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 MYST WALKTHROUGH - VERSION 1.0 -
             JULY 1994


  Please    send    all   comments,
criticisms   and   suggestions  to:
Larry Field ([e-mail]).


EXPLORING AROUND MYST ISLAND
------------------------------
  Start  at  the  dock,  where  you
first   arrive  on  the  island  of
Myst, and explore the whole island.
As  you  start  to  leave the dock,
walking  toward  the  stairs you'll
see   what  looks  like  a  circuit
breaker.  It's located to the right
of  the  stairs.  This  is  what is
referred  to  on  Myst  island as a
Marker  Switch. Click on the Marker
Switch  handle and it will rise and
be 'turned on'.

  On  your  way up the pathway from
the   dock   you'll   find  a  note
laying  on the ground. It is a note
to   Catherine   from  Atrus.  From
reading the note you can see he has
left  her  a  message  but first we
must  know how many of these Marker
Switches there are on the island.

  Continue  throughout  the  island
examining   everything   carefully,
taking notes on what you find. Find
all  of  the Marker Switches as you
go  and  turn  them  on.  There are
eight   on   the   island   at  the
following      locations:     Dock,
Observatory,  Large  Gears on Hill,
Space  Ship,  Fountain  with  ship,
Brick  building just past fountain,
Log  Cabin,  Clock Tower. The Clock
Tower's  Marker  Switch will not be
accessible  until  you solve one of
the  puzzles. Turning on the Marker
Switches  'activates' the location.
Now  that  you've  located  all the
Marker  Switches  you can go to the
fore-chamber  by  the  dock and get
the   message   to  Catherine  from
Atrus.

  To get the message go all the way
to  the  end  of  the dock with the
ocean  on your left. Turn right and
there in the wall is a hidden door.
Click on the door and go in all the
way  to  the imaging fountain. Turn
around   toward   the   stairs  and
click  on  the  note on the wall to
the   left   of  the  stairs.  Upon
examining   it  you'll  see  a  red
button  in the upper left corner of
the paper. Click on this button and
a   digital  readout  will  appear.
Click on the arrows until '08' (the
number  of  Marker  Switches on the
island)  appears.  Turn back toward
the  imaging  pool  and  click  the
yellow  button  on  the  front. The
message  will  play.  Take  note of
what  is  being  said. Click on the
yellow  button  again  to  have the
message repeated.

  Once  you've  explored the island
go  back  to  the library. When you
enter by stand in the center of the
room   and   turn   each   possible
direction  examining all the walls.
You  will  see:  Map  of  Myst, Red
Book,  Picture of stairs, Bookcase,
Window,  Blue Book and a Fireplace.
It  may  be  helpful  to draw a map
of the library so you can visualize
it better. Go to the Map of Myst on
the  wall and click on it. You will
see  an  outline of all the objects
you   have   investigated   on  the
island, except for the clock tower.
Turning   the  Marker  Switches  on
makes  the locations appear on this
map.  Since  you have not turned on
the  clock  tower  yet, it does not
appear.

  Click  on  the flashing circle on
the   map.   This   is   the  tower
rotator  switch.  If  you  click on
this   and   hold  down  the  mouse
button   a   radar-like  line  will
appear  and  began  rotating around
the  island.  At certain points you
will  notice  that  it turns red (4
different  locations).  Stop on one
of  these  red  locations  and back
away  from  the  map. Now go to the
picture  of the stairs and click on
it.  You'll  see  the picture swirl
around  and  the  bookcase  to  the
right  will  turn into a staircase.
This  staircase  leads to the Tower
shown on the map. Take the elevator
to the Tower. There are two ladders
at  the  top.  The  ladder with the
'book'   looks   outward  onto  the
island,  the  ladder with the 'key'
is  where you want to go. Climb the
ladder  with  the  'key'  and  look
closely  at  the  stone wall at the
top.  There will be a clue there to
solving  one  of the puzzles on the
island.  Write  it down and go back
to the library and rotate the tower
on  the  map  to  the next location
where  it  turns  red.  Repeat this
until  you've retrieved a clue from
the tower for each place on the map
where the radar turns red.

  After you exit the tower with the
last  clue,  click on the window to
the  right of the staircase and the
window  will  swirl  and  turn  the
stairs  back  into  a bookcase. Now
examine  the bookcase. Click on the
books  and  read  the ones you can.
Several  have been ruined but there
are  four  'good' ones that contain
valuable  information.  Write  down
anything you find since it may be a
clue  you'll need later on. You can
always  come  back and refer to the
books later if you need to.

  Move over and look at the Red and
Blue  books laying by themselves on
opposite   walls  of  the  library.
Click  on  the  page  laying beside
each  book,  then click on the book
itself.  A  message will be played.
Listen  and  make note of what they
say  in each message. From this you
learn  that  the  object is to find
and bring back as many red and blue
pages   as  you  can  find  to  the
respective  books.  This  will help
you determine which of the brothers
have betrayed their father.

  One last thing to click on in the
library  is the fireplace. When you
do  so nothing happens. It puts you
'in'  the fireplace so that you are
looking  out into the library. More
later about the fireplace.

  That's  about it for the library.
Now   out   to   solve   the  first
puzzle.  From reading the books you
know  there  are  four  'Ages' that
Atrus  has  created.  Each  of  the
clues  obtained from the tower will
help  lead  to  one  of  them. I've
listed  them  here  in  the order I
visited  each  age. They don't have
to  be visited in any certain order
however.



GETTING TO CHANNELWOOD
-----------------------
  After  leaving  the  library,  go
down  the  trail  to the end of the
path  by the clock tower. Turn left
into the forest. There you will see
the  log  cabin  you found earlier.
Enter  it  and turn back toward the
door.  To the right of the door you
will  see a safe in the wall. Click
on   the   safe   and   enter   the
combination   you   found   in  the
library   tower   by  pressing  the
buttons   below  each  number.  The
combination  is  7,2,4. When you've
dialed this in, pull the handle and
open  the  safe. Click on the match
box  and  it opens up. Click on the
matches  and  pick one up. Click on
the  striking  surface  and it will
light.  Now  turn  back  toward the
furnace on the opposite wall. Light
the  pilot light in the bottom left
corner  of  the  furnace.  Once the
pilot's lit, turn the handle to the
right, clockwise, as far as it will
go.  The  pressure gauge at the top
of  the  furnace will start to rise
quickly. When the gauge reaches the
top  you will hear a loud sound and
the  gauge  will  drop back to zero
and  start  up  again.  The burning
of  the  furnace makes the tree, in
the  window  to the left, rise into
the  air.  After  you've heard that
loud  booming  sound  8 or 9 times,
turn the wheel to the right all the
way      off,     counterclockwise.
Immediately go out of the cabin and
turn  left.  Turn left again and go
behind  the  cabin  between the two
trees.  You  will  see a large tree
there  up  on  a platform just like
the  one  you could see through the
window  in  the cabin. Go up on the
platform  and  look up at the tree.
You'll  see  what  appears  to be a
'room'  in  the  tree.  It  will be
coming  down  since  you turned the
fire  off.  Look  back  down at the
tree.  Wait there until the room is
right  in  front  of  you. When the
floor of the room is level with the
platform,  click  on it. You'll see
it's an elevator that will take you
down under the platform. The button
on  the left in the elevator speeds
along  the  descent, you can ignore
it  since  you'll  be there shortly
anyway.  Once you've stopped at the
bottom  get  out  and  approach the
table with the book on it. Click on
this book and you'll be transported
to Channelwood.

WHAT TO DO IN CHANNELWOOD
---------------------------
  Upon   arriving   in  Channelwood
you'll  be  standing  on  a  wooden
walkway  surrounded  by water. Turn
around  and  go toward the windmill
on  the  mountain  in the distance.
Follow  the  trail  up the mountain
until  you get to the top. When you
get there turn on the faucet at the
base  of  the  big water tank. Turn
and  go  back  down the hill to the
wooden walkway.

  When  you  get  back  down you'll
notice   pipes  running  along  the
top  of  the  walkway.  These pipes
carry   the  water  that  you  just
turned  on  at  the  windmill.  The
water  is  used to power pumps that
are  used  in  this  age  to  drive
elevators  and other devices. Go to
the only elevator that is currently
accessible,   the   center  one  if
you're   looking   into  the  trees
from  the  windmill.  The  water is
directed  to  the  pump you want to
use   by   switching   the  handles
located  at pipe joints. You change
the   direction  of  the  water  by
pulling  the  handle to one side or
the other. If water is running in a
pipe,  you  can hear it. Also, when
you  get to the pump you're wanting
to  use,  you  can  hear  the motor
running  if  water is flowing to it
properly.

  Go   up  the  elevator  and  walk
around  the  treehouses  until  you
find  a switch mounted on the floor
of  one  of  them.  (A  map  of the
treehouses  is in one of the 'good'
books  in  the library. On this map
is   noted   the  location  of  the
treehouse with the switch. There is
a  dotted  line from this treehouse
to  the  platform  with the gate on
it.)  This  switch  opens  the gate
allowing  access  to  the  elevator
that  will  take  you to the second
level   of   treehouses.  Pull  the
switch then go to the platform with
the  gate and elevator. Go down the
steps through the gate and redirect
the  water  to the pump at the base
of  the  stairs (this pump operates
the upper elevator). Go back up the
steps and use the elevator to go to
the second level.

  On  the  second  level,  when you
exit the elevator, turn left and go
around behind the elevator into the
room there. The red page is in this
room.  Also  in  this  room  is the
first  half  of  a note you'll need
later.    Copy    the   note   down
precisely before leaving. Exit this
room  and go all the way across the
walkway,  past  the center building
to  the  shack at the other end. In
this  room  you  will find the blue
page. The building in the center is
interesting  but  not  necessary in
completing the game.

  Once   you've   finished  looking
around,  go  back down the elevator
to  the  first  level of treehouses
and  walk down the stairs. Redirect
the water to a pump on the far left
side  of the walkways. This pump is
located  where  a  walkway abruptly
ends.  Once water is running to the
pump, push the lever and a 'hidden'
bridge  will  be  raised connecting
the  two walkways so you can cross.
Go  across  and follow it until you
get   to   another  elevator.  This
elevator  is  not  functional since
water  is  not running to the pump.
Follow  the  pipe from the pump and
you'll  notice  it ends a short way
down.  There  is  a crank handle on
the  end of the pipe here. Turn the
handle  and the pipe extends across
the   water  and  connects  to  the
other  pipe. Now go back across the
'hidden'  bridge  and  redirect the
water  to  this  pump.  Once you've
done  that, go back to the elevator
and go up. There you'll find a book
to  take  you back to the island of
Myst  so  you  can  return  the red
and blue pages to the library.



GETTING TO THE MECHANICAL AGE
-------------------------------
  After   you  leave  the  library,
follow  the  trail  down  past  the
fountain  to  the clock tower. Upon
approaching it you'll see two round
control  knobs  and  a  red button.
Here's  where you'll use one of the
clues  found in the tower (2:40 and
2,2,1).  If  you  look at the clock
before   you   look   down  at  the
controls  you'll notice the time is
12:00. The large control knob moves
the   minute   hand   by  5  minute
increments,  the  small  knob moves
the  clock's  hour  hand  by 1 hour
increments.  Turn  the large knob 8
times  clockwise.  Turn  the  small
knob   2   times  clockwise.  After
you've  done  this  press  the  red
button. A 'gear bridge' will appear
in the water allowing you access to
the  clock  tower. Now you can turn
on the Marker Switch and then click
on    the   door   to   enter   the
building. Once you enter you'll see
a  pole  there  with  three numbers
(3,3,3) on it vertically. There are
handles  on  the  left and right of
this  device  as  well  as  another
handle in the upper right corner of
the  room.  Here's where you'll use
the  2,2,1 portion of the clue from
the  tower.  You  must  rotate  the
numbers so that they read 2,2,1. As
you pull the left and right handles
take  note  of  which  cubes  turn.
Practice  as  much as you like, the
handle in the upper right corner of
the  room  resets  the  numbers  to
their  original  location. It takes
some  practice but it's possible to
do. Once you've changed the numbers
correctly  the  chain  to  the left
moves  and  the  gears  rotate. Now
exit   the  building  and  go  back
across  the  bridge to Myst island.
Go back up the trail to the library
and  turn right toward the dock. Go
to  the  large gears up on the hill
to  the  left  of  the dock. You'll
notice  that  the  upright gear has
opened  and  revealed a book laying
there.  Click  on the book and then
click on the animation in the book.
When  you  do you'll be transported
to the Mechanical Age.

WHAT TO DO IN THE MECHANICAL AGE
----------------------------------
  Once  you  arrive  in  Mechanical
Age,  looking  around, you'll see a
bridge  that  leads to an island in
the  middle  of  a  circular  rail.
Follow  the  bridge  and  enter the
fortress.  Hallways  lead  left and
right,  follow the one to the right
to  start  with.  There is a map of
this  building's  floor plan in one
of  the  four  'good'  books in the
library.  If  you copied it it will
help  you  get  your  bearings here
more easily.

  When  you  get to the room at the
end of there hallway you will see a
throne.  Look  to  the  left of the
throne  on  the  wall.  There  is a
secret  passage there. Click on the
wall  to  open  the door. Go in and
find  the  blue  page  there.  Once
you've  got  this page you can exit
this hidden room.

  Now  look to the left of the door
you  just  exited and you'll see an
object  with  two knobs on it. This
is the Fortress Rotation Simulator.
Click  on  this  and take a look at
it.   This  object  allows  you  to
'practice' rotating the fortress to
the  other  islands  you  may  have
noticed  on  your  way  across  the
bridge when you first arrived. In a
minute   we'll   go   to  the  real
fortress rotator but first a little
practice  is  needed. Push the left
handle forward about halfway and it
will  lock  in  place. Now push the
right  handle  forward and hold it.
You  will see the fortress start to
rotate  counterclockwise.  When the
needle   passes   the  first  dock,
release  the right handle. Now pull
the   left   handle   back  to  the
starting position. When you do this
LISTEN  carefully  for the sound it
makes.   Each   of  the  four  dock
positions   has  a  distinct  sound
that  you'll  need  to  be  able to
recognize   when   doing  the  real
rotation.    Practice   with   this
simulator   as  much  as  you  need
until you feel comfortable with it.

  Now  move through the room to the
back   hallway.  Go  past  the  red
button  on the wall for now. If you
keep  going  you'll enter the other
room with a throne, a telescope and
several  other things. In this room
there  is  a secret room located to
the  right  of  the throne, kind of
hidden  behind  the tapestry on the
wall.  Click on this section of the
wall to open the hidden door. There
you will find the red page.

  Now  go to the back hallway again
and  stop  at the red button on the
wall.  Turn  to face the button and
you'll see a hallway. Press the red
button   and   a  stairway  leading
downward  opens up. Go down and you
will   see  a  golden  handle  on a
table. This is the elevator rotator
control.  Push  the  handle forward
and  hold  it.  Notice while you're
holding it that the inner circle to
the left begins to turn. The object
is  to  get the openings of the two
circles  to  line  up.  When you do
this  the  circles  will  turn red.
Also  take  into consideration that
the  inner  circle  moves  one more
position   after  you  release  the
knob.

  When  you've  completed  this  go
back   up  the  stairs,  turn  back
toward the stairs and press the red
button  again.  The  stairway  will
close    and   the   hallway   will
reappear.  At  the  end of the hall
there  is  an  elevator.  Enter the
elevator and press the 'up' button.
When  the  elevator  stops  and the
door   opens,  press  the  'middle'
button  and  step  out. When you do
this  the  doors will close and the
elevator    will   go   back   down
revealing   the   'real'   fortress
rotator  on  top  of  the elevator.
Move   forward   and  look  at  the
rotator.  It  is  exactly  like the
one  in the room below except there
is   no  'picture'  to  guide  you.
You'll   have   to  have  practiced
timing  how  long to hold the right
handle,  releasing it and listening
for  the  sound for the dock you're
trying  to get to. You can redo the
rotation  as many times as you need
to. When you are satisfied with the
fortress'  position,  press the red
button  and  the elevator will come
back  up  for you. Go back down and
exit  the  fortress.  You will then
have   access  to  the  island  you
docked on.

  You  will  need  to go to both of
the  other  islands  in this age to
get  the  clues that will allow you
to  return  to  Myst  island.  Each
island  has  two clues that will be
needed.  When  you find these write
them  down.  Once  you've  got  the
clues  you need rotate the fortress
back  to  its original location and
go  back  across to where you first
arrived  in  this age. When you get
across  look  to  the right and you
will  see a control panel where you
can  use the clues you found on the
islands.  Press  the  small buttons
under each box to change that box's
picture.  When  you've  entered all
four  correctly,  press  the  large
button  and a stairway will open to
the right. Go down the stairway and
you'll  find  a book that will take
you  back  to  Myst so that you can
return  the  red  and blue pages to
the library.



GETTING TO STONESHIP AGE
--------------------------
  Go  to  the  observatory which is
next door to the library. Enter and
turn  back  toward  the door. There
you  will  notice  a blue button on
the  right  side of the door. Press
it  and the lights go off. Now turn
back  toward the chair and click on
it  to  sit  down.  Take  the three
dates  you  received from the tower
in  the library and enter them into
the  machine  one  at  a time. When
you've  entered  a date and time in
the  machine press the little white
button  to  the  right of the black
screen  with  stars. When the stars
stop  moving  copy  down  the  star
pattern  exactly.  Repeat  this for
all three dates.

  Now  go  back  to the library and
get  the book with star patterns in
it.  Compare what you wrote down in
the  observatory  to  those  in the
book.  Write  down  the symbol from
the constellations in the book that
match  those  from the observatory.
The  symbols  that should match the
constellations  are:  snake, spider
and leaf.

  Exit  the library and go down the
trail  to  the  fountain  with  the
small  boat  in it. On each side of
the  fountain  you'll  notice  four
posts. If you examine these closely
you'll  see  that they are the same
symbols  as  those  in  the book of
constellations. Find the three that
match  the  dates  given to you and
click on them. The three that match
should   be  'darkened'  while  the
other  five  should  be the lighter
color.  When  this is done the ship
in  the  fountain  will  rise above
water  as will the ship down by the
dock.  Go to the dock and enter the
ship's  hold  by  clicking  on  the
door.  There  you  will find a book
that will take you to the Stoneship
Age.

WHAT TO DO IN THE STONESHIP AGE
---------------------------------
  When you first arrive you're on a
ship  that's  stuck  in a big rock.
Half  the ship sits on each side of
the  rock.  To  the  left is a gang
plank  leading  to  a control panel
with  an  umbrella  over it. To the
right  is  a  gang plank leading to
the  light  house.  Go  across  the
steps  to  the  other  half  of the
ship.  There  you'll  see a walkway
leading up. Follow the steps to the
top  where you'll find a telescope.
Look   through   it  and  drag  the
picture  from  right  to left. When
you  see  the  lighthouse, stop and
take  note  of the compass reading,
135.  Go  back  down the stairs and
across  to  the  other  side of the
ship.

  Go  out  on the gang plank to the
control  panel  with  the umbrella.
Push  the  button on the far right.
This  drains  the  water  from  the
lighthouse.  Now go back toward the
ship and across to the light house.
Notice   that   there   is   a  key
chained to the walkway there. There
is   also   a   lock  on  the  door
overhead. Now go down the stairs to
the  floor  of the lighthouse where
you'll find and old treasure chest.
Turn  the  knob on the left side of
the  chest  to  release  the  water
from  it.  Turn  the knob back when
it's  done draining. Go back up the
stairs  and  out  of the lighthouse
across   the   gang  plank  to  the
control   panel   again.  Push  the
middle  button. This will cause the
lighthouse  to  flood again and the
caves in the rock to be drained.

  Go  back  into the lighthouse and
the chest will be floating since we
let the water out. Click on the key
and  it  will unlock the chest. Get
the key from the chest and open the
door overhead. Go up the ladder and
into  the  top  of  the lighthouse.
There  is  a  crank  and batteries.
Turn  the crank until the batteries
are  fully  charged  as seen by the
power  gauge  on  the  side  of the
batteries.  Go back down and across
the  gang  plank.  Turn  toward the
rock between the ships. Go down the
steps  to  the  end  and  enter the
room.  There  you will find the red
page  in  a  drawer. Go back up the
stairs  to  the ship. Go across the
steps  to  the  other  half  of the
ship.  As  soon  as  you get across
turn toward the rock again. Here is
another   set   of   steps  leading
downward.  Go  down  and  enter the
other  bedroom.  Here you will find
the  blue  page  on the bed. You'll
also find the second half of a note
you'll  need  later on in the chest
of  drawers.  Write down everything
in it carefully. Go out of the room
back  up the stairs. Stop after the
first  flight  of steps. There is a
secret door here on the wall. Click
on  it  to  open  it up. Follow the
tunnel   and  there  you'll  find a
large  compass.  Press the 'button'
on  the compass at 135 to light the
underwater lights. If you press the
wrong button you'll have to go back
to  the  lighthouse  and  turn  the
crank  to  recharge  the  batteries
again.  Exit  this tunnel and go up
the  stairs  to the ship. Go across
the gang plank to the control panel
with  the  umbrella.  Click  on the
first  button.  This will drain the
ship's  hold and flood the caves in
the  rock.  Go back to the ship and
turn  right  looking  down into the
hold.  Go  down  and enter the door
and  follow  the steps down. At the
bottom there will be a table. Click
on  this  table  and  a  book  will
appear  allowing  you  to return to
Myst.



GETTING TO SPACESHIP AGE
--------------------------
  Go down the main trail toward the
clock    tower.   Just   past   the
fountain  with the small ship in it
there  is  a  brick building on the
right.  Enter  this building and go
down  the  stairs.  At  the  bottom
there  is  a  room. Enter this room
and  go to the control panel. There
you'll see two digital readouts and
10  buttons  in  two  columns. I'll
call  these  buttons  1  - 5 in the
first  column  and  6  -  10 in the
second   column.   Here   you   use
another   clue   from  the  library
tower,   59   volts.  If  you  turn
around toward the door you'll see a
diagram on the wall to the right of
the  door.  Examine it more closely
and  you  can  see  that  the  left
digital  readout  is  the power and
the  right  number  is the power to
the  ship. Turn back to the control
panel  and  looking  at the buttons
you   press   each   of   these  to
generate   a   different  level  of
power.  In  combination you need to
press  the  correct buttons to have
59  on  both  displays. The correct
button  combination  to  do this is
buttons  1,  3,  4, 5, 6, 9. If you
enter  too  much  power then you'll
trip a breaker and the power to the
ship  (right  display)  will  go to
zero.  To  fix  this you must first
reduce  the  power  by pressing any
buttons that are on to turning them
off.  Go  back  out of the building
and  look at the wires running from
the  building toward the spaceship.
There are two electrical poles that
the  wires  run across. You need to
climb  the  ladders  on these poles
and  reset  the  breakers. Then you
can  go  back to the brick building
and   enter   the   voltage  again.
Otherwise,   once   the   59  volts
appears  in  both  displays you can
exit the building and start back up
the trail toward the library.

  When  you get to the library, you
can  see  the  spaceship off in the
distance  to  the left. Approach it
and  click  on  the door. Enter and
you  will  see a control panel with
five  slider  switches  and a large
handle on one end. At the other end
of   the   spaceship   is  a  piano
keyboard.  If  you press the slider
buttons  you  will notice that they
each  play  a  musical note. As you
move  the  slider the note changes.
Here  you  will use a clue from one
of the books in the library. One of
the  books had a diagram of a piano
keyboard  with  five keys numbered.
If  you  go  to  the piano and play
those five notes, in the order they
are  numbered,  you  will  hear the
tune   you   must  get  the  slider
switches to match. Now turn back to
the  slider  switches and move each
one of them so that slider #1 plays
the note for the key with #1 on it.
Set  slider  #2 to play note #2 and
so  on.  This  takes  some time and
patience   to  get  it  right.  Try
working  on  one  note  at  a  time
instead  of  all five. You can also
count  to  the position of the keys
on   the   keyboard  and  move  the
sliders  up  this  number of notes.
For instance key #1 on the keyboard
is  they  8th key. Moving slider #1
up  8  notes  will  put  it  in the
correct   place.   When  you  think
you've  got all five notes correct,
pull  the handle and release it. If
they are correct a book will appear
in  the  circular  window above the
console.  Click  on  this  book and
you'll be taken to Spaceship Age.

WHAT TO DO IN SPACESHIP AGE
-----------------------------
  When   you  arrive  walk  up  the
pathway  and  you'll  see  a  brick
building on the right. Examine this
building  and you'll see a panel to
the  right  of the door. Here there
are   five  slider  switches  and a
button. Grab one of the sliders and
move  it up and down. You'll notice
that  it  plays  different  sounds.
For  now  just  remember  that it's
here. You can't do anything with it
yet.  You'll  use  this later on to
leave this age.

  Moving further inland you'll find
five 'sound devices'. Each of these
has  a  red  button  and  a picture
associated  with  it. Press the red
button  on  each  one to turn it on
and  make  note  of  the  sound you
hear.  Also,  take  notice  of  the
picture associated with that sound.
The   sounds  you'll  find  are  1)
water  dripping  (this is where the
blue  page  is), 2) volcanic noises
from a chasm, 3) tick-tocking sound
from  an  old clock, 4) flute sound
from  a buoy (this is where the red
page  is),  and  5) wind blowing up
from a manhole. After you've turned
all  five devices on go back to the
device  at  the  very  end  of  the
island with wind blowing up through
a  manhole. Go down the manhole and
turn   the  light  on.  Follow  the
tunnel to the other side and you'll
come up on the island in the water.
There  you'll  see  a  panel with a
door  on  it. Click on this door to
reveal the control panel. There are
pictures  of  the sounds you heard,
arrow keys pointing both directions
and  a  view  of the devices on the
island.  The  object is to click on
one  of  the pictures at the bottom
and then move the display using the
arrow  keys  until  you  hear  that
sound.  Once  you've  done this for
one  picture,  move  on to the next
one. Do this for all five pictures.
The      approximate     locations,
digitally,   for   each   of  these
pictures  are: volcanic noises from
chasm   -  126.3,  water  running -
152.2,   tick-tocking  sound  55.4,
flute  sound from buoy - 16.0, wind
blowing  up  from  manhole - 208.2.
Once  you done all of the pictures,
press  the 'sum' button (that looks
like  a funny 'E') on the bottom of
the  console.  When  you do so make
note  of  the  ORDER  in  which the
sounds are played. Exit this island
by  going back down the manhole and
going back through the tunnel.

  Go  back toward the spaceship you
first  arrived at this age in. When
you  get  to  the brick building on
the   left,  approach  the  control
panel.  Each of the sliders must be
set  to the sounds you found on the
sound  devices  on the island. They
must  be  in  the  order  they were
played   by   the  console  on  the
island.  For  instance,  the  first
slider must correspond to the first
sound  played  when you pressed the
'sum'  button,  the  second must be
the  second sound played, etc. When
you have all five sounds set, press
the  red  button. If you've entered
them  correctly  the  door  to  the
building  will  open.  Enter and go
down the hallway to the underground
ship waiting there. Get in the ship
and  click on the seat at the front
to sit down.

  You   are   now  sitting  at  the
console  of  the  subway  that runs
through  a  maze.  The  buttons  in
front  of  you: Forward, Backtrack,
Left and Right arrows, a speaker on
the    left   and   a   directional
indicator  on  the  right.  All  of
these  items  will  be used to help
navigate  through  the  maze. Press
Forward to get under way. This will
take you below ground to the subway
track.  There  you  will be looking
down     the    track    and    the
directional indicator will show 'N'
for  north. The best thing to do is
map  this area carefully, otherwise
you  can  get  hopelessly  lost for
hours. At each stop there are eight
possible  directions  to go, N, NE,
E,  SE,  S,  SW, W, NW. The easiest
way to map is at each stop, turn in
every direction and note on the map
which  ways are dead ends and which
directions are open. When a path is
open   the   Forward  button  turns
yellow,  when  it's  a  dead end it
turns  green.  Proceed down an open
path  and map each stop you come to
in  this way. It will take time but
is   worth  it  in  the  long  run.
Press  Forward  to  make the subway
start  going. When it stops you are
at  a  subway  stop and must decide
which   way   to   go.  Follow  the
instructions  above for mapping the
subway  system. Another way to tell
which  way  you  should  turn is to
listen  to  the  sound that is made
when  it  stops.  There  are  eight
sounds  that  are  played, each one
indicating the direction you should
go  next.  (If  you  get hopelessly
lost  in  here  e-mail  me and I'll
send  you  the  correct path to the
end :-).

  When   you've   found   the  last
correct   turn   you   will  travel
through  a  tunnel  with lights and
stop  at  the  end.  Get out of the
seat  and  go  to  the  back of the
ship.  Press the button to open the
door   and   exit  the  subway.  Go
forward  and  there you will find a
book  to  take  you  back  to  Myst
island.



FINISHING THE GAME ON MYST ISLAND
---------------------------------
  Once  you've returned the four of
the   red  or  blue  pages  to  the
corresponding  book, close the book
and  then  click  on  it again. You
will  hear  a  message  from either
Achenar  or Sirrus depending on the
book  you've  clicked on. If you've
returned  all  four  of  both color
pages you'll hear a similar message
from   each   of  the  brothers  by
clicking  on  each  of their books.
You  don't  have to return all four
of  each  of  the  pages  but  it's
interesting   to   hear   what  the
brothers  have  to  say  about each
other.  You  do  have  to return at
least  four  of one color to obtain
the  final  clue  needed.  When you
click   on  the  book  again  after
returning  the fourth page you will
hear   the   message  which  is  an
important clue. The message says to
'look  at  the  last  book  on  the
middle  shelf, get the pattern from
page 158 and enter it into the wall
of  the  fireplace'. You'll need to
write  this  pattern down since you
can't   take   the  book  into  the
fireplace  with  you.  Once  you've
written   it  down,  click  on  the
fireplace in the library and you'll
be   looking   outward   into   the
library.  There  is a red button on
the  left  side  of  the  fireplace
wall.  Press  this  button  and the
door  will  close. Now click on the
wall there to enter the pattern you
found on page 158 of the book. Once
you've  got the pattern the same as
in  the  book, press the red button
again.  If  the pattern entered was
correct  the  fireplace  will  spin
around  and  take  you  to a hidden
room. Exit and you will see a green
book and a red and blue page laying
on  a  shelf. Click on the book and
listen  to  the message from Atrus.
Do  not  take the red or blue pages
back   to   the   brothers  in  the
library.  If you do so you will end
up  in  the book of the brother you
gave it to and lose the game. Atrus
will  tell  you  he  needs one last
page and ask you to retrieve it. Go
back   out   to   the   library  by
reentering    the   fireplace   and
pressing   the   red  button.  Once
you're   back  in  the  library  go
outside.  From  two different ages,
Channelwood  and  the Stoneship Age
you  found  two  halves  of a note.
Read   this  note  and  follow  the
instructions.  The  missing page is
in the vault mentioned in the note.
Turn  all  the  switch  markers  on
the  island  on. Go to the dock and
turn  that  switch marker off. When
you  do  this the vault will be 'in
plain  sight'. If it's not then one
of the switch markers on the island
is  not  set  correctly. Check them
all again and then come back to the
dock.

  Take  the  green  page  from  the
vault  and  go back to the library.
Get  in the fireplace and press the
button.  Enter  the  code  into the
wall  again  and  return  to Atrus.
Click  on  the book and you will be
taken  to a large room where you'll
find  Atrus at a desk. Give him the
page  and  listen to him talk about
his sons. It turns out that both of
the  sons  became  greedy and power
hungry   upon   gaining  access  to
Atrus'   books   in   the  library.
Therefore they are both banished by
their father.


 CONGRATULATIONS! You've completed
               Myst.