Won't start

[aprentic]

I can't get the game to start in any compatibility mode.
It's more than slightly sketchy to sell a game that doesn't work on any modern computer without a lot of debuging (if at all) and then say that it's not your fault because you warned about it in the fine print.

It's not enough to make me stop buying off of Steam but I will certainly be more suspicious of anything I buy here.

[Noitalever]

It is important to keep track of the operating systems a game supports, this one does not have official support beyond vista. There is a newer release called realMyst Masterpiece Edition you can get here that supports newer systems;
http://store.steampowered.com/app/244430/

If you strongly prefer the old style the gog version does support newer operating systems and has a 30 day refund policy in case you have any problems;
http://www.gog.com/game/myst_masterpiece_edition

[aprentic]

Thanks for your reply but this is still a fairly lame response.
You basically say that it was my fault for not reading the fine print and then offer to "fix" it by having me buying an other copy that works on my OS.
As I said, I'm not going to stop using Steam just because of this but my trust has certainly been eroded. As has that of just about everyone else who bought this game from you, judging by the rest of the forum posts.

[monkeymadness]

The game might someday be compatible through ScummVM.

Originally posted by aprentic:

As has that of just about everyone else who bought this game from you, judging by the rest of the forum posts.

I don't think that Noitalever owns the game.

[aprentic]

Originally posted by stevenloveland:

I don't think that Noitalever owns the game.

I didn't realize that. I though Noitalever worked for Steam.
My appologies.

[monkeymadness]

Most of the people on the forums don't work for Steam. It is highly unlikely that he does. I bought the game myself without looking rather closely at the compatibility. I'm with you that steam needs to do better at letting people know, because you get used to almost all the games working just fine. Like I said earlier it is possible that ScummVM might be able to run this game in the future. And compatibility does allows me to play if but a short while before I get a freeze in game. Wish I had more. If you wanted to play it really badly Noitalever's suggestions are good. GOG does better at updating these old games than Steam does. And I don't own realMyst, but from what I can tell it should work. I do understand not wanting to buy a game over again because one doesn't work.

[Noitalever]

Try using compatibility mode;

[whatever drive you have it on C for most people] -> Program Files [It might be Program Files (x86)] - Steam -> steamapps -> common -> Myst. That could be entirely wrong depending on where you installed it to, but basically you have to find the Myst folder. Within that folder, find the application. It should end in .exe. Right-click it and select properties. Click on the compatibility tab, try setting it to win xp service pack 3, if that does not fix the problem also try vista and me.