Discworld Noir
’'Discworld Noir is a 1999 point-and-click or graphic adventure game based on the Discworld novels, but unlike the previous two games it has an original character and story. It was released for Windows PCs and the Sony PlayStation console.
The player controls Lewton, an ex-City Watch guard in Ankh-Morpork who has become the Discworld’s first private investigator. Lewton is hired by a mystery woman named Carlotta von Uberwald to find Mundy, a man who’s disappeared two days after returning to the city from Tsort.
It was developed by Perfect Entertainment, who had previously produced Discworld and Template:DVG2, but they had already gone into insolvency by the time the game was finished, and it was briefly resurrected as Teeny Weeny Games, the name of one of the companies that had merged to create Perfect Entertainment in the first place. The game was published by GT Interactive, and was the cause of a court case between Perfect and Sony over a three-game deal.
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Creative Team
Crew
- Designed by Gregg Barnett and Chris Bateman
- Produced by Gregg Barnett and Luci Black
- Written by Chris Bateman
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Colin Smythe is credited as “Agent for Terry Pratchett”, and Pratchett himself as “Far Too Much Interference” for his contributions to the story. Victor Gollancz and Josh Kirby are both given special thanks.
Cast
The small cast provides voices for all the characters in the game.
- Rob Brydon as Lewton
- Kate Robbins
- Robert Llewellyn
- Nigel Planer
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this game.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 | Adventure Games Podcast | “Interview with Chris Bateman - Discworld Noir” | adventuregamespodcast.com |
Other appearances
Episodes where the game is discussed, but not as the main topic.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-02 | Video Game Newsroom Time Machine | “Gregg Barnett - Beam Software, Discworld” | libsyn.com |
External links
- Discworld Noir at Wikipedia
- Discworld Noir at the L-Space wiki
- Discworld Noir at the Internet Movie Database
- Discworld Noir at MobyGames