Word Rescue
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About this game
Word Rescue combines a platform adventure with English word-and-picture matching. Made by Redwood Games and published by Apogee in 1992, it puts you in a world troubled by Gruzzles, with Benny Bookworm helping you put the words back where they belong.
Exploration and reading are linked: find a word, then identify its matching picture. A wrong match can bring another Gruzzle into the level. Benny can cover a nearby Gruzzle with slime, but the supply is limited, so it pays to think before trying a picture.
On the first run, type a player name and press Enter, then choose a character and follow the introductory screens. Left and Right move; Up or Alt jumps or climbs, and Down moves down. Space or Ctrl calls the slime action. W shows the word list and H opens the built-in help. On a phone, use More keys / keyboard for the name prompt.
This is the original DOS 2.0 shareware Part 1 from Apogee. The game’s words and menus remain in English; the Chinese page translates the website guidance, not the vocabulary puzzle itself. The other parts are not included.
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Quick tips
Read the word before choosing a picture; a wrong match creates more trouble on the level.
Use W to review the word list and H to reopen the original help.
Keep some slime for a Gruzzle that blocks your route instead of using it immediately.
- Left / Right
- Move left or right
- Up / Alt
- Jump or climb up
- Down
- Move down
- Space / Ctrl
- Use Benny’s slime action
- A–Z
- Type a player name at the first-run prompt
- Enter
- Confirm a name or menu choice
- W
- Show the word list
- H
- Open help
- S
- Toggle game sound
- Esc
- Open the menu or return
- Q
- Quit from the game
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- Distribution
- Shareware
- Browser player
- js-dos · Browser play
- Added to archive
- 2026-10-16