Seemingly coming out of nowhere, the online gameWordlecontinues to grow in popularity. It appears that the developer behindWordlehas managed to see both the good and the bad of that kind of popularity, including how hard some people work to get the program onto devices it was never intended to be playable on such as the Nintendo Game Boy.
The word gamehas seen an absolute explosion in popularity over the last few months with hundreds of thousands of users, if not millions, posting theirWordlesuccesses and failureson social media, showing how quickly they guessed the correct word for the day. There have also been plenty of people who have made different versions of the game, some that were obviously unauthorized clones and others that appeared to be something that could be described as an homage. That appears to be the case with the latest new version ofWordlethat’s actually able to be played on the Game Boy.
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Twitter user Stackmashing showed off hislatestWordleprojecton the social media site, showing the game running on the handheld console. However, they did also make it clear that this isn’t a one-for-one copy of the original game that’s only officially playable on PC and mobile devices with a web browser.
The Twitter user made it clear that the ROM for a GameBoy isn’t powerful enough to have theentireWordleliston the handheld. Instead, they used a bloom filter to check to see if the word that users are guessing are one of the 8,000 most popular words in the English language. Even doing this, the developer made it clear their version of the game makes plenty of mistakes.
While the originalWordlegame has become so popular that it wasrecently sold toThe New York Times, this particular version doesn’t appear to be a way for Stacksmashing to cash in as well. In fact, the user even posted the way that players could get access to his version online as well as how they could download the ROM so people can play it on their Game Boy if they want.
The reaction toWordlehas been swift and varied since it first started getting as popular as it has. It will be interesting to see how long it will remain popular, and if there will be any major changes following theNew York Timesacquisition.
Wordleis now available now for web browsers.
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