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Word Rescue

Word Rescue

1992/Redwood Games

Word Rescue is an educational platform game for MS-DOS written by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and published by Apogee Software in March 1992. It was re-released in 2015 through Steam with support for Windows and Mac.

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Word Rescue is an educational platform game for MS-DOS written by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and published by Apogee Software in March 1992. It was re-released in 2015 through Steam with support for Windows and Mac. The game also allows the player interact with a pair of Stereoscopic Vision Glasses. Like most Apogee games, Word Rescue is divided into three episodes, with only the first episode playable in the shareware version. Visit Gruzzleville and the Castle Explore GruzzleBad Caverns See the spooky Haunted House Apogee still sells the registered version of this game.[1] A companion game with similar gameplay, Math Rescue, was released in October 1992. A sequel, Word Rescue Plus, was released in 1993.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Word Rescue” (en.wikipedia.org), shortened; available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  • Cover: Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher
  • Banner: Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher
  • Screenshots (5): IGDB.com · Twitch Developer Services Agreement (IGDB); artwork (c) its publisher
  • Screenshots (6): Steam · Steam Web API Terms of Use; artwork (c) its publisher

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