
The Way Things Work
Educational
Point-and-click
Quiz/Trivia
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.
31 Dec, 1994
7 Apr, 2026
About this game
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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Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release Date:
31 Dec, 1994
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Themes:
Educational
Genres:
Point-and-click, Quiz/Trivia
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Main Developers
DK Multimedia
Supporting Developers
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Publishers
DK Multimedia
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