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I rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home. (lemmy.world)

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[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 33 points 3 weeks ago (21 children)

I was always so disappointed in the 90s to see 'realistic' looking graphics and then you play the game and realize it was just a point and click game

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 33 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Everyone always praised Myst for its great graphics. I always thought it was cheating because it was pre-rendered.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even being prerendered, it was an intensely impressive game for 1993.

And it's not like they didn't have plenty of problems to solve.

Here's an interesting interview with founder Rand Miller about developing Myst and how they were barely able to make it work due to the limitations of CD drives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWX5B6cD4_4

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

LOL, that quicktime butterfly animation on the main island was hot shit back then.

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