Editing Pyst (section)

==Legacy==
The game is considered by many to be the earliest parody video game and the first parody of the ''Myst'' series,<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 21, 1997|title=PLUGGED IN: BIZ BYTES.(Business)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83941845.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008195426/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83941845.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2016|newspaper=Daily News (Los Angeles, Ca)}}</ref> but a free "homage" game entitled ''Mylk'' was created by Bart Gold using [[Macromedia Director]] and released earlier.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bartgold.com/Home.html|title=Bart Gold|website=www.bartgold.com|access-date=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918192225/http://www.bartgold.com/Home.html|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Mylk''{{'}}s PC version was by Wayne Twitchell.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://mystjourney.com/myst/writings/pyst.php|title=Pyst Mocks Myst – MystJourney|last=Demetrian|first=Ovi Jr.|website=mystjourney.com|access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> The plot of this game involves a "dairy cow fall[ing] through a crevice to a ranch".<ref name=":1" /> ''Stories in Between: Narratives and Mediums @ Play'' listed ''Pyst'', ''Mysty'', ''Missed'', and ''Mylk'' as four parody games based on the ''Myst'' series.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2Td68XQE5MC|title=Stories in Between: Narratives and Mediums @ Play|last=Davidson|first=Drew|date=January 1, 2008|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781435720800|language=en}}</ref> ''The Mysterious World of Missed'', or ''Missed'', was developed by Jason Bloomberg.<ref name=":6" /> ''100 Videogames'' noted the success of ''Myst'' is "best demonstrated by the amount of parodies constructed of it".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuInAQAAIAAJ|title=100 Videogames|last1=Newman|first1=James|last2=Simons|first2=Iain|date=June 4, 2007|publisher=BFI|isbn=9781844571611|language=en}}</ref> Danielle Rosen of ''Built To Play'' thought the game was a predecessor to exploration video games like ''[[Gone Home]]'' and ''[[Dear Esther]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://builttoplay.ca/features/2015/6/11/playing-the-part-the-evolution-of-actors-in-games|title=Playing the Part-The Evolution of Actors in Games|access-date=September 17, 2016|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918005125/http://builttoplay.ca/features/2015/6/11/playing-the-part-the-evolution-of-actors-in-games|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A demo of the planned sequel to ''Pyst'', ''Driven'' (an allusion to the ''Myst'' sequel ''[[Riven]]''), was included on CD-ROMs of later Parroty Interactive games, including the "''Pyst'' Special Edition" re-release of the game.<ref name="BusinessWire19971021" /> ''Driven'' was graphically more advanced and allowed greater movement. The full game was never released, however. Palladium Interactive was bought by [[The Learning Company]] in 1998, who proceeded to dissolve Parroty Interactive before the title was finished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://videogames.laurelgreen.com/parody/pyst/|title=Review: PYST – Video Games|date=August 20, 2012|language=en-US|access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref>