▁several ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁game , ▁Santa ▁f lies ▁in ▁his ▁sle igh ▁and ▁uses ▁the ▁presents ▁he ▁collect s ▁to ▁drop ▁them ▁down ▁chim ne ys ▁in ▁several ▁locations ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁S ega ▁M ega ▁Drive ▁P AL ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁only ▁released ▁in ▁Australia ▁along ▁with ▁E cco ▁Jr . ▁and ▁F atal ▁F ury ▁ 2 . ▁Re asons ▁for ▁this ▁are ▁unknown . ▁The ▁game ▁had ▁a ▁limited ▁print ▁run ▁in ▁this ▁territory ▁and ▁when ▁up ▁for ▁sale , ▁usually ▁commands ▁a ▁substantial ▁asking ▁price . ▁ ▁Development ▁ ▁The ▁lead ▁M ega ▁Drive ▁programmer ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁Carl - Hen rik ▁Sk år sted t ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁took ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁to ▁develop , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁start ▁until ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁six ▁months ▁into ▁development . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁integrated ▁source ▁code ▁from ▁the ▁Fun com - develop ed ▁video ▁game ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁film ▁We ' re ▁Back ! ▁A ▁Din osa ur ' s ▁Story ▁into ▁D aze ▁Before ▁Christmas . ▁Sk år sted t ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Super ▁N ES ▁version ▁had ▁one ▁programmer ▁working ▁on ▁it ▁and ▁the ▁port ing ▁took ▁about ▁six ▁months . ▁ ▁The ▁level ▁select ▁che at ▁code ▁for ▁the ▁Super ▁N ES ▁version ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁" Bad la ", ▁the ▁nick name ▁of ▁Ge ir ▁T j elta , ▁a ▁music ian ▁who ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁game . ▁The ▁M ega