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Hey ho, merry Christmas. Splat! Poor Santa has just been charged by a red toy steam train and suckered by a toy dart gun. Luckily he has almost as many lives as a cat so with some skill and more than a little perseverance, he'll still be able to deliver presents to all the wailing kiddies (Ahhhhh!)

You are Santa on his sleigh flying through the air on a wing and a prayer, flinging snowballs at dangerous flying presents and spiteful snowmen. The object of the first two levels of the game is to battle through to the city where thousands of kids are waiting for their prezzies by finishing off end of level snowmen and reindeer. Then drop presents on the sleepy houses below in the last level while nasty gremlins try to foil your plan and bring misery to child-kind. (The rotters!)

The soundtrack is a sad, but seasonal version of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and the graphics, although cheerful and colourful cause some crazy sprite confusion.

Santa's Christmas Capers will give a few short hours of enjoyment on the big day itself then get put away for another year and the next generation of games players. Really good for the younger ones though.

Label: Zeppelin Memory: 48K/128K Price: £3.99 Reviewer: Big Al Dykes

Come all ye faithful, Santa's Christmas Caper is just the sort of thing to keep your little brother away from your new remote control aeroplane on Christmas day!