Difference between revisions of "Riven"

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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
Riven (2024)	2024

Key points

Riven requires QuickTime 2.5 or higher; install from Apple's site if you don't have it already.

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Official game site

Official forums

MYSTAges - A wiki for the series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Updated for compatibility with modern systems.
Steam		Does not run on Windows XP.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.rvn^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63610/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy		Saves under SAVEGAME folder in game directory.
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian				Unofficial translation for CD-version and DVD-version also available.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Apple QuickTime

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 MB	2.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7.5	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 90 MHz
System memory (RAM)	9 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	65 MB	2.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA display

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (63610) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Mohawk/Games - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-03-02
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Myst 25th Anniversary Update - last accessed on 2019-09-17

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (63610) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (63610) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Mohawk/Games - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-03-02

[25th_anniversary-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Myst 25th Anniversary Update - last accessed on 2019-09-17

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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-{{Infobox game/row/engine|Mohawk Engine|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Mohawk/Games|title=Mohawk/Games - ScummVM :: Wiki|date=2019/03/02}}</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Mohawk Engine|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Mohawk/Games|title=Mohawk/Games - ScummVM :: Wiki|date=2019-03-02}}</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|ScummVM|Myst 25th Anniversary Update|ref=<ref name="25th anniversary">{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/games/63610/announcements/detail/2693605177465847845|title=Myst 25th Anniversary Update|date=2019-09-17}}</ref>}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 29, 1997}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|October 29, 1997}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 11, 2018|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref name="25th anniversary"/>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 11, 2018|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref name="25th anniversary"/>}}
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-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | riven_the_sequel_to_myst | DRM-free | Updated for compatibility with modern systems. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | riven_the_sequel_to_myst | DRM-free | Updated for compatibility with modern systems. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 63610 | Steam | Does not run on Windows XP. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 63610 | Steam | Does not run on Windows XP. | | Windows, OS X }}
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 {{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
+{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 }}

Developers

	Cyan Worlds
Publishers
	Red Orb Entertainment
Engines
	Mohawk Engine^[1]
Myst 25th Anniversary Update	ScummVM^[2]
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 1997
Mac OS (Classic)	October 29, 1997
Windows (ScummVM)	September 11, 2018^[2]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM)	September 11, 2018^[2]