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Cyan Worlds Closes

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lots-of-loose-talent dept.

ThPhox writes "Several former employees are reporting on their blogs that Cyan Worlds, the creator of the Myst series of games for Macintosh and PC, has apparently closed. Myst was the best selling PC game of all time, until The Sims, and inspired four sequels, three novels, and a spin-off MMORPG. In 1993, it had amazing graphics, and was one of the first games to be released on CD-ROM. Riven, released in 1995, stunned the world with unparalleled graphics and story. Cyan, you will be greatly missed. But, as they say; 'Perhaps the ending, had not yet been written...'"

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  1. Dupe me baby one more time.... by Onymous+Hero · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I remember taking a tour of their "studio" way back in the early Myst days... I worked at a similar shop, and we'd been talking about doing stuff like that for months, and then BOOM! there it was... better than we could have imagined. They used all the common tools of the day in fantastic ways... after I got that game, I spent the rest of my workdays playing it. Research, y'know. But they weren't just crazy minds, they were very nice guys, too.

    Then again, it's not like they've died or anything... but it's still sad to see them go.

  2. Opinion by Oligonicella · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hate to say it, but I bought Myst, my wife and I played it, and we thought it was dull, dull, dull.

    OK puzzles (Seventh Guest's were good too), but didn't save it for us.

    To each.

  3. Also the last great Mac-only game by 5n3ak3rp1mp · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Myst was also the last amazing game to premiere on (and for a time only ran on) Macs first. I saw a demo of it at an old Macworld Expo and it blew me away. I knew it would be something special.

    When I saw the first PC versions of it in the early 90's, my little geek heart sank.