MegaWord

Launching June 1996 2026.

MegaWord is a Wordle-style game for the Sega Mega Drive 

Five letters. Six guesses. Green, yellow, grey tiles. All running on 16-bit hardware from the late 80s.

It ships with a 3,000+ word list, timed challenge modes, sound effects, animations and pixel-art backgrounds — and runs on original Sega Mega Drive / Genesis hardware as well as via emulation.

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HOW TO PLAY

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Guess the five-letter word in six tries.

Each guess must be a valid word. After each guess:

🟩 Green — right letter, right place

🟨 Yellow — right letter, wrong place

⬜ Grey — letter not in the word

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FEATURES

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▸ 3,000+ word list

▸ Classic and timed game modes

▸ Pixel-art backgrounds

▸ Sound effects and animations

▸ Stats screen

▸ Runs on original hardware via EverDrive or compatible flash cart

▸ Works with emulators (RetroArch, BlastEm, Fusion)

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COMPATIBILITY

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Compatible with Sega Mega Drive and Genesis. PAL and NTSC.

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ABOUT

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MegaWord is a homebrew passion project built by Tim Potter,  a designer who grew up with the Mega Drive and an avid daily Wordle player

Built using SGDK, with pixel-art backgrounds, a custom colour pipeline and Codex.

Read the full build log at timpotter.dev →

MegaWord is an independently developed word puzzle game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with The New York Times Company or Wordle. Wordle is a registered trademark of The New York Times Company.