Santa's Busy Day

Santa is lost in a huge snowy maze strewn with wrapped gifts, and you steer him through it to pick them up before his time runs out. The maze is new every game and far bigger than the screen; the view jumps along as Santa nears its edge. In REGULAR play Santa keeps walking in the last direction you pushed, and walking into a wall shows OUCH, costs a slice of the time bar and turns him round. In EASY play he walks only while the stick is held and a wall simply stops him. Two hearts hidden in the maze fill the time bar again. The bar turns red and beeps as time runs short. Collect 100 gifts to win; the score is the number of gifts, and the best score of the session is kept.

Controls: Use controller 1 or 2. The stick walks Santa. On the title, push up and down to choose EASY, REGULAR or CREDITS and press a button to select.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 24, December 1985, page 118: original Commodore 64 program by George Trepal. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.