Submission #9917: Spikestuff's Windows Myst in 00:53.492

Windows
baseline
(Submitted: MYST32.bin v1.2)
BizHawk 2.11
3745 (cycle count 53492)
70.01046885515592
5399
PowerOn
aa7ddddc6c80fc81c569e5cb0193872209310e96
The QuickTime CD needed for the verification movie can be created using the CUSTOM and EXPRESS folders found in the QTW16 folder in Kid Pix Studio Deluxe. To play back the main TAS, both the Myst CD and the hard disk drive need to be loaded.
			
Submitted by Spikestuff on 9/23/2025 11:07 AM
Submission Comments
15 years ago Scepheo submitted #2602: Scepheo's DS Myst in 01:07.16.
12 years later, I would improve over that run, and begin a journey going through every version of (classic) Myst possible.
I have to thank for the BizHawk side, the developers who put the cores that made this possible. Too many to name, too many to thank.
I have to thank keylie for libTAS, which was able to hook into ScummVM and MAME, and an extended thanks to fsvgm777 who dealt with my shenanigans there.
I have to thank the Myst community despite definitely headbutting with that community, have excellent runners and resources and has shown me a lot with a title that's so short.
It's not the end as of yet, as there's a few more versions that are still feasible to do, but this is probably the chance where I can say thanks.
Thanks for this opportunity, to make a title that was once originally rejected be able to bloom as hard as it does.
And I guess a title that's now going to stick with me. With every damn version of Myst that I was able to do under the sun including the Homebrew versions.
With this submission, there are two more versions that will come after it and the book will come to a end, at least for me working on Myst.
There is always the possibility that I will return after with the recently dumped LaserActive version, and lost to time SegaCD version when it gets support, and when it gets found respectfully.
Now, let's do the thing.

The Stuff.
  • This Userfile. Follow the instructions, and for what it requests.
  • Myst v1.2 this is a dual release for Win 3.1 and Win 95 (so this will be the 1995 CD release).
This is the first-- well second release using the Mohawk Engine.
So this where it all starts, the version that would be used so many years later.
Zips return, but unlike ScummVM which is an official release. The Escape Key doesn't skip cutscenes.
The predecessor to this submission is #9610: Spikestuff's Windows Myst in 01:01.93, a true April Fools TAS where nothing worked, and that it was the 16bit version running on Windows 95.
PCem was never compatible for me, but the one thing it did was give a hint that this was coming, and we're now here.
And you know me for screenshots by now, it's been 3 years.
Smiley face on that fireplace code.

nymx: Claiming for judging.
nymx: Thanks to Spikestuff, I now understand the hurdle that preventing me from accepting this earlier. Also feos has stated that this should be good for acceptance, as long as there is a successful sync. Everything looks good. Hopefully we'll see the completion soon, of those remaining platforms, to complete the collection.
Accepting to Standard.
fsvgm777: Processing. r3gamerz is handling the encodes for this one.
feos: Changed platform in movie header to windows.
Last Edited by feos on 10/10/2025 8:52 AM
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