                              WORD FEUD

                                by K-tel

Word Feud is a unique spelling game.  You have a variety of
game options.  First press "1" on your joystick to choose
the type of words you wish to work with.  You have a choice
between three letter words, four letter words, and a
combination of three and four letter words.
 
After selecting the type of words you wish to work with, you
press "2" to select the player options.  There are three
options to choose from.  "One player" is your slowest
option.  You can play at your own rate of speed to find the
two matching words among all the other miscellaneous letters
and occasional words.  (Only one word will appear more than
once each screen.)

The next option is "One player against the Computer's
butterfly or frog".  This option was the hardest for my
family.  While you are trying to find the two matching
words, either the butterfly (which removes a lot of letters
quickly from the board) or the frog (which removes letters
one at a time) trys to beat you.

The last option is "Two player".  In this option, you try to
beat the other player in locating the two matching words.
The challenge in this option depends on how well matched the
two players are.
After choosing your player options, you then press "3" to
begin the game.  The object is to find the two words that
match on the screen.  Unless you have chosen the "one
player" option, you will be racing against time.  You must
be careful to get the cursor exactly at the beginning of the
word--if you misplace the cursor, your answer will be
considered wrong.  On choosing what you feel is the pair of
words, place your cursor over one of them and press the fire
button.  If you are correct, you will score one man.  If you
are wrong, you will lose two men.  You start out with three
men and end the game when you have accumulated men all the
way across the bottom of the screen.  The game then starts
over with three men.

This game was too advanced for my two youngest sons as
neither of them know how to spell, but my 9 year old enjoyed
playing against me.  I'm sure it would have been alot more
fun if he could have played it against someone his own age.
I liked the way they used different colored letters--it
helped alleviate eye strain as well as make the game
attractive.

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