In a 1986 interview, for example, he mentions being obsessed with Infocom’s interactive version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But computers were more than a tool to him: right from the beginning, he also played computer games enthusiastically. From the second Discworld novel on, he wrote all of his books digitally this was undoubtedly a factor in the prodigious writing and publishing pace he maintained for so many years. He soon upgraded to a Sinclair Spectrum and then to an Amstrad CPC 464, which was his first computer strong enough to run a practical word processor. In 1981, he purchased a Sinclair ZX81 in kit form and soldered it together successfully. Furthermore, at a certain point in the game the player gains access to a time-traveling device and has to send Rincewind to the past and back in order to solve some of the puzzles.As a man of wide-ranging curiosity, Terry Pratchett was drawn to personal computers early. For example, Rincewind's inventory is limited to two objects, and the majority of his belongings is stored in the Luggage, an intelligent chest with dozens of little feet. Being the most expendable wizard of the Unseen University, Rincewind is given the task to get rid of the beast (only in the game though in the book, the city's nightwatch has to deal with the problem).ĭiscworld is a classical point-and-click adventure game with a few original features.
Both in the book and the game, a dragon is summoned by a group of mysterious conspirators and now terrorizes the city state of Ankh-Morpork. The story is loosely based on the novel "Guards! Guards!". The world is called the Discworld, as it is actually a flat disc carried on the backs of four gigantic elephants, which themselves stand on the back of an even larger turtle.
The game takes place in the humorous fantasy world created by Terry Pratchett.
He appears to be very good at it as well, because apparently the universe has decided to continuously challenge him. This adventure game puts the player in the shoes of Rincewind, a wizard whose sole purpose in life is to stay alive.
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