For many, the Myst franchise was an obsession worth getting lost in. The game was designed to offer an escape from the onslaught of FPS titles, and instead focus on rich scenery and clever puzzles. As Myst became Riven, Exile, and back to realMyst, the games became more and more immersive. A key component to the franchise was the linking book. These magical books were written as a portal from world to world, and using them was typical at critical points in the plot. One Myst fan by the name of Mike Ando decided that he needed to have the closest thing to a real linking book as he could get, and accomplished his goal by making a book that can play all of the Myst games.
When you think about the Myst title in the context of current generation technology, the games seem to have been almost intentionally designed to be played by reaching out and touching the screen. With that in mind, this Myst linking book offers a terrific gaming experience for the franchise. Underneath the pages of the book you find an entire Windows PC running an Intel Z530P with a GMA500 and 1GB of RAM. This is more than enough to play the original games, but the creator of the book assures that it manages to play End of Ages at a solid 30fps.
It wasn?t enough to simply be capable of playing Myst in a linking book. Accuracy was a big deal to Myst fan Mike Ando. He tracked down the exact edition of the book that Cyan Studios scanned to create the digital linking book. From there he gutted the book and ?restored? it to look as close to perfect as you can get to the book from the game, right down to the 24-carat gold paint that fills the MYST embossing on the cover. The inside of the book offers more than enough room to both hold the computer and offer enough extra space for heat dissipation.
After putting that much work into creating something like this, I doubt selling it would be particularly high on my list of priorities. This probably has a lot to do with why Mike has the price listed at $15,625 at the very bottom of his website, with a link to his email address. Re-creating this book exactly would be a challenge for many, but the instructions are all there on his website for anyone brave enough to try. I?ll just install realMyst on my desktop and hope that someday the Myst IP gets resurrected by someone along with a pre-order bonus offering something just as special.
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Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/myst-fan-creates-a-real-linking-book-2012111/
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