Discworld

Discworld

Release: 17.03.1995
PlayStation DOS Mac Sega CD Sega Saturn

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.

Storyline

A typically nasty secret order has summoned up a dragon, and is using it to wreak havoc upon the city. But it’s not down to Carrot and co to stop it. It’s down to Rincewind, the highly inept wizard. The player takes control of him, and try to save the city from destruction, in a journey that takes you from Ankh-Morpork to the edge of the Disc and beyond. The game incorporates many characters from non-Rincewind Discworld adventures, such as Nanny Ogg, The Ankh-Morpork guards, Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler, Trolls, the Patrician and Death.

Gameplay Video

Platforms:
PlayStation DOS Mac Sega CD Sega Saturn
Settings:
Fantasy Historical Comedy
Genres:
Point-and-click Puzzle Adventure
Developer: Perfect Entertainment
Publisher: Psygnosis

Release Dates

First Release: 17.03.1995
PlayStation
October 15, 1995 Full Release Europe
November 16, 1995 Full Release North America
July 5, 1996 Full Release Japan
DOS
March 17, 1995 Full Release North America
March 17, 1995 Full Release Europe
Mac
March 17, 1995 Full Release North America
Sega CD
January 1995 Month Cancelled Worldwide
Sega Saturn
August 15, 1996 Full Release Europe
December 13, 1996 Full Release Japan
1997 Q3 Q3 Cancelled North America

External links

Involved Companies

Developer

Perfect Entertainment

Publisher

Psygnosis

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