December 2014 - last edited December 2014 by EA_Nils
Bookworm word length should be fixed to allow longer words
Hi,
I was recently playing Bookworm and was trying to spell "quadrilateral". However, the word was too long for the game to accept it, which I thought should be fixed. I think it would be nice for longer words to be available because it would make more of a challenge for users to try and beat previous long words without the maximum characters of the word being 12.
http://i.imgur.com/TN8zwYh.png
Thank you so much
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July 2016
Hi EA_David!
Thanks to your five consecutive working days of thoughtful advice emailed to me, I finally got Bookworm Deluxe Version 1.02 working!
Following my installation of Bookworm Deluxe using the original 12-year-old disc, I right-clicked on the shortcut that was created during installation and selected Properties and then Compatibility. After selecting Run This Program as an Administrator, according to your advice, I selected Windows 7 because there was no Windows 10 option that long ago. I told my wife Nancy whenever you play the game, always click Yes when the User Account Control question "Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes to your PC?" appears on screen each time. As before the problem began, the previous game is always saved to be expanded upon the next time, even after powering down the computer.
Since EA Games is now controlling Bookworm Deluxe, which I assume is a very popular word game, will EA Games consider making improvements to the game in the future? I realize this might be a difficult task, as the1.02 version of the game that we have been playing over 12 years is so wonderful already. After playing one continuous game for 2 years 4 months and attaining a score of 2,143,231,760, I noted that the game began to deduct points for correctly inputting a word instead of adding points as it should have done. This is the only fault I have ever found with the game, except that if you were playing the game while an electrical power failure occurred, your accumulative game score would be lost and you had to start a new game.
Thanks again,
Herbnancy
June 2015
Is there a download of Bookworm suitable for a 13" tablet with Windows 8.3?
June 2015 - last edited June 2015
Google is unable to offer links to any version of Windows 8 beyond 8.1
Anyway, it's a Popcap game:
http://support.popcap.com/agegate.php?site=PopCap.com&dst=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.popcap.com%2F
June 2015
Looks like:
Microsoft Windows, iOS, Smartphone, Game Boy Advance, Java, Nintendo DS, Mac OS
It appears to just run in a browser. Assuming the browser your using supports Java it should work on any system. ((Chrome may need the Chrome://flags -> Enable NPAPI tweek))
If it's Windows RT that's probably the only choice. If it it's a real version of Windows 8 then a standalone will probably work a tad better than a browser.
Browser Based:
http://www.popcap.com/games/bookworm/online
http://zone.msn.com/en/bookworm/default.htm?intgid=hp_word_3
http://www.gsn.com/games/free/bookworm/
http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/bookworm.jsp
Download:
http://www.popcap.com/bookworm
http://downloadgames.pogo.com/games/bookworm-deluxe
http://zone.msn.com/en/root/deluxe.htm?game=bookworm-deluxe
Looks like the download version is a Timed Trial and the full version is like $2
July 2015
I purchased Bookworm for my old Mac laptop and still have my original PopCap registration number. Then my old Mac's hard drive crashed, and I had to buy new laptop. The Apple Store people did a transfer of all the data on my hard drive to the new laptop. But the Bookworm game was gone. Since I still have my original registration number, can I download it again? If so, how do I do this? Thanks for your help.
September 2015
bookworm deluxe 1.13 using Windows 7 continues to crash. Are there compatibility problems with bookworm? How can I make changes of bookworm thru Origin?
December 2015
Can anyone tell me why the word opinionate isn't accepted by Bookworm Adventures Deluxe? I have seen the word spelled as opinion-ate or opinionate. Both seem to be acceptable and in the dictionary as such, depending on the publisher. A quick Google search shows several credible websites using the opinionate spelling of the word. Please see attached screenshots. Thanks.
July 2016
Pop Cap Games sent me to you for help with Bookworm Deluxe.
July 2016
@herbnancy Hi, what's your issue exactly? Please include as much info as you can.
We can't make any direct changes to your system, but hopefully we can give some useful advice.
July 2016 - last edited July 2016 by EA_David
We have been using Bookworm Deluxe for over 12 years. When it does not work, I uninstall it and reload it using our disc and type in Herbert Purdy and License Code: [code removed] This allows me to reinstall it and play it, but when I quit and return to it later, I always get a fatal error report. Can you help me with this so I do not have to reload the game every time we want to play Bookworm Deluxe?