Bring back DiscWorld

FlukeRogi · 16 Jul 2009 at 18:54

mart981 said:
I remember them being bloody hard, or at least had some very obscure solutions to the puzzles.

They were indeed. At a booksigning in Sheffield Meadowhall (many, many years ago now), I said to the man himself that I was stuck on the game (the first one), and while he signed a copy of Mort he told me how to get past the bit I was on and then added that I "must be playing like a turnip"!

They really were tricky in places though - made many other point 'n clicks look ridiculously easy.

orderoftheflame · 16 Jul 2009 at 19:08

I still have a copy of it. Hard to get running though.

I believe that the marvellous people over at ScummVM have been trying to get the source code so they can get old copies to work better on Vista/XP

Mikey P · 16 Jul 2009 at 20:47

Ice Rich said:
I've just been playing through both Discworld 1 + 2, they are both now officially supported by ScummVM.

They are both likely to become freeware very soon too.

Would be nice if it becomes freeware but the games are classic. Maybe one day they'll revamp it like monkey island. I remember 2nd one where u had to lure an imp for a camera bloody annoying, i mainly remember the 2nd one even though I had both. Sold them off years ago and still made good money, wish i had them now

Haha gutted about the £700 phone bill. I agree with the puzzles, well harder. Anyone had Broken Sword 2? not as good as discworld tho, discworld still tops monkey island for me

bakes0310 · 16 Jul 2009 at 20:52

What is discworld?
I keep hearing about it, but just never understood what its about infact apart from the name thats all i know about it.

Sleepery · 16 Jul 2009 at 21:41

Get a copy of The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett. First book in the series that started the whole Discworld thing off.

pingwing · 16 Jul 2009 at 22:07

FlukeRogi said:
They were indeed. At a booksigning in Sheffield Meadowhall (many, many years ago now), I said to the man himself that I was stuck on the game (the first one), and while he signed a copy of Mort he told me how to get past the bit I was on and then added that I "must be playing like a turnip"!

They really were tricky in places though - made many other point 'n clicks look ridiculously easy.

OMG! THAT WAS YOU!!!! That bit is televised as part of the documentary that went along with the video of the making of soul music the cartoon!!!!

Though in fairness when i watched that at about 7 i remember laughing as i had already done that bit

Man i need to get these games again (i got noir a while back to give it ago but havnt had the time) though the books are just as awesome as the first 2 games....

Oh and there was an mmo but it was text only back in the day i think

bakes0310 · 16 Jul 2009 at 22:11

Sleepery said:
Get a copy of The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett. First book in the series that started the whole Discworld thing off.

Just googled it and they made a film looks quite new, ill look at that rather than the film

Flibster · 16 Jul 2009 at 23:18

bakes0310 said:
Just googled it and they made a film looks quite new, ill look at that rather than the film

Don't watch the films....It's two books compressed into fat to little time.

Just start with The Colour Of Magic book and then move onto The Light Fantastic.

Quixote · 17 Jul 2009 at 00:59

I'd skip the first few books to be honest. Much more like standard fantasy fare, he hasn't found his unique sense of humour properly early on. I'd dive in around the 3rd onwards. Especially mort & pyramids stand out form the early ones.

TheMightyTen · 17 Jul 2009 at 08:55

Quixote said:
I'd skip the first few books to be honest. Much more like standard fantasy fare, he hasn't found his unique sense of humour properly early on. I'd dive in around the 3rd onwards. Especially mort & pyramids stand out form the early ones.

Utter tripe :rolleyes:

The first two created the universe and sowed the seeds for the humour to grow into them. They have to be read to get an understanding of how Discworld develops into what it is now.

orderoftheflame · 17 Jul 2009 at 09:01

TheMightyTen said:
Utter tripe The first two created the universe and sowed the seeds for the humour to grow into them. They have to be read to get an understanding of how Discworld develops into what it is now.

I'd agree.

First two books are a must.

Mikey P · 17 Jul 2009 at 09:03

I've read the Lord Of The Rings and that was heavy to start with but got going and with the help of the film got me into the book more. They say read books before film first but i'm opposite. Trying to read the Discworld books first, I'm into the 2nd book now and the storyline jumps around a lot throughout the first 2 books, very much fantasy I agree.

bakes0310 :- You don't know what Discworld is? One of best point and clicky games out on PC in the 1990's.

Hey just found this.......

Guards! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989. It is the first novel about the City Watch. The first Discworld computer game borrowed heavily from Guards! Guards! in terms of plot.

Sleepery · 17 Jul 2009 at 09:06

Quixote said:
I'd skip the first few books to be honest. Much more like standard fantasy fare, he hasn't found his unique sense of humour properly early on. I'd dive in around the 3rd onwards. Especially mort & pyramids stand out form the early ones.

Don't be daft! The first two books are some of the funniest in the series. They're the only ones that made me laugh out loud, until Small Gods and Guards! Guards! came along.

I wouldn't just watch the film either, it didn't really capture Pratchett's sense of humour at all. It was like they read the books and acted the stuff out without actually understanding what it was all about.

Mikey P · 17 Jul 2009 at 09:09

Yeah I guess so, didn't help me reading the odd page per night. Need to start it again i think lol

Shame Pratchett is losing it abit, come on, do one more game before you go

Sleepery · 17 Jul 2009 at 09:25

The poor chap has Alzheimers, if you asked him to do another game he'd probably do the first one over again

Wossi · 17 Jul 2009 at 10:27

pingwing said:
OMG! THAT WAS YOU!!!! That bit is televised as part of the documentary that went along with the video of the making of soul music the cartoon!!!!

Though in fairness when i watched that at about 7 i remember laughing as i had already done that bit

Man i need to get these games again (i got noir a while back to give it ago but havnt had the time) though the books are just as awesome as the first 2 games....

Oh and there was an mmo but it was text only back in the day i think

The Discworld MUD is still very much alive and kicking to this day. Know a few people who play it, including my sisters and have met people from there a couple of years back.

Jimothy · 17 Jul 2009 at 10:28

Oh jee, DiscWorld? I spent quite a few hours playing this in my childhood... I don't remember the specifics now but I always thought it was hilarious when you gave (dates?) to the (wizards/alchemists?)

Mikey P · 17 Jul 2009 at 10:57

Now look how we all miss the game, how many of you want to play it again or even now? lol So many times you get stuck and ****ed off cus your running around in circles to solve the puzzle, ahhh those days lol I remember one bit with singing skeletons on trees, very random lol

http://www.justadventure.com/thejave/html/Games/GamesD/Discworld2/Discworld2_4.jpg

Sleepery · 17 Jul 2009 at 11:02

I actually loaded it up about six months ago, got further than I had before, but yeah, I still got stuck on the damn thing

I think the only game I ever got more frustrated with was The Hobbit.

FlukeRogi · 17 Jul 2009 at 12:43

pingwing said:
OMG! THAT WAS YOU!!!! That bit is televised as part of the documentary that went along with the video of the making of soul music the cartoon!!!!

Don't think so (at least I certainly hope not). There were photographers about, as there was a young kid they'd taken along to meet him (I he think was suffering from cancer and had been in the news quite a bit back then) but I don't recall seeing any TV cameras.