GameTap, a business unit of Turner Broadcasting, provides access to classic arcade and console games through emulation, and after Myst Online debuted for Macs they expanded their core software to work on the Mac using the same technology. So seeing Myst Online: Uru Live finally make it to the Mac was sweet vindication for long-suffering Mac gamers who felt strongly that the franchise, which got its first huge boost on the Mac platform, should remain on the Mac. ![]() The game debuted a Mac version in March 2007, developed by TransGaming using its Cider translation layer technology - software that enables Windows games to run on Intel-based Macs.Ĭyan had stated its intent to create a Mac-native version of original game, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, but that ultimately didn’t come to fruition, a victim of Ubisoft’s budgetary and technical constraints. Myst Online was GameTap’s first attempt at outreach to Macintosh gamers.
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