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"March/April 2003 Raw Game Footage, Raw Uru Captures 1 of 2" [miniDV], March–April 2003

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Identifier: CYAN-URU-PRODUCTION.10
"March/April 2003 Raw Game Footage, Raw Uru Captures 1 of 2" [miniDV], March–April 2003
"March/April 2003 Raw Game Footage, Raw Uru Captures 1 of 2" [miniDV], March–April 2003

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

  • March–April 2003

Creator

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

This footage was used in the 2003 trailer for Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.

Extent

From the Collection: 3.60 Terabytes

Language of Materials

English

Processing Information

Note from digitization vendor: "audio error recorded into frame at start; no audio recorded on original recording."

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository

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