Santastic - A family Christmas game for your Commodore Amiga

It's nearly Christmas! So to give you that Christmas feeling we have a nice little game for you to play that has recently been released called 'Santastic' by Tukinem for the Commodore Amiga. A game whereby you play as Santa and must deliver presents to children throughout a snowy landscape. To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided some footage of the demo that can be downloaded below.

Arctic Atac Xmas - A fully modded Xmas version of Atic Atac for the ZX Spectrum

Ultimate Play the Game released many incredible titles in the 80's, games such as Knightlore, Jetpac, Sabre Wulf and Gunfright to name but a few. But today's news is something of a special announcement for fans of Ultimate Play the Game, as their top down arcade adventure game ' Atic Atac ' released in 83 of which we have featured many times before, has now been re-released as a fully modded Xmas version of Atic Atac! A Christmas gift by highriser which can be seen being played in this video provided by Saberman.

Crimbo AGA - Unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion of a game originally by Little Shop of Pixles.

It's time for a fun for all the family Christmas game, as if you have a Commodore Amiga at hand or an emulator installed, you might like to play this updated release of Crimbo AGA by Spud. An unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion of the game "Crimbo" by Little Shop of Pixles. To coincide with this Christmas news story, you can either watch the latest gameplay video below or check out the new version of the game which is available through the itch io link.

Crimbo - Unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion of a game originally by Little Shop of Pixles.

It's time for even more Christmas goodness, as if you have a Commodore Amiga at hand or an emulator installed, you might like to play this fun for all the family game of Crimbo by Spud. An unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion of the game "Crimbo" by Little Shop of Pixles. To coincide with this Christmas news story, you can either watch the latest gameplay video or check out the game downloadable below.

Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022 - Yet another Christmas game and this one is by Amiten Games

You can just tell it's Christmas with all these lovely festive games appearing on Indie Retro News, and one which caught our eye was the latest tease from Amiten Games called  'Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022'. Yes indeed another Christmas Amiga game has appeared and while so far this game is only for supporters and friends of Amiten Games, it does look like an enjoyable game for all the family with the aim of stopping the bad guys from throwing poor Santa into a pit.

Crappy Crates - A very festive ZX Spectrum Review by Steve Trower

Well it's almost Christmas, and you know what that means, right? You got it, it means there's some poor chav working overtime in a warehouse somewhere, possibly for a company with a river-based name, we don't know. He's constantly shuffling boxes from remote corners of a warehouse into the despatch area, while being chased by giant Christmas puddings, weird little aliens and that big blue monster out of Sesame Street, mumbling something about crappy crates while his supervisor is out of earshot.

Max Knight Xmas - Festive Arcade fun on the Amiga as a demo

Every year when it comes close to Christmas you'll always find lovely festive games to play, either via a new Indie release or a homebrew game such as this one ' Max Knight Xmas ' for the Amiga. Released as a demo developed in Backbone with a full version due Feb 2017, you play as Max Knight and must traverse through 36 levels challenging levels in 5 worlds, collecting items, avoiding enemies and finally free your brother from the evil dragon!

Zombo's Christmas Capers! - A new festive ZX Spectrum game reviewed by Florinthedwarf

Santa isn't looking himself these days

It's the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiiimee...of the year, and what better way to celebrate than with a zombie and some evil sprouts? (Though, all sprouts are evil!) Poor Santa. Every year he's the busiest person in the world, for one day a least, so it's only natural/inevitable that he gets a bit stressed at this time of year. Taking this into account, the government have decided to give him the year (day?) off to help take away any stress that Mr C. may incur as a result of yet another consecutive year on the sleigh. Poor thing.

Merry Christmas from Horace - Steve Broads Christmas treat for the ZX Spectrum

Some more festive fun for our retro gaming readers, is the latest game from Steve Broad ' Merry Christmas from Horace ' for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Now many of you nostalgic geeks might remember this blue eyed, blob character with arms and legs, that's because he first appeared way back in 1982 in the Pac-Man style arcade game of Hungry Horace by Beam Software. Which was celebrated as the first arcade game for the ZX Spectrum and the first game in the Horace series, such as Horace and the Spiders and Horace Goes Skiing. Now thanks to Steve Broad, Horace is back, but this time in his own Christmas themed game collecting presents!

8-BIT XMAS 2016 - Retrousb's latest Xmas NES cart is a pinball game!

Ho ho ho it's Christmas, well not yet anyway, but that hasn't stopped Retrousb from selling their latest NES cart ' 8-Bit Xmas 2016 ', which is a new Pinball game in celebration of that very festive season. In this game you'll be bashing balls, hitting targets and aiming for the ultimate high score and the big SANTA for extra points. If you get a truly awesome score, you can upload it via the AVS and compare it with everyone else. So if you love NES Pinball and feel all Christmasy inside, then order soon and you'll get a lovely pristine cart made entirely from new parts in a clear dust sleeve with a printed Christmas card.

Vectrex - XMAS CART 2015 is now available for order

" Ho Ho Ho ", yes it's that time of year again when all those Christmas games come out for both young and old to have a jolly good time. Today's mention is our very first Vectrex article with the announcement for Binary Star Software's ' XMAS CART 2015 ', which is now available for order priced between £23 and £35. Coming in two different versions such as the regular edition with lovely Santa design, you can also order the limited edition, which differs from the regular edition by including a small LED Christmas tree attached to the cartridge which flashes in response to game events.  These cartridges will be awarded to 5 customers (order numbers will be randomly selected by computer).

Elves' Dreamland - A very Jet Set Willy Christmas release for the Amiga

Another very late mention (1am!) is a brand new homebrew release for the Amiga that really gets you into that Christmas mood. Welcome to ' Elves' Dreamland ' by nittamituaki; a cute and colourful Xmas 2D platformer, designed just for that special time of year.  Featuring 200 items to collect, a lovely Christmas tune and enemies to avoid, Elves' Dreamland was created by the map editor of Jet Set Billy, with all the graphics and music made by nittamituaki himself. But that's not all, as 7 out of 8 levels were actually based on commercial retro games such as Santa's Xmas Caper for Amiga/ DOS,  Plum Duff for the ZX Spectrum and many others!

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Amiga release from RGDS Podcast

When I was a teenager I was probably the only one who celebrated Christmas months in advance, I even had Christmas lights up in my bedroom window for Nov 5th, much to my Mothers annoyance. But what I remember the most year in year out, was having my Amiga connected up to a big CRT TV and a Christmas tree on my left hand side *Sobs*. But I'm not the only one who celebrates Christmas early, as Aaron White wanted us to mention his ' A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Amiga release from RGDS Podcast ' last month. However we agreed to hold it back at least until December, and with just about three weeks to go, here is Aaron Whites next Amiga album, with 10 classic tracks for you and your family.