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Myst Hints

Mechanical Age

How do I open the metal platform near where I entered this age?
How do I operate the elevator in between the brothers' rooms?
Where are the fortress rotation controls?
How do I operate the fortress controls?
The real rotation controls don't have any displays on them!
Where should I rotate the fortress to?
Where are the red and blue pages?
Where is the Myst linking book?

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