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The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work is an educational science game, developed and published by DK Multimedia in 1994. It explains how numerous inventions work using exploded diagrams and videos, often involving woolly…

31 December 1994

The Way Things Work is a point-and-click developed by DK Multimedia, released 31 December 1994 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Way Things Work is

The Way Things Work is a point-and-click game developed by DK Multimedia and released in 1994. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Way Things Work is an educational science game, developed and published by DK Multimedia in 1994. It explains how numerous inventions work using exploded diagrams and videos, often involving woolly mammoths.
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How it plays

Its themes are educational.

What it launched against

The Way Things Work launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.

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When did The Way Things Work come out?
The Way Things Work was released on 31 December 1994 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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