Animated worlds
All twelve backdrops now move. Palms bend in the wind, waterfalls run, city lights flicker and shooting stars cross the sky.
V2.0
New look, new music, animated worlds
5 letters. 6 guesses. 16-bits.
A word puzzle game made for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis.
How to play
Guess. Flip. Go!
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A
Guess
Six tries to crack a five-letter word. There are 2,283 answers to find and 10,200 words you can guess.
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B
Flip
Green: right letter, right place. Yellow: right letter, wrong place. Grey: not in the word.
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C
Go
Beat the clock in Timed mode and chase the global leaderboard.
Version 2.0
What’s new
The whole game, redrawn and rescored. Same five letters, same six guesses.
- 02Belle♪
- 03Cheddar♪
- 04Harbour Lights♪
Original soundtrack
Four new songs: Sunset Drive, Belle, Cheddar and Harbour Lights. Switch tracks or turn the music off from the pause menu.
Pick your keys
Play on Slate, Navy or Pale keys.
Pause menu · Music & keys
A fresh coat of paint
Redrawn tiles, keys and menus, all six guesses on screen at once, and a victory wave when you crack it.
A bigger word list
10,200 words you can guess, plurals and past tenses included, and 2,283 answers to find.
Two game modes
Play it straight, or race a 10, 5, 3 or 1 minute clock.
Launch trailer
Roll the tape.
Screenshots
Twelve worlds. One word.
Every world now moves. Spin through all twelve, captured straight from the V2.0 ROM.
Ch 01 · Palm Cove
Power on
Runs on the real thing.
MegaWord is a real 16-bit ROM built for the original Sega Mega Drive & Genesis console. Copy it to an EverDrive, flash it to a cart, or play it in your favourite emulator. PAL and NTSC both run at full speed.
- ✓ PAL & NTSC
- ✓ EverDrive
- ✓ Flash cart
- ✓ Emulators
Hall of fame
Race the clock.
Race through Timed mode, note the five-character leaderboard code on your results screen, then use it to claim your verified place on the global leaderboard.
Top runs
Example scores
- 001aki02:41
- 002rui02:58
- 003mel03:07
- 004jo03:22
- 005kit03:40
Sound test
From keyboard to cart.
The soundtrack was composed in a custom-built DAW, nicknamed MegaloDAW. MIDI keyboards and pads play its Mega Drive FM voices live, so every part was performed and recorded straight into the game.
- MIDI inKeys and pads, played live
- MegaloDAWRecorded, arranged and mixed
- YM2612 FMFive FM voices plus PCM drums
- CartridgeNative XGM, played by the ROM
Power
MegaloDAW
01 Sunset Drive
00:00
02:17
Recorded from the V2.0 ROM
Cartridge specifications
MegaWord v2.0
- 10,200Words you can guess
- 2,283Answers to find
- 12Animated worlds
- 4Original songs
- 2Game modes
- 4 MBROM, free
Back of the box
- Genre
- Word Puzzle
- Built with
- SGDK
- Platform
- Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
- Soundtrack
- 4 original songs
- Region
- PAL & NTSC
- Session
- A few minutes
- ROM size
- 4 MB
- Language
- English
- Players
- 1
- Status
- Out now, free
- Words
- 10,200 guessable
- Developer
- Tim Potter
Full build log at timpotter.dev.
Your Mega Drive
has been waiting.
Free download. V2.0, 4 MB. Ready for your EverDrive or emulator.
Quick answers
MegaWord FAQ
What is MegaWord?
MegaWord is a free Wordle-style word puzzle made for Sega Mega Drive and Genesis, with 10,200 words you can guess, Classic and Timed modes, and twelve animated worlds.
Does MegaWord run on original Sega hardware?
Yes. MegaWord is a 4 MB ROM for original PAL and NTSC Sega Mega Drive and Genesis consoles. It works from an EverDrive or flash cartridge and can also run in compatible emulators.
How do the MegaWord online leaderboards work?
Finish a Timed mode run to receive a five-character verification code. Enter that code with your name and country on the global leaderboard to post your verified time.
What is new in MegaWord V2.0?
V2.0 redraws the whole game, animates all twelve worlds, adds four original songs (Sunset Drive, Belle, Cheddar and Harbour Lights), lets you pick Slate, Navy or Pale keys, and expands the word list to 10,200 guessable words, plurals and past tenses included.