Myst franchise - Definition and Overview

Games

Currently released

• Myst (Cyan / Brøderbund)
  • Myst Masterpiece Edition: minor rerelease with remastered graphics, hint system and other additions.
  • realMyst (Cyan / Sunsoft / Ubisoft): re-make with real-time 3D and additions, some enhancing the plot
• Riven (Cyan / Brøderbund)
• Myst III: Exile (Presto Studios / Ubisoft)
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (Cyan / Ubisoft)
  • Uru Prime (Cyan / Ubisoft): initial boxed version
  • Uru: To D'ni (Cyan / Ubisoft): expansion pack
  • Uru: The Path of the Shell (Cyan / Ubisoft): expansion pack
  • Uru Live (Cyan / Ubisoft): defunct online component
• Myst IV: Revelation (Ubisoft)

Upcoming

• Myst V: End of Ages (Cyan / Ubisoft)

Myst V is the latest game announced in the Myst series. At present, nothing is known about the game, including whether or not it is the same thing as "Something Else(tm)" (see below).

• Something Else(tm) (Cyan)

The latest project coming out of CyanWorlds is one of Cyan's best kept secrets. Much of what is being discussed on the Myst-related fora is rumor and speculation. However, according to sources at Cyan there are a few things that are known so far:

• • Something Else(tm) is D'ni related (source: RAWA)
  • Something Else(tm) has the Cyanists excited (source: RAWA, B. Slease, G. Dragon)
  • Something Else(tm) should come to light in a much shorter time than Cyan usually takes (source: B. Slease)

Novels

David Wingrove helped to write a series of novels focusing on the background story much more deeply than the games.

Currently released

• Myst: The Book of Atrus (Cyan / Hyperion)
• Myst: The Book of Ti'ana (Cyan / Hyperion)
• Myst: The Book of D'ni (Cyan / Hyperion)
  • Kehrin's D'ni Desk Reference: Book of D'ni reference page (http://www.dnidesk.com/spoiler.html)

Upcoming

• (Cyan / unknown)
• A fifth book is also in the plans, but its name has yet to be announced.

Comic books

Dark Horse comics released two comic books.

• #0 Passages
• #1 The Book of Black Ships
  • lonelyto25's online scans of the comic books (http://lonelyto25.com/download/)

D'ni

• Ages
• The Art
• Culture
• Guilds
• History
• Items
• Kings
• Language
• Numerals
• People
• Wildlife

Organizations

• Brøderbund Software: former publisher of Myst games
• Cyan Worlds -- initiator of the Myst franchise through Rand and Robyn Miller
• Hyperion: publisher of Myst novels
• Presto Studios: now-defunct development company similar to Cyan, developed Exile
• Sunsoft: ported and promoted Myst and Riven in Japan; helped develop realMyst
• Ubisoft Entertainment: new publisher of Myst games, claims responsibility heading the online fan community
• D'ni Restoration Council (DRC): fictional organization trying to restore D'ni; played role in Uru Live