Fame is definitely relative. I think smart marketing strategy somehow brought Myst into the mainstream, while the Monkey Island series in general was aimed squarely at the AG market.
Now, this is all my own speculation, but since then... I think the situation has shifted a little. CMI had a huge presence at all the game stores I used to frequent, and EMI being released on PS2 brought an even wider recognition. Meanwhile, the Myst series fell off the map as far as the average citizen was concerned, never attaining the sudden popularity of the first games. I remember when Myst and The Seventh Guest were making small stories on my local news!
However, I don't have ANY sales figures or magazine articles to back up my ideas. It's just a general cultural impression.
Hey, what do you expect from a guy with the Head of the Navigator for an avatar???
