The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work

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Genres

Point-and-click, Quiz/Trivia

Developer

DK Multimedia

Release Date

December 30, 1994 (31 years ago)

Publisher

DK Multimedia

Content Rating

N/A

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Summary

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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