4 Christmas-Themed Retro Games You Should Try for the Season
Enjoy the warm fire in the comfort of your home and get cozy with these nostalgic retro Christmas games.
A cold, icy winter is best spent indoors, and what better way to spend your time indoors than to play some video games? Nothing gets us more excited than when we see a game that has a Christmas event, level, or parody! After all, it is the season of giving, and players always want more content in the games they play. These wonderful games are wrapped up just like presents waiting for us to open them and be pleasantly surprised! So, here are the 4 retro Christmas games that we recommend for you to revisit or give a try that are certain to keep you occupied for hours on end.
Jetpack Christmas Special
Jetpack Christmas Special will be a great start on your Christmas gaming bucket list. This is a platformer game where the screen is absolutely cluttered with stuff, so you will have to stay on your toes to clear each maze-like level. It has the usual trope of you playing as Santa delivering presents, but made so much cooler as you travel around with jetpacks! For the gameplay, you are tasked with collecting presents and coins while avoiding all kinds of dangers. Picking up power-ups will definitely help, too, as you can freeze everything for a few seconds.
Creepers Christmas
The next game on our list is Creepers Christmas. When it comes to Christmas, the Horror genre will always have say in things, and games are no exception to the rule. That being said, there is not too much “horror” going on in this game, aside from the fact that you are playing with worms. This is a puzzle game where you have to figure out how to make the worms enter a purple bowl that will help transform them into beautiful butterflies. Unless you are really squeamish to creepy crawlies, you should give this one a try as well.
Jolly’s Christmas Vacation
Moving on, we have Jolly’s Christmas Vacation, another platformer game of which there was a glut of back in the day. This one caught our attention as it had pretty odd-looking enemies and interesting mechanics. In it, you play as a sentient snowman called Jolly, searching for presents and other items. You will encounter various enemies along the way, and the way to fight back is to throw snowballs at them until they freeze. Don’t forget to put on some magical socks to walk over the bonfires!
3D Xmas Adventure: Santa's Rescue
Last, but not least, we feel almost obligated to include a retro first-person shooter game. 3D Xmas Adventure: Santa's Rescue is probably one of the more obscure games during its time, given the success of other bigger titles, but it certainly has the Christmas-theme in spades. Once again, you are a snowman that has somehow become a living being through magic. The evil Ice Wizard has kidnapped Santa, and you are the only one who can save him. Fight against the horde of henchmen with your magic candy cane and find the Wizard’s hideout to take out the baddie and rescue Santa.
To sum it all up, it is never a bad idea spending some time playing retro Christmas-themed games, especially during the winter holidays. So, don’t forget to check out these games that we recommend, and also have a look at our vast library of games at backtotheretro.games.
