The Way Things Work (1994)
Genres:Point-and-click, Quiz/Trivia
Themes:Educational
Story: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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