Cyan porting Myst to iPhone

An employee of Cyan Worlds (proprietors of the legendary Myst series of games) has announced that they will be porting the original Myst to the iPhone. Apparently it's an "outside-funded" project -- though who might be funding it isn't yet clear -- and is apparently proving to be an "interesting and fun" project with a small team of just three people. No word yet on how it might work (or work differently) from the original, but the classic puzzle/exploration of Myst is good gaming no matter what platform you're playing it on.

Starting with the NES emulator, the iPhone was following the evolution of gaming pretty well -- at least until the App Store started mixing things up a bit. After Myst, I think we're right around Wolfenstein and Doom at this point -- those were available jailbroken, but it's about time we get an FPS officially as well. Carmack, you interested?

[via TouchArcade, which is strangely down as of this writing]

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macgirl

This a very cool news, never end the Myst IV though

August 30 2008 at 2:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Karl badde

I'm confident that this will turn in a few bucks to cyan. Though it may not sound very promising to investors to return with a game that's outdated graphicwise, I think most of the "grown-ups" interested in gaming on an iPhone have been gaming myst when they where young.

Hey Lucas Arts, what about Monkey Island?!

August 25 2008 at 6:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Viper007Bond

Wow, I might actually have to buy an app for once! :o

August 23 2008 at 2:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

Myst and riven, et. al. were all games that I wanted to play, but somehow never did. I have been significantly disappointed to find that even the anniversary editions do not run on a mac. I would be very interested in this on the iphone... and it would be a very intuitive control setup with the touch screen.

Do it!

August 22 2008 at 8:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeff

i think a rail shooter is more likely than a FPS... at least if we're talking "decent to control"...

August 22 2008 at 6:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rick

great, i need something to help me fall asleep.

August 22 2008 at 3:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ramone

Myst was built in HyperCard. Guess they'll be porting HyperCard to the iPhone?

August 22 2008 at 2:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bwhaler

Awesome. I cannot wait for this.

I loved the original Myst. I'm not a big gamer, but I loved the rich environment, the mystic story line, and the puzzles.

I'll be the first in line to purchase this.

August 22 2008 at 1:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

LotusEliseBlog

One word...

YESSSSS!!!!!

August 22 2008 at 11:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Toby

I would definitely pay the now-stypical "high-end game" App Store price of $9.99 for the original Myst game. It was a classic and very entertaining and would be perfect to kill large chunks of time on my iPhone. I really hope this project sees the light of day!

August 22 2008 at 11:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply