The Great Waldo Search (video game)

The Great Waldo Search
The Great Waldo Search
	SNES cover art
Developer(s)	Radiance
Publisher(s)	Toy Headquarters
Platform(s)	Super NES, NES, Genesis
Release	NA: June 1, 1992;
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

The Great Waldo Search is a video game released in 1992.^[2] It is based on the third Waldo book, which was originally released under the same name in North America.

Gameplay

The pictures are slightly animated images of Waldo scenes, the player has to scroll along the long picture to survey the scape while searching for Waldo and other objects. The directional buttons control a magnifying glass and is used in order to "find" objects. Waldo's dog Woof is also in each level and by finding him the player gets to play a small bonus game to collect points while controlling Woof on a flying carpet.

Levels

The Carpet Flyers
The Underground Hunters
The Battling Monks
The Unfriendly Giants
The Land of Waldos

Development

Super NES credits

Programming: William B. Norris IV
Production: Philip Ho, Doug Braun
Art: Wendy Salin, Mike Mangano, Kevin Kirk, Maurice Morgan, Steve Jasper, Melanie Seghetti
Music: Doug Brandon
Executive producer: Howard Phillips

Legacy

Almost two decades later, in 2009, a remake of the game was developed by Ludia and published by Ubisoft on iOS, Microsoft Windows, and seventh-generation Nintendo systems, the Wii and the Nintendo DS, under the title Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey. The remake especially takes advantage of superior pointer-based motion controls to easily locate search targets and supports versus multiplayer. The motion controls are only included in the Wii version.

References

^ Peltz, James (December 22, 1992). "3 Firms See Yule Green as Way to Cap Year: Christmas rush: Companies hope they have done well with novel video games, upscale children's items and that alluringly plump dinosaur". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
^ "The Great Waldo Search (Super NES)". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

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[1] Peltz, James (December 22, 1992). "3 Firms See Yule Green as Way to Cap Year: Christmas rush: Companies hope they have done well with novel video games, upscale children's items and that alluringly plump dinosaur". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

[2] "The Great Waldo Search (Super NES)". IGN. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

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