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The Times Crossword Challenge

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

Unused Graphics#

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
thesuncrosswordchallenge-fontblock.png

fontblock2.NCBR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-fontblock2.png

success.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-success.png

Non-Existent Level Options#

Graphics for a non-existent difficulty level choice can be found within MenuButton1.NCER and MenuButton3.NCER, though the palette no longer displays the right colors.

thetimescrosswordchallenge-GMA.pngthetimescrosswordchallenge-GMB.png
thetimescrosswordchallenge-level1A.pngthetimescrosswordchallenge-level1B.png
thetimescrosswordchallenge-level2A.pngthetimescrosswordchallenge-level2B.png
thetimescrosswordchallenge-level3A.pngthetimescrosswordchallenge-level3B.png

Other#

MenuFRblank.NCGR is part of the title screen background from Mots Croisés.
thesuncrosswordchallenge-menuFRblank.png

References#


  1. https://www.sanukgames.com/games↩︎
  2. https://spong.com/game/11045032/The-Times-Crossword-Challenge-DS-DSi?cc=t↩︎