This was partly the reason I recorded a playthrough, because I suspected that one day I wouldn’t actually be able to play the game. Unfortunately this has meant that I have not been able to play my favourite video game for the last several years.

I doubt we will ever see a re-released version on GOG.com or the like because a) there’s not enough demand for it despite the game always being on a wishlist of some form and b) I imagine the effort of updating it for modern computers outweighs the result in the minds of many people. It’s in the same category as the original release of Grim Fandango for being an awkward breed of game to update for modern systems 1. You might have noticed that there’s a project page on this website devoted to one specific game, the third game based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series of novels.ĭiscworld Noir is practically unplayable on modern computers, having been one of those games from the Windows ’98 era that use a lot of custom code built specifically to run on that era’s generation of computers. I’ve kept this post up as a valid alternative that might be useful to someone!

No, there’s a fix for the executable file that some clever bugger came up with that basically lets the game run natively. While it provides a method of running Discworld Noir, it’s not the best way to run it in Windows 10.

…or potentially any modern computer, for that matter!ĮDIT 26/01/20: this post is wrong. How to Get Discworld Noir Working on Windows 10

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