Do not try this at home... unless you're a masochist... For today's Ancient DOS Games Pro video, Gemini is taking a look back at Word Rescue to try and determine just how low of a score you can achieve while still beating the game. Turns out this process is way, way, WAY more convoluted and difficult than you might expect... ------------------------------------------ Additional Information and Corrections: * Here's a download link for my compiled results in PDF format for those curious: https://www.pixelships.com/adg/files/word_rescue_min_score_data.pdf * Looking at some of the footage after editing it all together I spotted a couple more spots where some more score could be shaved off, but not with any sort of consistency. Also... I REALLY don't want to go back and verify anything, so if you spot a way to shave even more points off, I instead challenge you to prove it in video form and will allow links to such videos in the comments this time around! (I will still need to verify comments with links as usual; they won't be immediately visible.) ------------------------------------------ Pixelmusement Website: https://www.pixelships.com ADG on Pixelmusement: https://www.pixelships.com/adg Alphabetical Index of ADG Episodes: https://www.pixelships.com/adg/index2.html Kris' Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/kasick @ pixelmusement.com on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pixelmusement.com ------------------------------------------ Chapters: 00:00 Title and Intro 05:24 Episode 1 16:21 Episode 2 27:46 Episode 3 48:45 Credits