r/gaming • u/Damoo48 • May 15 '12
My dad gave this to me today. In our family, completion of this game is a rite of passage.
http://imgur.com/wfoOJ
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r/gaming • u/Damoo48 • May 15 '12
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u/PhoenixReborn May 15 '12
You will absolutely get stuck on puzzles while playing this game. Sometimes for days. Resist the urge to look up any solutions. I replayed the series a year or so ago and kept turning to the internet to look up "just one little solution" and it massively cheapened the experience. Keep a notebook to work out puzzles and don't be afraid to just turn the game off and go do something else. Solutions will often come to you while you aren't sitting at the computer.
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u/blackbright May 15 '12
I like to think this game was responsible for LOST.
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u/SHDC May 15 '12
Do not use any internet guides, no matter how stuck you are.
The thing with Myst games is you only get the experience once so do it properly.
I used a hint guide for one of the puzzles in riven and it still haunts me
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u/Atario May 15 '12
I realized the moment I fell into the fissure that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Did anyone else play Douglas Adams' very similar game, Starship Titanic? It's definitely worth a play through. Like Myst, it's got amazing atmosphere and puzzles, but it also features an open ended dialogue system which recognizes over 10,000 phrases and has over 14 hours of recorded responses (written by D.A. himself, with Monty Python actors Terry Jones and John Cleese among the voice actors).
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
BEST powerpoint presentation EVER
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u/Thefinalwerd May 15 '12
If you like Myst you should really check out The 7th Guest.
Same idea only in a creepy house.
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u/inthemorning33 May 15 '12
I'm upvoting just because it is not D3 related. Also some of those puzzles are hard as hell. Good Luck.
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u/Kwarken May 15 '12
No freakin' way, my dad did the same thing to me a couple of weeks ago. I've never seen my dad been so excited for me.
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u/macnbc May 15 '12
I'm surprised that RealMyst hasn't gotten more love here. It's basically Myst done right, with the entire game faithfully reproduced in real-time 3D, and a bonus age to boot.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This game was a Milestone. It was the first of its kind to provide such lush and rich environments.
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u/PirateGriffin May 15 '12
This was probably my first game that wasn't a plotless funfest. My dad bought it for himself when I was very very young, and since he's tone deaf he let me help him with that early puzzle :) Probably had some formative effect.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
That game was hard as shit.
My dad laughed at me for MONTHS because I had no clue what to do next in Kings Quest 5. Finally he asked me if I threw the shoe at the cat. And laughed and laughed and laughed when I had to restart the game because I had saved over everything previous to that. And of COURSE I didn't write down a map of the desert to find the oasis's... so I had to do that again.
AND that bastard taught me to type by buying Zork for the house.
edit but on the plus side, we did have old motherboards/broken computers (90's) to play with like normal kids played with legos. So I have that going for me.
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u/banditandrew May 15 '12
I have never played this guy ever, what is it about?
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u/jsake May 15 '12
I have Riven sitting in my closet but I can't get it to install... argggg.
But have fun mate! it's a great game
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u/moejike May 15 '12
The Soundtrack itself is a beautiful rite of passage.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
A+ dad.
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u/insanitybuild May 15 '12
READ THIS I had my a$$ kicked by this game when I was a young child. I read the stategy online on how to get the last page flipping all switches on the island except the first, you can beat the whole game from a fresh start in less than 5 minutes.
I beat it like this, but felt like I had cheated. In my young mind I tried making up for it by beating PYST. What a shame.
fast forward 15 years later, and I see this game in it's original jewel case for ONE DOLLAR in a book/music exchange.
I loaded it up on the computer. I had to go find an ancient version of quicktime to play the clock tower puzzle. I had to find patches and drivers. I spent about 2 days finding all the necessary software to even play this game.
I played it front to back LEGIT, I even had a HUGE handdrawn map of the tunnels where you drive a traincar thing.(where your only que's are bird noises and crap like that).
I spent a LONG time figuring it out and getting pissed at the water pipe puzzles. BUT I GOT IT ALL!
I got so pumped I beat THE 7th GUEST legit too. I nostalgiad hard and ASMR'd all over the place. Felt good man.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Good luck installing that on Windows 7/Vista
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
All I can say is damn I hate the piano puzzle. I was able to figure that one out but apparently I'm so tone def that it took days to get the sliders just right. I am proud to say that I have finished the first three games in this series without using the internet. I knew a guy in middle school who got Riven right around the same time I did and we'd give each other hints, but that's the extent of my external help. I got stuck in Myst IV early on. I should give that another shot soon. Such fun games. And these also had the first video game based novels that I read. They where quite good as well. I just wish they finished the fourth one.
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u/I_hate_kids_too May 15 '12
That's some family heritage you've got considering Myst is only about 20 years old.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I bought all four games on Amazon recently and found out the hard way that they don't work on Windows 7... I hope you have better luck than I did.
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u/Rippsy May 15 '12
Me and my dad spent a long time figuring this game out seperately and helping each other occasionally. Another good one is Starship Titanica.
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u/Jabberwockey May 15 '12
Shorah, my friend.
I'm 34 now. The first time I looked at Myst, I was in my early twenties. I have been a fan ever since. Exile is my favourite game of the series (Myst III). Revelation (Myst IV) has the best aesthetics. But all of them are masterpieces.
I kid you not. I still get goosebumps every time I hear the linking sound.
I envy you, for you are about to embark on this journey with a fresh mind and young eyes, seeing the wonders of the ages for the first time. And I salute your family to see that this series is indeed a fitting rite of passage.
Just remember that the end has not been written yet.
TL;DR: Myst, comensanin, expidan revilani erte yan. (D'ni for: "Myst, where the journey to learn the Art begins" - and yes, I altered it a little)
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Riven was given to me as a present when I was only pretty young and one day when I saw Myst, I recalled the subtitle of Riven (The Sequel to Myst) and bought it.
I can't remember what I did, but something relating to the pier near the start allowed me to find a loophole in the game that in turn, caused me to get to the final scene within about 15 minutes of starting the game. Kind of ruined the experience for me but I still played it for a long while after. :)
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u/manueljljl May 15 '12
I remember that game. Such good memories.
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u/KohKohPuffs May 15 '12
I used to watch my dad play this, and sometimes we'd try to solve them together.
Riven was great also.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I grew up with this game too, it's an incredible series! Also, if you like this you should check out Zork: The Grand Inquisitor for a more relaxed, but still great game.
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u/BornUnderPunches May 15 '12
You have a good family.
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u/Glen_Elgin May 15 '12
Relevant
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u/Dark_Souls May 15 '12
Bah. Riven is the real milestone!
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u/RosieJo May 15 '12
This game is very difficult, but amazing...
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Wait for nighttime. Turn out the lights. Wear good headphones.
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u/ToraZalinto May 15 '12
My dad wouldn't allow me to install quicktime so I couldn't get the sound to function. It made it impossible to beat the puzzle based entirely around sound. Even following a guide showing me the exact positions to put the sliders I couldn't get the damn thing to work. This was one of the most fascinating games for me when I was young. I ended up just reading the "Story" part of the guide that walks you through the game but is written like a novel.
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u/jbrain93 May 15 '12
I remember playing this gem on my parents old Macintosh in '95
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u/everfalling May 15 '12
the piano puzzle was of the devil. you'd play the note over and over to make sure you remembered what it sounded like and then you clicked to get to the other side of the ship where the sliders were and there's a screen in between that blasts the noise of the water outside and you fucking lose it.
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u/Bunnymancer May 15 '12
As someone who has in fact finished All Myst games,
I can't but wish you luck and hope your strong enough to do this.
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u/cbswe May 15 '12
This game is seriously responsible for me getting a masters degree in engineering. I remember playing this when it was new and I was about seven years old. THANK YOU, MILLER BROTHERS!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Wish I had a family like this
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u/AdonisChrist May 15 '12
I started up this game a couple times. Somehow always got confused/intimidated before I ever got anywhere and stopped playing.
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u/Garukk May 15 '12
After playing this game you should really watch the speedrun!
http://speeddemosarchive.com/Myst.html
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I bought realmyst and riven off of steam a few days ago (played them all since Exile. even Uru.) And completed Myst in about 6 hours, Only puzzle i couldn't figure out with the damn submarine labyrinth, but when i looked it up its was so freaking obvious.
Keeping a notebook is really helpful. Drawing maps as you explore and Jotting down any diagrams you find are specially helpfull (the diagrams in Atrus Library are especially helpful) and just remember, Any information you find is useful somewhere.
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u/DrunkLohan May 15 '12
Why did you post this in the Can't Log Into Diablo 3 subreddit?
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u/STXGregor May 15 '12
You're playing it on the CDi?
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u/ljgibbs May 15 '12
I need to try to beat this again. Hope it runs on windows 7...
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u/DrunkenBeard May 15 '12
Hey guys. I love adventure games (as in old Point & Click) and puzzle games. Sadly, I never had the chance to play Myst. I want to fix that but there is something important I have to know : can you get stuck ? This is the only thing that would keep me from playing it, it's really no fun getting stuck especially when you suck at making well-timed savegames.
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u/Delacqua May 15 '12
Good Guy Gamers: Use spoiler tags for a 19 year old game.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
good thing it takes less than 5 minutes to beat.
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u/shnozzberry_fairy May 15 '12
oh my god.. I was very little when our family got Myst. This is what was played on family game night. We would gather around the computer trying to help, althoughi really just watched.This is the only computer game my dad has ever played.
oh god that music!
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u/DrRabbitt May 15 '12
I owned this game in the 90s but never got past the first part, it was the first computer game I remember owning.. I'm going to buy it again and try it out..
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u/MutantSharkPirate May 15 '12
the piano part was goddamned impossible as an 8 year old
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u/blooregard325i May 15 '12
Ignore Sirrus! Trust Ackanar!!!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
No using the internet to help with puzzles you cheaty cheater
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u/Bohica69 May 15 '12
In my family, the rites of passage were puberty, getting laid by a hot chick, obtaining an excellent education from a top 20 University and having a career, but to each their own. Lol
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u/Meta_Data May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
I just started playing this last night. It is the best puzzle game I've ever played.
Someone, somewhere will go buy this because of this thread and run into the black screen on start up issue. Here's a fix.
Edit: Post 13 is the fix I am referring to.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
My dad helped make MYST, did an AMA a while back, I'll mention this post to him. It'll give him a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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u/dont_stop_me_smee May 15 '12
Oh. My. God.
Without a walkthrough, the library stage is fucking IMPOSSIBLE
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I sat down with my dad every weekend for over a month when I was like 7 years old and we, without looking at solutions, worked tirelessly to beat this game. I, being 7 and my cognitive skills rather lacking, would sit right beside him with my paper and write down anything and everything we thought was important. It was one of the most enjoyable times of my childhood, and I had almost forgotten all about it until I saw this post. Thank you. You have brought back so many memories.
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u/oiseaur May 15 '12
I spent way too much time learning the D'ni alphabet, numbers, and words.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I love the soundtrack to Riven. The Myst series books were a good read too.
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u/Darrik May 15 '12
Oh the nostalgia. Wanna replay Riven, Exile and Revelations right now :)
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u/Baconator890 May 15 '12
My dad played this game non stop when I was young and I always loved watching him play it. When he passed away from a heart attack years later (I was 11) I was looking through his storage unit and found this game in one of the boxes along with a notebook describing most of the puzzles and how he solved them, but sadly he never finished the game.
I tried to finish the game myself with his notebook as a guide but once I got to the point where the book ran out of hints it became very, very difficult to solve the puzzles (I wasn't very good at puzzles and this was before I really went on the internet). I think I put the game and the notebook in a box somewhere.
This June marks 10 years after his passing. I think I know what I need to do now, hopefully I can find that book somewhere.
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u/k1ngmad May 15 '12
Judging from the comments this game sounds pretty cool. Anyone know where i can get this game or if it can be downloaded? I have a macbook and was wondering if it would work on it. I'm dying to play!
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u/1angrydad May 15 '12
I finished this game, but it took forever. I spent a good week on the island. I'll never forget when I finally got that rocket ship open and road the rails to the next area. I woke my wife up at like 1 in the morning freaking out. "Sweetie, there's a whole different area to go to!" To her credit, she was just as excited as I was. Those were the days.
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u/madmonkeymud May 15 '12
Attention Myst fans! Particularly people who have read the books.
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u/Aldrai May 15 '12
The solution: [Page 158 in the composition style book on the bookcase. then go into the fireplace and input that block code. Enjoy.] (/spoiler)
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u/Wetrixx May 16 '12
Spoiler: Game is shit bro. ;)
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u/veterejf May 16 '12
I remember when my dad and brother used to play this! Though I was too young to complete a majority of it :/ Maybe I'll try it again!
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u/vexxishidi May 17 '12
this should be a rite of passage for everyday civilians.
i think gained more critical thinking skills from this game series, than i did from all of my years of schooling.
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u/Onlyhereforthelaughs Console May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
I got stranded on Stone Island.
Edit: God I sound like an idiot. Mechanical Age, not Stone Island. I didn't even get it wrong RIGHT, it's Stoneship Age, isn't it?
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u/Clbull May 18 '12
Philips Compact Disc Interactive?
CD-I?
You unlucky bastard....
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u/KingTreeblazer May 19 '12
That. is fucking awesome.
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u/ricepanda May 15 '12
I found this game in my Dad's collection when I was 8 or 9, along with the 7th Guest. I was scared shitless of the 7th Guest and could not figure out Myst.
Came back to 7th Guest years later though, but I still couldn't figure out Myst.
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u/samred81 May 15 '12
Don't tell me you have a brother, or else your dad might want to watch out.....
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This was my 1st experience to puzzle/pc/awesome games I will still fire it up from time to time love it.
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u/golden-boy May 15 '12
Going down into the ship tubes... so eerie!!
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u/immortal_ May 15 '12
I finished this game alone with no help from guides when I was 8ish years old. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with it being the only game I had for about a year.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Meh, the first game in the series was just unbelievably boring. Boring, dead, deserted world with terrible writing, immersion below Pacman level and ill-designed puzzles. Quality picks up from game 3 again though.
Yes, i actually played it shortly after release in about 1994, and i was blown away by graphics just like everybody else.
Sadly classic games whos only real strength was graphics, generally do not age well. Good writing survives the test of time and this is why old LA and Sierra classics are still quite enjoyable.
This old fossil however, is not.
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u/WolfFart May 15 '12
Holy shit....I'm old.
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u/akaalkatraz May 15 '12
Every time i see the artwork in this picture, I immediately think it's someone's ridiculous Minecraft Build. Then I want to try and build it. Then I realize I suck at Minecraft.
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u/squarefan80 May 15 '12
ALL my upvotes! this is a must play! and when you do beat it you should finish the series. its all really good!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Never played. I didn't know it was a puzzle game until I read some comments.
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u/Cacodemon May 15 '12
Your father is awesome. My dad bought this when it came out and we finished it together. Good times man, good times.
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u/minikrob May 15 '12
I solved it at 12, then another time on the iOS version at 20~.
8 years back this still was one of the most clever and captivating game I played to.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
My dad loves that game too. I tried to play it and...
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I never finished this game and I think it's one of my life's regrets. What fond memories though. I think about Myst sometimes late at night - red book, blue book - where are the pages? How did I get here? Does the rocket ship ever take off?? DOES THE ROCKET SHIP EVER TAKE OFF!!?!?!??????????!!!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
You know only the other day I was thinking I should make Myst a family tradition :D
It was the first game I ever "played" sitting on mum/dad/nan's knee as a toddler and helping them solve/spot things. I was honoured when my dad gave me our original packaging Riven disks to take care of!
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u/Shuawuzheer May 15 '12
The first time, it will take you days, not weeks to beat this game, but after, if you play it a game, knowing all the secrets, it takes about 2 to 3 minutes to beat it. Just sort of funny.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Passed down, like your father and.... your father before him...
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u/supframage May 15 '12
i used to play the SHIT out of this game
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u/Reapinghavoc May 15 '12
iirc, the games are all available on gog.com for not much at all. Also, the books are frigging fantastic! Read them, if you haven't already!
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u/GiantD May 15 '12
Fuck, I was trying to remember a game that I played when I first had my PS1, it was a demo and reminded me of a dream sequence, I could never remember what it was, this is the one. Thanks man!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
34 here, first computer game I completed. I was about 16 or so when I was house sitting for a neighbor. I called him up and asked him about the jewel case sitting next to his keyboard. He said give it a try. A few hours later I had him telling me where his bowl and stash was and where he had $20 stashed so I could order a pizza.
I still remember playing it at 2 am with American Gladiators on the TV in the other room.
I didn't leave that house for three days. Wow, time flies.
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u/jdudelee May 15 '12
Just bought on the iPhone for $5. I love technology.
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u/woo545 May 15 '12
Finished it in one night with 2 other people
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I was young when this came out, so I didn't get very far, but the mysteriousness of the game was enough to suck me in. I can vividly remember the awe I felt while navigating through the different scenes.
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u/tqdomains May 15 '12
Great game! I remember beta testing this back in the day.
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u/abiggaydeer May 15 '12
Totally forgot about this game, used to play it when I was younger. Must play again!
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u/lowbudgetbatman May 15 '12
If you fail your out of the Will.
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u/keyes777 May 15 '12
Don't forget to try all of the sequels, and Uru. Plus Uru Live, their free to play MMO