Where's Waldo
Where's Waldo
Where's Waldo
Where's Waldo
Where's Waldo
Where's Waldo

Where's Waldo

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Item Description

Martin Handford's red-and-white-striped wanderer became a phenomenon in the late 1980s, and by 1991 it was only a matter of time before he hid somewhere on an NES screen. Where's Waldo? for the NES hands you a magnifying glass, steered with the directional pad, and a busy scene to sweep for the familiar bobble hat. Spot him, and it is on to the next picture.

The structure is simple and easy to grasp. Easy and Practice levels fit each scene on a single screen, while Medium and Hard stretch the pictures wide so you have to scroll across the crowd to find him. The challenge comes from translating Handford's famously dense illustrations into 8-bit pixels, where Waldo can be little more than a few telling stripes in a sea of tiny figures.

Honesty matters here: this is not a sophisticated game, and it has a reputation as one of the stranger, rougher licensed releases on the system. That reputation is exactly why plenty of collectors seek it out. It is a time capsule of peak Waldo mania, and a piece of trivia gold too, because its developer was Bethesda Softworks, years before the studio became famous for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Published by THQ, it is a delightful conversation piece for a licensed-game shelf and a fun, low-pressure hunt to share with a younger player.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1991
Publisher
THQ
Developer
Bethesda Softworks
Genre
Puzzle
Players
Single player
About the game

Your goal is to find Waldo in various pictures in order to progress through the game. The pictures are still images the size of the screen in the Easy and Practice levels. In the Medium and Hard levels, the player has to scroll to the side to see the rest of the area. The directional buttons control a magnifying glass and once the player finds Waldo, they get to go to the next level and a new picture.

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