Daze Before Christmas (Game)

Daze Before Christmas

GAME » on 1994

Genesis (Platform)Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)

It's only days before Christmas, and nefarious forces has put a stop to Santa's plans! Can he recover the gifts and rescue his elves and reindeer before the holiday comes and goes?

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Overview

It's Santa!

Daze Before Christmas is a Christmas (Concept)-themed side-scrolling platformer developed by Funcom and published by Sunsoft (Company) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform) and Sega Mega Drive in some PAL regions in 1994.

The game puts players as the legendary holiday figure Santa Claus (Character) as he sets out through the North Pole (Location) to save Christmas (Concept) after the childrens' presents were stolen, his worker elves were imprisoned in presents, and his reindeers were missing.

Much of the game is traditional platforming, with Santa using his magic to eliminate enemies and recover the presents they drop. Santa also encounters several other presents he can unwrap, which can can either free an elf for points, reveal a power-up, or spring a trap. By drinking certain magical potions, Santa can temporarily transform into the evil "Anti-Claus" for temporal invincibility. In addition, the game includes bonus auto-scroller faux-shoot-'em-up sections where players guide Santa in his sleigh as he drops presents down chimneys.

The game is one of the rarest games for both systems, due to its limited release. The Mega Drive version is notable for only being released in Australia (Location). A North American release was planned, but was cancelled prior.

Gameplay

In Daze Before Christmas, players control Santa throughout a series of levels. In each level the goal is to rescue the various elves and reindeer by opening boxes and cages they are trapped in. Santa has magic powers that allows him to turn enemies littered across environments into Christmas gifts, which he then collects. Santa also has the ability to open up different gifts to find power-ups which will aid him, but gifts will sometimes contain items that can harm him such as bombs. One of the power-ups that is most prominently featured is Santa's ability to turn into the Anti-Clause, and this power up is gained by finding a cup of coffee. As the Anti-Clause Santa is invincible and able to eliminate enemies on a level, but is unable to open gifts during this transformation.

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