Super TextTwist
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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.
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Personal
Own? | No. This game was never sold. |
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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
4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Best Version: Browser
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- Simply playing the game, it teaches you a lot of new words. Not necessarily what they mean, but that they exist.
- 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.
Bad
- 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.
- Also, like most word games, the word dictionary includes tons of obscure words. This isn't such a problem for the shorter words, but if its one of the six-letter words you need to guess 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.
Ugly
- Nothing.
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Screenshots
Play Online
Representation
Strong female character? | Fail | There are no characters. |
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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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Categories:
- Video Games
- 2001 Video Games
- Video games developed by GameHouse
- Video games published by GameHouse
- Browser Games
- Video Game Genre - Casual
- Video Game Genre - Active puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Puzzle
- Video Game Genre - Word game
- Software Distribution Model - Adware
- Video Games That Can't Be Owned
- Video Games That Can't Be Beaten
- Video Game Rating - 4
- Video Game Graphics Rating - 4
- Video Game Sound Rating - 4
- Video games which can be played online
- Video games without a strong female character
- Video games that fail the Bechdel test
- Video games without a strong person of color character
- Video games without a queer character
- Video Game Prime Order - Strategy, Action, Adventure