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[red_avatar]

Every year around christmas we hear the same songs on the radio - some love them, some hate them - but you can't escape them. I personally love this time of year, staying at home, nice and warm, while it's so cold and dark outside.

It's also the time of year which recalls many many fond memories of playing games until late at night. Somehow it just makes some games so much more fun. There's several games I catch myself playing each year - just like the recurring christmas songs, they have become part of christmas for me.

For example: Beneath A Steel Sky, a game whose demo I first played back in december 1993, included with the first PCGamer issue.

http://www.vollversion.de/bilder/430_2_full.jpg

Also Micro Machines - another demo with the first issue! So much two-player fun, unbelievable.

http://users.pandora.be/mpq/software/scree...ro_machines.gif

And of course ... Halloween Harry who for some reason just feels wrong to play outside of the holliday season.

http://www.abandonware-france.org/images_jeux/Harry.gif

And let us not forget Jazz Jack Rabbit! Great platform game.

http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/gamez...wnload/j95.gif

But one game that was synonymous with Christmas back in the early 90s was ... LEMMINGS!

http://www.grenier-du-mac.net/copiecran/g_...ngs-1993--1.jpg
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http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/orig...18436236-00.gif

To be honest, looking at the games released for this winter, I find very few "christmas games" - games that really fit christmas. Hell, we're getting a wild west shooter! Hardly christmas material. I'll undoubtedly find myself saving lemmings or driving my little car over a ruler and between cereal boxes!

So what are your christmas games? Which games remind you of christmas, of winter?

[moogle]

Nightmare before Christmas " Oogie's revenge

Yay.

[JimmyJ]

LOL, moogle!

Secret of mana and Legend of mana! (hey, those 2 games have moogles in them!)

[gorkur]

I always play Monkey Island 1 or 2 during Xmas. Simply wouldn't be the same without those games

[Lucullus]

Since I'm in Australia my christmas doesn't go with playing inside... too damn hot for that. But I am from Denmark originally so I do recall what I used to play every xmas...

Snow Bros on Sega Emulator... rocks...
Starcraft (netplay)
Hidden and Dangerous (too awesome with snowgraphics)

But spent a lot of time replaying rpgs on snes emulator too tho and FF series was one of them.

[moogle]

Oh wait, ooops, I thought we were talkin bout games with christmas themes....uhh....Half Life 2, most definitely.

[red_avatar]

Anyone remember Jack in the Dark? Free mini game that came with Alone in the Dark II and where you had to rescue Santa

[Data]

Interpose- Xmas greeting.

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by red_avatar@Nov 22 2005, 11:21 PM
Anyone remember Jack in the Dark? Free mini game that came with Alone in the Dark II and where you had to rescue Santa

Do you mean >>>THIS<<<

BTW - my favorite Santa game was an adventure game for the C64, but I can't remember the title

[Taskmaster]

"There's something in the chimney, and I don't know what it is, but it's been there since last Christmas." - cute song about Santa....


Time to whip out No One Lives Forever and drive the snowmobile around from the comfort of my warm Florida abode!

:Titan: