
Word Rescue is an incredible adventure for kids who want to rescue all the stolen words from the mean ol' Gruzzles. The Gruzzles can't read, and they don't want anyone else to read. So, they've stolen the words out of all of our books! Benny Bookworm needs your help to stop the Gruzzles.
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Languages: English
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 106reviews | 75% | — | $11.3K |
| $2.49 | 18ratings | 73% | — | not modelled |
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Fun nostalgia trip back to a game I loved in my elementary school computer lab. Hard mode also adds just enough challenge to help keep it interesting as an adult (though still as easy as you'd expect from an educational game targeted at kids). Probably won't be all that fun for most adults without the nostalgia factor, but for anyone who grew up on this, it hits a spot.
The mean 'ol Gruzzles can't read. They don't want you to read either. Dang Gruzzles. I was 26 years old when I first played this. You jump on question marks which turn into a word, which you then run around the level looking for the picture of. There aren't many enemies running around so you don't have too hard of a time not dying. Unless you jump into the wrong picture, that spawns a Gruzzle. Once you collect all of them the worm stops by to suck them into a book and you head on to the next level. It's all pretty simple, but this is a cherished classic.
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Such an excellent trip down memory lane. There's a bug where if you collect the last word and land in the next level door, it goes to the next level and the key icon displays. Doesn't seem to give you access to the next level after that and game seems to function normally. So cute , the devs must have put hours into this.
I used to play this game as a kid, but I only had volume 1, so finally getting play volumes 2 and 3 was a childhood dream come true
[h2]平成初期のころアメリカの子供たちが欲しがった教育ソフト[/h2] 2025年現在40歳前後のアメリカ育ちなら思い出補正で楽しめるかもしれない、子供とともに遊ぶのもよいだろう。 安定のDOSBOX、エピソード1-3まで収録されている。 デベロッパーのサイトから当時シェアウェアだったものが無料でダウンロードできるが、こちらはエピソード1のみで当然別途DOSBOXを用意する必要がある。 当時エピソード2、3は電話注文で郵送で受け取る形だったようだ。 ストーリーとしては字が読めないグレムリンがいじわるで本の文字を盗んだ、それを男の子か女の子で取り返しに行こうというお話。 アクションゲーム、「?」ボックスを最初に取ると単語が表示される、それに対応した絵を見つけて取るとまた「?」ボックスがでる。 1ステージ当たり7つの単語と絵をマッチさせればOK、出口の鍵が解放されるので扉をくぐろう。 間違えた絵を選ぶとグレムリンが1体召喚される、触るとアウトでステージ最初から、ゲームオーバーは恐らく無い。 1時間ちょっとでエピソード1クリア、収録単語は100くらいだと思う。 時代を考えると悪くないゲームだが大人がプレイしても面白くない、あと日本ではなじみのないモノの単語も少しあった。 DOSBOXのステートセーブが使えなかったので一気にプレイするしかなかったので頑張りました。 コントローラーが普通に使える。 エピソード1のエンディングでファックス番号とか電話番号が出てきたが現在も有効なのだろうか。 いろいろついてくるデラックスエディションがきになる(55ドル…) セールで99円、俺はなんでこのゲームを買ったんだ?
Good game เกมวัยเด็ก ที่ก็ยังเล่นไม่จบอยู่ดี ยิ่งมาเล่นตอนแก่คือปวดตามาก 555
Fiz questão de comprar o jogo Word Rescue para relembrar dos meus tempos de criança, quando jogava em um IBM no disquete, esse jogo é magnífico me introduziu no inglês e agora 30 anos depois estou aqui jogando ele na maior nostalgia, os jogos DOS eram excelentes, bem simples mas cumpriam o seu papel. Que excelente ter essa oportunidade de jogar mais uma vez, meu falecido pai que me mostrou e me ensinou a jogar, lembro muito dele com esse jogo e foi por isso que adquiri. Uma obra prima clássica, as crianças de hoje em dia nunca irão vislumbrar o sentimento que tive naquela época.
Modern educational games don't comare to the old ones. Word Rescue and Math Rescue are a great way to reenforce what the kids learned at school that day.
A game of my childhood, had only EP1 back then :D fun platformer with words, great for kids to learn :)
Juego antiguo de plataformas, ideal para quienes lo jugaron de pequeños en las escuelas. me habia quedado con ganas de completarlo y gracias a lo encontre en Steam, logre pasarme todos los niveles y cerrar ese deseo de la niñes
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