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The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work

Point-and-click, Quiz/Trivia

by DK Multimedia

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1994

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PC (Microsoft Windows)

Developer

DK Multimedia

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DK Multimedia

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Release Date:

Dec 31, 1994

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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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