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Myst on the Mac? (And also home decoration tips)
Written By Gnorb on Sep. 10, 2008.
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So here's the deal: my wife and I have decided that we want to decorate at least part of our new home in such a way as to give it a Myst-like feel. Thing is, neither of us has any of the games anymore, so while we both remember liking a lot of the decor, we don't remember exactly what made it so appealing to us. (And I can't seem to find the right pics online of the things we're both remembering.) I'd just go out and buy them, but according to UbiSoft, none of their games will run on a Mac with OS X 10.4 or greater. Also, aparently the video card on my MacBook can't run the game.
My questions:
1) Is there any way for me to run at least the original Myst on my MacBook (2.2GHz, forgot the video card quality, but it's not too good)? (Riven and Exile would be great, too.) Or must it be on my PC, a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop with a cheap video card?
2) Has anyone played the later games? What did you think of them?
3) Is there an online repository somewhere with lots of Myst pics? The biggest I've found is the Mysterium, but maybe there's something better under the radar.
While I always wanted to play Myst and its sequels, it looks like I waited way too long to play them. Damn.
Finally, can anyone give any video game (or scifi-related) decorating tips for my home? (We've thought about making the front door a Stargate, but that was just WAY over the top. For now.
Ozone42
Written Sep. 10, 2008 / Report /
1) The video card you have in your macbook is orders of magnitude better than what myst required, I'm sure it's the same with the PC. In fact, the difficulty you may run into is configuring your video DOWN far enough. Myst ran at 640x480 256 colors.
Your best bet is probably the PC. Windows usually has more backwards compatibility lingering than OS X. There is rosetta of course, and classic mode, but I have no idea how likely your chances are with those.
This may also be helpful.
Look at the art-rich games. RPGs tend to have massive amounts of artwork in them. Final Fantasy X had "Glyphs" for each of the temples, which are very pleasing intricate designs that would not look out of place on a wall in anyone's home really. I once engraved one into a piece of acrylic, put a frame around it, and lit it via led on the edges of the plastic which makes the etch marks glow. I spent way too much time on that, though.
Gnorb
Written Sep. 10, 2008 / Report /
The graphic card requirements were actually for Myst 4 and 5, but I'm guessing I'll have to go with the Windows version of the games. (At elast 1 through 3. I don't think I can do 4 or 5 on that computer.)
As for the FFX glyps... that's a great idea. (FFX was one of my favorite games.) I'll take a look at those.