''Toys'' (also known as ''Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin!'') is an

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video game for the

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and

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released in 1993. The game is based on the 1992 film ''

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'' starring

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. Chaos has been spread at a

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that must be stopped by the player.

Plot

An irresponsible young man (Leslie Zevo) would not take over the company and now his father is dying. In order to get his young adult son to accept his new responsibilities, the father must force him to reclaim his toy factory from a strait-laced

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general (

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Leland) that he has appointed as part of a "test of maturity".

Gameplay

Players are involved in a "toy war" between an army of

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-style toys fought with a personalized

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army using toys found in certain places in the game. The player will start each level only possessing a limited supply of toys, whereas the general will have a virtually unlimited supply of toys to throw at the player. These toys range from the realistic (

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s) to the cartoonish (i.e.,

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gun projectiles,

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s). Crashing a toy plane into General Zevo's windows allows players to beat the game. However, they have to navigate the plane through a scale model of

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and avoid running out of power.

Reception

''Mega'' described the game as "a poor quality game using a film licence for a plot", and giving the addiction factor 1/10. The game was included in an episode of Wez and Larry's Top Tens (In this case, "Top Ten Worst Movie Licences") and came 4th. It was described by Larry as "mind-numbingly monotonous", and he ended the slot by saying: "This is one 'toy' that you definitely want to keep out of the reach of small children."

References

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