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Adventure

Discworld

by Perfect Entertainment, Perfect 10 Productions, Teeny Weeny Games·published by Psygnosis, Dro Soft, Psygnosis Limited

1995Teen30
PCDOSPlayStationPS1SEGA SaturnMac

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About

This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive. He appears to be very good at it as well, because apparently the universe has decided to continuously challenge him. The game takes place in the humorous fantasy world created by Terry Pratchett. The world is called the Discworld, as it is actually a flat disc carried on the backs of four gigantic elephants, which themselves stand on the back of an even larger turtle.

The story is loosely based on the novel "Guards! Guards!". Both in the book and the game, a dragon is summoned by a group of mysterious conspirators and now terrorizes the city state of Ankh-Morpork. Being the most expendable wizard of the Unseen University, Rincewind is given the task to get rid of the beast (only in the game though; in the book, the city's nightwatch has to deal with the problem).

Discworld is a classical point-and-click adventure game with a few original features. For example, Rincewind's inventory is limited to two objects, and the majority of his belongings is stored in the Luggage, an intelligent chest with dozens of little feet. Furthermore, at a certain point in the game the player gains access to a time-traveling device and has to send Rincewind to the past and back in order to solve some of the puzzles.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Editions

Discworld: Limited Edition

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel i386

Min. OS Class Required

DOS 4.0 to 6.22

Min. RAM Required

4 MB

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

2X (300 KB/s)

Video Modes Supported

VGA

Sound Devices Supported

Adlib, General MIDI, Sound Blaster

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Also known as

DiscWorld — Japanese title

Discworld: The Trouble With Dragons — Working title

Ohlam Ha disc — Hebrew title

Terry Pratchett's Discworld — Re-release title

Terry Pratchett's Mundodisco — Spanish title

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Facts

Released

1995

Series

Discworld

Platforms

PCDOSPlayStationPS1SEGA SaturnMac

Age ratings

ESRBTeenUSK6ACBGELSPA11+

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Top 13% by visits

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Graphic adventurePuzzle elementsPoint and selectFantasyLicensed