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"Myst" coming out on a CD at the time struck me as a very risky move as so few people had optical drives on their PCs. What I failed to appreciate (and why I mu
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
"Myst" coming out on a CD at the time struck me as a very risky move as so few people had optical drives on their PCs. What I failed to appreciate (and why I must suck at marketing) is that everyone with a CD-ROM drive bought the game. You almost had to either to justify the device or perhaps to lord it over those who did not have one.
- philistine 2y agoFor my friends, they lorded their CD-ROM drive with the purchase of Phantasmagoria. No time for those wimpy Myst games. My friends needed hardcore dramatic depictions of sexual violence.
- mst 2y agoDisappointed there wasn't a sequel so they could've called it Phantasmagorier.
- TillE 2y agoMyst's 1994 Windows release is pretty far into the CD-ROM era. I was playing Monkey Island with its great CD soundtrack in 92, and the talkie versions of Fate of Atlantis and King's Quest 6 in 93, for example.
- xnorswap 2y agoMyst was a big enough hit it was the reason (or perhaps excuse is a better word) for some of my friends getting a CD-ROM drive. ( While I was "stuck" on an old 386 with only a floppy drive for what felt like an eternity. )