10 Festive Video Games To Play During Christmas 2018

10. Daze Before Christmas

The cheesy name aside, 1994’s Daze Before Christmas was a relatively decent platformer published by Sunsoft in Australia and Europe. Curiously, a port never made it to the North American market because the company filed for bankruptcy before such a conversion could be completed.

There isn’t much in the way of Christmas-themed gaming experiences on the Super Nintendo, so retro Nintendo enthusiasts have to take what they can get. Fortunately, the game holds up well enough and is comparable to most second-rate mascot platformers of the era. Much like if Saint Nick were in an open-world FPS today, the developers weren’t trying to re-invent the wheel and simply stuck with what was popular at the time.

Following Santa on a 24 day journey to recover some items stolen by an evil snowman, the plot is absolutely nothing to write home about. Yet, the levels are mostly festive and visually unique, and there are certainly worse holiday-themed games out there.

The only real issue with the title is it’s absurd rarity—interested gamers may want to settle for emulating this one. That shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement for piracy, the game is just totally unavailable in most regions.