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The Electric Company Word Fun

Word Fun was developed in conjuction with the Children's Television Workshop, and features three different word based educational games. The games are: Crosswords: This game is similar to Scrabble. Each player…

5 November 1980

The Electric Company Word Fun is a puzzle developed by APh Technological Consulting, released 5 November 1980 on Intellivision.

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What The Electric Company Word Fun is

The Electric Company Word Fun is a puzzle game developed by APh Technological Consulting and released in 1980. It was published by Mattel. It is available on Intellivision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Word Fun was developed in conjuction with the Children's Television Workshop, and features three different word based educational games. The games are: Crosswords: This game is similar to Scrabble. Each player is given seven letters from which they need to form words on the game board. On each turn the player can create words either horizontally or vertically, and must use one (or more) of the existing letters on the board. Points are earned depending on the word created, and at the end of 20 turns the player with the most points wins! Letter Hunt: In this game each player controls a monkey in a letter forest. Each monkey must collect letters from the forest to spell three words within the…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Electric Company Word Fun launched on 5 November 1980, within three weeks of Battlezone, Rally-X and Berzerk.

Released around the same time: Battlezone, Rally-X, Berzerk.

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When did The Electric Company Word Fun come out?
The Electric Company Word Fun was released on 5 November 1980 for Intellivision.

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