The Great Waldo Search adapts the Where's Wally? book on THQ NES with its crowded scenes where the striped sweater hero is to be found in limited time. The representation offers observation puzzles on fixed tableaux with cursor and timer in an original youth license formula. Honest for family NES puzzle fans, curiosity of the 8 bit THQ catalog.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player3+
Description
Adaptation of the Where's Waldo? books, hunting figures inside absurd crowds. Published by THQ, released in 1992 in the USA on NES. Static crowd scenes to scan, hidden clues and items to find, ticking timer, short side activities and tableaux pulled straight from the picture book series.
Great Waldo Search, The review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,1 MB📅01/01/1992
Published by THQ
Great Waldo Search, The (NES) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
A late adaptation of the Where's Waldo? franchise handed to THQ in 1992, this NES title exemplifies the picture-book genre brought to console at the machine's very end, as attention shifted to the Super Nintendo. Its value rests on that end-of-cycle release and family licence rather than the game, a plain object hunt. A completion piece for the tail of the US NES catalogue, with no gameplay aura of its own.
