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Webster's Revenge

Webster's Revenge is the Boggle clone that sounds like a euphemism for logorrhea.

Dialog Boxes#

These dialogs exist to announce RAM insufficiencies and fatal errors, respectively.

Webster's_Revenge_(Mac_OS_Classic)_-_Flush.png
Webster's_Revenge_(Mac_OS_Classic)_-_Serious.png

Software Icon#

“Hey, Rocky! Watch me select this program in the Finder!” “AGAIN?!”

Loki Engineering developed the game using their own programming language, MAGIC/L (pronounced "magical"). The Mac version of MAGIC/L has yet to resurface, but the DeskTop file contains what must have been its Finder icon, associated with the creator code LOKI. It has a trick mask designed to form a different picture when highlighted, namely a rabbit emerging from a magician's top hat. (The trick depends on keeping the icon juxtaposed against a white background; anywhere else, neither state will look right.)

Helplessness#

This placeholder will be displayed in the Help dialog if the file containing its text is missing.

Cannot locate the file 'WebsterHelp' - Help is unavailable.

Assorted Strings#

Development-related text is scattered throughout the application's MCOD resources.

MCOD 0, beginning at 003A4D:

Token: 
Error: 
Warning: 
System Error. 
Code = 
Illegal Call
MAGIC/L  Rev 2.80    Copyright (c) 1984 Loki Engineering, Inc.
redefining: 
sysinstall
event
beginevent
mac
sys
menu
setmenus

MCOD 15, beginning at 000758:

MUNCH!
Magic/L

MCOD 40, at 000DB2:

Memory exhausted