During this time, the company changed its name to "Cyan Worlds". While the publishing rights were transferred from Brøderbund to Mattel, and then to Ubisoft, Cyan prepared for the next game in the Myst universe, which was to be a massively multiplayer online game, and not a direct sequel to Myst. The next eight years saw a huge amount of expansion in the Myst franchise, both from within and outside of Cyan. This same year, company co-founder Robyn Miller left Cyan to pursue other interests, ten years after he began The Manhole. Riven: The Sequel to Myst, was released in 1997. During this time, three novels set in the Myst universe were co-authored by the Millers and David Wingrove. With the revenue from Myst, Cyan quickly moved to a new headquarters to accommodate a bigger staff, where they remain today. The title sold more than six million copies, and was the best-selling PC game ever until The Sims exceeded its sales in 2002. Myst was one of the earliest CD-ROM games, in a time when CD-ROM drives were beginning to become mainstream. In 1993, Cyan shot to worldwide fame with the release of Myst, a 3D pre-rendered adventure game aimed at an older audience than their previous games. Some of these titles were early forays of Cyan into both construction of interactive worlds using HyperCard, and the CD-ROM medium, both of which would later be used for Myst. The games offered numerous graphical screens with puzzles, mini-games and activities. The company's early titles, The Manhole (1988), Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel (1989) and Spelunx (1991) were whimsical fantasy adventures for a young audience. Founded in 1987 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller, Cyan originally produced adventure games for children.
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