This video game version of The Polar Express is based on the 2004 holiday season feature film, which follows the story of Chris Van Allsburg’s children’s book. Players board the title train for a ride to the North Pole to meet Santa himself. Along the way, they’ll hunt for lost presents, solve puzzles, play mini-games, and meet characters like the Girl Know-It-All, the Lonely Boy, Smokey and Steamer, and Santa’s elves. In addition to the train itself, platform-style exploration and collecting challenges also await in the game’s other main 3D “chapter” levels, such as the North Pole. The almost real look of the game’s three-dimensional characters and environments follows the style of the film, inspired by Van Allsburg’s illustrations.
Minimum system requirements
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Pentium III 400MHz Processor
128MB RAM
32MB TNT2 Class Video Card
1.2GB Hard Disk Space
DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
DirectX 9.0c
4X CD-ROM Drive
Keyboard
Mouse
Recommended system requirements
Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP 800MHz Processor
256MB RAM
32MB nVidia GeForce 2 Class Video Card
1.2GB Hard Disk Space
DirectX 9.0c
DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
4X CD-ROM Drive
Keyboard
Mouse