skill.

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