Best Christmas/Holiday games.... [Archive]

LiquidPolicenaut

12-05-2010, 05:16 PM

I, too, enjoy playing Christmas Nights around the holidays. I also like to play a bit of Snatcher on my trusty ol' Sega CD since one of the areas in the game (Alton Plaza) has a nice rendition of Jingle Bells ...

Emperor Megas

12-05-2010, 06:02 PM

Bust-A-Move 2 for the Saturn changes to a Christmas and New Years theme with the Saturn's internal clock. I don't believe the changes effect in-game play or graphics, but the opening cinematic switches to a festive, cheery holiday theme.

While they aren't really Christmas themed, I tend to play games with winter elements during holiday season. Games like Penguin Land, Ice Climber, Snow Brothers, and the original Silent Hill (and now Shattered Memories)...not that you'd play SH with the children.

Zebbe

12-05-2010, 06:14 PM

James Pond II: Codename Robocod.

kedawa

12-05-2010, 07:24 PM

Blue Stinger.

I usually play through Actraiser around this time of year because it was a childhood Christmas present.

Nesmaster

12-05-2010, 07:43 PM

Super Mario 64.

For me, this title holds some magical memories of probably the best Christmas of mine. I tend to play through some or most of the game around this time of year. :)

Parodius Duh!

12-05-2010, 08:04 PM

Doonzmore

12-05-2010, 08:23 PM

The snow courses in Diddy Kong Racing.

todesengel

12-05-2010, 08:43 PM

anybody play Daze before Christmas? its a Sunsoft title that was planned for release in the US for SNES, but as far as I know it was only released on the Megadrive in Europe and supposedly SNES (Ive never seen a copy though).
I actually play through that one at least once a year during christmas. From what I know the Mega Drive version was only released in Australia and the SNES version wasn't release at all, not even in Europe.

I'm also another Christmas Nights fan, probably the best christmas themed game ever.

Einzelherz

12-05-2010, 10:24 PM

Practically all of Donkey Kong Country but that's because it was released before then and I remember playing it every chance I got at Toys R us and Walmart. Got it for Christmas and proceeded to get 101% racing with my friends (they got it too.)

jammajup

12-06-2010, 03:41 AM

Silent Hill on PS (JUST KIDING! Lol) ,no really at xmas any multiplayer game breaks the ice good times!,mario Kart,Golden eye or even Warlords on the Atari 2600

poloplayr

12-06-2010, 10:07 AM

DAZE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on the SNES.

I play through this game at least once before Christmas every year. Platforming perfection!

Parodius Duh!

12-06-2010, 11:58 AM

DAZE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on the SNES.

I play through this game at least once before Christmas every year. Platforming perfection!

you have a SNES version?

as Todesengel has previously mentioned, this has only been released on the Megadrive and exclusive to Australia.......maybe?

I even tried looking for a R0M of the snes version (even a proto) with no luck...I dont even think there is a Super Famicom version....

Gameguy

12-06-2010, 06:24 PM

I even tried looking for a R0M of the snes version (even a proto) with no luck...I dont even think there is a Super Famicom version....
There's a ROM out there, there's plenty of youtube videos of the SNES version out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvELmaBU950

On Racketboy someone says that it's been dumped and he has the ROM, the post is about halfway down the page.

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=13416&start=180&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Gameguy

12-06-2010, 06:28 PM

What do you know, it's actually released and available in Germany.

http://cgi.ebay.de/DAZE-BEFORE-CHRISTMAS-SNES-SPIEL-TOP-/160502129074?pt=de_entertainment_games&hash=item255eac21b2

http://shop.ebay.de/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=daze+before+christmas&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Collector_Gaming

12-06-2010, 06:57 PM

anyone ever played the Christmas version of Lemmings?

was released i think in the late 90s for the pc platform

basically just regular lemmings but with a christmas twist!

addicting more modern freebie game.... Elf Bowling was it! ROFL

todesengel

12-06-2010, 08:25 PM

retroman

12-06-2010, 09:36 PM

I remember getting TMNT2 The Arcade Game for NES...I was and still am a huge TMNT nut..Could not tell you how much money i spent at the arcade playing that game. Could not wait to get my hands on it. Thank you for christmas that year.

hellraiser

12-07-2010, 01:56 AM

Hey guys dont forget clayfighters!!! Bad Mr. frosty ftw!!!

poloplayr

12-07-2010, 05:08 AM

you have a SNES version?

as Todesengel has previously mentioned, this has only been released on the Megadrive and exclusive to Australia.......maybe?

I even tried looking for a R0M of the snes version (even a proto) with no luck...I dont even think there is a Super Famicom version....

ROM... I've looked for a cart of this and never fully understood what the situation was; whether it was released or not. Been in talks with sellers who bailed out last minute, etc.

Auto-Fox

12-07-2010, 08:10 AM

I play Star Fox SNES every year around Christmas. Best present I ever got...

Emperor Megas

12-07-2010, 02:19 PM

I play Star Fox SNES every year around Christmas. Best present I ever got...Was that just hyperbole, or was Star Fox really the BEST present you ever received?

Parodius Duh!

12-07-2010, 03:12 PM

heybtbm

12-07-2010, 08:56 PM

Bully had some pretty interesting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXkMzDSu21U) Christmas-related missions.

Insaneclown

12-07-2010, 09:14 PM

I'd Love to play/own Snow Brothers for NES. Snif snif!!!

timdu

12-08-2010, 09:06 PM

I like Stay Frosty (a homebrew for the Atari 2600)
It's available to play online for free...

http://www.spiceware.org/atari_stay_frosty.html

But I like playing it on a real 2600...

Of course, Mean Santa (Atari 2600) is my favorite...
http://2600connection.atari.org/

but I'm biased because was one of the designers of the game.

drtomoe123

12-14-2010, 11:54 AM

I always like playing a little Pokemon during the Holidays...makes me totally nostalgic going through RBY and just reliving my childhood.

Recently, though, I just love sitting down with some RPGs and playing through some older stuff around Christmas. Last Christmas I finally played Parasite Eve and Suikoden, and I had no idea that PE took place right around Christmas, so that was really cool. The Christmas season is also great for the SMT games...I played the crap out of Persona 4 two years ago when it came out over Winter break...great game.

This year, I'm close to finishing Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Another Story on the SNES and I think I might pick up and finally play all the way through Legend of Legaia.

Koa Zo

12-14-2010, 07:26 PM

Best Christmas themed game? ... Raw Danger! on PS2
seriously.

Christmas NiGHTS might be awesome, but is more like a demo, having only two levels.

Now Raw Danger! takes place over Christmas. You'll be putting on your Santa costume and rescuing some hapless citizens if you know what's up!

Baloo

12-14-2010, 07:49 PM

Christmas NiGHTS for me! NiGHTS is my favorite game of all time (I'm really not kidding...) and every Christmas I've got to see Santa take to the skies while I take to the skies!

I remember last Christmas I was also playing Burning Rangers...

tom

12-14-2010, 10:12 PM

every year I have to post this:
Maria's Christmas Box, available on C64 Atari ST and Amiga:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/BMckIQBGkKGrHqFhUEzd5d5CcDBM-835qenQ0_12.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/marias_xmas_box_01.png

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/marias_xmas_box_04.png

Strip Poker fun for the whole family
:-)

Parodius Duh!

12-14-2010, 10:15 PM

Maria is 80's hot!

Cauterize

12-17-2010, 05:57 AM

How about these 5 Christmas Retro games?
http://www.retrocollect.com/Articles/top-5-festive-christmas-retro-games.html

SpiceWare

12-21-2010, 05:27 PM

I like Stay Frosty (a homebrew for the Atari 2600)
It's available to play online for free...

http://www.spiceware.org/atari_stay_frosty.html

But I like playing it on a real 2600...

Thanks!

ahm

12-23-2010, 12:23 PM

The Grinch on the Dreamcast

Nz17

12-12-2013, 01:05 AM

Well first of all, I like to play the snowy levels on Team Fortress 2. Valve always seems to have some more Christmas-and-winter-themed weapons, hats, and other decorations which get added during the yuletide season to the already large amassment from previous years. There's nothing quite like eating a chocolate bar before capturing a point while wearing a top-popped stovepipe hat and spinning a mini-gun wrapped in Christmas lights.

Then again, aren't all games' snow-and-ice themed levels better during Christmas time?

But for a truly Christmas-orientated game time, I have been playing Grubbins on Ice, the X-mas expansion to Costume Quest. I haven't seen much of snow or the other usual seasonal items, but I'm sure they're just a bit farther up the path.

And where the heck can a guy find a good online copy of the Pac-Man Christmas special? I don't want to go about buying a box set of the old cartoons just to see a single episode! But how else am I to find out if Pac-Man can help Santa save Christmas?

Damon Plus

12-12-2013, 01:48 PM

ROM... I've looked for a cart of this and never fully understood what the situation was; whether it was released or not. Been in talks with sellers who bailed out last minute, etc.

I found a Daze Before Christmas complete game way back in 2004 or so in second-hand shop in Spain. Not knowing about it, I didn't buy it (you can imagine how many times I've banged my head against the wall for not doing so). I'm pretty sure it was the Snes version and I recall quite vividly that cover with Santa getting out of the sack or whatever.

Years later, I see most people doubting that it was even released and makes me doubt I saw it back then. But I'm 99% sure it was that precise game I found, and I don't think there's a cover+name I could have been confused it with.

Tupin

12-12-2013, 02:57 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGvxUexF7ek

Found a really cool one, and its freeware too!

ProjectCamaro

12-12-2013, 03:14 PM

I don't have any Christmas related games but as for general Christmas gaming memories for me it has to be GoldenEye 007 because I received an N64 for Christmas one year and it was the very first console I ever owned on my own. (All previous consoles in my house had been "family" items or owned by my brothers).

I played that game for countless hours after that and it is all I can remember from my Christmas break from school. What a wonderful gift it was!

Lictalon

12-12-2013, 08:13 PM

The NES DuckTales...that cartridge must stand out as one of my favorite Xmas gifts ever.

Although I do remember "showing off" on SMB2 to my cousins Xmas '88 (they seemed wowed I already knew how to warp to Level 4).

Rickstilwell1

12-12-2013, 09:23 PM

Play the SNES version of Donkey Kong Country 3 and type in the code "MERRY" for Christmas themed bonus stages after doing that LRLRLLRR trick at the new file screen.

Gameguy

12-12-2013, 11:14 PM

And where the heck can a guy find a good online copy of the Pac-Man Christmas special? I don't want to go about buying a box set of the old cartoons just to see a single episode! But how else am I to find out if Pac-Man can help Santa save Christmas?
Here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvYJPES9Ykw

I found a Daze Before Christmas complete game way back in 2004 or so in second-hand shop in Spain. Not knowing about it, I didn't buy it (you can imagine how many times I've banged my head against the wall for not doing so). I'm pretty sure it was the Snes version and I recall quite vividly that cover with Santa getting out of the sack or whatever.

Years later, I see most people doubting that it was even released and makes me doubt I saw it back then. But I'm 99% sure it was that precise game I found, and I don't think there's a cover+name I could have been confused it with.
It did come out for the SNES, only in Europe though. Most likely just Germany, but people tend to travel and copies end up elsewhere.

Did it look like this?
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xdaze+ before+christmas&_nkw=daze+before+christmas&_sacat=0&_from=R40

jonebone

12-13-2013, 08:34 AM

The snow courses in Diddy Kong Racing.

Can't believe someone else mentioned this! This gives me Xmas memories as well.

Also, Elf Bowling. I think it's a Free Flash game but it is on GBA / DS too. Nothing too special, but good for a quick Xmas laugh.

Damon Plus

12-13-2013, 11:00 AM

Here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvYJPES9Ykw

It did come out for the SNES, only in Europe though. Most likely just Germany, but people tend to travel and copies end up elsewhere.

Did it look like this?
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xdaze+ before+christmas&_nkw=daze+before+christmas&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Yes, that's the one.

MASTERWEEDO

12-15-2013, 11:31 AM

RetroUSB has their annual NES and SNES carts with small games on them. I believe all the roms are available on the product pages.

bb_hood

12-15-2013, 12:06 PM

I like Stay Frosty (a homebrew for the Atari 2600)

That is a very good atari game. One of my favorites to play on my harmony cart.

SpiceWare

12-27-2013, 09:55 AM

That is a very good atari game. One of my favorites to play on my harmony cart.

Thanks!

If you're interested, we've released a demo of Stay Frosty 2 (http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220074-stay-frosty-2-demo-released/).