( if you or anyone have a serial card in any of your early copies of Myst for Mac or PC, I'd be interested in knowing what number is printed on it.) I am now doubting this is a serial number but I have no clue what it might be. I also found only one single image of a CIB copy of Myst, probably for PC, with a number of 18,202 on it's card ( see here). At first I thought 18,201 was sort of like a game serial number (and it might be) but the purple insert I found online has a number of 45.620 ( see here) and I have no clue what software that was for. The registration card is unbranded but from a bit of research I've seen similar cards that are white with purple printing that were used by Broderbund. Mine was used and has had the postcard torn off, however it still has the second half with a registration number on it that the user was suppose to keep. Note, my envelope is sealed but I'm not sure it came that way or if with time and humidity it sealed itself.Ī registration card, with a dot-matrix number printed on it. ![]() The variations I've found have been with PC versions, but it's no surprise that this first edition has the nicer, heavier journal.Īn envelope with contents for early game hints. I think it's not the number of pages but just a heavier stock cover and paper used for the journal. I haven't counted the pages but one feels thicker than the other. The Myst journal, (not written in, phew.) In searching early copies, I've found that there seem to be two early journals. The game on CD- ROM, for the Macintosh, copyrighted 1993. The box made of two pieces of denser cardboard material. ish, but due to the nature of the contents, I think it is. I do not know for sure if this is 100% complete. Obviously, the original owner bought both and just put Riven in the box.įirst, this this box version has two stickers-both the film strip and the green-arrow sticker. Funny enough, it also had a copy of Riven in it, and a Riven insert. Someone managed to get a copy of Myst and just listed it, having no clue what this was. (Photos reposted as well.) This is a copy of the first Mac version I finally found. Update! I posted a bit of this in the "What's New In Your Collection" thread, but for those wanting a little bit more, here are some additional details and questions. There's a million OEM, bundles, and re-releases but those are the main ones at least. I forgot what this is packed with, but it was shrink wrapped side by side (like, the long way) with some terrible game no one cares about. Starflash with red performs under Windows 95: Ribbon with red performs under Windows 95: Second MPC is a flip top box with with the triangle promo:įlip top with triangle with CD rack promo (sticker residue, need a pic of this with the actual sticker): The progression of variants goes something like this. The first MPC also came in a two part box with the triangle in the top left. The first release is the Mac one in a two-part box with the filmstrip thing in the top left. The triangle variant is no doubt an early copy, and many sub-1,000,000 units probably looked like that, but I'm hoping for a first print run, maybe of the original 25-50,000 copies that was made in 1993 with a copyright specific to that timeframe. I'm going to keep my hopes up and keep searching. There's a reason why it was super popular at immediate launch, but that also doesn't mean that people owning computers wuth CD- ROM drives were that prevalent. This game did so well because ( IIRC) this was the first PC game that used CD-ROMs or, at least, fully embraced the medium with FMVs and CD audio. I know this game had an immediate explosion in popularity but CD-ROMs were still quite new and expensive then. I can't find anything strictly copyrighted 1993, but that doesn't mean ot doesn't exist. I have spent part of my morning looking at every Myst game I can find on eBay. Some in Europe mightbhave looked like that, but copies in the US had the ribbon as well at some point. No, I am pretty sure the one I posted is not a Euro version. ![]() There's a variant that says MILIA PALME D'OR 95īoth ribbons appear to be printed on the box, not stickersĪlso, i seem to have found a european copy without the ribbon. Isn't that a European copy with EN/FR/DE box?
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