<s>
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Perfect	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
Terry	O
Pratchett	O
's	O
satirical	O
Discworld	B-Application
universe	O
,	O
and	O
follows	O
its	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
private	O
investigator	O
as	O
he	O
is	O
given	O
a	O
case	O
leading	O
him	O
into	O
the	O
deadly	O
and	O
occult	O
underbelly	O
of	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
's	O
largest	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
by	O
Teeny	O
Weeny	O
Games	O
,	O
the	O
resurrected	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
already	O
insolvent	O
Perfect	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
previous	O
Discworld	B-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
supports	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
Lewton	O
,	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
's	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
private	O
investigator	O
,	O
and	O
former	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Ankh-Morpork	O
City	O
Watch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
line	O
is	O
a	O
completely	O
original	O
creation	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
Discworld	B-Application
games	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
particular	O
novels	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
elements	O
from	O
several	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
Ankh-Morpork	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
city	O
on	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
many	O
new	O
characters	O
and	O
locales	O
,	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Pratchett	O
viewed	O
the	O
games	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
parallel	O
Discworld	B-Application
"	O
,	O
Chris	O
Bateman	O
wrote	O
the	O
game	O
attempting	O
to	O
fit	O
it	O
between	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Feet	O
of	O
Clay	O
and	O
Jingo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
more	O
brightly-coloured	O
Discworld	B-Application
games	O
,	O
Noir	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
"	O
grittier	O
,	O
darker	O
and	O
more	O
realistic	O
"	O
in	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Zone	O
compared	O
the	O
character	O
to	O
Sam	B-Application
Spade	I-Application
and	O
Philip	O
Marlowe	O
as	O
played	O
by	O
Humphrey	O
Bogart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
Noirs	I-Application
background	O
music	O
features	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
"	O
discordant	O
"	O
strings	O
and	O
dissonance	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
mood	O
of	O
classic	O
film	O
noir	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
pieces	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
jazz	B-Device
and	O
blues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
transitions	O
into	O
more	O
dark	O
fantasy	O
and	O
Lovecraftian	O
horror	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perfect	O
Entertainment	O
had	O
enjoyed	O
a	O
working	O
relationship	O
with	O
Terry	O
Pratchett	O
and	O
the	O
Discworld	B-Application
licence	O
from	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1993	O
,	O
collaborating	O
closely	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
first	O
two	O
Discworld	B-Application
games	O
,	O
Discworld	B-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
and	O
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Missing	I-Application
Presumed	I-Application
...	I-Application
!	I-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
GT	O
Interactive	O
were	O
chosen	O
as	O
publisher	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
strong	O
US	O
presence	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Discworld	B-Application
games	O
had	O
done	O
relatively	O
poorly	O
in	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Bateman	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
a	O
non-lead	O
role	O
,	O
originally	O
suggested	O
using	O
Teppic	O
(	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
Pyramids	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
lead	O
character	O
,	O
though	O
Pratchett	O
disliked	O
the	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
each	O
Discworld	B-Application
game	O
Pratchett	O
became	O
less	O
and	O
less	O
involved	O
,	O
in	O
Noir	O
mainly	O
being	O
involved	O
during	O
the	O
beginning	O
and	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	O
models	O
were	O
infeasible	O
for	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
developers	O
needed	O
the	O
characters	O
to	O
have	O
facial	O
expressions	O
and	O
so	O
likely	O
few	O
people	O
would	O
have	O
computers	O
powerful	O
enough	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
one	O
less	O
voice	O
actor	O
in	O
Noir	O
than	O
in	O
Discworld	B-Application
II	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
heavy	O
amount	O
of	O
dialogue	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
led	O
to	O
more	O
reuse	O
of	O
voice	O
actors	O
in	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weir	O
studied	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
noir	O
films	O
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
drew	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Perfect	O
Entertainment	O
folded	O
,	O
leaving	O
them	O
unable	O
to	O
patch	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
briefly	O
resurfaced	O
as	O
"	O
Teeny	O
Weeny	O
Games	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
under	O
this	O
name	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
has	O
a	O
lower	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
PC	O
game	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
game	O
onto	O
one	O
disc	B-Device
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
three	O
discs	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
compresses	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sound	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walker	O
still	O
admitted	O
a	O
"	O
fondness	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
favourably	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
two	O
Discworld	B-Application
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
noting	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
"	O
grating	O
knowing	O
tweeness	O
"	O
and	O
an	O
ability	O
to	O
be	O
genuinely	O
funny	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamers	O
Richard	O
Cobbett	O
placed	O
it	O
as	O
25	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
list	O
,	O
commenting	O
"	O
the	O
third	O
Discworld	B-Application
game	O
finally	O
shed	O
its	O
predecessors	O
 '	O
fixation	O
with	O
being	O
as	O
much	O
Python	O
as	O
Pratchett	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Gilbert	O
called	O
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
one	O
of	O
his	O
favourite	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
 [ his ] 	O
biggest	O
inspirations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gilbert	O
would	O
eventually	O
create	O
the	O
"	O
Oz	O
noir	O
"	O
adventure	O
game	O
Emerald	B-Application
City	I-Application
Confidential	I-Application
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	O
Berens	O
and	O
Geoff	O
Howard	O
's	O
The	O
Rough	O
Guide	O
to	O
Videogaming	O
includes	O
Discworld	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
recommended	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
