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| | Review: Riven |
 | | Riven is, at the same time, one of the hardest games I've played, and one of the most solvable games I've played. | | | On the other hand, if you want to know "Is Riven the best computer game ever, has it redefined the boundaries of computer gaming, is it a story-telling miracle of the modern age?" the answer is "Uh, get a grip." (But then, if you're asking that question, you're not listening to my answer. | | | So I'm going to try to circumvent the hype; I want to talk about the aspects of Riven that make it a good game, or -- in places -- a not so good game. |
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http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/riven.html
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| | Riven: The Sequel To Myst solution |
| | Riven, like Myst, is a very open game. | | | 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. | | | Part of the enjoyment of games like Riven is to walk around and take in the local scenery. |
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http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcRr/riven.html
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| | Riven Review |
| | Riven's music is not bad, but doesn't seem on a par with Myst or other games. | | | The overall goal of Riven has something to do with saving someone else's wife, but there is little suspense to keep the player going and practically no plot contrivances to advance the story. | | | There are a few great roller-coaster sequences in Riven, but that doesn't make a game. |
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http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/riven.htm
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| | Mindjack: Riven |
| | I also wouldn't hesitate to use a strategy guide with Riven since many of the puzzles are down-right frustrating, and unlike other adventure games it doesn't necessarily ruin the game if you do. | | | To date, reviews of Riven have been polar opposites of one another, some hailing it as one of the greatest games of all time and others completely knocking it; I'm somewhere in between. | | | Many have said that it's a game for people that don't like games, and that's probably true. |
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http://www.mindjack.com/pc/riven.html
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| | Salon 21st: Reality check |
| | 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. | | | Games like 9: The Last Resort and Obsidian show just how remarkable an achievement Riven is. Plenty of invention and wit obviously went into both games, but they're essentially fun-house adventures in which the player pursues the game's goal through an absurd, slightly nightmarish enclosed environment that ultimately winds up inducing claustrophobia. |
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http://www.salon1999.com/21st/feature/1997/11/cov_06riven.html
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| | Riven - PC Game Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk |
| | Riven is not the sort of game I would normally buy, but I must admit, to becoming hooked on this type of program after playing it for a few weeks. | | | Riven is the sequel to Myst - a game which has become something of a classic amongst PC adventure gamers. | | | The thing about Riven, is that there are no rules. |
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http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/pc-game/riven
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| | Riven |
| | Riven are not typically advantage –heavy characters and are best played by players who like lots of angst and conflict. | | | It is not impossible that a riven could surmount the limitation of their material and still move. | | | Riven often have small powers that come from their alteration. |
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http://home.comcast.net/~TheGM/SE/riven.html
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| | The books themselves are standard-issue spin-off prose, as clunky and banal as the games are graceful and sophisticated, but they're still part of the universe. | | | was annoying, so in Riven, the game remembers if you've been there been there before, and gives you a stripped-down version of the melody. | | | The first two books move backward in time, each a prequel to the last, even as the games are moving forward in time, Riven being a sequel to Myst. |
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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.09/riven_pr.html
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| | Riven Review - Just Adventure + |
| | In fact, I went through the entire game of Riven three more times so I that can now give you the skinny, not only on the game itself, but on the differences between playing it on a PC, Mac, and DVD. | | | FMV is in top form in Riven, even compared to modern eye-candy like Amerzone and The Longest Journey. | | | 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! |
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http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Riven/Riven.shtm
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| | `Myst' Clears, `Riven' Revealed / Creators of popular game set to launch long-awaited sequel |
| | ``Riven'' gives players more time to explore than they had in ``Myst.'' The puzzles come later. | | | 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. | | | But unlike the splatter fests that interest primarily young men and that dominate PC gaming, ``Riven'' appeals to a broader audience: men, women, and children. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/08/10/PK45881.DTL
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| | Riven: PIB PC Game Review |
| | The game begins with a brief introduction sequence in which you are told why you need to be sent to Riven. | | | It is always interesting to try and see if the game will play. | | | You need to find many items, and solve how to get to many places to finish this game. |
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http://www.pibweb.com/review/riven.html
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| | 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. | | | Such information found on the journals was a deeper insight into Riven, and although it was not necessary to play the game and enjoy it thoroughly, it enhanced the experience. | | | Once, there was a place called the Riven Journals. |
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http://www.dpwr.net/rivenjournals
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: Riven [Soundtrack] [Import] |
| | But even if you've never played Riven the game, I think that the music will be equally enjoyable to you, it weaves a spell around you, one listen and you will be entranced. | | | After acquiring the soundtrack (and being a Riven player myself) I cannot help thinking that this music is in a genre all of itself. | | | Despite the name of one track, no dialogue from the game is included, not even any of the speeches from the alternate endings. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000603B
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| | FEATURE: Riven! - Teens |
| | Riven isn't blatantly "Christian," but it is a far cry from many of the typical hack-'em, slash-'em, games on the market. | | | Thus begins Riven, the sequel to Myst, the best-selling computer game of all time (3.5 million copies!). | | | You, the player, are the main character in Riven, a fascinating story about rescuing the proverbial "damsel in distress." Everything is seen from your point of view. |
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/cl/8c6/8c6034.html
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| | Riven |
| | 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 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. | | | The obstacles in Myst made sense within the game world and story. |
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http://www.sentex.net/~datanguayh/games/myst2_rev.html
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| | The Loser's Guide to Riven |
| | The Loser's Guide to Riven is brought to you by rivenloser@juno.com. | | | We're going to tell you how to lose at Riven, which can be even MORE fun than losing at Myst. | | | The one that no one in their right mind would ever use unless everyone on Riven was safely in, say, the Rebel Hive? |
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http://members.tripod.com/~loser4/index.html
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| | Codes/Cheats: Riven |
| | Riven: The Sequel To Myst Cheats @ Cheat Code Central | | | Riven: The Sequel To Myst Cheats @ UGO Cheats | | | Riven: The Sequel To Myst Cheats @ UltraCheats! |
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http://www.gocheat.com/search?q=Riven&system_id=7
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| | Game Revolution Macintosh Review Page - Game Revolution |
| | Sure, it is a puzzle game, but the puzzles were disguised or smoothly mixed into the environment, and not as "concrete" or noticeable as most games. | | | This game has proved itself in all aspects, the only way someone could not like it is because it's too intellectually challenging, or they simply don't like these types of games (absolutely, positively not for 1st-person-shooter-only gamers). | | | If you're walking around on an island, there isn't going to be some random music playing in the background, but instead birds twirping in the air, bugs flying around, and wind whistling across the land. |
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http://gr.bolt.com/games/mac/riven.htm
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| | Riven Review - Mr. Bill's Adventureland |
| | 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. | | | Cyan does not sell the game, but they sell the soundtrack to the game, calendars, and books about the people, history and culture of D’ni as they relate to the story of MYST and Riven (we had to have and read all three books). | | | But Atrus dares not go: he must write feverishly to try to forestall Riven's imminent collapse. |
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http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/reviews/m-n/mystR/rivenR.htm
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| | Salon 21st: Playing Riven |
| | Unlike Myst, Riven's main action takes place in one age, and you can explore most of the game without using a linking book to travel to another. | | | lthough Riven continues where Myst left off, it's not necessary to have played the first game in order to enjoy the second. | | | Since Atrus has to keep rewriting the book of Riven in order to prevent the world from collapsing, he sends you, the player, to capture Gehn and rescue Catherine. |
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http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1997/11/06rivenside.html
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| | Riven Walkthrough |
| | Press the blue button just inside and go out the other exit which will take you to another transporter and the forth Riven island. | | | Go round the rock and take your first proper look at the Riven Isles. | | | And hanging from the ceiling is some sort of a control room with, guess how many pipes? |
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http://www.fisicx.com/riven/walkthrough.htm
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| | Riven |
| | Riven is a very boring game that was written in BA... | | | Riven is EVIL, it's the game of the DEVIL ! | | | Riven is the most homosexual game EVER ! |
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http://www.talkaboutgaming.com/group/alt.games.riven
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Riven: The Soundtrack (Video Game Score) [SOUNDTRACK] |
| | It is elegant, sophisticated and chilling and it is woven throughout the game purposefully to serve as a reminder of Gehn's dominance over the people of Riven. | | | Those people lucky enough to play Riven, found that everything fitted together perfectly. | | | Buy the music, buy the game - better still, buy all of them! |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000603B?v=glance
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| | Riven Help Pages List |
| | Riven Animal Shapes and The Animal Stone Circle | | | DISK 2: Where the game starts; D'ni; Temple Island group of isles; | | | Introduction to Riven and Beginning Strategies : Welcome Page |
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http://home.att.net/~katydiddd
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| | Riven game help |
| | To break many of the puzzles in Riven the player needs to have an understanding of the D'ni Number System. | | | The player will find the first 6 numbers of these numbers in the school which is accessed through the submarine in the Jungle island (additional information on how to access this on our Walkthrough. | | | Riven is the much anticipated sequel to the very popular game Myst. |
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http://www.computerhope.com/riven.htm
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| | Riven - The Soundtrack |
| | Where it all began, check out the story of MYST and RIVEN at the home site of Cyan, the developers of the games. | | | Don't miss the MYST Soundtrack with new imagery and the original music from the #1 game of all time. | | | The Riven Guild is the critically acclaimed fan site and home to the Riven and Myst 'lysts' for fans of the game and devotees of D'ni culture. |
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http://www.virginrecords.com/riven
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| | Salon 21st: "Myst" partnership is riven |
| | In a feat yet to be matched in the fast and furious games market, "Myst" reached a mass audience (a third of them women) rather than a niche enclave of teen gamers. | | | So we just as soon'd keep it on good terms." | | | The move means that the most successful computer game development partnership in the history of the medium is over. |
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http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/feature/1998/03/02feature.html
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| | Technorati Tag: riven |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Posts tagged riven in the last 149 days | | | Separate tags with "OR" to search multiple subjects. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/riven
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| | Nitpicking Guide to Riven |
| | The best way to experience good nitpicking is to load up the game and see the nits for yourself in the actual Fifth Age, using this site as a reference. | | | So get out your Riven discs and see for yourself how incredible realism can produce incredible nitpicking! | | | This collection is for those of you who know what great fun it can be to hunt for and point the finger at oversights and foul-ups in other people's creations. |
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http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Chasm/5294/base.htm
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| | The Mayor Speaks: August 2003 Archives |
| | Unlike its predecessors, Riven and Exile, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is going to be massively multiplayer online role playing game. | | | The game will have both single-player and multiplayer components, taking place in a a myst-like environment, surrounded by places to explore and puzzles to solve. | | | The third sequel to the best-selling adventure series, Myst, is gearing up for release. |
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http://www.joelcomm.com/2003_08.html
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| | [°} Riven Easter Eggs Revealed |
| | A lot of you good folks out there have been asking me where to find the Riven Movie Snoop tool. | | | I do still hope you are yet able to fully enjoy this site and this wonderful game! | | | Research around the net still indicates that this should be the only 100% comprehensive easter egg page for Riven fans, as it was the first to reveal all of the eggs in the game (plus the additional things). |
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http://www.interiority.com/riven
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| | RIVEN HINTS AND TIPS |
| | Riven technical information, Riven problem troublshooting, Riven navigational guide, Riven solutions, maps of the Riven islands, helpful Rivenese and D'ni information, hidden faces, oddities, fun things to do, Rivplay movie player, RivHack saved games hack program, historical Riven and D'ni information, Riven number symbols, and links to other MYST and Riven sites. | | | These Riven help pages include Riven hints and tips, maps and a Riven Guide. |
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http://users.owt.com/leelan/web/Riven/rivnidx.htm
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| | Flickr: Photos tagged with riven |
| | You can assign as many tags as you wish to each photo. | | | Feeds for photos tagged with riven Available as RSS 2.0 and Atom |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/riven
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| | SPYDER PUZZLES |
| | A search for images and movie sequences that are not part of the normal gameplay. | | | The Riven development team programmed them into the game as an added treat for Riven fans, but they aren't easy to find. | | | These clues, in the form of puzzles and riddles, eventually lead us to the very well hidden Riven Easter Eggs. |
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http://users.owt.com/leelan/web/Riven/eastereggs.htm
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| | D'ni Dictionary |
| | The following table gives the letters of the D& Alphabet in the order they are displayed in the Schoolroom on Riven. | | | There are 24 letters and an apostrophe, here numbered using the D& system. | | | But I have also cited words published in transliteration in the form Cyan actually uses for that word or phrase. |
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http://www.eldalamberon.com/dni_dict.htm
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| | Kurayami[DOT]net 2004 |
| | Kurayami.net is a collection of (mostly) anime and manga themed sites by Riven. | | | This is my very first layout made to be viewed primarily in a 1024x768 resolution. | | | All HTML Design & Page Content is by Riven and ©2000-2004. |
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http://www.kurayami.net
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| | Riven Illuminated - Welcome to Riven Illuminated |
| | Updated info about Cho and the players arrival on Riven in Temple Island section | | | The seasoned Riven player may recognise a lot of what I have to show, but hopefully by the end of your tour, your appreciation of Riven will have been enriched, and you will have a deeper understanding of the game. | | | If Riven was real, these things would be there, so they are! |
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http://www.geocities.com/p_aarli/main.html
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| | UHS: Riven: The Sequel to Myst Hints - More than an ordinary walkthrough or cheats |
| | UHS: Riven: The Sequel to Myst Hints - More than an ordinary walkthrough or cheats | | | In other words, please don't use any part of this file in your own walkthrough, cheats, codes, or tips without the original author's permission. | | | Select the area where you're stuck and then keep clicking "Show Another Hint" to get the right level of help -- anything from a subtle hint to a full answer. |
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http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/riven.php
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| | Please click the green arrows above, or any of the fourteen blue tabs at the top, for more pages, full of information and photographs about yorkstone and paving slabs. | | | Clayax Yorkstone offer a reliable delivery service throughout the UK for orders large and small and over the past 29 years has gained an uk specialist supplier of new riven yorkstone flags enviable reputation nationwide giving their customers an excellent choice at competitive prices and a dependable, efficient and courteous service. | | | Clayax recently supplied reclaimed wallingstone, copingstones and new riven Yorkstone flags to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. |
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http://www.yorkstonepaving.com
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| | FirstSurf - Leben & Spaß - Riven-Links |
| | Riven Movie Player (Tool zum Abspielen der RIVEN-Filme) | | | Die "Riven Guild" - Die Site gehört zu den Knallern im Internet: 110.000 Visits am Tag... | | | The Official Riven Site - die Web-Site der Macher |
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http://www.firstsurf.de/riven4.htm
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| | The Lysts.com |
| | To start your journey, we offer Three Lysts to best satisfy your degree of participation. | | | The idea of a "one stop" place for fans of the Myst series to discuss their favorite subject, took off and became quite popular. | | | The Lysts were started again by Lehsa, a long time Lyster, because many missed the interaction that the Riven Lysts had offered. |
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http://www.thelysts.com
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| | Calyxa's Cartography |
| | ver the period of a couple months, I mapped out all the islands of Riven using the mapping machine within the game. | | | My maps of Riven have been published in two different Mac magazines, one in Germany and the other in Italy! | | | Then I saw Doug Ingram's Riven Hint Guide where he made a call for original artwork maps of Riven. |
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http://calyxa.best.vwh.net/pearl/maps.html
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