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Discworld
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Discworld (1995)

by Perfect 10 Productions, Perfect Entertainment, Teeny Weeny Games, Dro Soft, Media Entertainment, Psygnosis, Psygnosis Limited
Platforms:
DOS, Mac, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega CD
Genres:Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-click
Themes:Fantasy, Historical, Comedy
Game modes:Single player
Story:
Discworld is a game released for PC (subsequently Mac, and Playstation) by Teeny Weeny / Perfect 10 studios in 1995. The game was released both on floppy disk and CD-Rom. The latter featured a commentary team created of many veterans of famous Brit-Coms. This included Monty Python's Eric Idle, Radio 4's (later to be more famous) Rob Brydon, ex- Doctor Who John Pertwee, 70s pop singer Kate Robbins, and Blackadder star Tony Robinson. The game is a riff on the Discworld title 'Guards, Guards', however many elements of the text have been shifted, not least the inclusion of Rincewind as protagonist. The game featured puzzles which were considered far too difficult and obtuse for gamers of the time, but the game itself has had a lasting legacy, now being accepted into such emulators as SCUMMVM.
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I've only ever played the last two in this shell we say spiritual trilogies don't know if they were done by the same company or at least not noir. But I've heard about it I want to bend my mind around these puzzles I want to try for days they get really frustrated look at a guide until guilty I want to hear the sounds and the narration this is a game shouldn't just be preserved for future generations it should be resurrected let's bring it backWheelyJon
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user avatar@WheelyJonuser avatar@WheelyJon
February 05, 2025
I've only ever played the last two in this shell we say spiritual trilogies don't know if they were done by the same company or at least not noir. But I've heard about it I want to bend my mind around these puzzles I want to try for days they get really frustrated look at a guide until guilty I want to hear the sounds and the narration this is a game shouldn't just be preserved for future generations it should be resurrected let's bring it back
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user avatar@sorronuser avatar@sorron
February 13, 2025
Back in the 80s early 90s if i remember, i used to own it on 9 1.44 floppies set, and i loved it. I was running it on a 80386 at 40mhz!! and 4 Mb of ram... those were great years.. but the disks failed after some years...
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user avatar@SkoobyDuBopuser avatar@SkoobyDuBop
February 15, 2025
Eric Idle is Rincewind. Convince me otherwise. (Hint: That Doesn't Work) Had this game on PS1 and boy those loading screens were tough. But back then, we didn't know how good we'd have it.
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user avatar@Scwedeuser avatar@Scwede
February 16, 2025
Arguably a top 5 point and click, all-time. The Discworld humour, brilliant art style, silly, quintessentially British humour, and genuinely interesting story and puzzles. This is a game I've tried to get many times from various avenues, but either failed or were without the VO (which should not be missed). I long for the PS1 version to appear again. Make it happen, GOG!
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user avatar@DADEGOBLINuser avatar@DADEGOBLIN
February 17, 2025
I've never played Discworld and would be willing to play it! Although I'm not a big fan of scratch-off adventures! And I've always heard good things about it!!!
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user avatar@mikedaws0nuser avatar@mikedaws0n
February 21, 2025
I watched a friend play this years ago and I found it very fascinating. I'm a more fair-weather fan of the series, but I thought this a really fun take on turning a discworld novel into a game.
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user avatar@ChristinTheReduser avatar@ChristinTheRed
February 23, 2025
This game is a masterpiece based on the best fantasy book franchaise ever. This game needs to be preserved for the new generations. The first time I played this game was in the PSX version, and trying to make the PC version work in W10 or 11 is a nightmare, so having him there in GOG would be such a nice perk.
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user avatar@Darcside5user avatar@Darcside5
February 26, 2025
I played this on Playstation and never got to finish it. When I went back to rent it again it was lost. I would love to be able to play this treasure again. Hopefully it gets the votes.
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user avatar@crichton101user avatar@crichton101
March 03, 2025
I played the ps1 version first, but they are identical games, and I love them. Both this one and it's sequel, Mortality Bytes. The puzzles were maybe a bit too difficult, or not so much difficult, but very much required thinking way out of the box. But the jokes and dialog make up for it.
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user avatar@Arapongaauser avatar@Arapongaa
March 10, 2025
I had this game for Sega Saturn in 1996 but sold it two years later because it was frustratingly difficult for my 14-year-old brain with not so good English-speaking skills. I just remember going back to it from time to time and try to advance, but, in an age of 56k dial-up internet with expensive internet providers, getting the solution was not as straightforward as today. So here's my vote. I'll try and play it again three decades older.
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