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	Riven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Riven is also the name of the Age in which the majority of the game takes place.
		Riven starts right where Myst left off, in the basement of K'veer in D'ni where Atrus was imprisoned at the end of Myst.
		Riven is based on and expands the ultimate past and historical background of Myst, fully described in the two books (the third is Riven's sequel).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Riven (1390 words)

	Ages of Riven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Named the Fifth Age by Gehn, Riven was probably Gehn’s best age, as far as size, technology, and stability went.
		The Link-in point of Riven is on this island, and it contains the Dome that redirects energy to Gehn's Linking Domes, the Star Fissure, and the Beetle Room with prayers to Gehn.
		A large device atop his Office, somewhat resembling a dish antenna, was actually used to collect the sparse rain water that fell in the Age and then funnel it to a sink in the small bedroom that sat under his office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ages_of_Riven (1278 words)

	Riven Review
		Riven's complete lack of humor is especially obvious when compared to contemporary releases such as Zork Grand Inquisitor.
		Riven's graphics are quite as good as expected, especially when showing animated water effects, but their presentation in a dated slideshow format is a big letdown.
		Riven's weather is always the same, monotonous partly-cloudy skies without even the occasional winds that were so enjoyable in Myst.
	www.balmoralsoftware.com /riven.htm (683 words)

	Low-Spoiler Guide to Riven
		If you are looking for the solution to a particular puzzle, I recommend the UHS site--due to the way their pages are set up you can only see one hint at a time, so you can get the answer to one pesky puzzle without ruining all the others for yourself.
		Riven was first released in 1997, but its game engine is little-changed from the original 1993 release of Myst, and it shows its age in its awkward slideshow graphics, rudimentary interface, and cranky refusal to work with Windows XP.
		Movement: The movement controls in Riven are very inconsistent and often unintuitive--in some locations clicking on the right edge of the screen will cause you to turn 90 degrees to the right as you'd expect it to, and in others it will cause you to do a complete about-face.
	www.angelfire.com /hero/tjekanefir/riven.htm (771 words)

	Riven: The Sequel To Myst solution
		Riven (also known as the Fifth Age) is spread out over five islands.
		These Riven numbers are discussed in more detail when you arrive at 38 a little later in the solution.
		Riven numbers are base five: The first digit is placed in a square normally, the second digit is placed at right angles to that number.
	www.gameboomers.com /wtcheats/pcRr/riven.html (4666 words)

	Riven: The Sequel to Myst - Adventure Classic Gaming - ACG - Reviews, Previews, Interviews, Galleries, Forums, ...
		As you explore the surreal realm of Riven and its culture, you quickly learn that this world is not as tranquil as it first appears.
		Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a direct continuation of the Myst epic.
		Given that much of the sophistication of Riven lies on the richness of its culture, it is ironic that most of the storytelling is done cruelly through the writings in the journals of Atrus, Gehn and Catharine.
	www.adventureclassicgaming.com /index.php/site/reviews/38 (3003 words)

	Riven Info
		Riven is truly stunning and is even more refined and well developed then Myst.
		For those not familiar with Myst and Riven, both titles are an experience in the Tolkienesque D'ni civilization - an ancient and fantastic culture in which physical worlds called Ages can be created by writing their detailed descriptions in specially prepared books.
		Riven's story is built upon Myst, with Atrus reappearing to charge the player with the objective of capturing his father, Gehn, and freeing his wife, Catherine, from her prison island somewhere in the Age of Riven.
	riven.patchallel.com /riven_content.html (2101 words)

	Review: Riven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Riven produced by Cyan and Broderbund and Red Orb Entertainment (like I can keep track of this mess).
		Riven is definitely in the first rank -- both for technical wizardry and sheer visual imagination.
		Riven is, at the same time, one of the hardest games I've played, and one of the most solvable games I've played.
	www.eblong.com /zarf/gamerev/riven.html (2888 words)

	Amazon.com: Riven: The Sequel to Myst: Computer & Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Riven stands as a story for all time, a story that evokes a sense of awe, wonder, and profound purpose.
		Riven gets four out of five stars because I believe that some puzzles may be out of the reach of most people without the use of a hint book.
		Riven creates a fantasy world that is alien; yet it evokes a sense of reality that is, in my experience, unparalleled in computer gaming.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JL6V?v=glance (1769 words)

	Riven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Mutants are the descendents of riven who have managed to pass on their rivening as an acquired characteristic.
		To be riven is to be outcast and to be in constant danger.
		Although some riven band together in brigand troupes or possibly hidden enclaves, they may not buy the –5 modifier for “not distinctive in some cultures or societies.” The ability of adepts to detect riven is likewise not worth modification unless the reaving can only be detected by spirit sight.
	home.comcast.net /~TheGM/SE/riven.html (3568 words)

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		That Riven is the sequel to the much acclaimed Myst is enough for many of the fans of the earlier game who have been waiting patiently for it to appear.
		Riven, like Myst, is a first-person perspective game where your character is not identified in any way.
		Overall, I found Riven to be more engaging and less 'sterile' than Myst and though the puzzles in Riven may have been a little easier I liked the way they were integrated within the game.
	www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=197 (1245 words)

	Riven: PIB PC Game Review
		After a brief, puzzling encounter with a native, you begin to explore Riven and all the mysteries therein.
		The islands of Riven are richer and more complex than those of Myst.
		This is certainly not true of Riven, the islands are much more complex, and actions in one place can effect another.
	www.pibweb.com /review/riven.html (844 words)

	Riven: The Sequel to Myst
		The name of the program is Riven, and it is the follow up to the software classic Myst.
		The game Myst had a very simple premise: as a player, you are dropped onto an island with no idea how you got there, why you are there, and what you are supposed to do now that you are here.
		Do what the instruction manual says to do, which is to "become lost in the beauty of its worlds and think as if you were actually there".
	www.worldvillage.com /wv/gamezone/html/reviews/riven.htm (991 words)

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		Those would be the touchstones of Riven, that and a whole lot of elegant programming and modeling and animation and, oh yes, live action.
		This person (to identify him/her more clearly would be to hint at the secrets of the game) was certainly unreliable; he was arguably nuts; but he was true to his obsession, and clever in finding patterns.
		One of the things that Riven forces you to do is consider the nature of obsession, because it is necessary to figure out the logic behind the looniness.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/5.09/riven_pr.html (8034 words)

	Riven Walkthrough
		Your first glimpse of Riven will be through the bars of a prison (get used to this, you will be locked up more than once).
		In front of you is a large lake with a number of pipes and a walkway leading to structure in the centre.
		They are the similar to those you saw on the plaque in the golden dome and represent the 5 Riven islands.
	www.fisicx.com /riven/walkthrough.htm (4408 words)

	Welcome to the Riven Journals Restored
		The Riven Journals was designed to provide an insight into Cyan's next masterpiece- not giving away any hints about the story or the outcome at the end of the game, yet still tell information about it.
		Once the puzzle was solved, the reward was more information on Riven and, if you were one of the first to solve the puzzle, recognition for being one of the first by having your name added to a book.
		A few months after Riven had been released, the Riven Journals were taken, thought to be obsolete now that the actual game had been released.
	dpwr.net /rivenjournals (1012 words)

	Riven Review - Just Adventure +
		It is a blessing to the world of graphic adventure that Riven did not fall victim to the sophomore slump.
		So you are transported to Riven, where you are greeted by a set of steel bars and a guy who looks like John Leguizamo in a bad wig who steals your means of capturing Gehn!
		From the buzzing of the beetles to the annoyed honking of the Sunners as you disturb their nap, Riven's soundscape is top-notch.
	www.justadventure.com /reviews/Riven/Riven.shtm (2109 words)

	Riven Hints, Cheats, Walkthough.
		The world of Riven can be divided up into five islands, named here according to their primary features.
		This island is marked by enormous spikes sticking up in the air at odd angles along with strange mountainous shapes that respond to a small device on the balcony of the main building of the island.
		Riven is a more complex game than Myst, and there are several items in the game that defy easy description, so I have included small images where necessary, but these are optional.
	www.hctc.com /~raja/riven.htm (1300 words)

	GameSpot:Video Games PC Xbox 360 PS3 Revolution PSP DS PS2 PlayStation 2 GameCube GBA PlayStation 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The graphics, the frustrating/stimulating conundrums, the puzzling intricacies of buttons and levers pressed in the correct order - these are the things that set Myst apart from the others and kept thousands and thousands of gamers up half the night and straight through to the next day.
		There have definitely been questions and rumors about Riven - about the missed deadlines (it was originally announced for last Christmas), about the difficulties between Robyn and Rand Miller (artistic perfection vs. making deadlines and economics), and about the rapidly diminishing funds.
		The whole world will learn about Riven at the end of October, when the game is released, but you can find out about it right now in the following pages, along with information about the storyline, the worlds, the sound, and the graphics.
	www.gamespot.com /features/riven (280 words)

	Salon \| 21st: Reality check
		And now, at last, there's Riven -- and the initial reactions have proclaimed it well worth the wait, with spectacular graphics and puzzles ranging from elementary to devilishly hard, though not a significant technical advance beyond Myst.
		But mostly, Riven is a thing of singular beauty -- a beauty that has eluded every other adventure game (with the arguable exception of Myst) simply because game makers have never asked so much of their creations before.
		Riven pushes the envelope of what an adventure game can be, not with technical bells and whistles, but with aesthetic ambition.
	archive.salon.com /21st/feature/1997/11/cov_06riven.html (1730 words)

	Riven (PC) - PC Game Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		The creepiest thing about Riven and its predecessor, Myst, is that the world is uninhabited.
		Riven is the sequel to Myst - a game which has become something of a classic amongst PC adventure gamers.
		Basically, for those who do not know, this is another of those immersive 3D adventure games which pit you against a number of difficult puzzles in your quest to find or do something.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /pc-game/riven (282 words)

	MYSTcommunity -> Riven (& Myst) QuickTime troubleshooting
		Furthermore Riven CD needs the QuickTime files bb_cvid.qtc, bb_dci.qtc, bb_mc32.qt, they are automatically created in Riven's folder by the Riven Setup program (not the QT setup, although they are QT files), so you don't have to care for them.
		The patch makes Riven believe that its own folder is the System Directory, et voilà, it finds the QT system files that you placed there, if you followed my guide.
		I was playing with Myst and Riven today; by carefuly reading your instructions (and the patch program,) got Riven to work again, with just the three files you listed.
	www.mystcommunity.com /board/index.php?act=ST&f=22&t=438&s=3dd7ea5fe96e7c7bce19c6f2f09e13e9 (1812 words)

	CNN - Mystifying sequel is on the way - Nov. 15, 1996
		Myst, the adventure game that has mesmerized millions with its spellbinding conundrums, intense non-linear plot and surreal graphics, is coming out with a sequel.
		The new version, to be called Riven, is due in stores during the summer of 1997, though its creators have kept the exact launch date under tight wraps.
		Riven has a lot to live up to.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/9611/15/myst.sequel (266 words)

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		Riven, the sequel to Myst, is much larger than its predecessor.
		Before you do anything else, download, unzip, and execute the Riven 1.02 Updater (because this file can be quite difficult to find on the web these days, we have archived it here for you :-) This patch fixes problems with FMV clips that play twice.
		Have a good look at the grid in the centre of the walkway (the 5 Riven island shapes again!), and note the 6 coloured marbles lined up next to the grid.
	www.quandaryland.com /jsp/dispArticle.jsp?filename=/2002/wt_Riven/wt_Riven.htm&articleType=Walkthrough&title=Riven#balcony (6144 words)

	Riven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		There is a stronger background story to Riven than there was in Myst, and there is even a small bit of plot, mostly towards the end of the game.
		In Riven, the baroque passages and gates frequently don't make sense: they're only there to be a hurdle for a game player or to provide a cool cut scene.
		There is a zip mode, as in Myst, but with the larger world of Riven, and the absence of self-enclosed branches of play, I found most of my time spent merely running back and forth through well worn scenery, operating the same buttons and levers again and again.
	www.sentex.net /~datanguayh/games/myst2_rev.html (624 words)

	Riven
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		Riven is the most homosexual game EVER !
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	www.talkaboutgaming.com /group/alt.games.riven (235 words)

	Riven Review - Mr. Bill's Adventureland
		Riven was one such world, Gehn's Fifth Age, and it was there that Atrus met his wife Catherine, a native of Riven.
		Riven is a 1st person, point and click game with full screen, stunningly beautiful graphics, great music and sound effects, wonderful machinery, and fantastic, bizarre wildlife.
		You'll visit 7 different sections of Riven, and many of the puzzles (as in Myst) relate to gaining access to those areas, whereas others help you to piece together the story.
	www.mrbillsadventureland.com /reviews/m-n/mystR/rivenR.htm (704 words)

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