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''Daze Before Christmas'' is a 1994 Platformer Game made by Funcom, a Norwegian company for the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive and UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}.

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''Daze Before Christmas'' is a 1994 Platformer Game made by Funcom, a Norwegian company for the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive Platform/MegaDrive and UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: When executing the "crouch" button, somehow your Santa can hide himself inside his ''hat''.



* CactusCushion: Be wary when jumping around in the attic levels - there are cactuses which drains Santa's health if he lands on one by accident.

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* CactusCushion: Be wary when jumping around in the attic levels - there are cactuses which drains drain Santa's health if he lands on one by accident.



* BiggerOnTheInside: When executing the "crouch" button, somehow your Santa can hide himself inside his ''hat''.
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* BigApplesauce: One of the levels have you delivering presents in New York on Christmas Eve. The Statue of Liberty prominently appears halfway, taking up most of the background as you fly across.

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* BigApplesauce: One of the levels have you delivering presents in New York on Christmas Eve. The Statue of Liberty Art/StatueOfLiberty prominently appears halfway, taking up most of the background as you fly across.
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* PolarPenguins: ...or not. Penguins are an enemy in the Noth Pole levels, and their attacks can hurt Santa.

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* PolarPenguins: ...or not. PolarPenguins: Penguins are an enemy in the Noth Pole levels, and their attacks can hurt Santa.

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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ...or not. Penguins are an enemy in the Noth Pole levels, and their attacks can hurt Santa.


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* PolarPenguins: ...or not. Penguins are an enemy in the Noth Pole levels, and their attacks can hurt Santa.
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* OneUp: A ''Golden'' Santa hat grants Santa an extra life. They usually shows up in present boxes in hidden areas.

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* OneUp: A ''Golden'' Santa hat grants Santa an extra life. They usually shows up in present boxes appear in hidden areas.
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* PasswordSave: The game's progress is saved by typing in words on it's password screen. There's also a Level Select Cheat Code, "BADLA".

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--> Only days before Christmas Santa slept in his house,\\
An evil plot was brewing cooked up by awful louse,\\
The cold and evil snowman scared all the elves away,\\
Timekeeper stole plans from Santa's House that day.\\
But for the vicious louse this wasn't bad enough,\\
-- I'm really gonna show them, I'm gonna play rough!
---> '''Santa'''
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* BigApplesauce: One of the levels have you delivering presents in New York on Christmas Eve. The Statue of Liberty prominently appears halfway, taking up most of the background as you fly across.
* BossArenaIdiocy: The giant rodent-man boss is fought in a section with a weighted iron ball on the ceiling. With a nearby switch that drops it when pushed, which can damage the boss. The ceiling will regenerate the weights on a regular basis for good measure.
* CactusCushion: Be wary when jumping around in the attic levels - there are cactuses which drains Santa's health if he lands on one by accident.



* DarkReprise: When assuming the identity of ''Anti-Claus'', the background score ("Jingle All The Way") becomes intense

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* DarkReprise: When assuming the identity of ''Anti-Claus'', the background score ("Jingle All The Way") becomes intensefar more intense as you open a new can of whoop-ass on onscreen enemies.



* GottaRescueThemAll: Throughout the game Santa can find imprisoned Christmas elves stuffed in presents, which he can release for extra points. Completing a stage without dying while having rescued elves will net you a better score at the end. There's also your reindeer you can release in a cavern.

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* GottaRescueThemAll: Throughout the game Santa can find imprisoned Christmas elves ChristmasElves stuffed in presents, which he can release for extra points. Completing a stage without dying while having rescued elves will net you a better score at the end. There's also your reindeer you can release in a cavern.



* MyLittlePanzer: Toy tanks and airplanes are enemies whose attacks ''can'' hurt Santa.

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* KlatchianCoffee: Exaggerated - drinking coffee turns Santa into a ''demonic'' version of himself that [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] everything on the wrong side of the screen. Unfortunately these power-ups are quite rare and the effects last for around ten seconds.
* MyLittlePanzer: Toy tanks tanks, cars, roller-skates and airplanes are enemies whose attacks ''can'' hurt Santa.


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* RatMen: One of the bosses is a cartoonish-looking rodent-man wielding a baseball bat who attacks Santa in the attic.
* RhymesOnADime: The game's opening scroll.
--> Go beat the evil bosses who's lurking in the dark,\\
Find his sleigh and reindeer set out to make his mark,\\
Find every stolen present that was unjustly craved, \\
For every kid on the earth, Christmas must be saved!

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* OneUp: A ''Golden'' Santa hat grants Santa an extra life. They usually shows up in present boxes in hidden areas.
* AnimateInanimateObject: The attic has living clothe-racks wearing RedBoxingGloves who will attack Santa.



* SavingChristmas: An evil mouse have stolen all of Santa's gifts - as Santa, you must retrieve all the presents before Christmas.

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* SavingChristmas: An evil mouse have stolen all of Santa's gifts - as Santa, you must retrieve all the presents before Christmas.Christmas, battling assorted bosses along the way.
* {{Snowlems}}: A sentient, evil snowman is the boss of the North Pole, who assaults Santa by [[SnowballFight hurling snowballs larger than Santa]].


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* TubeTravel: The stage in a factory have Santa going into a ''vertical'' tube to travel upwards to a higher floor. He'll need to locate each entrance to navigate his way across, expectedly.

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''Daze Before Christmas'' is a 1994 Platformer Game made by Funcom.

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''Daze Before Christmas'' is a 1994 Platformer Game made by Funcom.
Funcom, a Norwegian company for the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive and UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}.

Following the template of other arcade-based platformers popular at the time, you're SantaClaus, and you're on a mission to retrieve your presents after an evil mouse and his minions have stolen everything from your workshop, days before Christmas, besides abducting your reindeers and elves. Collecting presents across multiple levels, your Santa does battle against rats, hostile toys, evil snowmen and the like, and kicks ass with an array of spells Santa (apparently) has at his disposal, besides unleashing his superpowered side - a horned demon wearing Santa's robes called ''Anti-Claus''.



* AutoScrollingLevel: Levels where you're on your sled and moving forward through the skies on auto, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gifts along the way.
* BadSanta: By drinking a cup of coffee, Santa would turn into his Superpowered Evil Side, ''Anti-Claus'', who was a blue-suit wearing demonic, horned, devil Santa with SuperStrength.

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!! ''This the season to be jolly, falalala...''
* AutoScrollingLevel: Levels where you're on your sled and moving forward through the skies on auto, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gifts along the way.
way before dropping them into chimneys.
* BadSanta: By drinking a cup of coffee, Santa would turn into his Superpowered Evil Side, SuperpoweredEvilSide, ''Anti-Claus'', who was a blue-suit wearing demonic, horned, devil Santa with SuperStrength.


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* ImprobableWeaponUser: As a melee / close-range attack, Santa will use his ''sack'' to bludgeon enemies (!!!). Somehow this doesn't damage the contents.
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''Daze Before Christmas'' is a 1994 Platformer Game made by Funcom.

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* AutoScrollingLevel: Levels where you're on your sled and moving forward through the skies on auto, while avoiding obstacles and collecting gifts along the way.
* BadSanta: By drinking a cup of coffee, Santa would turn into his Superpowered Evil Side, ''Anti-Claus'', who was a blue-suit wearing demonic, horned, devil Santa with SuperStrength.
* {{Checkpoint}}: In the form of Christmas bells, which rings when touched.
* CourtJester: One early enemy type appears as clowns in jester suits, who hops around and can damage Santa on contact.
* DarkReprise: When assuming the identity of ''Anti-Claus'', the background score ("Jingle All The Way") becomes intense
* FlyingOnACloud: The game's last boss is a giant flying cloud. You ride a smaller cloud (created by Christmas magic!) chase after it while swapping projectile attacks until the enemy cloud is dispersed.
* GottaRescueThemAll: Throughout the game Santa can find imprisoned Christmas elves stuffed in presents, which he can release for extra points. Completing a stage without dying while having rescued elves will net you a better score at the end. There's also your reindeer you can release in a cavern.
* BiggerOnTheInside: When executing the "crouch" button, somehow your Santa can hide himself inside his ''hat''.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ...or not. Penguins are an enemy in the Noth Pole levels, and their attacks can hurt Santa.
* FlyingCarpet: Hovering carpets serves as platforms in-game for your Santa to jump on and reach higher surfaces.
* ImpossibleItemDrop: Santa's enemies includes rats and spiders, who can drop presents for him to collect. The sprite for presents for reference are ''larger'' than the spider enemies.
* MyLittlePanzer: Toy tanks and airplanes are enemies whose attacks ''can'' hurt Santa.
* PunBasedTitle: Days... no, ''Daze'' Before Christmas.
* SavingChristmas: An evil mouse have stolen all of Santa's gifts - as Santa, you must retrieve all the presents before Christmas.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Whenever Santa falls into a body of water, he lose a life instantaneously.
* YouDirtyRat: The game's main villain is a rat who stole all of Santa's gifts before Christmas. There's also lesser rats as enemies.
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