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Word Rescue came out in 1992 as part of the MS-DOS Classic Games series, developed by Redwood Games. It was a time when educational titles often tried to blend learning with action, and this one stood out for its simple but effective premise. You play as either a boy or a girl tasked with restoring words that have been stolen by gruesome, gooey monsters.

You move your character screen by screen, jumping across platforms and avoiding enemies like Gruzzles and Blurps. The main goal is to collect scattered word tiles and match them to the correct picture blocks; each correct match removes a monster from the stage. You also hunt for hidden letters and sometimes grab power-ups, like Benny’s slime refills, to fend off foes. The pacing is methodical at first but can get quite tense, especially on harder levels where enemies multiply. It feels like a race against creeping dread as you work to clean up each stage before being overwhelmed.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".