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'''Christmas Card 1990: The Seasoned Professional''' is the name to which Sierra's third Christmas Card program is most commonly referred.  Like the previous cards, it was distributed to stores by Sierra and was intended to showcase the color and sound capabilities of the computer for sale, and to showcase Sierra's game engine.  This time it was meant to showcase the 256 color capability of the SCI engine in VGA mode, although a 16 color EGA version was also available.  
'''Christmas Card 1990: The Seasoned Professional''' is the name to which Sierra's third Christmas Card program is most commonly referred.  Like the previous cards, it was distributed to stores by Sierra and was intended to showcase the color and sound capabilities of the computer for sale, and to showcase Sierra's game engine.  This time it was meant to showcase the 256 color capability of the SCI engine in VGA mode, although a 16 color EGA version was also available.  


It is a humourous program that depicts a stage audition for Christmas characters, but characters from other holidays keep showing up instead, resulting in the off-screen director to keep yelling CUT!  Hopefully, the right character for the Christmas play will show up to the audition before the credits roll.  
It is a humourous program that depicts a stage audition for Christmas characters, but characters from other holidays keep showing up instead, resulting in the off-screen director to keep yelling CUT!  Hopefully, the right character for the Christmas play will show up to the audition before the credits roll.  
==External links==
*[http://agisci.classicgaming.gamespy.com/sierradm.shtml Christmas Card 1990 Download at The Ultimate AGI and SCI Web Site]


[[Category:SCI Games]]
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Revision as of 12:23, 25 February 2013

Christmas Card 1990:
The Seasoned Professional
Scummvm xmas 1990.jpg
First release 1990
Also known as Xmas Card 1990, The
Seasoned Professional
Developed by Sierra
Published by Sierra
Distributed by Sierra
Platforms MS-DOS, Tandy 1000
Resolution 320x240
16 colors or 256 colors
Engine SCI
Support Since ScummVM 1.2.0
Available for
Purchase
Available from our
demos page

Christmas Card 1990: The Seasoned Professional is the name to which Sierra's third Christmas Card program is most commonly referred. Like the previous cards, it was distributed to stores by Sierra and was intended to showcase the color and sound capabilities of the computer for sale, and to showcase Sierra's game engine. This time it was meant to showcase the 256 color capability of the SCI engine in VGA mode, although a 16 color EGA version was also available.

It is a humourous program that depicts a stage audition for Christmas characters, but characters from other holidays keep showing up instead, resulting in the off-screen director to keep yelling CUT! Hopefully, the right character for the Christmas play will show up to the audition before the credits roll.