There’s an official Mega Drive and Master System themed Picross game on the way • Eurogamer.net

Picross is already amazing, but what could make an amazing thing even amazing-ier? I’ll tell you what: giving it all a big ‘ol Master System and Mega Drive themed makeover and then hurling the whole nostalgia-tweaking package onto Switch next week, on 5th August.

Picross S Mega Drive & Master System Edition (known as Picross S Genesis & Master System Edition in the US for obvious reasons) is an official collaboration between Sega and developer Jupiter, the team behind the long-running, and consistently brilliant, puzzle series.

Once again, the meat of the game involves filling in little squares on a grid – using the numerical clues above and beside each column and row for pointers – until you’ve successfully managed to create a picture. This time, though, players are working toward creating final images that conjure characters from a total of 59 classic Sega games (and to musical accompaniment from each), some of which are revealed in the announcement trailer below.

In total, Picross S Mega Drive & Master System Edition will feature 480 new puzzles that can be played solo or cooperatively with a friend; 150 can be found in Picross mode, 150 in Mega Picross mode, 150 in Clip Picross mode, and a final 30 in Colour Picross mode. And if you really, really want to know which classic Sega games are represented, here’s the complete list:

• Action Fighter
• After Burner
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
• Alien Soldier
• Alien Storm
• Alien Syndrome
• Altered Beast
• Arrow Flash
• Beyond Oasis
• Bio-Hazard Battle
• Bonanza Bros.
• Columns
• Columns III
• Comix Zone
• Crack Down
• Dynamite Headdy
• Enduro Racer
• ESWAT: City Under Siege
• Eternal Champions
• Fantasy Zone
• Gain Ground
• Golden Axe
• Golden Axe II
• Golden Axe III
• Kid Chameleon
• Kung Fu Kid
• Light Crusader
• Out Run
• Phantasy Star
• Phantasy Star II
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
• Puyo Puyo
• Puzzle & Action:Ichidant-R
• Puzzle & Action:Tant-R
• Quartet
• Record of the Bahamut War
• Rent A Hero
• Ristar
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
• Shining Force II
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
• Sonic & Knuckles
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Sonic the hedgehog CD
• Space Harrier
• Space Harrier II
• Streets of Rage
• Streets of Rage 2
• Streets of Rage 3
• Super Hang-On
• Super Thunder Blade
• Sword of Vermilion
• The Ooze
• The Revenge of Shinobi
• Turbo Out Run

Picross S Mega Drive & Master System Edition comes to the Switch eShop on Thursday, 5th August, and will cost £8.99/€9,99/$9.99 USD.