Review by ZX KNIGHT on 23 Mar 2012 (Rating: 3)
Christmas Cracker was a Eurogamer exclusive title by modern homebrew legend Jonathan Cauldwell, featuring his not-at-all Dizzy-like character, Egghead.
The game is a cute nod to magazine tie-in games of the past such as Moley Christmas (reviewed below) as you have to rescue the staff of Eurogamer who have become snowed in for Christmas.
While the game has the usual high quality of a Cauldwell game there is a slight knock-out rushed feel to it. Like Crimbo it doesn't have a right load of screens but unlike Crimbo it doesn't offer much by way of difficulty, and you shouldn't really have any problems completing this game within twenty minutes unless you lack hands.
That said, the point of the game wasn't really to provide a stern challenge to gamers, but to provide readers of Eurogamer a nice little treat for Christmas and encourage them to perhaps try out some more retro games, particularly ones by Jonathan Cauldwell.
On that level, Christmas Cracker succeeds, and it's certainly worth a quick, enjoyable playthrough. But it's unlikely to be something you'll seek out more than once. However there are many other adventures involving Egghead if you enjoy playing the game, which I suspect you might.
Taken from my website: www.zombiesatemyxbox.com
