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Myst III: Exile

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Myst III: Exile
Myst III: Exile cover
Developers
Presto Studios
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Sprint engine
Release dates
Windows May 8, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) May 8, 2001
macOS (OS X) 2001
Myst III: Exile on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).
Myst
Myst 1993
Riven 1997
realMyst 2000
Myst III: Exile 2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst 2003
Myst IV: Revelation 2004
Myst V: End of Ages 2005
Myst Online: Uru Live 2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition 2014
Myst (2021) 2021

General information

Official series forums
MYSTAges - Unofficial series wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 CD version; SafeDisc DRM. Install the latest Patches to remove.[1]
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Retail
DRM-free
 DVD version
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches at ResidualVM
CD version only; the DVD version is already fully-patched.

Play without the CD/DVD

Use ResidualVM[2]

Notes

CD version must first be patched to version 1.22 due to the unpatched version using SafeDisc.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saved Games\[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Local retail version only.
Spanish

System Compatibility

Systems confirmed working on: Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, and Windows 10.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME
Processor (CPU) 233 MHz Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
Other 640x480 resolution support
32-bit color support
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 8.1
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
Other 640x480 resolution support
32-bit color support

Notes

  1. ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. ↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/4
    "Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."
  2. ↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/04