Santa's Workout - The first of many C64 games for Christmas, with Vector5games latest release!

With Christmas being less than a month away you'd expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that's certainly happening this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas game by Vector5games for the C64 called 'Santa's Workout '; a brand new Commodore 64 puzzle game in which you need to help Santa to the exit using a limited amount of iced blocks.

Santa vs. The Meanies: Present Defender - Retro classic with a Christmas theme

In 1981 Williams Electronics released Defender, an all time classic multi-directional arcade shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defeat waves of aliens while protecting astronauts on the surface. But what if I told you there was a more recent title that turned the game on it's head with a Christmas theme? Welcome to "Santa vs. The Meanies: Present Defender"  by psychicparrot, where you play as Santa stopping waves of Meanies from pinching the presents out of the houses that he's just delivered to!