Word Rescue (DOS)

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Word Rescue
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Platform: DOS
Year: 1992
Developer: Redwood Games

Word Rescue is an early reader education game using a platform action mechanic. In the game, the illiterate Gruzzles are trying to steal words from books to prevent everyone else from learning to read. You must match words to pictures in order to get the words back, while avoiding the Gruzzles or covering them with slime.

The game uses bright colorful graphics and a nice jazzy soundtrack. The puzzle element of the is simple for young children, and while it has a difficulty meter, only the action element gets harder, not the complexity of the words.


Screenshots

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The title screen.

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Entering my name; the game remembers who you are.

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The main menu.

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This is a gripping story!

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Dumping slime on a Gruzzle in level 1.

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You can play male or female characters.


Music

Word Rescue uses a simple jazzy soundtrack consisting of only three songs that cycle through as you go further in the game. The game credits the music to Voyetra Technologies implying that the songs were demo tunes taken from Sequencer Plus Gold, though this isn't known for sure.


Recording

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Title

Composer

Arranger

Length

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01 Word Rescue Theme 1 Unknown Unknown 3:15
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02 Word Rescue Theme 2 Unknown Unknown 3:23
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03 Word Rescue Theme 3 Unknown Unknown 2:18
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Credits

(No Source - The game credits its music to Voyetra Technologies, but it is unknown which of their employees composed the songs.)


Game Rip

Format

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The music files are simply CMF songs with a different extension and located in the main install folder. The same three songs are reused in each of the three episodes. The music was probably converted from SNG to CMF.


Audio Devices

Music

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Sound

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(No Source - Game auto-detects an OPL2 compatible device.)


Releases

  USA.svg   USA
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Title: Word Rescue
Platform: DOS
Released: 1992-03-??
Publisher: Apogee Software, Ltd.
  World.svg   World
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Title: Word Rescue
Platform: DOS
Released: 1998-01-05
Publisher: Digital River, Inc.


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