Myst is often credited with greatly increasing sales of CD-ROM drives for computers.

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"Myst is often credited with greatly increasing sales of CD-ROM drives for computers."

This is a concrete example of a major game helping make higher-capacity optical media attractive to PC users. + Computer History Museum graphics and games timeline dates the Myst/CD-ROM event to 1993.

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Source title Graphics & Games | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum

Source authors Computer History Museum

Source year 1993

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