EdS
March 14, 2020, 6:33pm
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Myst was a foundational game. Here’s what’s described as a low-resolution “demake” for the Apple II:
Here’s the corresponding blog post:
http://www.deater.net/weave/vmwprod/mist/
via this tweet (via this post ):
https://twitter.com/deater78/status/1237776888736681986
see also a previous topic
Rather a good telling here by co-creator Rand Miller, starting with the discovery of the possibilities of HyperCard… one in the War Stories series which might be worth picking through.
… behind the scenes of the development of one of the best selling PC games of all time, Myst. The HyperCard-developed title ran into some snags when trying to run on the CD-ROM format… Rand and his brother, Robyn, compressed the image and audio data as much as they could so the game could run smoothly on 1x C…
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EdS
July 22, 2022, 7:59pm
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Just found this site (“Weave’s World ”) again - a site with content dating back to '97 - now featuring more than a few demakes - games backported to Apple II or Atari VCS:
Apple II / Atari VCS Demakes by VMW Productions
Roll-call: Lemmings, Peasant’s Quest, Duke Nukem, Monkey Island, Myst, Talbot Fantasy, Out of this World, Doom, Portal, Kerbal Space Program, Secret Collect
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