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Discworld Series

Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!

Point-and-click Adventure Fantasy Comedy
88
User Score
34 ratings
November 30, 1996
Released 10739 days ago
PC (Microsoft Windows) DOS Sega Saturn PlayStation

About

Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! is the second point-and-click adventure game based on Terry Pratchett's series of fantasy novels set on the mythical Discworld. The game was developed and produced in 1996 by Perfect Entertainment for the PC, and ported in 1997 for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It was published by Psygnosis for the PC and PlayStation, and by Sega for the Saturn (only in Europe).

In Discworld II the player controls Rincewind the "wizzard" (voiced by Eric Idle, as in the previous game) who has been burdened with the task of coercing Death out of his impromptu retirement and back into his regular duties. The plot borrows from a number of Discworld books, most notably Reaper Man, Moving Pictures and Lords and Ladies.

It all begins in a quiet Ankh-Morpork street, where Rincewind and The Librarian inexplicably fail to die from a nearby cart-bomb explosion. The odd event is not shared by them alone however: occurrences of the newly dead re-awakening and disturbing the populace are being reported all over the city, prompting the Archchancellor of Unseen University to halt his usual activities of feasting and merrymaking, and to take charge of the situation. Much to Rincewind's despair, the entirety of this process involves appointing him to the task of finding Death and convincing him to resume his work.

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Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Nov 30, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Nov 30, 1996
DOS Worldwide
Dec 28, 1996
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Dec 28, 1996
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Sep 1, 1997
Sega Saturn Worldwide
Sep 4, 1997
PlayStation Worldwide
Sep 24, 1997
PlayStation Worldwide
Sep 24, 1997
PlayStation Worldwide
Nov 14, 1997

Game Info

Developer
Perfect Entertainment
Publisher
Psygnosis, Sega
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Point-and-click Adventure
Themes
Fantasy Comedy

Languages

Audio / Voice
Spanish (Spain), English, English (UK), German, French
Text / Subtitles
Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Spain), English, English (UK), English, English (UK), French, French, German, German

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