"Making of Myst II" [tape 1], early Riven production in garage B-roll [Betacam SP?], circa 1994 or early 1995
Scope and Contents
This collection includes over 200 videotapes and audio recordings from the history of Cyan and the Myst series. The videos are primarily from the production of Riven: The Sequel to Myst, including raw camera footage and composite tests from the filming of the live-action portions of the game, developer interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage used in "The Making of Riven" documentary. The tapes also include footage from other Myst-related projects, along with footage from general Cyan history, such as news appearances and industry presentations.
Several tapes also include footage of other video games released during the time Riven was development, presumably from Cyan's market research. Some videos that were irrelevant to the history of Cyan were digitized but omitted from this collection.
Dates
- circa 1994 or early 1995
Creator
- North By Northwest (Production company, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Select materials (currently, related to work by Cyan's quality-assurance subsidiary CYANtest) were restricted after reviewing the footage with Cyan legal. Closed access to these materials may be provided to individual researchers at the discretion of the Video Game History Foundation library staff.
Historical Note
Without having the original tape on-hand, we were unable to identify a definitive date for this footage. Based on comments in the Making of Riven documentary where Rand Miller described Cyan's period working in a garage as happening "right after Myst," this was likely recorded in the second half of 1994 or, at the latest, early 1995.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.60 Terabytes
Language of Materials
English
Note
At the time of cataloging, we could not verify the original format of this tape. There appears to be no corresponding VHS copy with timecode.
Creator
- North By Northwest (Production company, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository