☆The Games Freezer Top 5 Christmas Themed Games☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite

 

Every day in The Freezer is like Christmas as we get to play the best RetroGames and New Games out there!

 

Also it's pretty chilly in here whether it's Winter Or Summer!

 

Now it's Christmas Eve, we are well truly in the Christmas Spirit and we started to reminisce about years gone by when a Christmas Themed game would always spring up around this time of year.

 

Now we've had a chat about it over some mulled wine and some of The Freezer's home made Christmas Cake and we have drunkenly decided on these 5 Christmas treats for all you Freezer Followers........MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A FREEZER NEW YEAR!

 
 
5. Christmas Nights Into Dreams - Saturn
 

 
Christmas Nights was a two-level game of Nights into Dreams that was released in December 1996.
Nights into Dreams was a cool series and we love playing this game at Christmas!

4.Home Alone - SNES
 

 
The Home Alone film is a modern day Christmas classic! 

The same can't be said for the Video Game but you have to include it in this Top 5 because at the time we were just so hyped about playing a Home Alone Game!

We like the battle vs the spider in the basement best (although it had nothing to do with the film plot!!)  
 
3. Angry Birds - Christmas Seasons - Android
 

Angry Birds has saved our sanity over the years on long journeys and boring commutes, so what better way to travel to your folks for the holiday season than to whip out your phone and have an Angry Birds Seasons Greedings Session to get you into the Christams mood!

2. James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod - Megadrive

We were big fans of this on the Megadrive and loved every minute of James Pond's second adventure!

Here's what it's all about!
Dr. Maybe has taken over Santa's workshop and is holding Santa's workers hostage.

Many of Santa's helpers have been turned into Dr Maybe's horrible assistants.

It's down to James Pond to infiltrate Santa's grotto, free the Santa's captive helpers, retrieve the stolen toys for the children of the world, and defeat Dr. Maybe once and for all !!

HURRRAH!!

1. Christmas Lemmings - Amiga

Our number 1 Christmas themed game has to be Christmas Lemmings.

Lemmings ahs so much charm and wonderful gameplay, add into that mix a Christmas setting and you have a game that is just perfect Christmas play for everyone!

If you search out one Christmas themed retrogaming gem this Christmas, let it be Christmas Lemmings!
 

What's your favourite Christmas themed Video Game of all time?

 

Think about it over the holiday season and let us know!

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR VIDEO GAMING FRIENDS OF THE FREEZER!

☆Website Of The Day - "Hall Of Light"☆ #RetroGaming #GamersUnite #Amiga

 

 

The Hall Of Light (HOL) 

The HOL Project's Mission is to catalogue all the official games that were released commercially for the Commodore Amiga

When you first visit the site the first thing that springs to mind is that it is minimalist in design as you are presented with a set of search parameters with little fuss made about the presentation of the site itself. 

But you soon learn that less IS more as the database stands at a HUGE 5590 games!

Once you undertake a search you are presented with a really smart and simple screen that shows a screen-shot from the game and then has various tabs to highlight key information about the game such as:

• General Information Tab - Giving Year Of Release, Number Of Disks, Publisher, Number Of Players, Genre etc
• Reviews - Listing the reviews and scores from those reviews with a link to those reviews
• Manual - Where possible, a link to an online manual is given
• Cheat Code - Where possible a Cheatcode is listed
• Web Link - A list of other sites such as Lemon Amiga etc that feature the game
• Screen-shot - Showcases additional screenshots for the game
• Box Scan - A scan of the original Box Art
• Disk Scan - A scan of the original disk
• Misc Shot - A scan of other materials that may be of interest from the original game
• Conversion - Screenshots from other system conversions of the same game
• Game Map - Where one exists a scan of the game map will be included

The website highlights the following re it's marvellous database:

"Most games in the database are of the boxed, commercial variety but there are exceptions:

• Licenceware games are considered commercial enough to be included.
• Shareware, freeware and general Public Domain games are generally not present but they may be added if they form a fuller picture of a commercial person or entity.
• A number of unreleased Amiga games are referenced. The status of these games varies; some exist in a near-complete or demo form while others never progressed beyond the announcement stage.
• Some Open Source conversions (e.g. Doom) and games playable through interpreters (e.g. ScummVM or Exult) are listed. These are considered 'native' Amiga games."

We were lost in RetroGaming Heaven for hours searching out our favourite Amiga games over the years and drooling over the BIG BOX art and the screenshots.

For Any Amiga fan this should be your number one port of all call for all things Amiga, so get on over there now to unearth such gems as "The Bards Tale III" 

 

Tell us what you think of HOL assuming you can tear yourself away from the site!