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Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition |  | From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
as of 9/9/2010 15:31 CDT details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 1627
Platforms: Mac OS 9 and below, Windows 98, Windows XP
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: 10th Anniversary
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: 68111
UPC: 008888681113
EAN: 0008888681113
ASIN: B0000AFWWH
Release Date: November 11, 2003
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Collection includes Myst Masterpiece, Riven, and Myst III: Exile | | • | Explore new ages, dramatic storylines, and incredible sights and sounds | | • | Engineered to be fully compatible with Windows XP | | • | Exclusive interview with Rand Miller | | • | Footage from the making of Myst III: Exile and Riven |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Myst 10th Anniversary Edition - discover the grandeur contained in a strange new world. Unlock the power & legends behind each of the Ages of Myst, as you live the storylines of the classic game series. Your eyes will be dazzled and your brain will be puzzled by the mysteries you pursue here. This collection includes Myst Masterpiece, Riven, and Myst III: Exile. Special digital guide with multiple levels of help, making the Myst games more accessible Now fully compatible with Windows XP, or Mac OSX (Myst III not compatible with Mac)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Stuff for Classic August 29, 2010
Suhr
I have owned both the original versions of these games and now have the 10th Anniversary edition.
Please be aware that you must have a Mac that is capable of running OS9 and or Classic. That means the "newest" Mac machine you run this game on must be be a PPC (Power PC) G5 operating Tiger (OSX 10.4). The "oldest" Mac machines you can run these games on goes back fifteen years. (note that Exile runs native in OSX and does not require Classic)
I HAVE NOT! TESTED EXILE ON A PPC MAC RUNNING OSX 10.5 LEOPARD. (not certain if it will work)
What is good about this version of these games is that the original versions had some troubles running under OSX Classic, they would be sluggish and fragmented and unstable.
I installed the 10th Anniversary Edition and all three games have ran flawlessly and smoothly.
One of the troubles with the older versions of these games is that they were written in a time when CD drives were running at 48x speed or greater. The invention of the Superdrive slowed things down considerably.
I am not going to tell you how to get around this problem but I can tell you that a fairly new and fast DVD drive is a bonus.
This version of Myst is quite nice since hints and a map is included as well as solutions. This is very nice for Myst beginners but can spoil the game. (some noticeable improvements in graphic quality are also present, especially in Riven)
Bottom line, If you have a machine capable of running the Myst games, this is an excellent version to purchase. (Windows 98-XP) (non Intel Macs OS8.1-OS9.2-OSX 10.4 Tiger)
Keeping that old computer around can provide MANY hours of fun with these games. (you can also buy obsolete computers very cheap these days, I would suggest a Mac G3 minimum)
Great when you get it to work... July 20, 2010
Jandsm
It does take a bit of work to get the games to run on Windows XP, but so far we've gotten Myst to run fine and Riven mostly works (a few of the animations don't show up but nothing critical so far). I haven't tried Exile yet.
 Some tinkering on Windows 7 got it working July 13, 2010
Amer Khalid (Dallas TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am one of those unfortunate ones who never got a chance to beat this series even though I love adventure games. So finally got this game. Then I found out it didn't run on Windows 7 64-bit version.
Being lazy, I was about to return it but after some search on the webs, I figured it out how to make the first game run.
Uninstall latest version of Quicktime
Install Quicktime 6 from the game disc.
That's it, no need to run in compatibility mode or anything else. Oh yeah it crashes every once in a while, so save often.
I took one star off because I could not figure out how run it in window mode. I love to leave this game on, and be able to do something else and come back to it. Also I think if a company is releasing anniversary edition, then they should have made a few updates to make sure people can run new edition on the latest hardwares/softwares without any sort of tinkering.
In end, good news is that Myst 1 runs on the latest Windows 7 OS & from reading webs, Riven & Myst Exile have far fewer issues running on Windows 7. (I haven't tested these yet).
Getting the game to work on Vista June 3, 2010
Nelson Standish (Jackson, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just to let Vista users know, I just bought this game and it does not work without tweaking, but it's pretty simple to fix. I had to uninstall the latest and greatest Quicktime to go with a lesser version, 6.5.2. After you install the game and the proper version of Quicktime, right click on the desktop icon for the game and click Properties. Click on Compatability and choose for Windows 95 and then check the box for 256 colors. This is exactly what I did and now it works with no problems. Quicktime's latest version can be reinstalled whenever you want. Hope this helps.
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