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"We knew we had to pull out all the stops on this one," said Rand Miller, 38, puzzle-meister and president of Cyan. It turns out "Riven" encompasses a much larger world than "Myst." The original game took a single disc the new one occupies a staggering five CD-ROMs. Such fanatical attention to detail answers the question on most gamers' minds: What took so long? The mystique of "Myst" also has fans asking: Who are these low-key guys? And just how did they come up with all this stuff? Sheets' craftsmanship only partially explains the delay. He gazes at the faux planetarium on the ceiling of Cyan's arty world headquarters in Mead, Wash., burrowed in the backwoods near Spokane. "For this one shot I've had to go through 960 frames," Sheets said. It took twice as long to create as most computer games. What we do know is that Red Orb Entertainment, a new division of Novato-based Broderbund Software, will release "Riven" by mid-October and price it at about $50. His bosses, Rand and Robyn Miller, whom he met through a community Bible church, aren't saying much either.
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He's careful not to disclose details of the puzzle game. Could this be Catherine, the missing wife of Atrus from "Myst"? Sheets simply smiles.
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With a few mouse clicks, Sheets provides extensions for the mysterious woman's tresses. If "Myst" was the CD-ROM equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster, "Riven" is poised to pack the punch of " Air Force One," "Men in Black" and "The Lost World" combined. "It looks like someone hacked at her hair with a razor," said Michael Sheets, an artist for Cyan, the company behind the all-time best-selling computer game, "Myst." He's digitally daubing at the much-anticipated sequel, "Riven," which has been four long years in the making.