ADG Episode 84 - Word Rescue

Channel:

Pixelmusement

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22,900

Published on March 26, 2015 4:34:54 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3qlzVSErwA

Game:

Word Rescue (1992)

Category:

Show

Duration: 11:44

4,790 views

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Originally Released: April 21st, 2012

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Usually the best way to go about making edutainment is to make a game where the educational component is as subtle as possible, where knowledge of the topic at hand is necessary to play the game, but players aren't actually direct questions about said topic.

Word Rescue is one such game, which is part of the reason why it's as fondly remembered as it is. It was also shareware, making it far less expensive, both when it was new and nowadays, than most edutainment titles.

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Additional Information and Corrections:

* Here's a couple quick links to the 3D Realms and Redwood Games pages dedicated to Word Rescue: https://3drealms.com/catalog/word-rescue_32 & http://www.redwoodgames.com/word.php

* For some reason I couldn't get the music working for most of Episode 2 and I barely played any of Episode 3. Dunno if this has to do with the bug I encountered on the very first level or if the registered download from 3D Realms is partly broken or what. Quitting and reloading solved the music problem at first, but then subsequent attempts to quit and reload didn't help at all. :/

* One thing I forgot to mention is that the collision detection for diagonal surfaces is terrible. You routinely fall through such surfaces when trying to jump onto them and you can't properly walk up them either. x_x;

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