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Daze Before Christmas (Australia)

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
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1994
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A rather pretty Sunsoft Christmas platformer where Santa battles winter creatures. Cute and colourful, but uneven and technically limited.

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Category
Action Adventure 1 player 3+
Description
Santa Claus delivers gifts while battling enemies in this Sunsoft Mega Drive action game. Published by Sunsoft, released in Australia in December 1994. Action-adventure with Santa Claus armed with his magic axe, snowy Christmas levels and varied bosses.

Daze Before Christmas review

4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Ranking
52nd in Top 100 the rarest games
Technical info
💾1,2 MB 📅01/12/1994
Published by Sunsoft

Daze Before Christmas (Mega Drive) price, value & rarity

Major piece
Q1 loose
 $321 Q6 complete
 $940 Q10 new
 $2350 !
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Collector interest

Released only in Australia late in the Mega Drive's run, Daze Before Christmas never reached Europe or North America. That single-territory Austral PAL confinement drives steep prices, since genuine copies barely circulate outside Australia. The Christmas theme is unusual for Sunsoft, and the complete lack of any reissue sharpens demand built on regional unobtainability rather than on the game's reputation among action fans.

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