Review by p13z on 28 Jun 2013 (Rating: 4)
The original and official version of Scrabble for the Spectrum from 1983. Giving this a rating is tricky.
On one hand:
It is a perfect Speccy nostalgia hit, having the look and feel of all the Sinclair/Psion classics. It includes just about everything you could want or need from a game of computer Scrabble. They managed to fit a 10,000+ word dictionary into a 48k game, which for the time seemed very impressive. And I still play the occasional game against the wife and computer to this day, 30 years since I first played.
On the other hand:
10,000+ words is impressive, though is not quite enough to make a fully competent game. The interface is perfectly functional, but not as well thought out as it could have been. Good for 1983, but not aged well.
It is a 5/5 to me, but I'll need to knock a point off to counter my personal nostalgia. And maybe I'm still being generous?
