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Glib on the Atari 2600 by Selchow & Righter Company

Glib Video Word Game is a one or two player action game with 25 variations, designed to be played on the Atari 2600 Video Computer System.

General Information

Developer - Selchow & Righter Company

Publisher - Qualtronic Devices, Inc.

Release - 1983

Platform(s) - Atari 2600

Number of Players - One or two players

Genre - Education, Action

In each of 5 games, there are 5 skill levels, varied time speeds, bonus points, and automatic "arcade" scoring. Letters pulse, parade, disappear, explode. You may be quick enough to catch them but the real winner knows how to play them!

This word game by Selchow and Richter had very limited distribution, probably because there wasn’t much interest in word games for a videogame system. As with many rare games, the box and manual for this are harder to find than the cartridge.


Glib Video Word Game is a one or two player action game with 25 variations, designed to be played on the Atari 2600 Video Computer System. In each of 5 games, there are 5 skill levels, varied time speeds, bonus points, and automatic "arcade" scoring. Letters pulse, parade, disappear, explode. You may be quick enough to catch them but the real winner knows how to play them!

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