Moley Christmas Reviews

A curious addition to the Monty Mole series, Moley Christmas was (originally) released as a free promotional demo to be bundled with Your Sinclair magazine in (I believe) 1987. It was never meant to be sold as a standalone product and anyone hoping to get a full experience out of it will be sorely disappointed - it can be played through in literally 2 minutes and almost certainly not worth the €3 asking price on its own. The net experience will probably last about 10-15 minutes as you try to fathom your way through each screen by way of trial and error. Gamers who play this without understanding the context may struggle to understand what the heck is going on. Screen 3 in particular requires a crucial tid-bit of information from the original magazine (designed to be cut out as a cassette inlay): specifically, you need EIGHT tapes to proceed. Plus points? Well, it's an interesting insight into (or throwback to, depending on your age) the UK gaming journalism industry of the 1980s (and may make you slightly nostalgic for the unique brand of humour exhibited by Your Sinclair). It features the magnificent Auf Wiedersehen Monty theme by the late and legendary Ben Daglish, although that vastly superior game also available here on Steam for a couple of euros more (and the Spectrum AY version pales in comparison to the C64 version anyway).