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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.

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31 Dec, 1994

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7 Apr, 2026

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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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31 Dec, 1994

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DK Multimedia

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DK Multimedia

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