The Sun Crossword Challenge

A generic crossword game, sponsored by the British tabloid The Sun. It is one of six crossword games that use the same "base".

Unused Graphics#

Early Logo#

logo.NCGR is an early version of the Sanuk Software logo, which is a leftover from the original Mots Croisés.

Medieval Theme#

The following are leftovers from the Medieval theme seen in Mots Croisés. More specifically, the graphics come from an unreleased English version listed as Crossword Challenge in Sanuk Software's website, before it went through sponsorship deals.

fontblock.NCBR

fontblock2.NCBR

themeDown.NCGR / themeDownLeft.NCGR

themeKey.NCGR / themeKeyLeft.NCGR

themeUp.NCGR

themeUpCue1.NCGR / themeUpCue2.NCGR
These no longer seem to have associated palette data.

themeInputNameBG.NCGR

themeInputName.NCGR

success.NCGR

fail.NCGR

themeLoseMenuBG.NCGR

themeLoseMenu.NCER

Non-Existent Level Options#

Graphics for a non-existent difficulty level choice can be found within MenuButton3.NCER.

Other#

MenuFRblank.NCGR is part of the title screen background from Mots Croisés.

sunDND.NCGR, which is only present in the game's revision, is a leftover from a prototype build sent for review.

Revisional Differences#

Two revisions of the game are known to exist, under different publishers. However, the only major difference is in the game's music; while the old version uses the music from Mots Croisés, the new one uses songs taken from Mots Croisés 2, alongside some original tunes. Do note that the success, failure and new record jingles are the same, barring the different soundfonts.

References#