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Discworld

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Psygnosis (Europe), Media Entertainment (Japan)

Developer: Perfect Entertainment

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Shuttle Mouse (JP version only)

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-12-13^[2]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[3]	T-20502G
EU	1996-08-15		T-11302H-50
DE	1996-08-15		T-11302H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-08-29^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]	T-11302H-50
PL	1996	219zł219

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC Macintosh PlayStation

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Discworld (ディスクワールド) is an adventure game for the Sega Saturn based on the novel by Terry Pratchett. It was followed by Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?.

History

Release

A Sega Mega-CD version was advertised around the same time as the original PC and Macintosh versions of the game, and was set for release in December 1994^[6]^[7], later January 1995^[8], but did not materialise. A North American Saturn release also was planned, prior to publishers THQ dropping out of the Saturn market in the summer of 1997^[9].

While in-game, Perfect 10 Productions and Teeny Weeny Games are credited separately, by the time of the Saturn game's release, the two companies had merged to form Perfect Entertainment, who is credited on the box.

Production credits

Produced by: Angela Sutherland
Written and Directed by: Gregg Barnett
Featuring the Voices of: Eric Idle, Tony Robinson, Jon Pertwee, Kate Robbins, Rob Brydon
Conversion Manager:' Colin Fuidge
Programmed By: Jonathan Farshaw
TINSEL Game System Programmed by: Mark Roll and John Young
Game Creation: Gregg Barnett and David Johnston
Dialogue:' Paul Kidd
Art Co-ordinator: Paul Mitchell
Background Artist: Nick Pratt
Character Designers: John Millington and Simon Turner
Lead Animator: Simon Turner
Additional Animationm: Paul Mitchell, John Cassells, David Swan, Warren Hawkes, Ben Willsher, Karl D'Costa, Steve Packer
Music: Rob Lord
Sound Effects: Rob Lord and Mark Bandola
Voice Sampling: Karl D'Costa, Mark Bandola, Rob Van Deven, Richard Wright, Steven Thompson
Additional Programming: Dominic Jackson and Owen Cunningham
Quality Assurance: Colin Fuidge, Guillaume Camus, Karen Cox
Talent Casting: Angela Sutherland
Agent for Terry Pratchet: Colin Smythe
Original Autor and Creator of THE DISCWORLD: Terry Pratchet
Producer for Psygnosis: Leon Walters
Product Manager for Psygnosis: Nadia Lowlar
Marketing & PR U.S.A.: Ellen Fuog
Lead Tester: John Walsh
Playtesters: Jenny Newby, Paul Tweedle

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Discworld/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega-CD US print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #68: "March 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-22: "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (1996-12-13)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

PAL

60

^[10]

Consoles News (FR)

PAL

89

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

79

^[14]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[15]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

84

^[16]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

84

^[17]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

76

^[18]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

80

^[5]

Player One (FR)

85

^[19]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

82

^[20]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[21]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[22]

Sega News (CZ)

84

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

81

^[24]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

75

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

72

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[28]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

85

^[29]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

81

^[31]

Ultra Player (FR)

83

^[32]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

88

^[33]

	78
Based on 25 reviews

Discworld

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, PT

Technical information

Main article: Discworld/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

514,241,280

1996-07-18

CD-ROM (EU)

T-11302H-50 V5.230

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

586,466,496

1996-10-09

CD-ROM (JP)

T-20502G V1.000

References

↑ File:Discworld Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 60
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-08-26), page 24
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-05), page 90
↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 8
↑ Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 26
↑ Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 6
↑ Ultra Game Players, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 14
↑ CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 130
↑ Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 91
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 158
↑ Famitsu, "1996-12-20" (JP; 1996-12-06), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 73
↑ Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 74
↑ Mega Fun, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 70
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 72
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 125
↑ Playmag, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 123
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 184
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 66
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 22
↑ Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 46
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "1/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-22), page 70
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-21 (1996-12-13)" (JP; 1996-11-22), page 272
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
↑ Sonic the Comic, "10 December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-27), page 10
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 60
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 23
↑ Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 104
↑ Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 95

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[:File:Discworld_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Discworld Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191002103132.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-10-02 10:31)

[:File:SSM_JP_19961227_1996-22.pdf_p60-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-22 (1996-12-27)" (JP; 1996-12-13), page 60

[4] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-08-26), page 24

[:File:MeanMachinesSega47UK.pdf_p90-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-05), page 90

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p8-6] Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 8

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-06.pdf_p26-7] Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 26

[:File:MegaPower_UK_16.pdf_p6-8] Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 6

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_100.pdf_p14-9] Ultra Game Players, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 14

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_19.pdf_p130-10] CD Consoles, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 130

[:File:ConsolesNews_FR_02.pdf_p91-11] Consoles News, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 91

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_056.pdf_p158-12] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 158

[13] Famitsu, "1996-12-20" (JP; 1996-12-06), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-08.pdf_p73-14] MAN!AC, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 73

[:File:MegaForce_FR_52.pdf_p72-15] Mega Force, "Été 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-08.pdf_p74-16] Mega Fun, "08/96" (DE; 1996-07-17), page 74

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-09.pdf_p70-17] Mega Fun, "09/97" (DE; 1997-08-06), page 70

[:File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p72-18] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 72

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_066.pdf_p125-19] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 125

[:File:Playmag_FR_05.pdf_p123-20] Playmag, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 123

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-25_19961213.pdf_p184-21] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 184

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-03_19970214.pdf_p66-22] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 3" (JP; 1997-01-31), page 66

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p22-23] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 22

[:File:SegaPower_UK_81.pdf_p46-24] Sega Power, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-06-06), page 46

[25] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "1/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_UK_08.pdf_p70-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-22), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19961213_1996-21.pdf_p272-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-21 (1996-12-13)" (JP; 1996-11-22), page 272

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

[29] Sonic the Comic, "10 December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-27), page 10

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p60-30] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 60

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p23-31] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 23

[:File:UltraPlayer_FR_36.pdf_p104-32] Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 104

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-09.pdf_p95-33] Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 95

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 ==History==
 ===Release===
-A [[Sega Mega-CD]] version was advertised around the same time as the original PC and Macintosh versions of the game, and was set for release in December 1994{{magref|segamagazin|7|8}}, later January 1995{{magref|megapower|16|6}}, but did not materialise. A North American Saturn release also was planned, prior to publishers [[THQ]] dropping out of the Saturn market in the summer of 1997{{magref|ugameplayers|100|14}}.
+A [[Sega Mega-CD]] version was advertised around the same time as the original PC and Macintosh versions of the game, and was set for release in December 1994{{magref|segamagazin|7|8}}{{magref|playtime|1994-06|26}}, later January 1995{{magref|megapower|16|6}}, but did not materialise. A North American Saturn release also was planned, prior to publishers [[THQ]] dropping out of the Saturn market in the summer of 1997{{magref|ugameplayers|100|14}}.
 While in-game, [[Perfect 10 Productions]] and [[Teeny Weeny Games]] are credited separately, by the time of the Saturn game's release, the two companies had merged to form [[Perfect Entertainment]], who is credited on the box.

Difference between revisions of "Discworld"

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Contents

History

Release

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References