First of all, let me just say happy holidays everyone. I bumped into something pretty awesome last week and wanted to save it for Christmas, and here we are. A fellow by the name of Doctor Octoroc has created a compilation of sweet Christmas themed chip tunes. The album is titled 8-Bit Jesus and is completely free to download. I mean come on; you can’t pass up a free album with track names like ‘Ryu, the Red Nosed Ninja’ and ‘Super Jingle Bros.’ The album is available in RAR and ZIP formats, so give them a listen and geek out the old school way this Christmas.

Even though I don’t celebrate Christmas, to me the actual tunes are worth listening to either way. I don’t even know which Christmas song some of these tracks are based on, but they sound good and that’s the bottom line for me. I’m having a tough time picking out favourites from these tracks, but I think it would ultimately be between ‘Carol of the Belmonts’ or ‘Ryu the Red Nosed Ninja’. Also, can anyone guess which games the tracks are based on? The two I just mentioned are from Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden respectively if I’m not mistaken, and Super Jingle Bros. is a pretty obvious one so don’t even go there.

8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games

1.    We Three Konami
2.    8 Days of Master Robots
3.    Ryu, The Red Nosed Ninja
4.    We Wish You A Merry Faxanadu
5.    Silent Knight Man
6.    Carol Of The Belmonts
7.    Contraland
8.    Little Drummer Nemo
9.    Joy To Commando
10.    Super Jingle Bros.
11.    Bubbles We Have Heard On Bobble
12.    What Guardian Is Legend?
13.    Deck The Kremlin
14.    Icarus! The Angels Sing
15.    The Legend Of Noel
16.    Come, All Ye Vampires
17.    Kraid, Rest Ye Merry Mother Brain
18.    Have Yourself A Final Little Fantasy