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WordZap

WordZap is a puzzle video game designed by Michael Crick included with Volume 3 of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack. In WordZap, players race to make proper English words to fill their rack of words, but when…

31 December 1991

WordZap is a puzzle developed by MICA, released 31 December 1991 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What WordZap is

WordZap is a puzzle game developed by MICA and released in 1991. It was published by Microsoft. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

WordZap is a puzzle video game designed by Michael Crick included with Volume 3 of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack. In WordZap, players race to make proper English words to fill their rack of words, but when one player makes a word already found by the other player, the word is "zapped" from both players' racks. Each round ends when either one player fills the word rack, or time runs out without either player being able to make another word.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

WordZap launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did WordZap come out?
WordZap was released on 31 December 1991 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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