The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[Maggie Rose]

This is a freeware programmed through Windows XP and earlier. It had many levels of difficulty, filled in the pencil marks, used colors, X-wing and XY-wing. I really enjoyed it. Does anyone out there know if something similar is available for Vista and Windows 7?

Or can you just point me to a site where I can get puzzles that autofill the pencil marks? I get frustrated that I spend more time adding and deleting pencil marks manually than I do solving the puzzle.

I've just joined this forum and can see that while I've away from Sudoku some really cool improvements, add-ons and puzzle designs are available. If there are any freeware games that would be good, but I'm also into supporting the developer.

Oh, also, I prefer to play on my computer rather than online, if possible.

Thanks to all the wizards out there who might have the right tonic for my Suduko withdrawal symptoms.

[eleven]

There many good programs out there. Look in the "Software", "Sudoku Programs" etc. sections of the sudoku forums.

One, i can recommend for your purpose is JSudoku by Jean-Christophe (for download go to the "Software" page). I dont have vista/7, but since its a java program, i guess it will run there. Otherwise you can ask the author to compile a new windows version.

[ronk]

This is a freeware programmed through Windows XP and earlier. It had many levels of difficulty, filled in the pencil marks, used colors, X-wing and XY-wing. I really enjoyed it. Does anyone out there know if something similar is available for Vista and Windows 7?

Although it was released a few years ago, Simple Sudoku version 4.2n installs and runs just fine on Windows 7.