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Great & Addictive Word Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 22
Date: December 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Originally released by Milton Bradley as a new type of board game in the mid-1980's, "Upwords" is an interesting word game much in the same tradition as Scrabble. The only thing different is that the player is able to stack tiles on top of other tiles to create words. Hence, that is where the game gets its' title.

I recently purchased this game to see how it differs from the original board version, and it is pretty much the same in game play, with the exception of the tiles and board itself. If you're an individual who loves addictive word games such as Scrabble or crossword puzzles, than "Upwords" should be added to your software library. It is great, addictive, and entertaining and I can guarantee that you'll enjoy playing against others (or the computer itself). Hasbro Interactive has produced yet another winner in their popular board games-turned-computer games (e.g. "Life"; "Jeopardy"; "Candy Land"; etc..)series!

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: April 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I received this game as a value pak bonus with the scrabble game received as a birthday present. Having never played the original board game version, it looked intriguing, and like scrabble, it translates well to the PC.

Amazingly, this is not an easy game, is as tough as scrabble, and sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. But as a fan of word games, this is one of my favorites.

All-in-all, a great game. If you like scrabble, you'll really enjoy this. Worth Buying!

Good Thing CDs Can't Wear Out!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've had my "UpWords" CD for just over three (3) years now, and it's a good thing you can't wear out CDs because otherwise I would have worn out my "UpWords" CD a LONG time ago because I play it so much! Too bad it's been discontinued because I'd like to get an extra copy! I have other CD-ROM games, but I never play those. I just keep my "UpWords" disc in my PC's disk drive. I just wish Hasbro would come out with an updated version and that the human player could challenge the computer the way the computer can challenge the human player, that's all.

As for Ms. Mary Landesman, speak for yourself, Ms. L., because this CD-ROM version is neither an insult to Hasbro, nor is it an insult to "UpWords" gamers. At least THIS "UpWords" gamer doesn't find it insulting in the least!

As tesla in N.C. has no doubt found out by now, since she wrote her inquiry over a year ago, yes, this CD-ROM CAN be played on Windows XP because that's the OS I have, too. The only thing I had to do to be able to play it on XP was to run XP's compatibility function to get the game to work on XP. Once I did that, it's run just fine.

Cool game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like the board version, this is just as good, if not better. It's fun, and I can't think of anything negative about it. Hard to find anywhere other than Amazon.

Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a year ago and finally got around to playing it today. I enjoy board games, especially Scrabble, but I've never played Upwords before. There are ten skill levels. I played the computer at level 5. I'm an expert Scrabble player but I won one game about out of the twenty that I played. This is an entirely different strategy. The thing that threw me off is that there are no points for specific letters, so a Z is scored the same as an E. I'm afraid to play this game too much as I think it might hurt my Scrabble game. But still, it's great fun. I'm waiting for a weekend when I snowed in by a blizzard, then I'll beat the darn thing!

upwords

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game in the world. I really enjoy playing it. it is alot of fun.

Will this work with Windows XP??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It says 95 or 98 and I wanted to make sure I could use it before buying.

Great & Addictive Word Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Originally released by Milton Bradley as a new type of board game in the mid-1980's, "Upwords" is an interesting word game much in the same tradition as Scrabble. The only thing different is that the player is able to stack tiles on top of other tiles to create words. Hence, that is where the game gets its' title.

I recently purchased this game to see how it differs from the original board version, and it is pretty much the same in game play, with the exception of the tiles and board itself. If you're an individual who loves addictive word games such as Scrabble or crossword puzzles, than "Upwords" should be added to your software library. It is great, addictive, and entertaining and I can guarantee that you'll enjoy playing against others (or the computer itself). Hasbro Interactive has produced yet another winner in their popular board games-turned-computer games (e.g. "Life"; "Jeopardy"; "Candy Land"; etc..)series!

Will this work with windows XP?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Love the game and want to buy it but I'm not sure if it's compatible with the system I am running. It says 95/98; but I have xp? So can any one tell me if this will work? wtesla3@aol.com

Word Game Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just installed and played a few games against the computer. Just as fun as the board game! Happy with purchase.

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