Episode 126: HyperCard & Myst (Patreon)
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2017-11-13 12:42:54
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2021-08
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We've mentioned Myst and HyperCard in several episode this year, but it's always within a glancing tangent rather than a real conversion. This week, Ben Elgin and I downshift into first gear to take a proper look at these two interconnected pieces of gaming history: Apple's incredibly flexible hypertext tech, HyperCard, and Cyan's Myst, which took the platform to its ultimate limit and became the best-selling PC game of the 20th century for its trouble. Not bad for something intended to be little more than a digital rolodex.
Description: Jeremy and Ben take a deep dive into the history and concept of Apple's HyperCard and how it became a surprising platform for game development… including the best-selling PC game of the 20th century, Cyan's Myst.