Tamori no Picross

Tamori no Picross (タモリのピクロス) is a series of Picross games released on Super Famicom, via BS-X (Satellaview) broadcast system in 1995. Due to the fact that it was released prior to Mario no Super Picross, it was believed to be a "experimental version" of it.

Trivia

 * Despite its titular reference to the Japanese comedian Kazuyoshi Morita aka Tamori, he doesn't appear in the games at all.
 * It was broadcasted on brief dates in 1995 (presumably from April 23rd through September 2nd ), being able to be downloaded only on that certain periods and on the subsequent reruns.
 * Among the multiple documented versions (with the air dates 4/23, 6/3, 6/13, 6/26, 7/14 and 8/13) all except the first two are dumped and can be played via an emulator.