READERS REACT

What are your favourite Christmas-themed stages or games?

Barrie Ellis

Absolutely loved Merry Christmas from Melbourne House for the C64, in my 1984 Christmas stocking. What a joyous little game. I would love a follow-up.

Stuart Howie

Not going to say it’s my favourite but the very obscure Snowball Sunday on the C64 always got me in the Christmas spirit when I was younger.

Stoppy

It absolutely has to be Shenmue. Hearing the festive tunes and seeing Santa staggering around town. Lovely stuff.

Andrew Neill

Santa’s Xmas Caper. It was appalling, but I still played it every Christmas for years!

Goldtingle

I think living the actual Christmas in Animal Crossing is particularly emotional (of course the name of the holiday is changed, but the feeling is still the same). Not to mention that back in the Gamecube days they gifted you a NES!

Ainsley Bowstead

Ever since my mum made a Christmas card with Sonic wearing a Santa hat as a kid, I can’t imagine Christmas without the Ice Cap Zone from Sonic 3.

vorn182

Die Hard Trilogy is worth a shout. It’s held up pretty well too. I was playing it recently and found it really enjoyable.

Richard D Salih

James Pond 2. Saving Xmas in fun worlds is an utter joy. And it’s become a tradition to play it before Xmas for over half my life.

Virtuaollie64

Christmas NIGHTS was full of great unlockables, like Sonic as a playable character, and the music is so good that it’s part of my definitive Christmas soundtrack! I try to play it every Christmas Eve if I can.

Dale Muir

Donkey Kong Country 3 with the MERRY cheat. That was one of my favourite Christmas presents ever!

Tony

I loved Psycho Santa on the Amiga – a free cover disk game from Bullfrog with The One magazine Xmas 1993. I still laugh at the fart samples (aged 42) as much as I did when I was 14.