After 25 years of gaming history, Cyan Worlds turns to VR and Kickstarter

In the mid-1990s, Cyan Worlds glued a new generation of computer users to their home computers with the game Myst, a high-resolution adventure game that presented players with puzzles and codes to decipher to continue through the alternative world. Riven, Uru and other follow-up games were popular but never reached Myst's heights, though the company continues to create new products, including a virtual reality game called "Firmament."

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Fri., March 29, 2019

1994 - Robyn Miller, left, holds a copy of the CD-ROM for Myst with his brother, Rand Miller, in Spokane, Wash., July 25, 1994. The Millers are the creators of Myst, a best-selling computer game.

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A screen grab from Myst.
1994 - Robyn (left) and Rand Miller display the garden scene from the Myst computer game they created. They agree that the story is what sets Myst apart from other computer games. "This is primarily a good yarn," says Robyn.

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Examples of the Myst software developed by Cyan line the bookshelf of their headquarters in Spokane Monday November 27, 2006.

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November 20, 1994. SPOKANE. Buttons on the wall at promote Myst computer game, created by Robyn and Rand Miller. Cyan headquarters, home of Myst, is located in Colbert, Wa.

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Riven: The Sequel to Myst.
Rand Miller, creator of "Myst," poses at a projected image of what he describes as "a scene from Teledahn, one of the Ages Beyond Myst in Uru," at the UbiSoft exhibit at the Electronic Exposition Expo in Los Angeles Thursday, May 15, 2003. A decade ago, Rand Miller and his brother gave the world "Myst." The puzzle-solving adventure game redefined what was possible on a home computer. Now Miller is taking the Myst brand to another dimension _ the multiplayer online world.

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Rand Miller, CEO of Cyan Worlds, holds up copies of the company's newly released computer game, "Uru: Ages Beyond Myst," Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, in Mead, Wash. Uru is the third release by the maker of previous computer games Myst and Riven which sold a combined 10 million copies.

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