Discworld
Developer(s)	Teeny Weeny Games Perfect 10 Productions
Publisher(s)	Psygnosis
Designer(s)	Gregg Barnett
Engine	TINSEL
Release date(s)	1995
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (13+)
Platform(s)	DOS 5.0, Mac, PlayStation, Saturn
Media	3½ inch Floppy (15), CD (1)
System requirements	386/33MHz CPU, 4MB RAM, 2MB HDD space, 256 colour VGA display

Discworld is a graphic adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in mid-1995. It stars Rincewind the Wizzard (voiced by Eric Idle) and is set on Terry Pratchett's Discworld. It was released on both floppy disk and CD-ROM, with the CD-ROM version featuring full voice acting for all characters. The game's plot is based roughly on the events in the book Guards! Guards!, but with Rincewind substituted for Samuel Vimes. Image File history File links A promotional Discworld themed postcard featuring the first Discworld games cover art. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... The cover artwork of most Psygnosis games was by psychedelic artist Roger Dean. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... A game engine is the core software component of a computer or video game or other interactive application with real-time graphics. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Computer and video games are generally and popularly categorised into genres. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... For other versions of PlayStation, please see PlayStation (disambiguation) The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The Sega Saturn ) is a 32-bit video game console, first released on November 22, 1994 in Japan, April 27, 1995 in North America and July 8, 1995 in Europe. ... A 3. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Intel 80386 DX, 33MHz, foreground The Intel 80386 is a microprocessor which was used as the central processing unit (CPU) of many personal computers from 1986 until 1994 and later. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... CPU redirects here. ... A megabyte is a unit of information or computer storage equal to approximately one million bytes. ... Random-access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of data store used in computers that allows the stored data to be accessed in any order — that is, at random, not just in sequence. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... Video Graphics Array (VGA) is an analog computer display standard first marketed in 1987 by IBM. While it has been obsolete for some time, it was the last graphical standard that the majority of manufacturers decided to follow, making it the lowest common denominator that all PC graphics hardware supports... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rincewind is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ... The wizards are major characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and writer of comedic songs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Discworld is the setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... A 3. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989. ... Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

There are three other Discworld games: a direct sequel to Discworld, titled Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! in America), Discworld Noir (a stand alone story starring an original character) and a text adventure called The Colour of Magic which strictly adheres to the events of the first Discworld novel. Discworld II: Missing Presumed. ... Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchetts Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. ... Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. ... The Colour of Magic was the first Discworld computer game and so far the only one directly adapted from a Discworld novel. ... Diskworld, spelled with a k, was a disk magazine for the Apple Macintosh, later renamed Softdisk for Mac. ...

Trivia

• The game was titled Discworld: The Trouble With Dragons while it was in development.[1]
• There is a subtle easter egg in the game that is activated by double clicking on the sheep in Nanny Ogg's back yard. Many more secrets can be found throughout the game.
• In another easter egg, Rincewind states that he "want[s] to be the first person in a game to say to say fuck". A similar, albeit censored line is also hidden in the sequel.
• Terry Pratchett has a cameo appearance in the crowd scene (next to Dibbler) at the end of the game.
• The voice cast is led by former Monty Python member Eric Idle, who plays Rincewind. The majority of the game's characters are voiced by Jon Pertwee (who played Doctor Who in the long running series of the same name) and Tony Robinson (who played Baldrick in Blackadder), while Kate Robbins and Rob Brydon voice the rest.

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External links

• The Discworld Game Pages, LSpace
• Discworld I Game Summary & Review, Adventure Classic Gaming
• Discworld at MobyGames

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