Underplayed Gems

Wordplay (1993)

Wordplay cover
Platforms
CD-i
Where to get it
My Abandonware
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

a modest and gently instructive experience of basic word games on an obscure 90s console.

educationallanguage focusearly interactivesimplecasuallightunintense

About

Wordplay is an educational title released in 1993 exclusively for the CD-i platform. This early interactive software focuses on language exercises within that specific console ecosystem.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.