Santa's Workout - Filled with classic video game references

Merry Post-Christmas everyone! Friend of HG101 Miikka Poikela (MP83) dropped us a line to let us know about the release of Santa's Workout, a game he helped work on. It's a Christmas-themed puzzle platformer where you control Santa Claus (obviously) to get to the exit of each single-screen level. He can't jump, but he can create ice blocks to both fill in holes and climb to higher platforms. Of course, you're limited by the amount of ice blocks you can create, but they can be replenished by grabbing the little bags strewn throughout each level. It's a pleasant little game - it's meant more for families, given there are both "Child" and "Adult" difficulty levels - but the big reason why readers of HG101 might be interested in it is the huge amount of classic game references in many of the levels:



This one, for example, is Darm Tower from the Ys series.



Here's Arkanoid.



Pooyan.



And Quarth.

It's a bit under 4 euros and you can grab it at the Edge Labs web site. More screenshots below the jump - there's quite a bit of MSX games, as Miikka's an expert on the system and is the one who keeps us in line whenever us dolts mix up the MSX and MSX2.



Athletic Land


Bubble Bobble


Eggerland (Adventures of Lolo)


Burger Time


King's Valley


King's Valley II


Blagger (I'll be honest, I don't even know this one)


Bomberman


Penguin Land


Legacy of the Wizard


Lode Runner


Maze of Galious


Archon


Pac-Man


Dig Dug


Super Pipeline