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Boggle

TitleBoggle
First release1978
DeveloperDavid Crane
PublisherDavid Crane
PlatformAtari 2600
Genrepuzzle video game
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
Releases
Atari 2600: 1978-01-01

Boggle is an unreleased game for the Atari 2600 programmed by David Crane while he was still working at Atari. In Boggle, which is based on the popular word game of the same name, you must form as many words as possible from a random 4x4 grid of letters. The 2600 version of the game is for two players only, and each player can form a maximum of eight words (likely due to memory constraints of the 2600). The game appears to be fairly close to completion, although there are some glitches, such as all the letters not appearing in the grid right away when you start the game. Still, it's an interesting prototype and it's unknown why Boggle was not completed and released.

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Sources
TheGamesDB (54173) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
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Box art, Screenshots (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © David Crane · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
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