Or “Bookworm Adventures Deluxe”, if you’re being extra picky.

See, I’ve always liked the original Bookworm, but it goes on forever, because there’s no real danger if you’re being careful. Bookworm Adventures puts a structure around the game and changes some rules. You’ve got a much smaller grid, letters you’re using don’t have to be adjacent to each other, you have special power-up gems and, most importantly, you use your words to damage enemies. The better the word, the more damage you cause. Add a silly story around all this and some mini games (some of which are ace, some of which… aren’t) and you’ve got a game which is much better than the original.

Still, it’s no match for Peggle, despite what some reviewers would have you believe. And talking of Peggle…