Myst, Riven, and Exile

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Myst, Riven, and Exile

I loved Myst when it first came out but never found time to play any of the sequels.

QUESTION: Are any of the Myst games compatible with my cool new iMac? I've read a lot about problems with Myst IV and V (Revelation, and End of Ages)...but what about I, II, and III (Myst, Riven, and Exile)? Can I get the Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition to work on this 'mazin' machine I've just fallen in love with or do I have to buy a Windows copy and play it on the old dinosaur? 😟

iMac G5 intel 20" Mac OS X (10.4.6) "Mac newbie at the controls :O" Intuos 6"x8"

iMac G5 intel 20", Mac OS X (10.4.6), "Mac newbie at the controls :O" Intuos 6"x8"

Posted on May 11, 2006 2:36 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 8, 2006 6:17 PM in response to angelahuntress

I have this game as well, and as you've posted, the sound of Exile sometimes skips, especially when there are dialogues. I would guess that this is an incompatibility issue with Rosetta. Myst and Riven runs only on Classic, and thus won't run on the Intel iMac under Mac OSx.

If you really want the games to run correctly, you may want to run it under Windows (thru Boot Camp.) - the DVD game was designed to work on both platforms, PC and Mac. Though I haven't tried it myself yet, but the games would likely work on Windows.

Ron

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Answer 2

May 11, 2006 3:08 PM in response to angelahuntress

Hmmm....I just checked out the "Downloads" section of the Apple site and there's a section that talks about how to use "Classic" programs in OS X "Tiger".

http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/classic/

Has anyone tried this? Would this make the 10th Anniversary DVD Edition work on my cool new iMac? Would it run smoothly?

I'm really hoping this would work and not cause other problems in my system. I don't want to crash the computer just for a couple games...even if they are amazingly great games like Myst! 😀

[holding my breath and fidgeting like an over-excited kid waiting to open Christmas presents!]

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Answer 3

May 12, 2006 9:59 AM in response to angelahuntress

Just a little more info for anyone who wants to take a crack at this:

I just tried running "Myst III: Exile". The program is "OS X native" according to the box. The graphics run well enough but the sound is skipping. The sound plays for 1/3 of a second and stops for 1/3 of a second over and over. It's ---- listen--- to a ---ly bad --cording. AUGH!

The sound is part of QuickTime 6.0 movies within the game. I have the 7.1 version. It must be backwards compatible! Mustn't it? So what's causing this on-and-off nature of my sound? Is it a problem with running a native program on Tiger? Is it Rosetta? Is it something else?

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