Super TextTwist

Super TextTwist

Browser - Screenshot - Title.

Developer GameHouse Publisher GameHouse Published 2001-10-12 Platforms Browser Genres Casual, Active puzzle, Puzzle, Word game Series TextTwist Distribution Adware

Super TextTwist is a word game developed and published by GameHouse as a browser game. It is a word jumble puzzle game and nearly identical to the earlier Java-based Text Twist released on 2001-10-12. The game uses and adware model. Several years later, it was followed up by TextTwist 2 then again by TextTwist Turbo.

Personal

Own?	No. This game was never sold.
Won?	No. The game doesn't have a victory condition.

I remember playing Super TextTwist online in the mid-2000s. I enjoyed it for a while, but its shallow nature prevented me from ever playing it for very long.

Review

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Best Version: Browser

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Good

• The game thankfully makes full use of the keyboard, so you don't have to rely on the much slower mouse-based UI.
• The sound effects are useful at informing you about the validity of your word, even if your eyes are focused on the keyboard.
• The "Twist" button is helpful for when a different random letter order might help give you new word ideas.
• By simply playing the game you learn a lot of new short words. Not necessarily what they mean, but at least that they exist.

Bad

• The word dictionary includes tons of obscure words that most players will not be familiar with. This isn't such a problem for the shorter words as they are not necessary for progress, but if its one of the six-letter words you need to guess in order to move on, it's pretty much a guaranteed game over.
• I would have appreciated some background music.
• Although the game is still available, it can no longer be played in a browser. You now have to download the program, and its default full screen mode messes up your existing windows and doesn't preserve the aspect ratio. It would be nice if the developers supported the newer operating systems.

Ugly

• Like most word games, there isn't much going on. It's a basic word scramble with a time limit, so, it gets boring quickly.

Media

Screenshots

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  Title screen.

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  Instructions.

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  Options.

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  Starting a new game.

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  By figuring out the 6-letter word, I qualified for the next round.

Play Online

Browser

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There are no characters.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no characters.

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