Mario Super Picross was a puzzle game released on the Super Famicom. This title never made it to North America. There was a similar title for the Nintendo Game Boy released. After that, the whole genre of Picross never really picked up in North America. Such a shame as this style puzzle can be quite […]
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Grid Pix by Carleton Handley, coming soon to your C64.
May 18th, 2019
CPC4EVA Popularised in 1995 by Nintendo, ‘Nonogram’ or ‘Picross’ games (picture crosswords) for the Game Boy and Super Famicom gained cult following, especially in Japan. With new versions and creations on mobile platforms in recent times, these games remain a popular game genre still to this day.
Classic Nonogram Game PixlCross Reminds us of Mario’s Picross on Wii U and Computers
August 27th, 2015
Carl Williams Way back on the Game Boy, around 20 years ago, Nintendo took another chance with their leading star (back then it was normal). Nonogram’s, aka Hanjie Picross and Griddlers, are logic puzzles that create a simple image (recent variations have brought this type of game into the 3rd dimension). Mario’s Picross is probably the most […]
Fan Translation: Picross 2 for Game Boy Now Available in English
February 13th, 2015
Carl Williams Before Sudoku was rocking the world there was Picross. Gamers that took on the challenge of Mario’s Picross, the only official release of this series in North America at least for the Game Boy, were treated to an interesting number puzzle game. The concept is pretty simple here- simply use the numbers across the top […]
Bandit Gaming: Family Picross for the Nintendo Entertainment System
June 30th, 2014
Carl Williams This article was originally made available on Gaming on Nintendo on December 25th, 2012: While the Nintendo Entertainment System may be, commercially, long dead and done with there is still a small dedicated group of gamers that continue to work on games for it. We have seen many titles created in the years since Nintendo […]
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