The Computer Edition of Scrabble word is acceptable by the game, the player moves the cursor to the game board to position the word onscreen and score the move. The player may also pass a turn, request a hint of one playable word, and see the tile values at any time through the use of a pull-down menu. In 1988, "Dragon" gave the Macintosh version of the game 3 out of 5 stars. The Computer Edition of Scrabble The Computer Edition of Scrabble is a computer game developed by Leisure Games for the Macintosh in 1988, and was an official computerized version of the board
Tile-based video game Tile-based video game A tile-based video game is a type of video or video game where the playing area consists of small square (or, much less often, rectangular, parallelogram, or hexagonal) graphic images referred to as "tiles" laid out in a grid. That the screen is made of such tiles is a technical distinction, and may not be obvious to people playing the game. The complete set of tiles available for use in a playing area is called a "tileset". Tile-based games usually simulate a top-down, side view, or 2.5D view of the playing area, and are almost always two-dimensional.