Word Invasion (TI-99/4A) Review

Date purchased: Oct. 4, 2015
Price paid: $4.99
Dates played: June 9, 2022
Playtime: 52m
Date reviewed: June 9, 2022
Date posted: Feb. 24, 2023
Rating: 6/10

I had a run with 0 misses (which is what I'm considering as beating it) and ended with a high score of 127.

This is an elementary school level educational game where it sends down four words and you have to shoot/zap a word that's the part of speech given at the bottom of the screen. Rather than moving back and forth to line up the word, like Space Invaders, it has four turrets that are lined up with each column, and you have to choose the correct turret. After a little bit, another 4 words appear and if it gets to a 6th row of words, it clears the board with no actual penalty. If you shoot an incorrect word, another row instantly appears. When it gets to having 3 rows of words on screen, the existing words start becoming gibberish, which does add an extra bit of difficulty. It keeps track of hits (zapping a correct word) and misses (zapping an incorrect word), and ends after a certain amount of time or if you get enough misses.

For what its purpose is, it's decent.