Myst Masterpiece Edition

I was able to install and run this game without issues - it runs well and is way better than the old days of having to CD swap to load different areas. You have to play this game slowly and carefully, probably with a pen and paper beside your PC. You have to learn to trust the game - nothing in it is accidental. This precice puzzle solving and quiet thinking leads to a large sense of achievement at solving the puzzles. There is a story but the game is about the puzzles. If this appeals to you then it's a classic that's worth your time, if not then please avoid - you won't come around to it if you don't think it's your thing after the 1st hour of playtime.

When i was kid, i read about games from Myst series in game magazines and i loved what i saw on screenshots. This interesting, fantastic worlds full of strange mechanisms catched my attention. But i never played any Myst. Now i tried first of series and it was pleasent experience. Maybe game isn't as beautiful as later instalments, but despite this it have some interesting places and plot. Still this old prerendered graphics have some charm. And this climate of mystery and loneliness in strange worlds highlighted by sounds. It was great, despite i had to use walkhtrough to complete the game. I like plots and worlds in adventure games, but unfortunately i'm rather bad in solving puzzles. But at last i played Myst game and i'm happy with this. And there are few more games to try.

As others have noted, despite what the store page says, this game does not work in windows 7. I've tried messing with the compatibility settings, running in administrator mode, etc to no avail.

If you are new to this series, save your money and buy realMyst: Masterpiece Edition, (2014) instead. Its the same game as MYST Masterpeice Edition just Much Better graphics. And The Original green-screen videos of all real actors/creators remain unchanged from the original MYST. And the environments only received a much needed upgrade and polished 3D which did the original justice. However if you decide on this MYST Masterpeice edition; understand this port did not age well. You will encounter a Very low resolution aspect ratio, poor audio, worse than the original PC, Sega Saturn or Playstion port. And a glitch here or there. This version is only for people who want to buy it for nostalgia's sake specifically for their GOG library. On a unrelated note: Avoid "Myst (2021)" like a plague. That was yet another version that replaced the real video actors, with ugly cartoon 3D models. And was version for VR players.. There is also RIVEN Remake, I think its on GOG under the same title as the original RIVEN, so be aware. And that also made the mistake of replacing the original green screen character with very ugly Low quality 3D character models. Again, Get "realMyst: Masterpiece Edition" ( it retains the original actor videos). Not MYST Masterpiece Edition (unless collecting as its a poor port). If you want to original MYST its best to find an original copy of the CD someplace else. Same goes for the Riven copy GOG as it suffers from being a very poor low qualiy port. If you get Riven remake, while the environments are a good upgrade, they Failed by added cartoon 3D models to replace the original videos as well.

Thank you for getting the original and Riven working on Windows 7 -- it's wonderful to see these old games again. The one nit I have is that the Transitions in both versions do not work. For me, this was a key piece of the "feel" of the game and it really does seem jarring when moving around locations -- the fade in/out effect of each move really was a key component to the game. Is it possible to post a fix or patch the game so these work again? Thanks again for bringing these games back.