I’d been looking for it for eight years, and I finally got it. A MYST Channelwood Poster.
If you don’t know what MYST is, God help you. Channelwood is one of the “ages” of MYST. My ex-girlfriend and I solved MYST in a 17 hour session stretched across two days back in 1994. I consider that MYST experience to be the most immersive gaming experience of my life.
I first saw the Channelwood Poster on a dated (dead) Cyan store page. It perfectly captured the MYST experience in roughly 24×36-inch form. But it was no longer for sale. A year later I saw it on eBay and bid. High. I got outbid. It went for over $300. I encountered only one other, again on eBay, and got outbid – again, it went for over $300.
Over the years I’ve posted on various gaming forums looking for this poster and a couple months ago someone suggested I email a certain particularly kindhearted woman who is more or less the “office mom” of Cyan Worlds. After discovering her name, I guessed her email address and off went my query. She responded and, as it turns out, they had THREE left in the Cyan Worlds dungeon. I pleaded with her to sell it to me and she said she’d check with Rand Miller, co-creator of MYST. On that same day I sent this kind soul a dozen yellow spring tulips from a local Mead, Washington florist to underscore my begging. As it turns out, Rand Miller noticed them on her desk and asked her about them. She explained what it was all about and he agreed to give me one of the last Channelwood Posters for a donation to the Cyan party fund of an undisclosed amount. The kicker? Rand signed the poster to me! I happily obliged and days later the poster, in excellent condition, arrived at my home.
To prevent a flood of random emails sent to Cyan Worlds, I will tell you that I have been told that the two remaining copies of this strongly sought after poster are going to be sold (likely for substantial sums) at a special, upcoming Cyan Worlds event. So…please do not pester this wonderful woman whom I leave nameless.
I hope you enjoyed my tale. This is unquestionably the gem among my poster collection.
I am currently replaying MYST on my Sony PSP, here 13 years later. Good stuff.
Right on! I don’t think I ever solved Myst, ended up playing with a variety of people working out individual problems, but never saw the game completely through.
I *think* I’ve still got my original copy around here somewhere, along with notes taken during the game…
Cool, something to do next weekend. !P
Wow talk about a flash back. Reading this site almost makes me wish I had my trash 80 …..
Cool poster! Did they make posters for the other ages as well?
Also, anyone tried to play Myst on a current PC or Mac?
I am selling a collectible poster and mouse
pad on Ebay. See the following URLs for information.
http://tinyurl.com/229jbz
http://tinyurl.com/2zsmbc
Gorgeous! And what luck getting one of those ^_^.
I have a Myst and a Riven poster on Ebay:
(330396555363) / (330396555931)
On for a week!
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Hi all,
I am selling my collection of old, rare, and out-of-print Myst and Riven posters on eBay if anyone is interested.
Myst Channelwood Age:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170988779658
Myst Ages Montage:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170988781728
Riven Jungle Island Village:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170988782920
Riven Sunners Lagoon:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170988784104
Riven Rebel Hive Tay Age:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170988784939
I remember reading this article years ago and having the same thing happen to me. I was also in high school when these posters were being sold at outrageous prices and always wished I could have this poster.
Turns out Cyan now sells all their posters on their site again. Being of adult again, I have bought all 10 :)
https://store.cyan.com/collections/cyan-classics-collection
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