Redwood Games
Encyclopedia
Redwood Games was created about 1990 by Karen Crowther (now Karen Chun). Named after the Redwood Trees of Mendocino California, the company is now located on Maui
. Games developed at Redwood Games include Math Rescue
, Word Rescue
, Talking ABC's, Pickle Wars
and Rescue the Scientist. Math and Word Rescue were distributed by Apogee Software
as shareware
. Rescue the Scientist was published by Compton's.
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
. Games developed at Redwood Games include Math Rescue
Math Rescue
Math Rescue is an 1992 educational platform game created by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and published by Apogee Software. Released in October 1992 for the MS-DOS platform, it is a loose successor to the earlier game Word Rescue, whose game engine is reused to power it with minor changes...
, Word Rescue
Word Rescue
Word Rescue is an educational platform game written by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and released by Apogee Software in March, 1992.Like many Apogee games of the time, Word Rescue includes 3 episodes, with only the first episode playable in the shareware version.*Episode 1 - Visit Gruzzleville...
, Talking ABC's, Pickle Wars
Pickle Wars
Pickle Wars is a platform DOS game created in 1993 by Karen Crowther through Redwood Games and published by MVP Software. The script was written by Ellen Beeman. A planet gets invaded by aliens . The player goes on a journey to find hidden weapons...
and Rescue the Scientist. Math and Word Rescue were distributed by Apogee Software
3D Realms
3D Realms is a current video game publisher and former video game developer based in Garland, Texas, United States, established in 1987...
as shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...
. Rescue the Scientist was published by Compton's.