| Word Zap | |
|---|---|
 Game Boy cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Realtime Associates (Game Boy version), MICA |
| Publisher(s) | Jaleco Entertainment[2] (Game Boy version) |
| Designer(s) | Michael F.C. Crick |
| Composer(s) | George Sanger (Game Boy) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Game Boy |
| Release | Microsoft Windows: 1991 Game Boy: |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle[1] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer[3] |
WordZap is a puzzle video game designed by Michael F.C. Crick, son of scientist Francis Crick. In 1991, it was included with Volume 3 of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack and was later released by Jaleco for the Game Boy in 1992. An updated version for newer editions of Microsoft Windows is available on the game's official website as shareware. The game has been compared with Scrabble and Boggle; in WordZap, players race to make proper English words to fill their rack of words, but when one player makes a word already found by the other player, the word is "zapped" from both players' racks. Each round ends when either one player fills the word rack, or time runs out without either player being able to make another word.