Pixel Pup

Pixel Pup

Pixel Pup is a nonogram game, in the style of Picross, for the Game Boy Advance. Enjoy puzzles from various themed packs, including DIY, The Nineties, Zoology, and a Taiyaki Fabulous crossover!

Pixel Pup was created by @retrodotcards and @objetdiscret.

210 Puzzles

Puzzles range in size from 5x5 to 15x15 across 10 different themed packs. 4 of the 10 packs are mosaics, where each puzzle is a piece of a larger image.

Random puzzles

Also included are over 3,000 random puzzles, including extra large 20x15 puzzles.

  

Two player modes

Pixel Pup has both cooperative and competitive two player modes, using the GBA link cable. Either work together to solve a puzzle, or see who can solve it the quickest!

  

Use the e-reader to unlock bonus puzzles!

If you have the series one e-reader pack, also made by RetroDotCards, you can unlock six additional puzzles. There is a seventh puzzle that can also be unlocked by scanning any e-reader card.

  

New to nonograms?

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Controls

Full Feature List

• 210 hand crafted puzzles in sizes: 5x5, 10x10 and 15x15.
• Puzzles split across ten themed puzzle packs.
• 3,786 randomly generated puzzles in sizes: 5x5, 10x10, 15x15 and 20x15.
• Two player modes using the link cable: competitive and cooperative.
• Unlock 7 additional puzzles with the e-Reader.
• Soundtrack with 6 songs, 4 being originally created just for Pixel Pup!
• Quick save: put a puzzle down and come back to it later.
• Hints to help you when you're in a jam.
• Easter eggs and other little bonuses.
• Automatically tracks which puzzles are solved and your overall solved count.

Compatibility

Pixel Pup is a Game Boy Advance game and should work well in most GBA environments.

Platform	Compatibility	e-Reader support
Original GBA/DS hardware with an EverDrive	100%	Yes
Original GBA/DS hardware with an EZ Flash	100%	Yes
Original GBA/DS hardware with other flash cards	Untested, but will likely work.	Untested, but will likely work.
Analogue Pocket with an EverDrive	100%	Yes
Analogue Pocket with an EZ Flash	100%	Yes
Analogue Pocket with other flash cards	Untested, but will likely work.	Untested, but will likely work.
MiSTer with GBA core	100% except two player modes and the e-Reader	No
MiSTer with Two Player GBA core	100%, except the e-Reader	No
mGBA emulator	100%	Yes, with digital e-Reader cards (see below).
Other GBA emulators	Untested, but probably.	Not sure...

To use the e-Reader, you need a link cable, a second GBA, and either a US e-Reader or a Japan e-Reader+. mGBA supports scanning in digital e-Reader cards. Here are digital versions of Solitaire and Bomb Hunter that will work.