Only three days to go so I reckon I can get away with this. Yes, it's Christmas gaming nostalgia time. My favourite festive gaming time was 1998, with Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the N64. What better way to spend Christmas morning then moving an elf called Link around a foggy tree whilst trying to explain to family and girlfriend that this was the future of gaming. Sadly by the time Link reached Hyrule Field – the greatest ohmygod moment in gaming history – they had long since left me alone in front of the telly. Their loss.
What else then? Going back in the day I remember a Christmas with the brilliant – at the time – Emlyn Hughes International Soccer on the C64. And heck actually getting the C64 at - gulp - Christmas '84 was amazing. Even the turgid likes of Chiller and Hunchback 2, the games that came with it, couldn't dampen my enthusiasm.
So go on, let's have it. What are you favourite Christmas gaming memories?
