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USA Today Crossword Challenge

A generic crossword game, sponsored by the American tabloid USA Today. 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.

themeDown.NCGR / themeDownLeft.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeDown.png thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeDownLeft.png

themeKey.NCGR / themeKeyLeft.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeKey.png thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeKeyLeft.png

themeUp.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeUp.png

themeInputNameBG.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeInputNameBG.png

themeInputName.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeInputName.png

success.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-success.png

fail.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-fail.png

themeLoseMenuBG.NCGR
thesuncrosswordchallenge-themeLoseMenuBG.png

Non-Existent Options#

Graphics for non-existent theme and difficulty level choices can be found within MenuButton1.NCER / MenuButton1SP.NCER and MenuButton3.NCER / MenuButton3SP.NCER, respectively.

usatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin1A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin1B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin2A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin2B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin3A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-skin3B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-levelT.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level1A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level1B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level2A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level2B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level3A.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level3B.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-levelTSP.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level1ASP.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level1BSP.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level2ASP.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level2BSP.png
usatodaycrosswordchallenge-level3ASP.pngusatodaycrosswordchallenge-level3BSP.png

References#


  1. https://www.sanukgames.com/games↩︎
  2. https://www.walmart.com/ip/USA-Today-Crossword-Challenge/10993348↩︎