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Up for Grabs

Up for Grabs is a 1 - 4 player word game. A spinning cube in the center of the screen continuously brings up new letters. Each player has a board in the corner of the screen, and players can pick up letters as…

31 December 1983

Up for Grabs is a puzzle developed by Spinnaker Software Corporation, released 31 December 1983 on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Up for Grabs is

Up for Grabs is a puzzle game developed by Spinnaker Software Corporation and released in 1983. It is available on Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Up for Grabs is a 1 - 4 player word game. A spinning cube in the center of the screen continuously brings up new letters. Each player has a board in the corner of the screen, and players can pick up letters as they appear in the cube, with each letter able to go to only 1 player. Letters can be rearranged on the individual 4 x 4 boards to spell words horizontally and vertically, but the cube keeps spinning and other players can obtain new letters during this time. Gameplay is divided into 4 quarters, and during intermissions unwanted letters can be discarded. The final score is tallied at the end of the game based upon all words on the board minus the value of unused letters. There are 4…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Up for Grabs launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Up for Grabs come out?
Up for Grabs was released on 31 December 1983 for Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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