Discworld

Box front of Discworld

Details

Released
October 1, 1995
Developer
Teeny Weeny Games, Ltd.
Publisher
Psygnosis Limited
Genre
Adventure / Point & Click
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Rating
T - Teen
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Screenshots

Title screen of Discworld
Title screen
Gameplay of Discworld
Gameplay
Gameplay of Discworld
Gameplay

About this game

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.

Also known as

עולם הדיסקHebrew
Terry Pratchett's MundodiscoSpain
Terry Pratchett's DiscworldRe-release
Ohlam Ha discHebrew
Discworld: The Trouble With DragonsWorking title
DiscWorldJapan
ディスクワールドJapan

Collections

Collection
Discworld Universe
Playlist
Roland MT-32Sound Canvas
Theme
Fantasy