The Snowman on PC CD-ROM! | Nostalgia Nerd
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/nostalgianerd to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NOSTALGIANERD…. So then, the festive period is upon us. Christmas. The Holiday Season. Which for many of us will mean mandatory viewing of The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs. Originally brought to TV in 1982, it made its way to PC CD-ROM some twenty years later. So what does it have in store?….
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@Nostalgianerd
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Have an excellent period of seasonality folks. Thanks for being here throughout 2020.
@chloedevereaux1801
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
when the wind blows was way more traumatic!!!!!
@tharockus
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
On the other side? 11:15
@IamtheNoodleGirl
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
8:50
@4nalonly397
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Comfy
@murdockpt
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
hahahahaha "festive season"
@cjpwolf2436
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
If the Censors removed the ending scene this film wouldn't be a problem.
@wallieshere
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
3:50 i remember when the CD-ROM was so advance. burning at 4x was a great leap to save backup time
@marblecalm
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I was the lead programmer on the pc version – my first paid job! Thank you, this was an incredible bit of nostalgia, aside from reliving 6 months of the General MIDI version of Walking in the Air. The “dress your snowman” section seemed to produce profoundly disturbing results more times than not and I discovered that the dance section fits perfectly to Dr. Dre’s The Day the **** Took Over. Happy times.
@UniversalHomeboy
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
This movie traumatized me as a child and nobody at my school knew what I was talking about when I mentioned this movie. Everyone thought I was being super morbid when I told the plot and due to the fact that my parents had NO idea what my grandmother had got my little sister and I for VHS that Christmas in the late 90s until AFTER we told them, it was too late. I am pretty sure this is what triggered alot of my early childhood depression and mental crisis surrounding the holiday seasons. I now suffer from really intense seasonal depression as an adult and snow triggers something deeply sad in me.
@markenetube
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Thanks for that , it reminded me of a whole genre of "interactive games" I used to get for my kids to get them to use computers. Loved the snowman, but preferred Father Christmas. Your trauma should end , as the boy is at the party with his re-made snowman.
@rdoetjes
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Snooowwwwmannnn!
@JuliePGUK
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
The Snowman, it's not Christmas without it. It captures that childhood imagination and magic so well then squashes it with reality like life does.
@christineayres5339
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
But Donald Trump cant master this game LOL
@madkarl4052
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Happy new year to you too mate! From France with love.
@chickenbites8877
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Wow this looks shit LOL
@reggiep75
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
5:35 – Mmmm… As crispy as fresh snow.
@Rossmeistergeneral
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I once played this CD Rom at my old primary school back when I was 8. I liked it a lot so I asked the teachers if I could have a copy of it at home and they agreed! The games were stupidly simple to beat for me back then but the story and the music kept me interested.
🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas and a happy new year!🎄🎄🎄
@jamesnewman4351
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Oh for FFFFFFFFF !!! 😂😂😂😂😂
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
@rodmunch69
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Wow, I had no memory of this until you showed the US version – God damn I hated this f-ing thing. Here I am as an 8 year old, thinking I'm getting something fun like Frosty, and it's this emo crap.
@JonnyInfinite
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I miss machines that look like this one, feels like a 'proper' computer
@Harp00nX
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
It's on today 17:10 channel 4 … can't wait !
@SonicMrSumo
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
great product placement mate…i just bought your book from amazon (finally!!!!)! Merry Christmas good man.
@Vinni2K-sol
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
y did u do this to us°_°
bruh
@SilverGreeneye
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Wow. Glad I missed this particular trauma as a kid.
@Howch125
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Wow! my little brother got one of those for Christmas! Being the only one with a PC at the time I was forced to give him a go! Pretty sure the beany snowman is still knocking about the rents house. Ahhh I am indeed a nostalgic nerd 🙂
@peterhagan8454
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
i liked this and it did bring a festive cosy feel to christmas like it was the 90s
@BryceThorup
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I wouldn't even know this existed without the Atari ST demo we had when I was younger.
@mooniejohnson
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
The “Walking In The Air” bit always scared the hell out of me. That version of the song… why use a minor key?! It’s Christmas!
@sunyavadin
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Wow, as someone HEAVILY involved in the modding scene for Creature Labs' flagship "Creatures" series of artificial life games in the late 90s and early 2000s, I had NO IDEA they randomly did a side project like this! I wonder if it was a quick contract to make some money during their period of financial difficulties.
@Teknopottu
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Death is as natural as birth. If a child would REALLY get traumatized because of the end, think what would happen if someone close to the child would suddenly die? Using a living snowman, almost like a man, is a great way to wave away those fluffy clouds and have a taste of on bit of harsh reality.
@billschlafly4107
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Twitter has just deemed "snowman" as a misogynist and patriarchal term that should be outlawed because all snowmen are started with a snowballs.
@kilwala2242
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
They made a sequel to the snowman. Less than a few minutes in the boy's dog dies. They didn't even wait for the end to make you depressed.
@davidmcgill1000
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Just gonna file this along with The Little Match Girl.
@trevorboys9140
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Click on the snowman with a purple hat, who then takes off into the sky like it's Logan's Run….
@maxlevelspeed
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
The animation is and has been part of my Christmas pretty much my entire life. Still love it! Seasons greetings from Finland
@Nefarious19371
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Dick…ens. LOL!! I think this story may have mentally scarred you for life.
@SergeiJonovich
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
LOL, at 9m18s does that bear call you a banker?
@matthewjones12181
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Are we certain this book shouldn't have been released this year?
@ihateevilbill
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
So, im in my mid 40s and have never seen the snowman, even though I live in the UK.
Dont get me wrong, it was always on at xmas but the shitty animation and the ear piercing songs never seemed like my cuppa t.
Im glad ill die without seeing it.
Anyway… Merry Xmas o.0 XD
@Pymmeh
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I was more of a When the Wind Blows kid myself, hard mode Christmas was where it was at.
@GarthBeagle
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
I'm traumatized.
@lupinzar
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Although it's important to learn about the impermanence of life, teaching that lesson through a Christmas story might not be the best idea…
@bummer6
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Have you ever played Garry Gadget? If you want some old awesome childrens games, those are definitely up there with the best in my book. The original is called "Mulle Meck" and is Swedish, but I believe one or two got translated to English as Garry Gadget. I thoroughly recommend you have a look at it as I think you'd actually enjoy it.
@cmdraftbrn
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
do you want to build a snowman? or go riding through the halls?
@0525ohhwell
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
8:03 Hold the F up, isn't that the Everquest Quest-Completed fanfare???
@TheCj71984
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
The snowman was my fav when I was a kid
@Monkey_SK
September 4, 2026 at 9:06 am
Goodbye