Well, it’s that time of the year again; Mince Pies, Carols by Candle Light, distant relatives staying over, and of course, Santa and his Reindeer.

What better a time to release the first of many previously unreleased games by Matthew Willson?

Snowland is a simple platformer, where you control Santa and must collect presents and deliver them to childrens bedsides.
Your only enemies are time, and the evil snowmen that persist to get in your way
As you go along delivering presents, depending on your actions, bits of the screen may appear/disappear, so make sure you deliver the presents in the correct order.
Also there are Tangerines and Christmas Puds to collect for points and the joyous sound of simple BASIC effects.

Having beaten the clock at any given stage, you will then move on to face 'Scrooge' who will mercilessly throw large snowballs at you to dodge for points.
After taking your fill of Scrooges snowballs, you are then taken on to another stage where you control Santa in his Sleigh and must fly through as many Star gateways as possible.

Download Snowland now, or have a look at our Free games section.

This version of Snowland should work fine on all versions of RISC OS from Arthur to RISC OS 3.x and maybe even RISC OS 4 if you’re lucky.

And from everybody here at AcornArcade, to everybody reading this article, Have a Merry Christmas, and a happy new year!