Scrabble (Jewel Case)

by Atari

Product Features

• Every one of these places has something Blue must bring back to Circle Time -- help him find it so he can share with the others kids
• Kids will adore the fun learning games with characters like Purple Kangaroo, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, and Blue and Orange Kitten
• Multiple difficulty levels plus special Parent Areas show adults how tokeep the learning fun happening, even when the kids aren't playing with Blue!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AT8A
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,520 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #5 in Video Games > Mac Games > Trivia
  • #38 in Video Games > PC Games > Trivia
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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This electronic version of Scrabble is a must-have for all Scrabble enthusiasts. The game board is essentially the same, but features like Internet play, a built in dictionary, background music and detailed hints signficantly enhance the traditional game. Mini games fine-tune your use of two- and three-letter words, suffixes, prefixes and anagrams. There's even a professor who takes a look at your word knowledge and strategies and makes recommendations for improvement. This is an excellent and entertaining way to improve spelling skills and increase vocabulary.
Teaches: spelling, game play, logical thinking
Age Range: 8-up Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Product Description

For Windows 98 and up

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Customer Reviews

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, April 26, 2002

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Mz Susan ""Tell me a story"" (Tampa Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scrabble (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

I was really looking forward to this game, as I enjoy word games as a rule. And I have to admit, once I got into it, I enjoyed playing. There are some definate problems that would make me hestitate from buying it again, or from recommending it.

1. Some executive must have gotten really paranoid and cheap when the game engineers were designing this game. In order to keep you from putting multiple copies on different machines, say office and home, or to keep you from giving one to a friend, they fixed this "lost revenue" problem by designing the game so that you cannot play the game without the installion CD. I cannot believe the amount of money they would get out of selling an extra couple games makes up for the aggravation the company is giving to it's customers. Not to mention the plain bad taste left in one's mouth over this chintziness.
2. You have to have 256 colors on, and this is a problem. It messes up constantly.
3. It fills the entire screen, you cannot shrink it into a window and easily do other stuff while playing the game. You have no options.
4. I put in words that I know were good, but since they weren't in the dictionary, the words were kicked out. The dictionary needs to be changable and when you play the computer both sides should have access to the new word.
5. It takes a long time to boot up.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great game -- even on Windows XP!, February 4, 2002

By 

Mark Cohen (Takoma Park, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scrabble (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

I was worried after reading some of the reviews that this version (written for Windows 3.1/95) would not work well on newer computers. But I purchased it anyway, and installed it on a new computer (Jan 2002) running Windows XP. It works great! When I start up the game, the operating system/game seems to be smart enough to figure out what to set the colors and/or screen resolution to, and the game comes up fine. When I exit the game, the computer screen goes back to its original settings. This is all automatic, and you can just sit back and enjoy the game. I love Scrabble, and this computer version is really, really fun to play. Its nice to be able to take as long as you want to play on your turn without your opponent getting impatient, and its nice to not have to wait very long for your opponent to make their move. The dictionary used may be slightly out of date, and there are some new words that would be nice to be able to use. However, there is no provision for being able to add new words. Nevertheless, I would highly recommend this game -- even though its a very old version -- to anyone who likes to play Scrabble.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only one problem, July 13, 2001

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This review is from: Scrabble (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This scrabble game works well and is fun to play but be forwarned - the PC version only works in 256 color mode. If your PC is set to truecolor, you will have to switch color settings every time you use it.